| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | $4,353,448 | $3,315,692 | 76.2% | $1,037,756 | 23.8% | 1,346 | 19 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | An Officer and a Gentleman | $4,206,601 | $3,260,328 | 77.5% | $946,273 | 22.5% | 967 | 12 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | My Favorite Year | $2,818,125 | $2,205,749 | 78.3% | $612,376 | 21.7% | 720 | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 4 | Fast Times at Ridgemont High | $1,162,149 | $1,162,149 | 100% | $0 | - | 651 | 10 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | Pink Floyd: The Wall | $936,813 | $680,742 | 72.7% | $256,071 | 27.3% | 438 | 10 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 6 | Amityville II: The Possession | $900,000 | $900,000 | 100% | $0 | - | 643 | 4 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | Rocky III | $675,909 | $475,759 | 70.4% | $200,150 | 29.6% | 488 | 21 | United Artists | - | false |
| 8 | The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas | $546,295 | $546,295 | 100% | $0 | - | 528 | 13 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | Tempest | $388,869 | $277,030 | 71.2% | $111,839 | 28.8% | 233 | 7 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again | $346,005 | $291,571 | 84.3% | $54,434 | 15.7% | 154 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| - | Night Shift | - | $442,629 | - | - | - | 408 | 12 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | Annie | - | $298,613 | - | - | - | 280 | 22 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| - | Lookin' to Get Out | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| - | Breaking Glass | - | - | - | - | - | - | 105 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
