| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 29 | Razorback | - | - | - | $150,140 | 50 | $150,140 | Nov 16 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 28 | A Christmas Story 1984 Re-release | - | - | - | $276,212 | 602 | $1,311,065 | Nov 21 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 27 | The Killing Fields | - | - | - | $414,366 | 663 | $34,700,291 | Nov 2 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 26 | The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension | - | - | - | $1,459,631 | 236 | $6,254,148 | Aug 10 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 25 | The Razor's Edge | - | - | - | $2,072,171 | 1,036 | $6,551,987 | Oct 19 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 24 | Silent Night, Deadly Night | - | - | - | $2,491,460 | 398 | $2,491,460 | Nov 9 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 23 | The Little Drummer Girl | - | - | - | $2,644,824 | 820 | $7,828,841 | Oct 19 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 22 | American Dreamer | - | - | - | $3,305,024 | 801 | $5,021,751 | Oct 26 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 21 | Gremlins | - | - | - | $3,608,758 | 1,537 | $148,168,459 | Jun 8 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 20 | Falling in Love | - | - | - | $3,975,379 | 807 | $11,129,057 | Nov 21 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 19 | Thief of Hearts | - | - | - | $4,112,237 | 1,200 | $10,435,015 | Oct 19 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 18 | Firstborn | - | - | - | $4,521,874 | 929 | $6,250,994 | Oct 26 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 17 | No Small Affair | - | - | - | $4,994,094 | 1,247 | $4,994,094 | Nov 9 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 16 | A Nightmare on Elm Street | - | - | - | $5,203,620 | 380 | $25,504,513 | Nov 9 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 15 | Country | - | - | - | $5,235,362 | 488 | $9,640,000 | Sep 28 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 14 | Ghostbusters | - | - | - | $5,459,856 | 1,506 | $229,242,989 | Jun 8 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 13 | Body Double | - | - | - | $5,663,694 | 1,428 | $8,801,940 | Oct 26 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 12 | Terror in the Aisles | - | - | - | $5,755,959 | 1,134 | $10,004,817 | Oct 26 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 11 | Just the Way You Are | - | - | - | $6,040,604 | 1,190 | $7,889,694 | Nov 16 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 10 | Teachers | - | - | - | $7,558,735 | 1,721 | $27,774,237 | Oct 5 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 9 | Amadeus | - | - | - | $7,710,356 | 802 | $51,564,280 | Sep 21 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 8 | All of Me | - | - | - | $8,012,064 | 1,200 | $36,403,064 | Sep 21 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 7 | A Soldier's Story | - | - | - | $8,822,956 | 581 | $21,821,347 | Sep 14 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 6 | Supergirl | - | - | - | $8,835,636 | 1,620 | $14,296,438 | Nov 21 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 5 | Night of the Comet | - | - | - | $9,695,132 | 1,098 | $14,418,922 | Nov 16 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | false |
| 4 | Places in the Heart | - | - | - | $10,088,139 | 868 | $34,901,614 | Sep 21 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 3 | Missing in Action | - | - | - | $15,711,425 | 1,209 | $22,812,411 | Nov 16 | Cannon Film Distributors | false |
| 2 | Oh, God! You Devil | - | - | - | $16,990,137 | 1,384 | $21,538,850 | Nov 9 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 1 | The Terminator | - | - | - | $21,906,041 | 1,112 | $38,371,200 | Oct 26 | Orion Pictures | false |
