| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Conan the Barbarian | $6,874,042 | -28.4% | 1,683 | +288 | $4,084 | $20,300,066 | 2 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | - | Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid | $4,289,601 | - | 882 | - | $4,863 | $4,289,601 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 3 | 2 | Porky's | $2,862,955 | <0.1% | 1,104 | -60 | $2,593 | $79,959,845 | 10 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 4 | - | The Road Warrior | $2,527,864 | - | 704 | - | $3,590 | $2,527,864 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 5 | 3 | The Sword and the Sorcerer | $2,114,246 | -3.8% | 630 | -30 | $3,355 | $14,469,274 | 5 | - | false | false |
| 6 | - | Fighting Back | $1,624,381 | - | 1,104 | - | $1,471 | $1,624,381 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | true | false |
| 7 | 6 | Chariots of Fire | $1,291,793 | -6.3% | 660 | -87 | $1,957 | $50,967,438 | 35 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 7 | Victor/Victoria | $1,102,000 | -7% | 525 | -34 | $2,099 | $17,378,798 | 10 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 9 | 5 | Wrong Is Right | $833,465 | -41% | 815 | -119 | $1,022 | $2,967,161 | 2 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 8 | If You Could See What I Hear | $804,984 | -18.7% | 402 | -87 | $2,002 | $8,693,512 | 5 | - | false | false |
| 11 | 4 | Paradise | $660,311 | -54.5% | 500 | -462 | $1,320 | $5,511,562 | 3 | Embassy Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 9 | On Golden Pond | $554,836 | -22.8% | 297 | -123 | $1,868 | $104,810,694 | 25 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | - | Annie | $510,632 | - | 14 | - | $36,473 | $510,632 | 1 | Columbia Pictures | true | false |
| 14 | 10 | Deathtrap | $462,521 | -19.2% | 355 | -108 | $1,302 | $17,847,812 | 10 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 15 | 11 | Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip | $281,436 | -39.2% | 257 | -181 | $1,095 | $34,970,309 | 11 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 16 | 12 | Quest for Fire | $224,894 | -40.7% | 230 | -66 | $977 | $20,490,183 | 15 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 17 | - | Diner | $218,221 | - | 21 | - | $10,391 | $218,221 | 12 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
