| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Porky's | $11,720,971 | +1.7% | 1,159 | +11 | $10,113 | $23,243,676 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 2 | 3 | On Golden Pond | $8,115,342 | +32.7% | 900 | +17 | $9,017 | $80,215,342 | 17 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | 2 | Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip | $5,988,549 | -26.2% | 1,235 | -42 | $4,849 | $24,927,134 | 3 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 6 | Chariots of Fire | $3,710,558 | +103.1% | 422 | -13 | $8,792 | $26,593,768 | 27 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | - | I Ought to Be in Pictures | $2,682,066 | - | 662 | - | $4,051 | $2,682,066 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | true | false |
| 6 | - | Quest for Fire | $2,618,564 | - | 250 | +27 | $10,474 | $9,831,346 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 7 | 4 | Deathtrap | $2,607,191 | -14.4% | 333 | -8 | $7,829 | $5,652,393 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 8 | 7 | Absence of Malice | $514,406 | -30.2% | 435 | -8 | $1,182 | $40,716,963 | 19 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 8 | The Amateur | $286,955 | -59% | 192 | -159 | $1,494 | $6,283,669 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 10 | 9 | Making Love | $266,776 | -61.5% | 232 | -88 | $1,149 | $11,897,978 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 11 | 12 | Victor/Victoria | $196,920 | -15.1% | 3 | - | $65,640 | $428,792 | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
