| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Conan the Barbarian | $9,458,890 | $6,874,042 | 72.7% | $2,584,848 | 27.3% | 1,683 | 2 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid | $6,750,271 | $4,289,601 | 63.6% | $2,460,670 | 36.4% | 882 | 1 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | Porky's | $3,878,389 | $2,862,955 | 73.8% | $1,015,434 | 26.2% | 1,104 | 10 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 4 | The Road Warrior | $3,519,102 | $2,527,864 | 71.8% | $991,238 | 28.2% | 704 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 5 | The Sword and the Sorcerer | $2,054,246 | $2,114,246 | 102.9% | $-60,000 | - | 630 | 5 | Group 1 International Distribution | - | false |
| 6 | Chariots of Fire | $1,845,174 | $1,291,793 | 70% | $553,381 | 30% | 660 | 35 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | Fighting Back | $1,803,035 | $1,624,381 | 90.1% | $178,654 | 9.9% | 1,104 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | On Golden Pond | $1,436,552 | $554,836 | 38.6% | $881,716 | 61.4% | 297 | 25 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | Victor/Victoria | $1,323,202 | $1,102,000 | 83.3% | $221,202 | 16.7% | 525 | 10 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 10 | Wrong Is Right | $951,905 | $833,465 | 87.6% | $118,440 | 12.4% | 815 | 2 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | Annie | $808,207 | $510,632 | 63.2% | $297,575 | 36.8% | 14 | 1 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | If You Could See What I Hear | $804,984 | $804,984 | 100% | $0 | - | 402 | 5 | Jensen Farley Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | Paradise | $737,549 | $660,311 | 89.5% | $77,238 | 10.5% | 500 | 3 | Embassy Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | Deathtrap | $645,174 | $462,521 | 71.7% | $182,653 | 28.3% | 355 | 10 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 15 | Quest for Fire | $375,078 | $224,894 | 60% | $150,184 | 40% | 230 | 15 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| - | Diner | - | $218,221 | - | - | - | 21 | 12 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| - | Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip | - | $281,436 | - | - | - | - | 11 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| - | Carny | - | - | - | - | - | - | 105 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| - | Mary Poppins 1980 Re-release | - | - | - | - | - | - | 105 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
