| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Rocky III | $20,831,928 | - | 939 | - | $22,185 | $20,831,928 | 1 | United Artists | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | Conan the Barbarian | $7,303,897 | -22.8% | 1,636 | -47 | $4,464 | $30,188,811 | 3 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | - | Visiting Hours | $7,009,865 | - | 1,176 | - | $5,960 | $7,009,865 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | true | false |
| 4 | 2 | Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid | $6,018,525 | -10.8% | 906 | +24 | $6,642 | $12,768,796 | 2 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 3 | Porky's | $5,558,570 | +43.3% | 1,605 | +501 | $3,463 | $86,533,849 | 11 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 6 | 5 | The Sword and the Sorcerer | $3,190,490 | +55.3% | 636 | +6 | $5,016 | $17,599,764 | 6 | - | false | false |
| 7 | 4 | Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior | $2,962,732 | -15.8% | 708 | +4 | $4,184 | $6,481,834 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 8 | 6 | Chariots of Fire | $2,112,190 | +14.5% | 653 | -7 | $3,234 | $53,633,009 | 36 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 9 | Victor/Victoria | $2,107,473 | +59.3% | 447 | -78 | $4,714 | $19,707,473 | 11 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 10 | 7 | Fighting Back | $1,213,461 | -32.7% | 800 | -304 | $1,516 | $3,016,496 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 8 | On Golden Pond | $1,120,092 | -22% | 346 | +49 | $3,237 | $106,812,502 | 26 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 11 | Annie | $935,327 | +15.7% | 14 | - | $66,809 | $1,743,534 | 2 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 14 | Deathtrap | $682,180 | +5.7% | 267 | -88 | $2,554 | $18,712,645 | 11 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 14 | - | Diner | $458,628 | - | 28 | +7 | $16,379 | $757,895 | 13 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
