| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Porky's | $11,522,705 | - | 1,148 | - | $10,037 | $11,522,705 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip | $8,114,466 | -25% | 1,277 | - | $6,354 | $18,938,585 | 2 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | 2 | On Golden Pond | $6,117,653 | -13.4% | 883 | -132 | $6,928 | $72,100,000 | 16 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | - | Deathtrap | $3,045,202 | - | 341 | - | $8,930 | $3,045,202 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 5 | 3 | Missing | $2,363,142 | -16.8% | 632 | -101 | $3,739 | $7,904,207 | 6 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 4 | Chariots of Fire | $1,826,591 | -34.2% | 435 | -12 | $4,199 | $22,883,210 | 26 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 10 | Absence of Malice | $736,711 | -13.9% | 443 | -37 | $1,663 | $40,202,557 | 18 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | - | The Amateur | $699,150 | - | 351 | -86 | $1,991 | $5,996,714 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 9 | 8 | Making Love | $693,087 | -37.8% | 320 | -59 | $2,165 | $11,631,202 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 10 | 5 | Evil Under the Sun | $637,244 | -64.2% | 283 | -281 | $2,251 | $4,659,287 | 3 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 9 | Arthur | $559,968 | -34.6% | 395 | -54 | $1,417 | $88,595,661 | 36 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 12 | - | Victor/Victoria | $231,872 | - | 3 | - | $77,290 | $231,872 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | true | false |
