| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 20 | Five Days One Summer | - | - | - | $199,078 | 6 | $199,078 | Nov 12 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 21 | Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales | - | - | - | $78,350 | 33 | $78,350 | Nov 19 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 16 | They Call Me Bruce | - | - | - | $3,347,554 | 324 | $16,894,678 | Nov 12 | - | false |
| 14 | The Man from Snowy River | - | - | - | $4,530,856 | 517 | $20,659,423 | Nov 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 9 | The Missionary | - | - | - | $6,330,224 | 532 | $7,241,180 | Nov 5 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 18 | It Came from Hollywood | - | - | - | $1,968,548 | 650 | $2,573,342 | Oct 29 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 6 | Pink Floyd: The Wall | - | - | - | $8,824,609 | 673 | $22,244,207 | Aug 13 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 12 | The Last Unicorn | - | - | - | $4,793,072 | 690 | $6,455,330 | Nov 19 | - | false |
| 8 | My Favorite Year | - | - | - | $6,662,859 | 720 | $20,123,620 | Oct 8 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 19 | Jinxed! | - | - | - | $1,029,581 | 877 | $2,869,638 | Oct 22 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 13 | Monsignor | - | - | - | $4,585,622 | 885 | $12,408,066 | Oct 22 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 17 | Heidi's Song | - | - | - | $3,221,740 | 982 | $5,124,391 | Nov 19 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 5 | Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back 1982 Re-release | - | - | - | $9,082,662 | 1,006 | $13,276,241 | Nov 19 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 3 | An Officer and a Gentleman | - | - | - | $16,731,758 | 1,050 | $129,795,554 | Jul 30 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 1 | First Blood | - | - | - | $23,260,678 | 1,054 | $47,212,904 | Oct 22 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 15 | Poltergeist | - | - | - | $3,506,396 | 1,060 | $76,606,280 | Jun 4 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 7 | Class Reunion | - | - | - | $7,660,094 | 1,125 | $10,054,150 | Oct 29 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 4 | Creepshow | - | - | - | $16,302,767 | 1,132 | $21,028,755 | Nov 12 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 10 | Rocky III | - | - | - | $5,902,623 | 1,317 | $124,146,897 | May 28 | United Artists | false |
| 11 | Halloween III: Season of the Witch | - | - | - | $4,992,303 | 1,328 | $14,400,000 | Oct 22 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 2 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | - | - | - | $17,845,698 | 1,778 | $359,197,037 | Jun 11 | Universal Pictures | false |
