| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | On Golden Pond | $11,184,287 | +51.9% | 934 | +428 | $11,974 | $32,903,892 | 11 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | - | Making Love | $3,748,429 | - | 363 | - | $10,326 | $3,748,429 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | true | false |
| 3 | 3 | Chariots of Fire | $2,716,348 | +23.1% | 292 | +9 | $9,302 | $10,881,449 | 21 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 10 | Reds | $2,275,024 | +122.1% | 554 | +185 | $4,106 | $30,529,891 | 11 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 6 | Raiders of the Lost Ark | $1,960,751 | +15.1% | 620 | -112 | $3,162 | $189,788,474 | 36 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 2 | Absence of Malice | $1,932,771 | -19.8% | 660 | -272 | $2,928 | $35,244,900 | 13 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 5 | Night Crossing | $1,835,770 | +1.2% | 600 | -40 | $3,059 | $3,650,000 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | - | Cannery Row | $1,758,311 | - | 700 | - | $2,511 | $1,758,311 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | true | false |
| 9 | 4 | Taps | $1,680,492 | -21.3% | 623 | -140 | $2,697 | $31,954,051 | 11 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 10 | - | The Beast Within | $1,400,000 | - | 550 | - | $2,545 | $1,400,000 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | true | false |
| 11 | - | One from the Heart | $456,079 | - | 41 | - | $11,123 | $456,079 | 1 | Columbia Pictures | true | false |
| 12 | 12 | Das Boot | $33,742 | +301.7% | 2 | - | $16,871 | $42,141 | 2 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
