| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi | $28,203,054 | -33.1% | 1,002 | - | $28,146 | $81,013,747 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 2 | - | Psycho II | $11,789,324 | - | 1,448 | - | $8,141 | $11,789,324 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 3 | - | WarGames | $9,338,579 | - | 843 | - | $11,077 | $9,338,579 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | true | false |
| 4 | - | The Man with Two Brains | $4,796,605 | - | 1,203 | - | $3,987 | $4,796,605 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 5 | 3 | Flashdance | $4,508,878 | -23.4% | 1,029 | -3 | $4,381 | $42,310,579 | 8 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 2 | Blue Thunder | $4,311,374 | -42.6% | 1,416 | -139 | $3,044 | $31,523,180 | 4 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 5 | Breathless | $2,109,674 | -48.9% | 892 | -181 | $2,365 | $17,354,466 | 4 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 6 | Chained Heat | $2,016,246 | -43.5% | 417 | +13 | $4,835 | $5,587,418 | 2 | - | false | false |
| 9 | 4 | Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone | $2,013,740 | -61.4% | 1,062 | -282 | $1,896 | $15,996,551 | 3 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 7 | My Tutor | $1,876,270 | -40.9% | 439 | -54 | $4,273 | $19,275,642 | 14 | Crown | false | false |
| 11 | 8 | Tootsie | $1,809,244 | -35.8% | 775 | -61 | $2,334 | $172,071,281 | 25 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 11 | Valley Girl | $1,584,600 | +7.4% | 427 | +63 | $3,711 | $11,209,995 | 6 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | false | false |
| 13 | 9 | Still Smokin | $1,507,319 | -42.4% | 637 | -93 | $2,366 | $12,802,795 | 5 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | 10 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | $1,491,203 | -27.5% | 530 | -201 | $2,813 | $353,343,189 | 52 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
