| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 2 | Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi | $19,473,121 | -2.1% | 1,302 | +300 | $14,956 | $141,039,269 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 2 | 1 | Superman III | $13,637,535 | -33.6% | 1,752 | -7 | $7,783 | $34,161,868 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 3 | - | Porky's II: The Next Day | $10,817,121 | - | 1,511 | - | $7,158 | $10,817,121 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | true | false |
| 4 | - | Twilight Zone: The Movie | $10,368,098 | - | 1,275 | - | $8,131 | $10,368,098 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 5 | 3 | Trading Places | $8,719,272 | -20.6% | 1,368 | -21 | $6,373 | $32,799,818 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 4 | Octopussy | $7,667,677 | -25.9% | 1,339 | +17 | $5,726 | $32,164,899 | 3 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 7 | 5 | WarGames | $6,728,731 | -20.4% | 974 | +1 | $6,908 | $32,087,247 | 4 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 8 | - | The Survivors | $5,371,161 | - | 1,006 | - | $5,339 | $5,371,161 | 1 | Columbia Pictures | true | false |
| 9 | 7 | Flashdance | $3,136,841 | -16.4% | 785 | -210 | $3,995 | $52,693,415 | 11 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | - | Yellowbeard | $2,452,320 | - | 761 | - | $3,222 | $2,452,320 | 1 | Orion Pictures | true | false |
| 11 | 6 | Psycho II | $2,073,103 | -63.4% | 859 | -431 | $2,413 | $26,533,000 | 4 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 8 | Blue Thunder | $1,701,711 | -27.6% | 770 | -287 | $2,210 | $38,444,228 | 7 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 11 | Tootsie | $1,002,208 | -12.9% | 640 | - | $1,565 | $175,562,847 | 28 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | 13 | My Tutor | $606,843 | -32.1% | 141 | - | $4,303 | $21,983,111 | 17 | Crown | false | false |
| 15 | 9 | The Man with Two Brains | $578,296 | -61.1% | 377 | -432 | $1,533 | $9,277,353 | 4 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 16 | 12 | Still Smokin | $431,764 | -52.5% | 305 | -180 | $1,415 | $15,177,409 | 8 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 17 | 14 | Valley Girl | $388,801 | -17.4% | 162 | -49 | $2,400 | $13,052,437 | 9 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | false | false |
