| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | $23,015,634 | $12,610,610 | 54.8% | $10,405,024 | 45.2% | 1,105 | 2 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | Firefox | $12,603,604 | $8,152,948 | 64.7% | $4,450,656 | 35.3% | 881 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 3 | Rocky III | $10,415,900 | $6,313,576 | 60.6% | $4,102,324 | 39.4% | 1,232 | 4 | United Artists | - | false |
| 4 | Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan | $9,643,343 | $6,231,736 | 64.6% | $3,411,607 | 35.4% | 1,508 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | Poltergeist | $7,637,725 | $4,709,044 | 61.7% | $2,928,681 | 38.3% | 911 | 3 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 6 | Author! Author! | $3,450,242 | $2,279,260 | 66.1% | $1,170,982 | 33.9% | 504 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 7 | Grease 2 | $3,258,728 | $2,261,750 | 69.4% | $996,978 | 30.6% | 1,250 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | Porky's | $2,708,070 | $1,718,871 | 63.5% | $989,199 | 36.5% | 1,019 | 14 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 9 | The Sword and the Sorcerer | $2,117,476 | $1,764,564 | 83.3% | $352,912 | 16.7% | 390 | 9 | Group 1 International Distribution | - | false |
| 10 | Hanky Panky | $1,515,008 | $1,057,415 | 69.8% | $457,593 | 30.2% | 776 | 3 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | Conan the Barbarian | $1,283,215 | $869,808 | 67.8% | $413,407 | 32.2% | 687 | 6 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| - | Annie | - | $5,312,062 | - | - | - | 1,102 | 5 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| - | Victor/Victoria | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| - | Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| - | Dressed to Kill | - | - | - | - | - | - | 105 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| - | Visiting Hours | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| - | Rough Cut | - | - | - | - | - | - | 105 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| - | The Blue Lagoon | - | - | - | - | - | - | 105 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
