| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | $18,084,856 | $10,425,071 | 57.6% | $7,659,785 | 42.4% | 1,555 | 8 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas | $14,408,863 | $9,012,785 | 62.6% | $5,396,078 | 37.4% | 1,435 | 2 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | An Officer and a Gentleman | $6,511,822 | $3,304,679 | 50.8% | $3,207,143 | 49.2% | 346 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | Night Shift | $4,152,430 | $2,539,633 | 61.2% | $1,612,797 | 38.8% | 683 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 5 | Young Doctors in Love | $4,049,372 | $2,590,344 | 64% | $1,459,028 | 36% | 796 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 6 | Rocky III | $4,030,697 | $2,405,990 | 59.7% | $1,624,707 | 40.3% | 1,147 | 10 | United Artists | - | false |
| 7 | The World According to Garp | $3,791,692 | $2,378,221 | 62.7% | $1,413,471 | 37.3% | 365 | 2 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 8 | Poltergeist | $3,191,316 | $1,847,018 | 57.9% | $1,344,298 | 42.1% | 867 | 9 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 9 | Six Pack | $3,099,259 | $2,072,697 | 66.9% | $1,026,562 | 33.1% | 783 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 10 | Annie | $2,870,178 | $1,435,056 | 50% | $1,435,122 | 50% | 715 | 11 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | Raiders of the Lost Ark 1982 Re-release | $2,681,690 | $1,617,938 | 60.3% | $1,063,752 | 39.7% | 840 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | The Secret of NIMH | $2,380,218 | $1,096,858 | 46.1% | $1,283,360 | 53.9% | 559 | 5 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 13 | Tron | $2,343,133 | $1,198,339 | 51.1% | $1,144,794 | 48.9% | 650 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | Firefox | $1,919,595 | $1,225,189 | 63.8% | $694,406 | 36.2% | 808 | 7 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 15 | Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan | $1,649,263 | $1,309,277 | 79.4% | $339,986 | 20.6% | 655 | 9 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 16 | The Sword and the Sorcerer | $1,394,889 | $1,099,426 | 78.8% | $295,463 | 21.2% | 340 | 15 | Group 1 International Distribution | - | false |
| - | Blade Runner | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | The Final Countdown | - | - | - | - | - | - | 105 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| - | The Hunter | - | - | - | - | - | - | 105 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
