| Rank | Release Group
| Worldwide | Domestic | % | Foreign | % |
|---|
| 1 | Superman II | $216,385,706 | $108,185,706 | 50% | $108,200,000 | 50% |
| 2 | Raiders of the Lost Ark | $212,222,025 | $212,222,025 | 100% | - | - |
| 3 | On Golden Pond | $119,285,432 | $119,285,432 | 100% | - | - |
| 4 | Arthur | $95,461,682 | $95,461,682 | 100% | - | - |
| 5 | Stripes | $85,297,000 | $85,297,000 | 100% | - | - |
| 6 | The Cannonball Run | $72,179,579 | $72,179,579 | 100% | - | - |
| 7 | Chariots of Fire | $58,972,904 | $58,972,904 | 100% | - | - |
| 8 | For Your Eyes Only | $54,812,948 | $54,812,802 | 100% | - | - |
| 9 | The Four Seasons | $50,427,646 | $50,427,646 | 100% | - | - |
| 10 | Time Bandits | $42,365,581 | $42,365,581 | 100% | - | - |
| 11 | Clash of the Titans | $41,092,328 | $41,092,328 | 100% | - | - |
| 12 | Absence of Malice | $40,716,963 | $40,716,963 | 100% | - | - |
| 13 | Reds | $40,382,788 | $40,382,659 | 100% | $129 | <0.1% |
| 14 | The Fox and the Hound | $39,900,000 | $39,900,000 | 100% | - | - |
| 15 | Tarzan the Ape Man | $36,565,280 | $36,565,280 | 100% | - | - |
| 16 | Taps | $35,856,053 | $35,856,053 | 100% | - | - |
| 17 | Sharky's Machine | $35,610,100 | $35,610,100 | 100% | - | - |
| 18 | Excalibur | $34,967,437 | $34,967,437 | 100% | - | - |
| 19 | Endless Love | $32,492,674 | $31,184,024 | 96% | $1,308,650 | 4% |
| 20 | History of the World: Part I | $31,672,907 | $31,672,907 | 100% | - | - |
| 21 | Bustin' Loose | $31,261,269 | $31,261,269 | 100% | - | - |
| 22 | The Great Muppet Caper | $31,206,251 | $31,206,251 | 100% | - | - |
| 23 | An American Werewolf in London | $30,703,817 | $30,565,292 | 99.5% | $134,324 | 0.4% |
| 24 | Neighbors | $29,916,207 | $29,916,207 | 100% | - | - |
| 25 | Fort Apache the Bronx | $29,200,000 | $29,200,000 | 100% | - | - |
| 26 | Cinderella 1981 Re-release | $28,040,000 | $28,040,000 | 100% | - | - |
| 27 | The French Lieutenant's Woman | $26,890,068 | $26,890,068 | 100% | - | - |
| 28 | Private Lessons | $26,279,000 | $26,279,000 | 100% | - | - |
| 29 | Modern Problems | $26,154,211 | $26,154,211 | 100% | - | - |
| 30 | Halloween II | $25,533,818 | $25,533,818 | 100% | - | - |
| 31 | Only When I Laugh | $25,524,778 | $25,524,778 | 100% | - | - |
| 32 | Escape from New York | $25,244,626 | $25,244,626 | 100% | - | - |
| 33 | Body Heat | $24,058,838 | $24,058,838 | 100% | - | - |
| 34 | Ghost Story | $23,371,905 | $23,371,905 | 100% | - | - |
| 35 | Friday the 13th: Part 2 | $21,722,975 | $21,722,776 | 100% | - | - |
| 36 | The Final Conflict | $20,471,382 | $20,471,382 | 100% | - | - |
| 37 | The Incredible Shrinking Woman | $20,259,961 | $20,259,961 | 100% | - | - |
| 38 | Mommie Dearest | $19,034,059 | $19,032,261 | 100% | - | - |
| 39 | Paternity | $18,838,812 | $18,838,812 | 100% | - | - |
| 40 | Under the Rainbow | $18,826,490 | $18,826,490 | 100% | - | - |
| 41 | The Howling | $17,985,893 | $17,985,893 | 100% | - | - |
| 42 | Eye of the Needle | $17,583,634 | $17,583,634 | 100% | - | - |
| 43 | Take This Job and Shove It | $17,569,027 | $17,569,027 | 100% | - | - |
| 44 | Outland | $17,374,595 | $17,374,595 | 100% | - | - |
| 45 | The Devil and Max Devlin | $16,000,000 | $16,000,000 | 100% | - | - |
| 46 | Caveman | $15,965,924 | $15,965,924 | 100% | - | - |
| 47 | Continental Divide | $15,578,237 | $15,578,237 | 100% | - | - |
| 48 | The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia | $14,923,752 | $14,923,752 | 100% | - | - |
| 49 | Ragtime | $14,920,781 | $14,920,781 | 100% | - | - |
| 50 | Nighthawks | $14,905,359 | $14,905,359 | 100% | - | - |
| 51 | S.O.B. | $14,867,086 | $14,867,086 | 100% | - | - |
| 52 | Rich and Famous | $14,492,125 | $14,492,125 | 100% | - | - |
| 53 | Scanners | $14,225,876 | $14,225,876 | 100% | - | - |
| 54 | Dragonslayer | $14,110,013 | $14,110,013 | 100% | - | - |
| 55 | True Confessions | $12,850,276 | $12,850,276 | 100% | - | - |
| 56 | Atlantic City | $12,729,675 | $12,729,675 | 100% | - | - |
| 57 | The Legend of the Lone Ranger | $12,617,845 | $12,617,845 | 100% | - | - |
