| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 2 | An Officer and a Gentleman | $5,266,218 | +21.6% | 967 | - | $5,445 | $72,218,680 | 11 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | 1 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | $5,030,117 | +3.4% | 1,352 | -49 | $3,720 | $267,241,424 | 18 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | - | My Favorite Year | $2,979,722 | - | 714 | - | $4,173 | $3,362,034 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | true | false |
| 4 | 3 | Amityville II: The Possession | $1,974,500 | -40.9% | 843 | -342 | $2,342 | $10,428,000 | 3 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 4 | Fast Times at Ridgemont High | $1,892,707 | -4.6% | 646 | -51 | $2,929 | $25,930,731 | 9 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 5 | Pink Floyd: The Wall | $1,449,168 | -20.9% | 499 | -82 | $2,904 | $11,701,450 | 9 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 7 | 9 | Rocky III | $835,800 | -2.9% | 496 | -45 | $1,685 | $116,956,300 | 20 | United Artists | false | false |
| 8 | 7 | Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again | $713,816 | -50.7% | 300 | - | $2,379 | $2,161,460 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | - | Lookin' to Get Out | $617,543 | - | 303 | - | $2,038 | $617,543 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | true | false |
| 10 | 8 | Tempest | $542,890 | -57.3% | 326 | -298 | $1,665 | $4,448,205 | 6 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 6 | The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas | $456,827 | -73.9% | 597 | -52 | $765 | $69,155,342 | 12 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
