| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Tootsie | $10,640,415 | $5,540,470 | 52.1% | $5,099,945 | 47.9% | 943 | 1 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | The Toy | $7,799,190 | $4,809,838 | 61.7% | $2,989,352 | 38.3% | 1,489 | 2 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | The Dark Crystal | $7,403,101 | $4,657,335 | 62.9% | $2,745,766 | 37.1% | 858 | 1 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | Best Friends | $6,480,764 | $4,022,891 | 62.1% | $2,457,873 | 37.9% | 1,062 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 5 | 48 Hrs. | $5,292,029 | $3,328,170 | 62.9% | $1,963,859 | 37.1% | 850 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | Airplane II: The Sequel | $4,761,318 | $2,930,935 | 61.6% | $1,830,383 | 38.4% | 1,150 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | $4,484,857 | $2,592,117 | 57.8% | $1,892,740 | 42.2% | 741 | 28 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | The Verdict | $4,107,608 | $2,331,805 | 56.8% | $1,775,803 | 43.2% | 615 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 9 | Trail of the Pink Panther | $2,305,100 | $1,341,695 | 58.2% | $963,405 | 41.8% | 806 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 10 | Peter Pan 1982 Re-release | $2,130,239 | $957,256 | 44.9% | $1,172,983 | 55.1% | 465 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | Six Weeks | $1,572,913 | $978,541 | 62.2% | $594,372 | 37.8% | 613 | 1 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | An Officer and a Gentleman | $1,488,246 | $771,740 | 51.9% | $716,506 | 48.1% | 742 | 21 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | Honkytonk Man | $1,102,604 | $667,727 | 60.6% | $434,877 | 39.4% | 677 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | Seems Like Old Times | - | - | - | - | - | - | 105 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| - | Creepshow | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | My Favorite Year | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| - | First Blood | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| - | The Aristocats | - | - | - | - | - | - | 627 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| - | The Mirror Crack'd | - | - | - | - | - | - | 105 | Associated Film Distribution (AFD) | - | false |