| 58 | First Monday in October | $12,480,249 | $12,480,249 | 100% | - | - |
| 59 | The Postman Always Rings Twice | $12,383,416 | $12,376,625 | 99.9% | $6,791 | <0.1% |
| 60 | Blow Out | $12,000,000 | $12,000,000 | 100% | - | - |
| 61 | Back Roads | $11,809,387 | $11,809,387 | 100% | - | - |
| 62 | Thief | $11,493,612 | $11,492,915 | 100% | - | - |
| 63 | Victory | $10,853,418 | $10,853,418 | 100% | - | - |
| 64 | Rollover | $10,851,261 | $10,851,261 | 100% | - | - |
| 65 | Wolfen | $10,626,725 | $10,626,725 | 100% | - | - |
| 66 | Carbon Copy | $9,566,593 | $9,566,593 | 100% | - | - |
| 67 | Pennies from Heaven | $9,171,289 | $9,171,289 | 100% | - | - |
| 68 | Deadly Blessing | $8,279,042 | $8,279,042 | 100% | - | - |
| 69 | Whose Life Is It Anyway? | $8,206,145 | $8,206,145 | 100% | - | - |
| 70 | Prince of the City | $8,124,257 | $8,124,257 | 100% | - | - |
| 71 | The Funhouse | $7,886,857 | $7,886,857 | 100% | - | - |
| 72 | Buddy Buddy | $7,258,543 | $7,258,543 | 100% | - | - |
| 73 | La Cage aux Folles II | $6,950,125 | $6,950,125 | 100% | - | - |
| 74 | ...All the Marbles | $6,468,195 | $6,468,195 | 100% | - | - |
| 75 | Eyewitness | $6,400,000 | $6,400,000 | 100% | - | - |
| 76 | Gallipoli | $5,734,249 | $5,732,587 | 100% | - | - |
| 77 | My Bloody Valentine | $5,673,343 | $5,672,031 | 100% | - | - |
| 78 | Going Ape! | $5,504,218 | $5,504,218 | 100% | - | - |
| 79 | The Dogs of War | $5,484,132 | $5,484,132 | 100% | - | - |
| 80 | Student Bodies | $5,165,432 | $5,165,432 | 100% | - | - |
| 81 | The Watcher in the Woods | $5,000,000 | $5,000,000 | 100% | - | - |
| 82 | All Night Long | $4,454,295 | $4,454,295 | 100% | - | - |
| 83 | The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper | $3,702,028 | $3,702,028 | 100% | - | - |
| 84 | Zoot Suit | $3,256,082 | $3,256,082 | 100% | - | - |
| 85 | The Fan | $3,082,096 | $3,082,096 | 100% | - | - |
| 86 | The Last Metro | $3,007,436 | $3,007,436 | 100% | - | - |
| 87 | Gas | $2,869,425 | $2,869,425 | 100% | - | - |
| 88 | Modern Romance | $2,863,642 | $2,863,642 | 100% | - | - |
| 89 | The Hand | $2,447,576 | $2,447,576 | 100% | - | - |
| 90 | Heartbeeps | $2,154,696 | $2,154,696 | 100% | - | - |
| 91 | This Is Elvis | $2,028,612 | $2,028,612 | 100% | - | - |
| 92 | Sphinx | $2,022,771 | $2,022,771 | 100% | - | - |
| 93 | Honky Tonk Freeway | $2,004,742 | $2,004,742 | 100% | - | - |
| 94 | Raggedy Man | $1,976,198 | $1,976,198 | 100% | - | - |
| 95 | King of the Mountain | $1,791,147 | $1,791,147 | 100% | - | - |
| 96 | Cutter's Way | $1,729,274 | $1,729,274 | 100% | - | - |
| 97 | Silence of the North | $1,622,898 | $1,622,898 | 100% | - | - |
| 98 | From Mao to Mozart: Isaac Stern in China | $1,205,934 | $1,205,934 | 100% | - | - |
| 99 | Night School | $1,169,875 | $1,169,875 | 100% | - | - |
| 100 | Eyes of a Stranger | $1,118,634 | $1,118,634 | 100% | - | - |
| 101 | Herbie Goes Bananas 1981 Re-release | $1,000,000 | $1,000,000 | 100% | - | - |
| 102 | Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo 1981 Re-release | $1,000,000 | $1,000,000 | 100% | - | - |
| 103 | Sunday Lovers | $621,931 | $621,931 | 100% | - | - |
| 104 | Beyond the Reef | $549,931 | $547,525 | 99.6% | $2,406 | 0.4% |
| 105 | Cattle Annie and Little Britches | $534,816 | $534,816 | 100% | - | - |
| 106 | Hard Country | $534,653 | $534,653 | 100% | - | - |
| 107 | Man of Iron | $492,035 | $492,035 | 100% | - | - |
| 108 | Kelly | $469,777 | $469,777 | 100% | - | - |
| 109 | Freaky Friday 1981 Re-release | $300,000 | $300,000 | 100% | - | - |
| 110 | The Sea Wolves | $220,181 | $220,181 | 100% | - | - |
| 111 | Second-Hand Hearts | $19,450 | $19,450 | 100% | - | - |
| 112 | Glen or Glenda 1981 Re-release | $10,158 | $10,158 | 100% | - | - |
| 113 | Polyester | $3,612 | - | - | - | - |
| 114 | Swiss Family Robinson 1981 Re-release | $2,458 | - | - | $2,458 | 100% |
| 115 | That Obscure Object of Desire | $918 | - | - | $918 | 100% |
| 116 | Dissolute Wife | $785 | - | - | $785 | 100% |
