| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | On Golden Pond | $5,602,328 | -14.2% | 966 | -49 | $5,799 | $47,793,214 | 13 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | 3 | Making Love | $1,695,000 | -6.1% | 380 | +9 | $4,460 | $7,868,000 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 3 | 2 | Shoot the Moon | $1,687,061 | -9.8% | 585 | - | $2,883 | $4,570,000 | 6 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 4 | 4 | Chariots of Fire | $1,636,721 | -3.1% | 293 | - | $5,586 | $14,785,000 | 23 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 6 | Raiders of the Lost Ark | $1,410,000 | -2.3% | 650 | -18 | $2,169 | $192,999,474 | 38 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 9 | Arthur | $933,000 | -6.5% | 575 | -44 | $1,622 | $85,843,513 | 33 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 7 | 10 | Absence of Malice | $927,000 | +3.7% | 600 | -46 | $1,545 | $37,405,294 | 15 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 8 | Taps | $700,000 | -38.1% | 650 | -39 | $1,076 | $34,112,321 | 12 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
