| Row | Rank | Movie Title (click to view) | Studio | Total Gross / Theaters | Opening / Theaters | Open |
| 1 | 393 | The Caine Mutiny | Col. | $21,750,000 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 6/24/54 |
| 2 | 345 | The Bridge on the River Kwai | Col. | $27,200,000 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 12/18/57 |
| 3 | 269 | Lawrence of Arabia | Col. | $37,495,385 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 12/21/62 |
| 4 | 563 | Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb | Col. | $9,164,370 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 1/29/64 |
| 5 | 165 | Guess Who's Coming to Dinner | Col. | $56,666,667 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 12/11/67 |
| 6 | 179 | Funny Girl | Col. | $52,000,000 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 9/18/68 |
| 7 | 498 | Getting Straight | Col. | $13,300,000 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 5/13/70 |
| 8 | 330 | The Last Picture Show | Col. | $29,133,000 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 10/22/71 |
| 9 | 213 | The Way We Were | Col. | $45,000,000 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 10/16/73 |
| 10 | 255 | Funny Lady | Col. | $39,000,000 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 3/9/75 |
| 11 | 192 | Shampoo | Col. | $49,407,734 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 3/13/75 |
| 12 | 293 | Tommy | Col. | $34,251,525 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 3/14/75 |
| 13 | 343 | Taxi Driver | Col. | $27,300,000 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 2/7/76 |
| 14 | 202 | The Deep | Col. | $47,346,365 | 731 | $6,835,540 | 731 | 6/17/77 |
| 15 | 730 | March or Die | Col. | $1,000,000 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 8/5/77 |
| 16 | 560 | Bobby Deerfield | Col. | $9,300,000 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 9/29/77 |
| 17 | 56 | Close Encounters of the Third Kind | Col. | $116,395,460 | 650 | $5,379,460 | 272 | 11/16/77 |
| 18 | 479 | The Buddy Holly Story | Col. | $14,363,400 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 5/19/78 |
| 19 | 414 | Eyes of Laura Mars | Col. | $20,000,000 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 8/2/78 |
| 20 | 286 | Midnight Express | Col. | $35,000,000 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 10/27/78 |
| 21 | 183 | The China Syndrome | Col. | $51,718,367 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 3/16/79 |
| 22 | 677 | Hanover Street | Col. | $3,000,000 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 5/18/79 |
| 23 | 671 | Lost and Found (1979) | Col. | $3,223,197 | N/A | $1,022,374 | 382 | 6/22/79 |
| 24 | 410 | When a Stranger Calls | Col. | $20,149,106 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 9/28/79 |
| 25 | 297 | ...And Justice for All | Col. | $33,300,000 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 10/19/79 |
| 26 | 66 | Kramer Vs. Kramer | Col. | $106,260,000 | 898 | $5,531,000 | 524 | 12/19/79 |
| 27 | 141 | The Electric Horseman | Col. | $61,801,971 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 12/21/79 |
| 28 | 553 | The Hollywood Knights | Col. | $10,000,000 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 5/16/80 |
| 29 | 484 | Wholly Moses | Col. | $14,155,617 | N/A | $3,625,280 | 608 | 6/13/80 |
