| 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 | $16,795,389 | - | - | - | - | 1,296 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 2 | Superman III | $9,541,408 | - | - | - | - | 1,763 | 3 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 3 | Trading Places | $8,706,303 | - | - | - | - | 1,290 | 4 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | Twilight Zone: The Movie | $7,611,114 | - | - | - | - | 1,288 | 2 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 5 | Porky's II: The Next Day | $7,298,923 | - | - | - | - | 1,564 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 6 | Octopussy | $6,887,236 | - | - | - | - | 1,328 | 4 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 7 | WarGames | $6,295,751 | - | - | - | - | 977 | 5 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 8 | Stroker Ace | $5,886,571 | - | - | - | - | 1,385 | 1 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | The Survivors | $3,476,401 | - | - | - | - | 1,014 | 2 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | Flashdance | $3,282,333 | - | - | - | - | 830 | 12 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | Blue Thunder | $1,647,676 | - | - | - | - | 805 | 8 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | Psycho II | $1,439,000 | - | - | - | - | 890 | 5 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | Yellowbeard | $1,434,680 | - | - | - | - | 653 | 2 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | My Tutor | $447,813 | - | - | - | - | 107 | 18 | Crown | - | false |
| 15 | Valley Girl | $341,550 | - | - | - | - | 110 | 10 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | - | false |
| - | S.O.B. | - | - | - | - | - | - | 106 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| - | Still Smokin | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| - | The Man with Two Brains | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | Tootsie | - | - | - | - | - | - | 29 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
