| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Rocky III | $20,831,928 | $12,431,486 | 59.7% | $8,400,442 | 40.3% | 939 | 1 | United Artists | - | false |
| 2 | Conan the Barbarian | $7,303,897 | - | - | - | - | 1,636 | 3 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | Visiting Hours | $7,009,865 | - | - | - | - | 1,176 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 4 | Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid | $6,018,525 | - | - | - | - | 906 | 2 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | Porky's | $5,558,570 | - | - | - | - | 1,605 | 11 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 6 | The Sword and the Sorcerer | $3,190,490 | - | - | - | - | 636 | 6 | Group 1 International Distribution | - | false |
| 7 | The Road Warrior | $2,962,732 | - | - | - | - | 708 | 2 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 8 | Chariots of Fire | $2,112,190 | - | - | - | - | 653 | 36 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | Victor/Victoria | $2,107,473 | - | - | - | - | 447 | 11 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 10 | Fighting Back | $1,213,461 | - | - | - | - | 800 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | On Golden Pond | $1,120,092 | - | - | - | - | 346 | 26 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | Annie | $935,327 | - | - | - | - | 14 | 2 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | Deathtrap | $682,180 | - | - | - | - | 267 | 11 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 14 | Diner | $458,628 | - | - | - | - | 28 | 13 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| - | How to Become a Detective | - | - | - | - | - | - | 105 | Filmways Pictures | - | false |
| - | Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (and Don't Come Back!!) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 105 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| - | Wrong Is Right | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| - | The Escape Artist | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
