| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | First Blood | $6,086,720 | $4,416,115 | 72.6% | $1,670,605 | 27.4% | 902 | 3 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | $4,211,665 | $3,046,692 | 72.3% | $1,164,973 | 27.7% | 1,110 | 22 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | An Officer and a Gentleman | $3,882,643 | $2,910,728 | 75% | $971,915 | 25% | 998 | 15 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | Class Reunion | $2,996,462 | $2,343,056 | 78.2% | $653,406 | 21.8% | 1,125 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 5 | The Missionary | $2,578,997 | $1,864,852 | 72.3% | $714,145 | 27.7% | 532 | 1 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | Monsignor | $2,031,550 | $1,532,008 | 75.4% | $499,542 | 24.6% | 724 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 7 | My Favorite Year | $1,793,391 | $1,434,011 | 80% | $359,380 | 20% | 559 | 5 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 8 | The Man from Snowy River | $1,486,321 | $694,126 | 46.7% | $792,195 | 53.3% | 158 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 9 | Halloween III: Season of the Witch | $1,124,853 | $1,124,853 | 100% | $0 | - | 1,064 | 3 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | It Came from Hollywood | $679,855 | $679,855 | 100% | $0 | - | 550 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | Poltergeist | $552,946 | $385,617 | 69.7% | $167,329 | 30.3% | 323 | 23 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 12 | Pink Floyd: The Wall | $402,746 | $225,516 | 56% | $177,230 | 44% | 221 | 13 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| - | Jinxed! | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| - | Rocky III | - | - | - | - | - | - | 24 | United Artists | - | false |
