| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Flashdance | $4,884,187 | $3,385,578 | 69.3% | $1,498,609 | 30.7% | 1,085 | 4 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | Doctor Detroit | $4,466,366 | $3,295,722 | 73.8% | $1,170,644 | 26.2% | 1,343 | 1 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | Still Smokin | $4,144,610 | $3,085,705 | 74.4% | $1,058,905 | 25.6% | 710 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | Porky's 1983 Re-release | $2,990,570 | $2,139,827 | 71.6% | $850,743 | 28.4% | 1,192 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 5 | Tootsie | $1,842,180 | $1,546,976 | 84% | $295,204 | 16% | 805 | 21 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | Valley Girl | $1,809,539 | $1,326,884 | 73.3% | $482,655 | 26.7% | 395 | 2 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | - | false |
| 7 | Something Wicked This Way Comes | $1,791,776 | $1,361,279 | 76% | $430,497 | 24% | 793 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | The Hunger | $1,439,990 | $920,638 | 63.9% | $519,352 | 36.1% | 762 | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 9 | Gandhi | $1,113,439 | $823,234 | 73.9% | $290,205 | 26.1% | 411 | 22 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | My Tutor | $988,900 | $692,230 | 70% | $296,670 | 30% | 462 | 10 | Crown | - | false |
| 11 | The Outsiders | $955,555 | $701,670 | 73.4% | $253,885 | 26.6% | 604 | 7 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 12 | Rocky III 1983 Re-release | $902,228 | $902,228 | 100% | $0 | - | 1,071 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 13 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | $708,336 | $525,763 | 74.2% | $182,573 | 25.8% | 413 | 48 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | Lone Wolf McQuade | $691,526 | $691,521 | 100% | $5 | - | 560 | 4 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 15 | Local Hero | $654,154 | $485,616 | 74.2% | $168,538 | 25.8% | 184 | 12 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | The Verdict | - | - | - | - | - | 210 | 22 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| - | Monty Python's the Meaning of Life | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| - | Tender Mercies | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| - | Max Dugan Returns | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| - | Spring Break | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
