| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Porky's | $12,160,291 | +3.7% | 1,484 | +325 | $8,194 | $35,403,967 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 2 | - | Some Kind of Hero | $7,063,041 | - | 975 | - | $7,244 | $7,063,041 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | true | false |
| 3 | 2 | On Golden Pond | $6,165,054 | -24% | 990 | +90 | $6,227 | $86,380,396 | 18 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | - | Silent Rage | $5,006,917 | - | 1,458 | - | $3,434 | $5,006,917 | 1 | Columbia Pictures | true | false |
| 5 | 4 | Chariots of Fire | $4,820,366 | +29.9% | 553 | +131 | $8,716 | $31,414,134 | 28 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 3 | Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip | $3,165,639 | -47.1% | 851 | -384 | $3,719 | $28,092,773 | 4 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 6 | Quest for Fire | $2,848,806 | +8.8% | 393 | +143 | $7,248 | $12,680,152 | 8 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 8 | 7 | Deathtrap | $2,828,682 | +8.5% | 511 | +178 | $5,535 | $8,481,075 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 9 | 11 | Victor/Victoria | $2,760,841 | +1,302% | 611 | +608 | $4,518 | $3,189,633 | 3 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 10 | - | Cat People | $2,409,883 | - | 600 | - | $4,016 | $2,409,883 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 11 | 5 | I Ought to Be in Pictures | $1,986,969 | -25.9% | 660 | -2 | $3,010 | $4,669,035 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 12 | - | A Little Sex | $1,397,401 | - | 500 | - | $2,794 | $1,397,401 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 13 | - | Penitentiary II | $883,861 | - | 198 | - | $4,463 | $883,861 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | true | false |
