| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi | $12,038,626 | - | 1,296 | - | $9,289 | $153,077,895 | - | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 2 | - | Superman III | $7,263,821 | - | 1,763 | - | $4,120 | $41,425,689 | - | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 3 | - | Trading Places | $6,537,144 | - | 1,290 | - | $5,067 | $39,336,962 | - | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | - | Twilight Zone: The Movie | $5,829,772 | - | 1,288 | - | $4,526 | $16,197,870 | - | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 5 | - | Porky's II: The Next Day | $5,539,971 | - | 1,564 | - | $3,542 | $16,357,092 | - | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 6 | - | Octopussy | $5,261,032 | - | 1,328 | - | $3,961 | $37,425,931 | - | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 7 | - | WarGames | $4,733,597 | - | 977 | - | $4,845 | $36,820,844 | - | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 8 | - | Stroker Ace | $4,668,135 | - | 1,385 | - | $3,370 | $4,668,135 | - | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | - | The Survivors | $2,708,984 | - | 1,014 | - | $2,671 | $8,080,145 | - | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | - | Flashdance | $2,256,608 | - | 830 | - | $2,718 | $54,950,023 | - | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | - | Psycho II | $1,338,000 | - | 890 | - | $1,503 | $27,871,000 | - | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | - | Blue Thunder | $1,240,688 | - | 805 | - | $1,541 | $39,684,916 | - | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | - | Yellowbeard | $1,071,815 | - | 653 | - | $1,641 | $3,524,135 | - | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | - | Tootsie | $625,927 | - | 407 | - | $1,537 | $176,188,774 | - | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 15 | - | Valley Girl | $290,071 | - | 110 | - | $2,637 | $13,342,508 | - | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | - | false |
| 16 | - | The Man with Two Brains | $257,872 | - | 250 | - | $1,031 | $9,535,225 | - | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 17 | - | Still Smokin | $239,275 | - | 255 | - | $938 | $15,416,684 | - | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 18 | - | My Tutor | $205,355 | - | 107 | - | $1,919 | $22,188,466 | - | Crown | - | false |
