| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Porky's | $4,644,407 | -19.3% | 1,333 | -81 | $3,484 | $73,190,640 | 8 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 2 | - | Paradise | $3,227,215 | - | 1,147 | - | $2,813 | $3,227,215 | 1 | Embassy Pictures | true | false |
| 3 | 2 | The Sword and the Sorcerer | $2,648,919 | -45.6% | 660 | - | $4,013 | $9,630,208 | 3 | - | false | false |
| 4 | 4 | Chariots of Fire | $2,418,443 | +4.6% | 758 | -40 | $3,190 | $47,735,925 | 33 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 6 | On Golden Pond | $2,124,516 | +5.4% | 617 | -336 | $3,443 | $102,840,943 | 23 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 7 | Victor/Victoria | $1,968,708 | +28.1% | 578 | +19 | $3,406 | $14,831,023 | 8 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 7 | 5 | If You Could See What I Hear | $1,672,187 | -25.5% | 541 | -17 | $3,090 | $6,563,651 | 3 | - | false | false |
| 8 | 3 | Partners | $1,344,524 | -51.4% | 848 | -29 | $1,585 | $4,109,724 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 10 | Deathtrap | $1,019,971 | -4.3% | 533 | +16 | $1,913 | $16,605,158 | 8 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 10 | 11 | Quest for Fire | $836,218 | -7.3% | 309 | -31 | $2,706 | $19,670,995 | 13 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 11 | 9 | Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip | $600,923 | -50.4% | 433 | -230 | $1,387 | $34,087,200 | 9 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
