| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Superman III | $20,524,333 | - | 1,759 | - | $11,668 | $20,524,333 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi | $19,885,573 | -3.8% | 1,002 | - | $19,845 | $121,566,148 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 3 | 3 | Trading Places | $10,979,198 | -16.2% | 1,389 | +14 | $7,904 | $24,080,546 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 2 | Octopussy | $10,354,209 | -26.8% | 1,322 | +11 | $7,832 | $24,497,222 | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 5 | 4 | WarGames | $8,453,890 | +11.7% | 973 | +130 | $8,688 | $25,358,516 | 3 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 6 | 5 | Psycho II | $5,664,897 | -19.1% | 1,290 | -198 | $4,391 | $24,459,897 | 3 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 6 | Flashdance | $3,753,393 | +7.5% | 995 | -1 | $3,772 | $49,556,574 | 10 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 7 | Blue Thunder | $2,350,082 | -18.1% | 1,057 | -148 | $2,223 | $36,742,517 | 6 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 8 | The Man with Two Brains | $1,485,479 | -38.5% | 809 | -394 | $1,836 | $8,699,057 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 10 | 13 | Breathless | $1,268,179 | +29.1% | 605 | -76 | $2,096 | $19,604,731 | 6 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 9 | Tootsie | $1,150,237 | -14.1% | 640 | -83 | $1,797 | $174,560,639 | 27 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 11 | Still Smokin | $908,988 | -12.1% | 485 | -57 | $1,874 | $14,745,645 | 7 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 10 | My Tutor | $893,122 | -26% | 141 | -161 | $6,334 | $21,376,268 | 16 | Crown | false | false |
| 14 | 12 | Valley Girl | $470,530 | -52.1% | 211 | -101 | $2,230 | $12,663,636 | 8 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | false | false |
