| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | First Blood | $4,416,115 | -3.3% | 902 | -5 | $4,895 | $20,221,595 | 3 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | 4 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | $3,046,692 | +10% | 1,110 | -10 | $2,744 | $282,598,650 | 22 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | 5 | An Officer and a Gentleman | $2,910,728 | +15.9% | 998 | -52 | $2,916 | $87,056,969 | 15 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 3 | Class Reunion | $2,343,056 | -24.1% | 1,125 | +4 | $2,082 | $6,550,727 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 5 | - | The Missionary | $1,864,852 | - | 532 | - | $3,505 | $1,864,852 | 1 | Columbia Pictures | true | false |
| 6 | 6 | Monsignor | $1,532,008 | -31.5% | 724 | -161 | $2,116 | $9,354,452 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 7 | 7 | My Favorite Year | $1,434,011 | -3.2% | 559 | +18 | $2,565 | $11,659,508 | 5 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 8 | 2 | Halloween III: Season of the Witch | $1,124,853 | -66.3% | 1,064 | -264 | $1,057 | $12,827,446 | 3 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | - | The Man from Snowy River | $694,126 | - | 158 | - | $4,393 | $694,126 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | true | false |
| 10 | 8 | It Came from Hollywood | $679,855 | -37.9% | 550 | -100 | $1,236 | $2,091,037 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 9 | Poltergeist | $385,617 | -61.6% | 323 | -556 | $1,193 | $73,485,501 | 23 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 12 | 11 | Pink Floyd: The Wall | $225,516 | -9.7% | 221 | -12 | $1,020 | $13,873,490 | 13 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
