| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | On Golden Pond | $8,539,575 | +4.3% | 935 | -31 | $9,133 | $58,920,000 | 14 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | 4 | Chariots of Fire | $3,021,022 | +43% | 442 | +149 | $6,834 | $18,281,521 | 24 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | - | Evil Under the Sun | $2,240,000 | - | 609 | - | $3,678 | $2,240,000 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 4 | 5 | Raiders of the Lost Ark | $2,060,936 | +19.8% | 650 | - | $3,170 | $195,370,684 | 39 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 2 | Making Love | $1,462,851 | -33.1% | 380 | - | $3,849 | $9,823,851 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 6 | 3 | Shoot the Moon | $1,245,856 | -42.8% | 450 | -135 | $2,768 | $6,305,856 | 7 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 7 | 6 | Arthur | $1,064,872 | -11.6% | 500 | -75 | $2,129 | $87,179,637 | 34 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 8 | 7 | Absence of Malice | $972,090 | -16.2% | 550 | -50 | $1,767 | $38,610,618 | 16 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 8 | Taps | $940,318 | +1.7% | 575 | -75 | $1,635 | $35,277,384 | 14 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
