| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | An Officer and a Gentleman | $6,322,641 | $4,537,790 | 71.8% | $1,784,851 | 28.2% | 1,031 | 7 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | $6,220,238 | $4,598,728 | 73.9% | $1,621,510 | 26.1% | 1,485 | 14 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | Fast Times at Ridgemont High | $2,530,900 | $1,835,870 | 72.5% | $695,030 | 27.5% | 706 | 5 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas | $2,365,074 | $1,518,548 | 64.2% | $846,526 | 35.8% | 885 | 8 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | Rocky III | $1,802,535 | $1,281,304 | 71.1% | $521,231 | 28.9% | 853 | 16 | United Artists | - | false |
| 6 | Zapped! | $1,766,063 | $1,349,076 | 76.4% | $416,987 | 23.6% | 614 | 8 | Embassy Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | The World According to Garp | $1,602,061 | $1,167,357 | 72.9% | $434,704 | 27.1% | 557 | 8 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 8 | Friday the 13th: Part 3 | $1,418,140 | $1,129,379 | 79.6% | $288,761 | 20.4% | 592 | 5 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | Poltergeist | $1,347,392 | $1,065,523 | 79.1% | $281,869 | 20.9% | 680 | 15 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 10 | Night Shift | $1,199,000 | $883,218 | 73.7% | $315,782 | 26.3% | 543 | 7 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 11 | Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope 1982 Re-release | $1,040,452 | $789,503 | 75.9% | $250,949 | 24.1% | 666 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 12 | The Beastmaster | $870,126 | $870,126 | 100% | $0 | - | 629 | 4 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| - | Pink Floyd: The Wall | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| - | The Soldier | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | Embassy Pictures | - | false |
| - | The Road Warrior | - | - | - | - | - | - | 17 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | Things Are Tough All Over | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| - | Six Pack | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| - | Young Doctors in Love | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| - | The Challenge | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | Embassy Pictures | - | false |
| - | Tron | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| - | Raiders of the Lost Ark 1982 Re-release | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
