| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | $10,779,575 | +31.6% | 50% | 3 | On Golden Pond | $8,539,575 | 79.2% | 14 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 2 | 2 | $3,993,112 | +22% | 18.5% | 2 | Chariots of Fire | $3,021,022 | 75.7% | 24 | Columbia Pictures | - |
| 3 | 3 | $2,403,169 | -22.8% | 11.2% | 2 | Making Love | $1,462,851 | 60.9% | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 4 | 5 | $2,060,936 | +19.8% | 9.6% | 1 | Raiders of the Lost Ark | $2,060,936 | 100% | 39 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 5 | 4 | $1,245,856 | -42.8% | 5.8% | 1 | Shoot the Moon | $1,245,856 | 100% | 7 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - |
| 6 | 6 | $1,064,872 | -11.6% | 4.9% | 1 | Arthur | $1,064,872 | 100% | 34 | Warner Bros. | - |
