| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi | - | - | - | $95,828,265 | 1,764 | $252,583,617 | May 25 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 2 | Superman III | - | - | - | $34,161,868 | 1,763 | $59,950,623 | Jun 17 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 3 | Trading Places | - | - | - | $32,799,818 | 1,389 | $90,404,800 | Jun 10 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 4 | Octopussy | - | - | - | $32,164,899 | 1,339 | $67,893,619 | Jun 10 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 5 | WarGames | - | - | - | $32,087,247 | 977 | $79,567,667 | Jun 3 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 6 | Psycho II | - | - | - | $26,533,000 | 1,488 | $34,725,000 | Jun 3 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 7 | Flashdance | - | - | - | $16,572,640 | 1,140 | $92,921,203 | Apr 15 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 8 | Blue Thunder | - | - | - | $13,377,878 | 1,555 | $42,313,354 | May 13 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 9 | Porky's II: The Next Day | - | - | - | $10,817,121 | 1,564 | $33,759,266 | Jun 24 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 10 | Twilight Zone: The Movie | - | - | - | $10,368,098 | 1,288 | $29,450,919 | Jun 24 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 11 | The Man with Two Brains | - | - | - | $9,277,353 | 1,203 | $10,353,438 | Jun 3 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 12 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | - | - | - | $7,563,706 | 1,778 | $359,197,037 | Jun 11 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 13 | Tootsie | - | - | - | $6,105,518 | 1,222 | $177,200,000 | Dec 17 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 14 | Breathless | - | - | - | $5,843,758 | 1,166 | $19,910,002 | May 13 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 15 | My Tutor | - | - | - | $5,491,339 | 500 | $22,587,834 | Mar 4 | Crown | false |
| 16 | The Survivors | - | - | - | $5,371,161 | 1,014 | $14,000,000 | Jun 24 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 17 | Still Smokin | - | - | - | $4,629,363 | 730 | $15,543,710 | May 6 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 18 | Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone | - | - | - | $3,984,368 | 1,344 | $16,478,265 | May 20 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 19 | Valley Girl | - | - | - | $3,848,472 | 442 | $17,343,596 | Apr 29 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | false |
| 20 | Chained Heat | - | - | - | $3,599,145 | 417 | $6,149,983 | May 27 | - | false |
| 21 | Yellowbeard | - | - | - | $2,452,320 | 761 | $4,300,000 | Jun 24 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 22 | Gandhi | - | - | - | $1,200,119 | 825 | $52,767,889 | Dec 10 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 23 | Doctor Detroit | - | - | - | $293,682 | 1,343 | $10,375,893 | May 6 | Universal Pictures | false |
