| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi | $19,473,121 | $11,127,915 | 57.2% | $8,345,206 | 42.8% | 1,302 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 2 | Superman III | $13,637,535 | $9,068,726 | 66.5% | $4,568,809 | 33.5% | 1,752 | 2 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 3 | Porky's II: The Next Day | $10,817,121 | $7,054,988 | 65.2% | $3,762,133 | 34.8% | 1,511 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 4 | Twilight Zone: The Movie | $10,368,098 | $6,614,366 | 63.8% | $3,753,732 | 36.2% | 1,275 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 5 | Trading Places | $8,719,272 | $5,501,727 | 63.1% | $3,217,545 | 36.9% | 1,368 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | Octopussy | $7,667,677 | $4,894,795 | 63.8% | $2,772,882 | 36.2% | 1,339 | 3 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 7 | WarGames | $6,728,731 | $4,140,385 | 61.5% | $2,588,346 | 38.5% | 974 | 4 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 8 | The Survivors | $5,371,161 | $3,044,927 | 56.7% | $2,326,234 | 43.3% | 1,006 | 1 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | Flashdance | $3,136,841 | $1,804,916 | 57.5% | $1,331,925 | 42.5% | 785 | 11 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | Yellowbeard | $2,452,320 | $1,564,155 | 63.8% | $888,165 | 36.2% | 761 | 1 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | Psycho II | $2,073,103 | $1,687,935 | 81.4% | $385,168 | 18.6% | 859 | 4 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | Blue Thunder | $1,701,711 | $1,063,756 | 62.5% | $637,955 | 37.5% | 770 | 7 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | Tootsie | $1,002,208 | $589,250 | 58.8% | $412,958 | 41.2% | 640 | 28 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | My Tutor | $606,843 | $251,236 | 41.4% | $355,607 | 58.6% | 141 | 17 | Crown | - | false |
| 15 | The Man with Two Brains | $578,296 | $361,175 | 62.5% | $217,121 | 37.5% | 377 | 4 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 16 | Still Smokin | $431,764 | $281,498 | 65.2% | $150,266 | 34.8% | 305 | 8 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 17 | Valley Girl | $388,801 | $272,160 | 70% | $116,641 | 30% | 162 | 9 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | - | false |
