| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | $6,827,361 | -22.7% | 26.1% | 3 | Porky's | $5,752,396 | 84.3% | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 2 | 7 | $4,870,289 | +130.7% | 18.7% | 1 | The Sword and the Sorcerer | $4,870,289 | 100% | 2 | - | - |
| 3 | 5 | $4,027,714 | +57% | 15.4% | 2 | Partners | $2,765,200 | 68.7% | 1 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 4 | 2 | $3,523,177 | -23.9% | 13.5% | 2 | Chariots of Fire | $2,311,394 | 65.6% | 32 | Columbia Pictures | - |
| 5 | 4 | $2,243,894 | -15.2% | 8.6% | 1 | If You Could See What I Hear | $2,243,894 | 100% | 2 | - | - |
| 6 | 3 | $2,016,268 | -32% | 7.7% | 2 | On Golden Pond | $2,016,268 | 100% | 22 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 7 | 6 | $1,536,747 | -28.9% | 5.9% | 1 | Victor/Victoria | $1,536,747 | 100% | 7 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - |
| 8 | 8 | $1,065,424 | -26% | 4.1% | 1 | Deathtrap | $1,065,424 | 100% | 7 | Warner Bros. | - |
