| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | On Golden Pond | $8,189,539 | -11.8% | 966 | -49 | $8,477 | $50,380,425 | 13 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | 2 | Making Love | $2,188,000 | -9.8% | 380 | +9 | $5,757 | $8,361,000 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 3 | - | Shoot the Moon | $2,177,061 | - | 585 | - | $3,721 | $5,060,000 | 6 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 4 | 3 | Chariots of Fire | $2,112,220 | -6.8% | 293 | - | $7,208 | $15,260,499 | 23 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 4 | Raiders of the Lost Ark | $1,720,274 | -4.5% | 650 | -18 | $2,646 | $193,309,748 | 38 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 7 | Arthur | $1,204,252 | -6.5% | 575 | -44 | $2,094 | $86,114,765 | 33 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 7 | 9 | Absence of Malice | $1,160,234 | -5.9% | 600 | -46 | $1,933 | $37,638,528 | 15 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 6 | Taps | $924,745 | -36.6% | 650 | -39 | $1,422 | $34,337,066 | 13 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
