| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | First Blood | $9,180,661 | $6,642,005 | 72.4% | $2,538,656 | 27.6% | 901 | 1 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | Halloween III: Season of the Witch | $7,686,523 | $6,333,259 | 82.4% | $1,353,264 | 17.6% | 1,297 | 1 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | Monsignor | $4,733,792 | $3,631,834 | 76.7% | $1,101,958 | 23.3% | 857 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 4 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | $4,201,750 | $3,243,210 | 77.2% | $958,540 | 22.8% | 1,200 | 20 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | An Officer and a Gentleman | $4,159,520 | $3,384,183 | 81.4% | $775,337 | 18.6% | 1,050 | 13 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | My Favorite Year | $2,154,241 | $1,706,802 | 79.2% | $447,439 | 20.8% | 632 | 3 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 7 | Jinxed! | $1,619,882 | $1,209,311 | 74.6% | $410,571 | 25.4% | 877 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 8 | The Sender | $621,263 | $434,884 | 70% | $186,379 | 30% | 300 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | Pink Floyd: The Wall | $610,050 | $436,944 | 71.6% | $173,106 | 28.4% | 299 | 11 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 10 | Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again | $519,392 | $410,190 | 79% | $109,202 | 21% | 300 | 4 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | Rocky III | $465,481 | $325,481 | 69.9% | $140,000 | 30.1% | 343 | 22 | United Artists | - | false |
| 12 | Night Shift | $324,327 | $233,939 | 72.1% | $90,388 | 27.9% | 301 | 13 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 13 | Annie | $243,611 | $243,611 | 100% | $0 | - | 246 | 23 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| - | Amityville II: The Possession | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| - | Tempest | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| - | Melvin and Howard | - | - | - | - | - | - | 105 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