| 30 | 155 | The Blue Lagoon | Col. | $58,853,106 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 6/20/80 |
| 31 | 518 | Used Cars | Col. | $11,715,321 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 7/18/80 |
| 32 | 720 | When a Stranger Calls (Re-issue) | Col. | $1,262,052 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 9/17/80 |
| 33 | 655 | Gloria | Col. | $4,059,673 | N/A | $33,767 | 1 | 10/1/80 |
| 34 | 463 | Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Special Edition) | Col. | $15,693,175 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 11/14/80 |
| 35 | 481 | The Competition | Col. | $14,287,755 | N/A | $76,163 | 6 | 12/3/80 |
| 36 | 71 | Stir Crazy | Col. | $101,300,000 | N/A | $8,691,886 | 813 | 12/12/80 |
| 37 | 411 | Tess | Col. | $20,093,330 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 12/12/80 |
| 38 | 214 | Seems Like Old Times | Col. | $43,995,918 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 12/19/80 |
| 39 | 680 | Modern Romance | Col. | $2,863,642 | N/A | $18,225 | 1 | 3/13/81 |
| 40 | 91 | Stripes | Col. | $85,297,000 | N/A | $6,130,197 | 1,074 | 6/26/81 |
| 41 | 362 | Only When I Laugh | Col. | $25,524,778 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 9/23/81 |
| 42 | 152 | Chariots of Fire | Col. | $58,972,904 | 810 | $68,907 | 3 | 9/25/81 |
| 43 | 237 | Absence of Malice | Col. | $40,716,963 | 994 | $97,667 | 2 | 11/20/81 |
| 44 | 531 | Das Boot | Col. | $10,915,250 | 2 | $26,994 | 2 | 2/10/82 |
| 45 | 739 | One from the Heart | Col. | $636,796 | 41 | $389,249 | 41 | 2/12/82 |
| 46 | 279 | Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip | Col. | $36,299,720 | 1,277 | $7,780,693 | 1,277 | 3/12/82 |
| 47 | 540 | Silent Rage | Col. | $10,490,791 | 1,458 | $3,693,117 | 1,458 | 4/2/82 |
| 48 | 663 | Wrong Is Right | Col. | $3,583,513 | 934 | $1,412,646 | 934 | 5/14/82 |
| 49 | 164 | Annie | Col. | $57,059,003 | 1,102 | $510,632 | 14 | 5/21/82 |
| 50 | 555 | Hanky Panky | Col. | $9,823,934 | 1,238 | $3,597,244 | 1,238 | 6/4/82 |
| 51 | 765 | Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl | Col. | $327,958 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 6/25/82 |
| 52 | 400 | Things Are Tough All Over | Col. | $21,134,374 | 1,516 | $5,906,708 | 1,516 | 8/6/82 |
| 53 | 637 | Tempest | Col. | $5,005,245 | 659 | $80,492 | 4 | 9/3/82 |
| 54 | 590 | The Missionary | Col. | $7,241,180 | 532 | $1,864,852 | 532 | 11/5/82 |
| 55 | 174 | Gandhi | Col. | $52,767,889 | 825 | $131,153 | 4 | 12/10/82 |
| 56 | 203 | The Toy | Col. | $47,118,057 | 1,542 | $6,322,804 | 1,381 | 12/10/82 |
| 57 | 14 | Tootsie | Col. | $177,200,000 | 1,222 | $5,540,470 | 943 | 12/17/82 |
| 58 | 376 | Spring Break | Col. | $24,071,666 | 1,531 | $5,908,574 | 1,493 | 3/25/83 |
| 59 | 228 | Blue Thunder | Col. | $42,313,354 | 1,555 | $8,258,149 | 1,539 | 5/13/83 |
| 60 | 453 | Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone | Col. | $16,478,265 | 1,344 | $7,053,016 | 1,338 | 5/20/83 |
| 61 | 487 | The Survivors | Col. | $14,000,000 | 1,014 | $3,044,927 | 1,006 | 6/24/83 |
| 62 | 452 | Krull | Col. | $16,519,460 | 1,289 | $5,469,415 | 1,281 | 7/29/83 |
| 63 | 682 | Yor: Hunter from the Future | Col. | $2,810,199 | 1,425 | $2,810,199 | 1,425 | 8/19/83 |
| 64 | 474 | Educating Rita | Col. | $14,648,076 | 407 | $73,518 | 3 | 9/23/83 |
