| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Tootsie | $12,984,432 | $9,487,210 | 73.1% | $3,497,222 | 26.9% | 1,190 | 5 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | 48 Hrs. | $5,975,748 | $4,547,066 | 76.1% | $1,428,682 | 23.9% | 1,050 | 6 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | The Verdict | $4,897,389 | $3,631,148 | 74.1% | $1,266,241 | 25.9% | 719 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 4 | The Dark Crystal | $4,153,000 | $3,158,167 | 76% | $994,833 | 24% | 1,008 | 5 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | The Toy | $3,651,192 | $2,971,903 | 81.4% | $679,289 | 18.6% | 1,327 | 6 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | Best Friends | $2,994,082 | $2,321,407 | 77.5% | $672,675 | 22.5% | 1,021 | 5 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 7 | An Officer and a Gentleman | $2,432,033 | $1,102,529 | 45.3% | $1,329,504 | 54.7% | 645 | 25 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | $2,263,959 | $1,768,246 | 78.1% | $495,713 | 21.9% | 1,120 | 32 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | Kiss Me Goodbye | $1,821,797 | $1,433,516 | 78.7% | $388,281 | 21.3% | 716 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 10 | Airplane II: The Sequel | $1,170,215 | $912,258 | 78% | $257,957 | 22% | 642 | 6 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | Peter Pan 1982 Re-release | $1,066,218 | $825,772 | 77.4% | $240,446 | 22.6% | 458 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| - | They Call Me Bruce | - | $628,322 | - | - | - | 92 | 10 | Film Ventures International (FVI) | - | false |
| - | Trail of the Pink Panther | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| - | Six Weeks | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| - | Scanners | - | - | - | - | - | - | 106 | Embassy Pictures | - | false |
