| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Terms of Endearment | - | - | - | $31,255,728 | 1,259 | $108,423,489 | Nov 23 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 2 | Sudden Impact | - | - | - | $23,169,168 | 1,602 | $67,642,693 | Dec 9 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 3 | Silkwood | - | - | - | $15,182,555 | 843 | $35,615,609 | Dec 16 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 4 | Scarface | - | - | - | $14,937,710 | 1,008 | $45,227,398 | Dec 9 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 5 | Yentl | - | - | - | $14,926,583 | 747 | $40,218,899 | Nov 18 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 6 | Uncommon Valor | - | - | - | $13,772,521 | 1,076 | $30,503,151 | Dec 16 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 7 | Hot Dog... The Movie | - | - | - | $12,146,849 | 1,276 | $20,307,325 | Jan 13 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 8 | The Rescuers 1983 Re-release | - | - | - | $10,597,509 | 1,040 | $21,000,000 | Dec 16 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 9 | D.C. Cab | - | - | - | $10,059,482 | 908 | $16,134,627 | Dec 16 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 10 | Two of a Kind | - | - | - | $8,239,002 | 1,278 | $23,646,952 | Dec 16 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 11 | Gorky Park | - | - | - | $7,888,472 | 631 | $15,856,028 | Dec 16 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 12 | To Be or Not to Be | - | - | - | $7,585,092 | 645 | $13,030,214 | Dec 16 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 13 | Christine | - | - | - | $7,178,768 | 1,101 | $21,017,849 | Dec 9 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 14 | A Christmas Story | - | - | - | $6,051,174 | 938 | $19,294,144 | Nov 18 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 15 | The Man Who Loved Women | - | - | - | $5,770,217 | 845 | $10,964,231 | Dec 16 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 16 | Angel | - | - | - | $5,598,185 | 499 | $17,488,564 | Jan 13 | New World Pictures | false |
| 17 | The Big Chill | - | - | - | $5,290,609 | 832 | $56,342,711 | Sep 30 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 18 | Never Cry Wolf | - | - | - | $4,380,064 | 540 | $29,600,000 | Oct 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 19 | Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi | - | - | - | $2,974,434 | 1,764 | $252,583,617 | May 25 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 20 | The Lonely Guy | - | - | - | $1,846,425 | 717 | $5,718,573 | Jan 27 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 21 | The Buddy System | - | - | - | $1,820,049 | 190 | $1,820,049 | Jan 20 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 22 | The Smurfs and the Magic Flute | - | - | - | $1,435,165 | 432 | $11,234,220 | Oct 7 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | false |
| 23 | The Power | - | - | - | $929,162 | 256 | $929,162 | Jan 20 | - | false |
| 24 | Broadway Danny Rose | - | - | - | $913,440 | 613 | $10,600,497 | Jan 27 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 25 | Scandalous | - | - | - | $526,805 | 144 | $526,805 | Jan 20 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 26 | The Right Stuff | - | - | - | $519,425 | 627 | $21,192,102 | Oct 21 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 27 | Slayground | - | - | - | $77,230 | 62 | $108,128 | Jan 27 | Universal Pictures | false |
