| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Sudden Impact | - | - | - | $36,850,360 | 1,602 | $67,642,693 | Dec 9 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 2 | Terms of Endearment | - | - | - | $28,855,542 | 1,259 | $108,423,489 | Nov 23 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 3 | Scarface | - | - | - | $19,228,856 | 1,008 | $45,227,398 | Dec 9 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 4 | Yentl | - | - | - | $12,932,975 | 747 | $40,218,899 | Nov 18 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 5 | Two of a Kind | - | - | - | $11,845,584 | 1,278 | $23,646,952 | Dec 16 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 6 | Christine | - | - | - | $11,669,834 | 1,101 | $21,017,849 | Dec 9 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 7 | Uncommon Valor | - | - | - | $11,199,014 | 1,076 | $30,503,151 | Dec 16 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 8 | The Rescuers 1983 Re-release | - | - | - | $10,402,488 | 1,040 | $21,000,000 | Dec 16 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 9 | Never Say Never Again | - | - | - | $6,936,569 | 1,560 | $55,432,841 | Oct 7 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 10 | Educating Rita | - | - | - | $6,838,267 | 407 | $14,648,076 | Sep 23 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 11 | D.C. Cab | - | - | - | $6,075,142 | 908 | $16,134,627 | Dec 16 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 12 | A Christmas Story | - | - | - | $6,026,651 | 938 | $19,294,144 | Nov 18 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 13 | Silkwood | - | - | - | $6,018,002 | 843 | $35,615,609 | Dec 16 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 14 | Gorky Park | - | - | - | $5,591,739 | 631 | $15,856,028 | Dec 16 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 15 | To Be or Not to Be | - | - | - | $5,445,121 | 645 | $13,030,214 | Dec 16 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 16 | The Man Who Loved Women | - | - | - | $5,194,011 | 845 | $10,964,231 | Dec 16 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 17 | The Smurfs and the Magic Flute | - | - | - | $4,566,313 | 432 | $11,234,220 | Oct 7 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | false |
| 18 | The Big Chill | - | - | - | $4,399,925 | 832 | $56,342,711 | Sep 30 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 19 | The Keep | - | - | - | $4,218,594 | 508 | $4,218,594 | Dec 16 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 20 | Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi | - | - | - | $3,866,644 | 1,764 | $252,583,617 | May 25 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 21 | The Dead Zone | - | - | - | $2,440,220 | 1,293 | $20,766,616 | Oct 21 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 22 | All the Right Moves | - | - | - | $2,169,147 | 909 | $17,233,166 | Oct 21 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 23 | The Right Stuff | - | - | - | $1,542,952 | 627 | $21,192,102 | Oct 21 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 24 | A Night in Heaven | - | - | - | $1,248,868 | 901 | $5,563,663 | Nov 18 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 25 | Amityville 3-D | - | - | - | $1,037,606 | 1,254 | $6,333,135 | Nov 18 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 26 | Richard Pryor... Here and Now | - | - | - | $885,766 | 1,411 | $16,156,776 | Oct 28 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 27 | The Golden Seal | - | - | - | $844,071 | 435 | $6,666,725 | Aug 19 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false |
| 28 | Savage Islands | - | - | - | $229,099 | 925 | $1,963,756 | Nov 18 | Paramount Pictures | false |
