| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | $4,866,561 | $3,742,140 | 76.9% | $1,124,421 | 23.1% | 1,401 | 17 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | An Officer and a Gentleman | $4,331,794 | $3,376,880 | 78% | $954,914 | 22% | 967 | 10 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | Amityville II: The Possession | $3,340,661 | $2,658,885 | 79.6% | $681,776 | 20.4% | 1,185 | 2 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | Fast Times at Ridgemont High | $1,983,324 | $1,538,202 | 77.6% | $445,122 | 22.4% | 697 | 8 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | Pink Floyd: The Wall | $1,831,025 | $1,250,558 | 68.3% | $580,467 | 31.7% | 581 | 8 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 6 | The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas | $1,749,391 | $885,578 | 50.6% | $863,813 | 49.4% | 649 | 11 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again | $1,447,644 | $819,476 | 56.6% | $628,168 | 43.4% | 300 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | Tempest | $1,270,814 | $987,912 | 77.7% | $282,902 | 22.3% | 624 | 5 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | Rocky III | $861,100 | $611,375 | 71% | $249,725 | 29% | 541 | 19 | United Artists | - | false |
| 10 | Night Shift | $734,775 | $506,030 | 68.9% | $228,745 | 31.1% | 418 | 10 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 11 | The World According to Garp | $575,506 | $575,506 | 100% | $0 | - | 446 | 11 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 12 | My Favorite Year | $382,312 | - | - | - | - | - | - | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| - | Yes, Giorgio | - | $518,786 | - | - | - | 424 | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| - | The Elephant Man | - | - | - | - | - | - | 105 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| - | Coast to Coast | - | - | - | - | - | - | 105 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| - | Friday the 13th: Part 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
