| 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 | $12,375,545 | $7,337,926 | 59.3% | $5,037,619 | 40.7% | 1,301 | 8 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 2 | Trading Places | $7,267,296 | $4,759,835 | 65.5% | $2,507,461 | 34.5% | 1,280 | 5 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | Superman III | $5,980,444 | $3,847,074 | 64.3% | $2,133,370 | 35.7% | 1,612 | 4 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 4 | WarGames | $5,267,523 | $3,329,329 | 63.2% | $1,938,194 | 36.8% | 977 | 6 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 5 | Octopussy | $5,113,095 | $3,342,644 | 65.4% | $1,770,451 | 34.6% | 1,202 | 5 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 6 | Porky's II: The Next Day | $5,091,093 | $3,476,727 | 68.3% | $1,614,366 | 31.7% | 1,431 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 7 | Twilight Zone: The Movie | $4,514,955 | $2,957,273 | 65.5% | $1,557,682 | 34.5% | 1,209 | 3 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 8 | Stroker Ace | $3,957,429 | $2,809,125 | 71% | $1,148,304 | 29% | 1,375 | 2 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | Flashdance | $3,890,942 | $2,279,134 | 58.6% | $1,611,808 | 41.4% | 915 | 13 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | The Survivors | $2,683,912 | $1,770,554 | 66% | $913,358 | 34% | 900 | 3 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | Psycho II | $1,767,000 | $1,311,390 | 74.2% | $455,610 | 25.8% | 890 | 6 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | Blue Thunder | $1,405,365 | $865,372 | 61.6% | $539,993 | 38.4% | 734 | 9 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | Valley Girl | $591,574 | $467,596 | 79% | $123,978 | 21% | 194 | 11 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | - | false |
| 14 | My Tutor | $156,910 | $113,994 | 72.6% | $42,916 | 27.4% | 54 | 19 | Crown | - | false |
| - | The Fox and the Hound | - | - | - | - | - | - | 105 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| - | Escape from New York | - | - | - | - | - | - | 105 | Embassy Pictures | - | false |
