| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi | $20,666,828 | -26.7% | 1,002 | - | $20,625 | $101,680,575 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 2 | - | Octopussy | $14,143,013 | - | 1,311 | - | $10,787 | $14,143,013 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | true | false |
| 3 | - | Trading Places | $13,101,348 | - | 1,375 | - | $9,528 | $13,101,348 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | true | false |
| 4 | 3 | WarGames | $7,566,047 | -19% | 843 | - | $8,975 | $16,904,626 | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 5 | 2 | Psycho II | $7,005,676 | -40.6% | 1,488 | +40 | $4,708 | $18,795,000 | 2 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 5 | Flashdance | $3,492,602 | -22.5% | 996 | -33 | $3,506 | $45,803,181 | 9 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 6 | Blue Thunder | $2,869,255 | -33.4% | 1,205 | -211 | $2,381 | $34,392,435 | 5 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 4 | The Man with Two Brains | $2,416,973 | -49.6% | 1,203 | - | $2,009 | $7,213,578 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 9 | 11 | Tootsie | $1,339,121 | -26% | 723 | -52 | $1,852 | $173,410,402 | 26 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 10 | My Tutor | $1,207,504 | -35.6% | 302 | -137 | $3,998 | $20,483,146 | 15 | Crown | false | false |
| 11 | 13 | Still Smokin | $1,033,862 | -31.4% | 542 | -95 | $1,907 | $13,836,657 | 6 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 12 | Valley Girl | $983,111 | -38% | 312 | -115 | $3,150 | $12,193,106 | 7 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | false | false |
| 13 | 7 | Breathless | $982,086 | -53.4% | 681 | -211 | $1,442 | $18,336,552 | 5 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
