| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | $5,600,712 | $4,261,887 | 76.1% | $1,338,825 | 23.9% | 1,301 | 15 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | An Officer and a Gentleman | $5,306,287 | $4,061,544 | 76.5% | $1,244,743 | 23.5% | 997 | 8 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | Pink Floyd: The Wall | $4,565,903 | $2,712,095 | 59.4% | $1,853,808 | 40.6% | 653 | 6 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 4 | Inchon | $3,101,482 | $2,326,112 | 75% | $775,370 | 25% | 1,291 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 5 | Fast Times at Ridgemont High | $2,316,477 | $1,498,743 | 64.7% | $817,734 | 35.3% | 600 | 6 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas | $1,988,254 | $1,462,555 | 73.6% | $525,699 | 26.4% | 840 | 9 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | Rocky III | $1,293,767 | $972,703 | 75.2% | $321,064 | 24.8% | 694 | 17 | United Artists | - | false |
| 8 | The World According to Garp | $1,231,147 | $900,466 | 73.1% | $330,681 | 26.9% | 509 | 9 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 9 | Night Shift | $1,026,741 | $755,179 | 73.6% | $271,562 | 26.4% | 510 | 8 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 10 | Poltergeist | $929,850 | $738,292 | 79.4% | $191,558 | 20.6% | 530 | 16 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 11 | Friday the 13th: Part 3 | $896,018 | $758,288 | 84.6% | $137,730 | 15.4% | 393 | 6 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | Zapped! | $766,634 | $766,634 | 100% | $0 | - | 427 | 9 | Embassy Pictures | - | false |
| - | When a Stranger Calls 1980 Re-release | - | - | - | - | - | - | 106 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| - | Tempest | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| - | The Beastmaster | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
