| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Conan the Barbarian | $13,426,024 | - | 1,395 | - | $9,624 | $13,426,024 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | Porky's | $3,906,250 | -15.9% | 1,164 | -169 | $3,355 | $77,096,890 | 9 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 3 | 3 | The Sword and the Sorcerer | $2,724,820 | +2.9% | 660 | - | $4,128 | $12,355,028 | 4 | - | false | false |
| 4 | - | Wrong Is Right | $2,133,696 | - | 934 | - | $2,284 | $2,133,696 | 1 | Columbia Pictures | true | false |
| 5 | 4 | Chariots of Fire | $1,939,720 | -19.8% | 747 | -11 | $2,596 | $49,675,645 | 34 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 2 | Paradise | $1,624,036 | -49.7% | 962 | -185 | $1,688 | $4,851,251 | 2 | Embassy Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 6 | Victor/Victoria | $1,445,775 | -26.6% | 559 | -19 | $2,586 | $16,276,798 | 9 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 8 | 5 | On Golden Pond | $1,414,915 | -33.4% | 420 | -197 | $3,368 | $104,255,858 | 24 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 7 | If You Could See What I Hear | $1,324,877 | -20.8% | 489 | -52 | $2,709 | $7,888,528 | 4 | - | false | false |
| 10 | 9 | Deathtrap | $780,133 | -23.5% | 463 | -70 | $1,684 | $17,385,291 | 9 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 11 | 11 | Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip | $601,673 | +0.1% | 438 | +5 | $1,373 | $34,688,873 | 10 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 10 | Quest for Fire | $594,294 | -28.9% | 296 | -13 | $2,007 | $20,265,289 | 14 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
