| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | $21,806,376 | $11,835,389 | 54.3% | $9,970,987 | 45.7% | 1,101 | 1 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan | $14,264,628 | $9,406,638 | 65.9% | $4,857,990 | 34.1% | 1,621 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | Rocky III | $13,157,692 | $8,222,095 | 62.5% | $4,935,597 | 37.5% | 1,232 | 3 | United Artists | - | false |
| 4 | Poltergeist | $9,126,323 | $5,379,673 | 59% | $3,746,650 | 41% | 890 | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 5 | Grease 2 | $6,774,124 | $4,645,411 | 68.6% | $2,128,713 | 31.4% | 1,250 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | Hanky Panky | $3,166,714 | $2,252,348 | 71.1% | $914,366 | 28.9% | 1,207 | 2 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | Porky's | $3,002,645 | $2,075,071 | 69.1% | $927,574 | 30.9% | 1,068 | 13 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 8 | The Sword and the Sorcerer | $2,347,436 | $1,857,436 | 79.1% | $490,000 | 20.9% | 412 | 8 | Group 1 International Distribution | - | false |
| 9 | Conan the Barbarian | $1,940,209 | $1,298,380 | 66.9% | $641,829 | 33.1% | 677 | 5 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | Visiting Hours | $1,623,086 | $1,133,359 | 69.8% | $489,727 | 30.2% | 660 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 11 | Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid | $1,396,695 | $765,547 | 54.8% | $631,148 | 45.2% | 470 | 4 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | The Road Warrior | $1,087,213 | $703,089 | 64.7% | $384,124 | 35.3% | 357 | 4 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 13 | Victor/Victoria | $1,039,795 | $732,939 | 70.5% | $306,856 | 29.5% | 460 | 13 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| - | Diner | - | $198,419 | - | - | - | - | 15 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| - | Deathtrap | - | $138,202 | - | - | - | - | 13 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | Chariots of Fire | - | $649,362 | - | - | - | - | 38 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
