| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Porky's | $8,034,766 | -6.6% | 1,484 | +325 | $5,414 | $31,278,442 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 2 | - | Some Kind of Hero | $5,631,293 | - | 975 | - | $5,775 | $5,631,293 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | true | false |
| 3 | 2 | On Golden Pond | $3,805,370 | -30.6% | 990 | +90 | $3,843 | $84,020,712 | 18 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | - | Silent Rage | $3,693,117 | - | 1,458 | - | $2,533 | $3,693,117 | 1 | Columbia Pictures | true | false |
| 5 | 7 | Chariots of Fire | $3,280,675 | +80.7% | 553 | +131 | $5,932 | $29,874,443 | 28 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 3 | Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip | $2,288,353 | -50.2% | 851 | -384 | $2,689 | $27,215,487 | 4 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 12 | Victor/Victoria | $2,102,208 | +1,518.6% | 611 | +608 | $3,440 | $2,531,000 | 3 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 8 | 5 | Deathtrap | $2,061,709 | +0.4% | 511 | +178 | $4,034 | $7,714,102 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 9 | 6 | Quest for Fire | $1,994,565 | +1.2% | 393 | +143 | $5,075 | $11,825,911 | 8 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 10 | - | Cat People | $1,617,636 | - | 600 | - | $2,696 | $1,617,636 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 11 | 4 | I Ought to Be in Pictures | $1,435,557 | -33.9% | 660 | -2 | $2,175 | $4,117,623 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 12 | - | A Little Sex | $1,030,070 | - | 500 | - | $2,060 | $1,030,070 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 13 | - | Penitentiary II | $662,896 | - | 198 | - | $3,347 | $662,896 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | true | false |
