| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Ghostbusters | - | - | - | $77,104,771 | 1,506 | $229,242,989 | Jun 8 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 2 | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | - | - | - | $71,230,547 | 1,687 | $179,870,271 | May 23 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 3 | Gremlins | - | - | - | $65,727,287 | 1,537 | $148,168,459 | Jun 8 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 4 | Star Trek III: The Search for Spock | - | - | - | $58,106,137 | 1,966 | $76,471,046 | Jun 1 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 5 | Beat Street | - | - | - | $16,595,791 | 1,380 | $16,595,791 | Jun 8 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 6 | The Natural | - | - | - | $15,148,238 | 1,012 | $47,951,979 | May 11 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 7 | Breakin' | - | - | - | $14,784,349 | 1,121 | $38,682,707 | May 4 | Cannon Film Distributors | false |
| 8 | Police Academy | - | - | - | $11,045,141 | 1,587 | $81,198,894 | Mar 23 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 9 | Romancing the Stone | - | - | - | $10,221,109 | 1,110 | $76,572,238 | Mar 30 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 10 | The Karate Kid | - | - | - | $10,196,995 | 1,111 | $90,815,558 | Jun 22 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 11 | Rhinestone | - | - | - | $9,607,226 | 1,630 | $21,435,321 | Jun 22 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 12 | Splash | - | - | - | $8,648,957 | 1,186 | $69,821,334 | Mar 9 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 13 | Streets of Fire | - | - | - | $8,089,290 | 1,150 | $8,089,290 | Jun 1 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 14 | Sixteen Candles | - | - | - | $7,927,027 | 1,245 | $23,686,027 | May 4 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 15 | Top Secret! | - | - | - | $7,908,192 | 1,100 | $20,458,340 | Jun 22 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 16 | Footloose | - | - | - | $7,651,440 | 1,384 | $80,035,402 | Feb 17 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 17 | Once Upon a Time in America | - | - | - | $5,321,508 | 894 | $5,321,508 | Jun 1 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 18 | Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes | - | - | - | $4,046,544 | 1,175 | $45,858,563 | Mar 30 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 19 | Firestarter | - | - | - | $3,964,167 | 1,374 | $17,080,167 | May 11 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 20 | Cannonball Run II | - | - | - | $3,681,158 | 1,845 | $28,078,073 | Jun 29 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 21 | Conan the Destroyer | - | - | - | $3,062,704 | 1,249 | $31,042,035 | Jun 29 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 22 | The Pope of Greenwich Village | - | - | - | $2,932,152 | 677 | $6,836,201 | Jun 22 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 23 | Under the Volcano | - | - | - | $2,556,800 | 1 | $2,556,800 | Jun 15 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 24 | Alphabet City | - | - | - | $2,513,508 | 321 | $7,035,585 | May 4 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | false |
| 25 | Bachelor Party | - | - | - | $2,158,520 | 1,276 | $38,435,947 | Jun 29 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 26 | Moscow on the Hudson | - | - | - | $1,445,516 | 721 | $25,068,724 | Apr 6 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 27 | Making the Grade | - | - | - | $712,948 | 1,197 | $4,561,346 | May 18 | Cannon Film Distributors | false |
| 28 | This Is Spinal Tap | - | - | - | $561,055 | 206 | $4,491,645 | Mar 2 | Embassy Pictures | false |
| 29 | The Bounty | - | - | - | $369,291 | 986 | $8,613,462 | May 4 | Orion Pictures | false |
