| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan | $21,621,588 | $14,347,221 | 66.4% | $7,274,367 | 33.6% | 1,621 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | Rocky III | $14,694,380 | $10,028,555 | 68.2% | $4,665,825 | 31.8% | 939 | 2 | United Artists | - | false |
| 3 | Poltergeist | $10,460,767 | $6,896,612 | 65.9% | $3,564,155 | 34.1% | 890 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 4 | Hanky Panky | $4,752,340 | $3,597,244 | 75.7% | $1,155,096 | 24.3% | 1,238 | 1 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | Conan the Barbarian | $3,705,486 | $2,685,948 | 72.5% | $1,019,538 | 27.5% | 1,149 | 4 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | Porky's | $3,535,412 | $2,499,511 | 70.7% | $1,035,901 | 29.3% | 1,296 | 12 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 7 | Visiting Hours | $3,478,257 | $2,581,076 | 74.2% | $897,181 | 25.8% | 1,122 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 8 | Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid | $2,794,420 | $1,311,848 | 47% | $1,482,572 | 53% | 570 | 3 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | The Sword and the Sorcerer | $2,447,880 | $1,912,880 | 78.1% | $535,000 | 21.9% | 428 | 7 | Group 1 International Distribution | - | false |
| 10 | The Road Warrior | $1,433,964 | $1,017,967 | 71% | $415,997 | 29% | 478 | 3 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 11 | Chariots of Fire | $1,310,961 | $912,404 | 69.6% | $398,557 | 30.4% | 592 | 37 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | Victor/Victoria | $1,186,346 | $783,783 | 66.1% | $402,563 | 33.9% | 448 | 12 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 13 | Annie | $632,844 | $414,685 | 65.5% | $218,159 | 34.5% | 14 | 3 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | Diner | $356,579 | $241,729 | 67.8% | $114,850 | 32.2% | 28 | 14 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 15 | Deathtrap | $351,038 | $248,730 | 70.9% | $102,308 | 29.1% | 237 | 12 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | Fighting Back | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| - | On Golden Pond | - | - | - | - | - | - | 27 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
