| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | $5,404,940 | $4,091,788 | 75.7% | $1,313,152 | 24.3% | 1,395 | 16 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | Amityville II: The Possession | $5,112,839 | $4,104,277 | 80.3% | $1,008,562 | 19.7% | 1,200 | 1 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | An Officer and a Gentleman | $4,940,516 | $3,819,909 | 77.3% | $1,120,607 | 22.7% | 967 | 9 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | Pink Floyd: The Wall | $3,421,257 | $2,270,000 | 66.4% | $1,151,257 | 33.6% | 673 | 7 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 5 | Tempest | $2,383,318 | $1,672,880 | 70.2% | $710,438 | 29.8% | 659 | 4 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | Fast Times at Ridgemont High | $1,907,316 | $1,317,765 | 69.1% | $589,551 | 30.9% | 643 | 7 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas | $1,218,786 | $1,208,906 | 99.2% | $9,880 | 0.8% | 780 | 10 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | The World According to Garp | $1,065,443 | $780,951 | 73.3% | $284,492 | 26.7% | 507 | 10 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 9 | Rocky III | $1,009,400 | $757,000 | 75% | $252,400 | 25% | 640 | 18 | United Artists | - | false |
| 10 | Poltergeist | $916,010 | $720,000 | 78.6% | $196,010 | 21.4% | 440 | 17 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 11 | Night Shift | $901,678 | $677,604 | 75.2% | $224,074 | 24.8% | 489 | 9 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 12 | Friday the 13th: Part 3 | $729,388 | $628,372 | 86.2% | $101,016 | 13.8% | 325 | 7 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| - | Inchon | - | $1,044,739 | - | - | - | - | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| - | Phobia | - | - | - | - | - | - | 105 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| - | Zapped! | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | Embassy Pictures | - | false |
