| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Amityville 3-D | $2,366,472 | - | 1,254 | - | $1,887 | $2,366,472 | 1 | Orion Pictures | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | The Big Chill | $2,204,754 | -24.7% | 826 | -4 | $2,669 | $31,869,358 | 8 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | - | A Christmas Story | $2,072,473 | - | 886 | - | $2,339 | $2,072,473 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | true | false |
| 4 | 2 | Never Say Never Again | $1,845,278 | -32.9% | 1,045 | -174 | $1,765 | $44,745,371 | 7 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 5 | - | A Night in Heaven | $1,835,421 | - | 901 | - | $2,037 | $1,835,421 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | true | false |
| 6 | 5 | All the Right Moves | $1,492,986 | -36.7% | 823 | -85 | $1,814 | $12,674,297 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 7 | 3 | Richard Pryor... Here and Now | $1,261,797 | -50.3% | 791 | -373 | $1,595 | $13,549,454 | 4 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | - | The Smurfs and the Magic Flute | $1,180,582 | - | 183 | - | $6,451 | - | 7 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | false | false |
| 9 | 4 | Deal of the Century | $1,143,745 | -51.6% | 965 | -261 | $1,185 | $8,392,970 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 10 | 6 | The Dead Zone | $1,003,425 | -50.2% | 700 | -400 | $1,433 | $16,688,805 | 5 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 7 | The Right Stuff | $927,452 | -32.5% | 229 | - | $4,050 | $8,793,624 | 5 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 12 | - | The Golden Seal | $920,018 | - | 418 | - | $2,201 | - | 14 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false | false |
| 13 | 8 | Educating Rita | $853,385 | -30.2% | 368 | -39 | $2,318 | $6,331,225 | 9 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | - | Savage Islands | $815,160 | - | 925 | - | $881 | $815,160 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | true | false |
| 15 | 14 | Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi | $259,244 | -32.9% | 121 | -19 | $2,142 | $243,457,864 | 26 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
