| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Jaws 3-D | $20,258,000 | $13,422,500 | 66.3% | $6,835,500 | 33.7% | 1,300 | 1 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | Staying Alive | $13,960,998 | $9,133,944 | 65.4% | $4,827,054 | 34.6% | 1,747 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi | $11,548,581 | $7,239,419 | 62.7% | $4,309,162 | 37.3% | 1,554 | 10 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 4 | Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 1983 Re-release | $7,243,554 | $4,446,241 | 61.4% | $2,797,313 | 38.6% | 1,362 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | Class | $7,200,462 | $4,553,233 | 63.2% | $2,647,229 | 36.8% | 839 | 1 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | Trading Places | $5,772,187 | $3,854,140 | 66.8% | $1,918,047 | 33.2% | 1,170 | 7 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | WarGames | $4,400,733 | $2,880,014 | 65.4% | $1,520,719 | 34.6% | 913 | 8 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 8 | Octopussy | $4,088,418 | $2,714,778 | 66.4% | $1,373,640 | 33.6% | 1,066 | 7 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 9 | Flashdance | $3,419,465 | $1,964,377 | 57.4% | $1,455,088 | 42.6% | 850 | 15 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | Superman III | $3,061,225 | $2,003,754 | 65.5% | $1,057,471 | 34.5% | 1,173 | 6 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 11 | Porky's II: The Next Day | $2,440,507 | $1,651,438 | 67.7% | $789,069 | 32.3% | 919 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 12 | Twilight Zone: The Movie | $2,016,191 | $1,328,513 | 65.9% | $687,678 | 34.1% | 756 | 5 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 13 | Mr. Mom | $1,574,995 | $947,197 | 60.1% | $627,798 | 39.9% | 126 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| - | Stroker Ace | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| - | Tarzan the Ape Man | - | - | - | - | - | - | 105 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| - | Gas | - | - | - | - | - | - | 106 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| - | Eye of the Needle | - | - | - | - | - | - | 105 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| - | The Survivors | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| - | Psycho II | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| - | Blow Out | - | - | - | - | - | - | 105 | Filmways Pictures | - | false |
