| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi | $42,169,913 | +296.3% | 1,002 | - | $42,085 | $52,910,693 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 2 | 3 | Blue Thunder | $7,509,096 | -10.4% | 1,555 | +16 | $4,829 | $27,211,806 | 3 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | 4 | Flashdance | $5,883,242 | +15.7% | 1,032 | +17 | $5,700 | $37,801,701 | 7 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 2 | Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone | $5,211,199 | -40.6% | 1,344 | +6 | $3,877 | $13,982,811 | 2 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 5 | Breathless | $4,124,921 | -17.3% | 1,073 | -93 | $3,844 | $15,244,792 | 3 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | - | Chained Heat | $3,571,172 | - | 404 | - | $8,839 | $3,571,172 | 1 | - | true | false |
| 7 | 6 | My Tutor | $3,176,606 | -0.5% | 493 | -7 | $6,443 | $17,399,372 | 13 | Crown | false | false |
| 8 | 9 | Tootsie | $2,816,482 | +60.7% | 836 | +147 | $3,368 | $170,262,037 | 24 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 8 | Still Smokin | $2,616,010 | +32.4% | 730 | +67 | $3,583 | $11,295,476 | 4 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 11 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | $2,055,711 | +92.6% | 731 | +272 | $2,812 | $351,851,986 | 51 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 7 | Valley Girl | $1,475,008 | -27.9% | 364 | +22 | $4,052 | $9,625,395 | 5 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | false | false |
| 12 | 10 | Doctor Detroit | $1,027,893 | -37.7% | 539 | -256 | $1,907 | $10,375,893 | 4 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 12 | Gandhi | $1,015,390 | +9.6% | 305 | -41 | $3,329 | $51,857,880 | 25 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
