| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | $12,796,484 | $7,684,162 | 60% | $5,112,322 | 40% | 1,771 | 11 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | An Officer and a Gentleman | $8,335,055 | $5,338,434 | 64% | $2,996,621 | 36% | 802 | 4 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | Friday the 13th: Part 3 | $8,054,159 | $5,384,442 | 66.8% | $2,669,717 | 33.2% | 1,079 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | The Beastmaster | $4,680,800 | $2,955,641 | 63.1% | $1,725,159 | 36.9% | 1,013 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 5 | The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas | $4,516,080 | $2,931,803 | 64.9% | $1,584,277 | 35.1% | 1,042 | 5 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | Fast Times at Ridgemont High | $4,034,147 | $2,511,464 | 62.3% | $1,522,683 | 37.7% | 589 | 2 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope 1982 Re-release | $3,670,217 | $2,308,429 | 62.9% | $1,361,788 | 37.1% | 1,069 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 8 | Rocky III | $3,135,285 | $1,793,805 | 57.2% | $1,341,480 | 42.8% | 935 | 13 | United Artists | - | false |
| 9 | The World According to Garp | $3,011,540 | $1,883,834 | 62.6% | $1,127,706 | 37.4% | 553 | 5 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 10 | Young Doctors in Love | $2,668,210 | $1,832,793 | 68.7% | $835,417 | 31.3% | 672 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 11 | Poltergeist | $2,264,295 | $1,279,800 | 56.5% | $984,495 | 43.5% | 739 | 12 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 12 | Things Are Tough All Over | $2,228,121 | $1,809,919 | 81.2% | $418,202 | 18.8% | 913 | 3 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | Night Shift | $2,048,382 | $1,314,891 | 64.2% | $733,491 | 35.8% | 512 | 4 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | The Road Warrior | - | $2,589,209 | - | - | - | 674 | 14 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | Six Pack | - | $1,226,493 | - | - | - | 570 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| - | Forced Vengeance | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| - | The Pirate Movie | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
