| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Beverly Hills Cop | - | - | - | $36,319,319 | 2,006 | $234,760,478 | Dec 5 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 2 | Witness | - | - | - | $20,806,466 | 1,169 | $68,706,993 | Feb 8 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 3 | The Killing Fields | - | - | - | $15,316,512 | 663 | $34,700,291 | Nov 2 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 4 | A Nightmare on Elm Street | - | - | - | $14,726,854 | 380 | $25,504,513 | Nov 9 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 5 | A Passage to India | - | - | - | $12,670,804 | 650 | $27,187,653 | Dec 14 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 6 | Tomboy | - | - | - | $12,376,065 | 409 | $14,100,000 | Jan 25 | Crown | false |
| 7 | The Breakfast Club | - | - | - | $11,216,490 | 1,118 | $45,875,171 | Feb 15 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 8 | The Falcon and the Snowman | - | - | - | $10,206,843 | 914 | $17,130,087 | Jan 25 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 9 | Mischief | - | - | - | $7,086,934 | 1,221 | $8,692,426 | Feb 8 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 10 | Amadeus | - | - | - | $6,343,535 | 802 | $51,564,280 | Sep 21 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 11 | Heaven Help Us | - | - | - | $6,070,794 | 1,003 | $6,070,794 | Feb 8 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 12 | Vision Quest | - | - | - | $5,895,990 | 993 | $12,993,175 | Feb 15 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 13 | Micki + Maude | - | - | - | $5,386,759 | 876 | $26,080,861 | Dec 21 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 14 | The Flamingo Kid | - | - | - | $5,176,235 | 753 | $23,859,382 | Dec 21 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 15 | Starman | - | - | - | $4,562,971 | 1,271 | $28,744,356 | Dec 14 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 16 | The River | - | - | - | $3,852,963 | 1,001 | $11,489,982 | Dec 21 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 17 | Protocol | - | - | - | $3,758,053 | 904 | $26,186,631 | Dec 21 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 18 | Tuff Turf | - | - | - | $3,625,049 | 653 | $9,369,329 | Jan 11 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 19 | Mrs. Soffel | - | - | - | $3,484,590 | 801 | $4,385,312 | Dec 28 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 20 | The Mean Season | - | - | - | $3,390,741 | 876 | $4,349,446 | Feb 15 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 21 | Turk 182 | - | - | - | $3,145,795 | 801 | $3,594,997 | Feb 15 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 22 | The Cotton Club | - | - | - | $3,035,830 | 809 | $25,928,721 | Dec 14 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 23 | Fast Forward | - | - | - | $2,650,866 | 1,162 | $2,791,350 | Feb 15 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 24 | Fantasia 1985 Re-release | - | - | - | $2,576,538 | 225 | $8,194,726 | Feb 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 25 | 2010: The Year We Make Contact | - | - | - | $2,270,452 | 1,213 | $40,400,657 | Dec 7 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 26 | City Heat | - | - | - | $1,981,727 | 1,655 | $38,348,988 | Dec 7 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 27 | Heavenly Bodies | - | - | - | $1,839,623 | 1,504 | $1,839,623 | Feb 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 28 | Places in the Heart | - | - | - | $1,790,565 | 868 | $34,901,614 | Sep 21 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 29 | 1984 | - | - | - | $1,732,070 | 295 | $8,430,492 | Dec 14 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false |
| 30 | A Soldier's Story | - | - | - | $1,258,354 | 581 | $21,821,347 | Sep 14 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 31 | Birdy | - | - | - | $1,208,421 | 18 | $1,455,045 | Dec 21 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 32 | Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo | - | - | - | $1,058,723 | 908 | $15,101,131 | Dec 21 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 33 | That's Dancing! | - | - | - | $931,084 | 906 | $4,210,938 | Jan 18 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 34 | Johnny Dangerously | - | - | - | $925,404 | 1,106 | $17,124,395 | Dec 21 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
