| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Porky's | $8,602,473 | +12.8% | 1,159 | +11 | $7,422 | $20,125,178 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 2 | 3 | On Golden Pond | $5,480,000 | +33.1% | 900 | +17 | $6,088 | $77,580,000 | 17 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | 2 | Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip | $4,594,443 | -25.9% | 1,235 | -42 | $3,720 | $23,533,028 | 3 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | - | I Ought to Be in Pictures | $2,170,397 | - | 662 | - | $3,278 | $2,170,397 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | true | false |
| 5 | 4 | Deathtrap | $2,053,565 | -8.3% | 333 | -8 | $6,166 | $5,098,767 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 6 | 5 | Quest for Fire | $1,970,013 | -9.3% | 250 | +27 | $7,880 | $9,182,795 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 7 | 7 | Chariots of Fire | $1,815,532 | -0.6% | 422 | -13 | $4,302 | $24,698,742 | 27 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | - | Personal Best | $724,028 | - | 236 | - | $3,067 | - | 8 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 9 | 10 | Absence of Malice | $514,406 | -5% | 435 | -8 | $1,182 | $40,716,963 | 19 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 11 | The Amateur | $286,955 | -45.1% | 192 | -159 | $1,494 | $6,283,669 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 11 | 12 | Making Love | $266,776 | -44.4% | 232 | -88 | $1,149 | $11,897,978 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 12 | 13 | Victor/Victoria | $129,882 | -7% | 3 | - | $43,294 | $361,754 | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
