| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | On Golden Pond | $9,286,994 | -17% | 1,015 | +81 | $9,149 | $42,190,886 | 12 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | 2 | Making Love | $2,424,571 | -35.3% | 371 | +8 | $6,535 | $6,173,000 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 3 | 3 | Chariots of Fire | $2,266,830 | -16.5% | 293 | +1 | $7,736 | $13,148,279 | 22 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 5 | Raiders of the Lost Ark | $1,801,000 | -8.1% | 668 | +48 | $2,696 | $191,589,474 | 37 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | - | The Border | $1,571,525 | - | 741 | -147 | $2,120 | $6,118,683 | 4 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 9 | Taps | $1,458,270 | -13.2% | 689 | +66 | $2,116 | $33,412,321 | 12 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 7 | - | Arthur | $1,288,016 | - | 619 | +36 | $2,080 | $84,910,513 | 32 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 8 | 4 | Reds | $1,272,275 | -44.1% | 576 | +22 | $2,208 | $31,802,166 | 12 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 6 | Absence of Malice | $1,233,394 | -36.2% | 646 | -14 | $1,909 | $36,478,294 | 14 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 8 | Cannery Row | $880,000 | -50% | 620 | -80 | $1,419 | $2,638,311 | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 11 | 7 | Night Crossing | $850,000 | -53.7% | 440 | -160 | $1,931 | $4,500,000 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | - | Barbarosa | $359,816 | - | 187 | - | $1,924 | $359,816 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