| 65 | 168 | The Big Chill | Col. | $56,342,711 | 832 | $3,662,152 | 722 | 9/30/83 |
| 66 | 456 | Richard Pryor: Here and Now | Col. | $16,156,776 | 1,411 | $3,701,609 | 1,411 | 10/28/83 |
| 67 | 403 | Christine | Col. | $21,017,849 | 1,101 | $3,408,904 | 1,045 | 12/9/83 |
| 68 | 630 | The Dresser | Col. | $5,310,748 | 241 | $26,877 | 3 | 12/9/83 |
| 69 | 530 | The Man Who Loved Women | Col. | $10,964,231 | 845 | $1,347,032 | 802 | 12/16/83 |
| 70 | 394 | Against All Odds | Col. | $21,689,062 | 979 | $3,766,128 | 976 | 3/2/84 |
| 71 | 366 | Moscow on the Hudson | Col. | $25,068,724 | 721 | $3,536,687 | 618 | 4/6/84 |
| 72 | 538 | Where the Boys Are (1984) | TriS | $10,530,000 | 1,414 | $3,665,088 | 1,414 | 4/6/84 |
| 73 | 594 | Hardbodies | Col. | $7,121,719 | 1,594 | $2,684,599 | 1,538 | 5/4/84 |
| 74 | 198 | The Natural | TriS | $47,951,979 | 1,012 | $5,088,381 | 989 | 5/11/84 |
| 75 | 7 | Ghostbusters | Col. | $229,242,989 | 1,506 | $13,578,151 | 1,339 | 6/8/84 |
| 76 | 88 | The Karate Kid | Col. | $90,815,558 | 1,111 | $5,031,753 | 931 | 6/22/84 |
| 77 | 361 | The Muppets Take Manhattan | TriS | $25,534,703 | 1,261 | $4,416,022 | 1,261 | 7/13/84 |
| 78 | 629 | Meatballs II | TriS | $5,410,972 | 1,252 | $2,515,268 | 1,252 | 7/27/84 |
| 79 | 620 | Sheena | Col. | $5,778,353 | 1,496 | $2,950,114 | 1,496 | 8/17/84 |
| 80 | 659 | Flashpoint (1984) | TriS | $3,854,833 | 1,022 | $1,916,222 | 1,022 | 8/31/84 |
| 81 | 392 | A Soldier's Story | Col. | $21,821,347 | 581 | $156,383 | 5 | 9/14/84 |
| 82 | 288 | Places in the Heart | TriS | $34,901,614 | 868 | $274,279 | 14 | 9/21/84 |
| 83 | 500 | The Evil That Men Do | TriS | $13,102,025 | 1,464 | $4,538,400 | 1,464 | 9/21/84 |
| 84 | 735 | Songwriter | TriS | $865,915 | 499 | $497,406 | 499 | 10/12/84 |
| 85 | 607 | The Razor's Edge | Col. | $6,551,987 | 1,036 | $2,411,311 | 1,036 | 10/19/84 |
| 86 | 571 | Body Double | Col. | $8,801,940 | 1,428 | $2,837,978 | 1,428 | 10/26/84 |
| 87 | 638 | No Small Affair | Col. | $4,994,094 | 1,247 | $2,273,469 | 1,247 | 11/9/84 |
| 88 | 691 | Silent Night, Deadly Night | TriS | $2,491,460 | 398 | $1,432,800 | 398 | 11/9/84 |
| 89 | 480 | Supergirl | TriS | $14,296,438 | 1,620 | $5,738,249 | 1,608 | 11/21/84 |
| 90 | 335 | Starman | Col. | $28,744,356 | 1,271 | $2,872,022 | 1,261 | 12/14/84 |
| 91 | 346 | A Passage to India | Col. | $27,187,653 | 650 | $84,580 | 3 | 12/14/84 |
| 92 | 601 | Runaway | TriS | $6,770,587 | 720 | $1,198,279 | 720 | 12/14/84 |
| 93 | 356 | Micki and Maude | Col. | $26,080,861 | 876 | $2,742,458 | 794 | 12/21/84 |
| 94 | 469 | Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo | TriS | $15,101,131 | 908 | $2,921,030 | 707 | 12/21/84 |
| 95 | 718 | Birdy | TriS | $1,455,045 | 18 | $13,720 | 1 | 12/21/84 |
| 96 | 775 | The New Kids | Col. | $199,108 | 102 | $199,108 | 102 | 1/18/85 |
| 97 | 685 | Fast Forward | Col. | $2,791,350 | 1,162 | $1,571,394 | 1,162 | 2/15/85 |
| 98 | 757 | Sylvester | Col. | $385,687 | 35 | $172,814 | 35 | 3/15/85 |
| 99 | 358 | The Last Dragon | TriS | $25,754,284 | 1,039 | $5,254,359 | 1,038 | 3/22/85 |
| 100 | 707 | The Slugger's Wife | Col. | $1,878,561 | 898 | $1,314,993 | 898 | 3/29/85 |
| Summary of 823 Movies on Chart: |
| Totals: | $29,529,018,561 | - | - | - | - |
| Averages: | $35,879,731 | - | - | - | - |
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