| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | $22,886,905 | $13,003,581 | 56.8% | $9,883,324 | 43.2% | 1,505 | 6 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | Young Doctors in Love | $6,841,117 | $4,206,265 | 61.5% | $2,634,852 | 38.5% | 709 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 3 | Raiders of the Lost Ark 1982 Re-release | $6,691,516 | $4,347,101 | 65% | $2,344,415 | 35% | 1,330 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | Rocky III | $6,101,980 | $3,587,682 | 58.8% | $2,514,298 | 41.2% | 1,240 | 8 | United Artists | - | false |
| 5 | Tron | $5,876,086 | $3,646,192 | 62% | $2,229,894 | 38% | 1,112 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | Poltergeist | $4,359,620 | $2,648,700 | 60.8% | $1,710,920 | 39.2% | 1,030 | 7 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 7 | Annie | $4,146,400 | $2,224,479 | 53.6% | $1,921,921 | 46.4% | 794 | 9 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | Firefox | $4,083,695 | $2,676,471 | 65.5% | $1,407,224 | 34.5% | 1,202 | 5 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 9 | A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy | $3,786,655 | $2,514,478 | 66.4% | $1,272,177 | 33.6% | 501 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 10 | Six Pack | $2,928,529 | $1,946,418 | 66.5% | $982,111 | 33.5% | 504 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 11 | Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan | $2,822,167 | $2,027,805 | 71.8% | $794,362 | 28.2% | 762 | 7 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | Blade Runner | $2,314,079 | $1,492,855 | 64.5% | $821,224 | 35.5% | 694 | 4 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 13 | The Sword and the Sorcerer | $1,593,832 | $1,274,938 | 80% | $318,894 | 20% | 402 | 13 | Group 1 International Distribution | - | false |
| 14 | The Thing | $1,073,578 | $1,073,578 | 100% | $0 | - | 440 | 4 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| - | The Secret of NIMH | - | $1,425,457 | - | - | - | 700 | 3 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| - | Porky's | - | - | - | - | - | - | 18 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| - | The Big Red One | - | - | - | - | - | - | 105 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| - | Used Cars | - | - | - | - | - | - | 105 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| - | Author! Author! | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
