| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Superman III | $20,524,333 | $13,352,357 | 65.1% | $7,171,976 | 34.9% | 1,759 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 2 | Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi | $19,885,573 | $11,217,546 | 56.4% | $8,668,027 | 43.6% | 1,002 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 3 | Trading Places | $10,979,198 | $7,006,620 | 63.8% | $3,972,578 | 36.2% | 1,389 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | Octopussy | $10,354,209 | $6,817,381 | 65.8% | $3,536,828 | 34.2% | 1,322 | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 5 | WarGames | $8,453,890 | $5,355,801 | 63.4% | $3,098,089 | 36.6% | 973 | 3 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 6 | Psycho II | $5,664,897 | $3,210,810 | 56.7% | $2,454,087 | 43.3% | 1,290 | 3 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | Flashdance | $3,753,393 | $2,190,327 | 58.4% | $1,563,066 | 41.6% | 995 | 10 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | Blue Thunder | $2,350,082 | $1,581,035 | 67.3% | $769,047 | 32.7% | 1,057 | 6 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | The Man with Two Brains | $1,485,479 | $977,925 | 65.8% | $507,554 | 34.2% | 809 | 3 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 10 | Breathless | $1,268,179 | $649,043 | 51.2% | $619,136 | 48.8% | 605 | 6 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | Tootsie | $1,150,237 | $730,908 | 63.5% | $419,329 | 36.5% | 640 | 27 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | Still Smokin | $908,988 | $620,902 | 68.3% | $288,086 | 31.7% | 485 | 7 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | My Tutor | $893,122 | $369,420 | 41.4% | $523,702 | 58.6% | 141 | 16 | Crown | - | false |
| 14 | Valley Girl | $470,530 | $337,013 | 71.6% | $133,517 | 28.4% | 211 | 8 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | - | false |
