| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Porky's | $4,644,407 | $3,393,114 | 73.1% | $1,251,293 | 26.9% | 1,333 | 8 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 2 | Paradise | $3,227,215 | $2,815,503 | 87.2% | $411,712 | 12.8% | 1,147 | 1 | Embassy Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | The Sword and the Sorcerer | $2,648,919 | $2,648,919 | 100% | $0 | - | 660 | 3 | Group 1 International Distribution | - | false |
| 4 | Chariots of Fire | $2,418,443 | $1,751,755 | 72.4% | $666,688 | 27.6% | 758 | 33 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | On Golden Pond | $2,124,516 | $1,114,026 | 52.4% | $1,010,490 | 47.6% | 617 | 23 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | Victor/Victoria | $1,968,708 | $1,369,148 | 69.6% | $599,560 | 30.4% | 578 | 8 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 7 | If You Could See What I Hear | $1,672,187 | $1,329,880 | 79.5% | $342,307 | 20.5% | 541 | 3 | Jensen Farley Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | Partners | $1,344,524 | $1,344,524 | 100% | $0 | - | 848 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | Deathtrap | $1,019,971 | $745,888 | 73.1% | $274,083 | 26.9% | 533 | 8 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 10 | Quest for Fire | $836,218 | $590,751 | 70.6% | $245,467 | 29.4% | 309 | 13 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 11 | Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip | $600,923 | $534,647 | 89% | $66,276 | 11% | 433 | 9 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| - | Some Kind of Hero | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
