| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
|
|---|
| 1 | 8 | $21,621,588 | +1,681.8% | 29.7% | 2 | Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan | $21,621,588 | 100% | 1 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 2 | 1 | $14,694,380 | -29.5% | 20.2% | 1 | Rocky III | $14,694,380 | 100% | 2 | United Artists | - |
| 3 | 7 | $12,003,692 | +367.8% | 16.5% | 3 | Poltergeist | $10,460,767 | 87.1% | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - |
| 4 | 3 | $7,013,669 | -44.2% | 9.6% | 2 | Porky's | $3,535,412 | 50.4% | 12 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 5 | 6 | $6,696,145 | +119.7% | 9.2% | 3 | Hanky Panky | $4,752,340 | 71% | 1 | Columbia Pictures | - |
| 6 | 2 | $6,499,906 | -55% | 8.9% | 3 | Conan the Barbarian | $3,705,486 | 57% | 4 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 7 | 5 | $2,447,880 | -23.3% | 3.4% | 1 | The Sword and the Sorcerer | $2,447,880 | 100% | 7 | - | - |
| 8 | 4 | $1,785,002 | -51% | 2.5% | 2 | Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior | $1,433,964 | 80.3% | 3 | Warner Bros. | - |
