| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 17 | On Golden Pond | $3,853,902 | +3,801% | 534 | +531 | $7,217 | $4,933,957 | 8 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | 1 | Absence of Malice | $2,097,019 | -36.3% | 965 | -29 | $2,173 | $27,469,767 | 10 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | 2 | Taps | $2,006,988 | -23.6% | 792 | +103 | $2,534 | $25,128,953 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 4 | 6 | Raiders of the Lost Ark | $1,788,556 | +9.8% | 740 | -56 | $2,416 | $183,912,000 | 33 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | - | Whose Life Is It Anyway? | $1,348,576 | - | 615 | - | $2,192 | $2,100,000 | 8 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 6 | 3 | Sharky's Machine | $1,327,346 | -41.3% | 801 | -308 | $1,657 | $28,568,586 | 6 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 7 | 5 | Modern Problems | $1,241,189 | -41.1% | 797 | -209 | $1,557 | $22,886,688 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 8 | 4 | Reds | $1,220,633 | -44.1% | 573 | -53 | $2,130 | $25,523,000 | 8 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | - | Private Lessons | $1,056,158 | - | 179 | - | $5,900 | $14,733,581 | 22 | - | false | false |
| 10 | 7 | Ragtime | $851,000 | -39.4% | 350 | -69 | $2,431 | $13,835,000 | 10 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 8 | Neighbors | $609,444 | -51.6% | 550 | -360 | $1,108 | $27,799,734 | 6 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 12 | Arthur | $359,415 | -38.8% | 282 | -99 | $1,274 | $81,344,631 | 28 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 13 | 15 | Chariots of Fire | $259,453 | -27.8% | 36 | - | $7,207 | $5,215,249 | 18 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | 13 | Rollover | $210,273 | -60.5% | 260 | -183 | $808 | $9,932,865 | 7 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
