| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi | $11,995,064 | -30.4% | 1,002 | - | $11,971 | $93,008,811 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 2 | - | Octopussy | $8,902,564 | - | 1,311 | - | $6,790 | $8,902,564 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | true | false |
| 3 | - | Trading Places | $7,348,200 | - | 1,375 | - | $5,344 | $7,348,200 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | true | false |
| 4 | 2 | Psycho II | $4,898,496 | -41.1% | 1,488 | +40 | $3,292 | $16,687,820 | 2 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 3 | WarGames | $4,824,970 | -22.5% | 843 | - | $5,723 | $14,163,549 | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 6 | 6 | Flashdance | $2,105,030 | -30% | 996 | -33 | $2,113 | $44,415,609 | 9 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 5 | Blue Thunder | $1,908,080 | -40.5% | 1,205 | -211 | $1,583 | $33,431,260 | 5 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 4 | The Man with Two Brains | $1,611,448 | -53.9% | 1,203 | - | $1,339 | $6,408,053 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 9 | 10 | Tootsie | $948,251 | -25.9% | 723 | -52 | $1,311 | $173,019,532 | 26 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 8 | Breathless | $798,676 | -46.4% | 681 | -211 | $1,172 | $18,153,142 | 5 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 11 | Valley Girl | $742,000 | -38.8% | 312 | -115 | $2,378 | $11,951,995 | 7 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | false | false |
| 12 | 12 | Still Smokin | $715,806 | -36.2% | 542 | -95 | $1,320 | $13,518,601 | 6 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 9 | Chained Heat | $562,565 | -58.2% | 249 | -168 | $2,259 | $6,149,983 | 3 | - | false | false |
| 14 | 14 | My Tutor | $509,525 | -34% | 302 | -137 | $1,687 | $19,785,167 | 15 | Crown | false | false |
| 15 | 7 | Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone | $481,714 | -68.4% | 463 | -599 | $1,040 | $16,478,265 | 4 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
