| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Tootsie | $11,521,124 | $8,407,104 | 73% | $3,114,020 | 27% | 1,214 | 6 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | 48 Hrs. | $4,973,635 | $3,826,763 | 76.9% | $1,146,872 | 23.1% | 1,050 | 7 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | The Verdict | $4,427,944 | $3,262,576 | 73.7% | $1,165,368 | 26.3% | 838 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 4 | The Dark Crystal | $2,886,000 | $2,226,613 | 77.2% | $659,387 | 22.8% | 905 | 6 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | The Toy | $2,392,972 | $1,940,159 | 81.1% | $452,813 | 18.9% | 1,012 | 7 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | Best Friends | $2,174,629 | $1,661,398 | 76.4% | $513,231 | 23.6% | 834 | 6 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 7 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | $1,844,851 | $1,414,911 | 76.7% | $429,940 | 23.3% | 792 | 33 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | They Call Me Bruce | $1,446,716 | $1,086,876 | 75.1% | $359,840 | 24.9% | 324 | 11 | Film Ventures International (FVI) | - | false |
| 9 | Kiss Me Goodbye | $1,087,774 | $851,714 | 78.3% | $236,060 | 21.7% | 487 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 10 | An Officer and a Gentleman | $1,001,957 | $901,957 | 90% | $100,000 | 10% | 555 | 26 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | The House on Sorority Row | $823,548 | $617,661 | 75% | $205,887 | 25% | 153 | 1 | Film Ventures International (FVI) | - | false |
| 12 | Airplane II: The Sequel | $594,322 | $594,322 | 100% | $0 | - | 590 | 7 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | The Year of Living Dangerously | $51,658 | $35,000 | 67.8% | $16,658 | 32.2% | 1 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | The Man from Snowy River | - | $1,152,191 | - | - | - | 477 | 12 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| - | Gandhi | - | $2,324,871 | - | - | - | 350 | 7 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| - | Sophie's Choice | - | $1,786,015 | - | - | - | 215 | 7 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| - | Peter Pan 1982 Re-release | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
