| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi | $12,375,545 | -26.3% | 1,301 | +5 | $9,512 | $170,210,203 | 8 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 2 | 3 | Trading Places | $7,267,296 | -16.5% | 1,280 | -10 | $5,677 | $48,773,417 | 5 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | 2 | Superman III | $5,980,444 | -37.3% | 1,612 | -151 | $3,709 | $49,683,720 | 4 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 4 | 7 | WarGames | $5,267,523 | -16.3% | 977 | - | $5,391 | $43,650,521 | 6 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 5 | 6 | Octopussy | $5,113,095 | -25.8% | 1,202 | -126 | $4,253 | $44,165,230 | 5 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 6 | 5 | Porky's II: The Next Day | $5,091,093 | -30.2% | 1,431 | -133 | $3,557 | $23,207,137 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 7 | 4 | Twilight Zone: The Movie | $4,514,955 | -40.7% | 1,209 | -79 | $3,734 | $22,494,167 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 8 | 8 | Stroker Ace | $3,957,429 | -32.8% | 1,375 | -10 | $2,878 | $9,844,000 | 2 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 10 | Flashdance | $3,890,942 | +18.5% | 915 | +85 | $4,252 | $59,866,690 | 13 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 9 | The Survivors | $2,683,912 | -22.8% | 900 | -114 | $2,982 | $11,531,474 | 3 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 12 | Psycho II | $1,767,000 | +22.8% | 890 | - | $1,985 | $29,739,000 | 6 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 11 | Blue Thunder | $1,405,365 | -14.7% | 734 | -71 | $1,914 | $41,497,269 | 9 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 15 | Valley Girl | $591,574 | +73.2% | 194 | +84 | $3,049 | $13,985,561 | 11 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | false | false |
| 14 | 14 | My Tutor | $156,910 | -65% | 54 | -53 | $2,905 | $22,587,834 | 19 | Crown | false | false |
