| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | $24,881,545 | +8.1% | 1,279 | +174 | $19,453 | $69,703,555 | 3 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | - | Blade Runner | $9,554,169 | - | 1,295 | - | $7,377 | $9,554,169 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 3 | 3 | Rocky III | $8,300,100 | -20.3% | 1,232 | - | $6,737 | $67,400,000 | 5 | United Artists | false | false |
| 4 | - | Annie | $8,273,547 | - | 1,102 | - | $7,507 | $20,598,819 | 6 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 2 | Firefox | $7,681,095 | -39.1% | 891 | +10 | $8,620 | $20,284,699 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 6 | 4 | Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan | $7,671,775 | -20.4% | 1,295 | -213 | $5,924 | $53,201,334 | 4 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 5 | Poltergeist | $6,475,185 | -15.2% | 911 | - | $7,107 | $33,700,000 | 4 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 8 | - | The Thing | $5,394,362 | - | 840 | - | $6,421 | $5,394,362 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 9 | - | Megaforce | $3,492,966 | - | 1,193 | - | $2,927 | $3,492,966 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | true | false |
| 10 | 6 | Author! Author! | $2,688,076 | -22.1% | 508 | +4 | $5,291 | $6,138,318 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 11 | 9 | The Sword and the Sorcerer | $1,935,170 | -8.6% | 320 | -70 | $6,047 | $26,447,726 | 10 | - | false | false |
| 12 | 8 | Porky's | $1,877,768 | -30.7% | 762 | -257 | $2,464 | $97,657,744 | 15 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 13 | 7 | Grease 2 | $1,575,553 | -51.7% | 825 | -425 | $1,909 | $11,608,405 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | 11 | Conan the Barbarian | $921,408 | -28.2% | 672 | -15 | $1,371 | $38,039,129 | 7 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
