| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Porky's | $5,752,396 | -19.1% | 1,414 | -60 | $4,068 | $68,546,233 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 2 | 7 | The Sword and the Sorcerer | $4,870,289 | +130.7% | 660 | +427 | $7,379 | $6,981,289 | 2 | - | false | false |
| 3 | - | Partners | $2,765,200 | - | 877 | - | $3,153 | $2,765,200 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | true | false |
| 4 | 3 | Chariots of Fire | $2,311,394 | -19.2% | 798 | -7 | $2,896 | $45,317,482 | 32 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 4 | If You Could See What I Hear | $2,243,894 | -15.2% | 558 | +34 | $4,021 | $4,891,464 | 2 | - | false | false |
| 6 | 2 | On Golden Pond | $2,016,268 | -32% | 953 | +209 | $2,115 | $100,716,427 | 22 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 6 | Victor/Victoria | $1,536,747 | -28.9% | 559 | -47 | $2,749 | $12,862,315 | 7 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 8 | 5 | Some Kind of Hero | $1,262,514 | -50.8% | 666 | -34 | $1,895 | $20,400,486 | 5 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 10 | Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip | $1,211,783 | +6.8% | 663 | +50 | $1,827 | $33,486,277 | 8 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 8 | Deathtrap | $1,065,424 | -26% | 517 | -84 | $2,060 | $15,585,187 | 7 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 11 | 9 | Quest for Fire | $901,863 | -33.8% | 340 | -86 | $2,652 | $18,834,777 | 12 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 12 | 12 | I Ought to Be in Pictures | $173,102 | -52.3% | 181 | -77 | $956 | $6,968,359 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
