| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Teachers | - | - | - | $20,215,501 | 1,721 | $27,774,237 | Oct 5 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 2 | All of Me | - | - | - | $17,800,947 | 1,200 | $36,403,064 | Sep 21 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 3 | Places in the Heart | - | - | - | $16,150,643 | 868 | $34,901,614 | Sep 21 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 4 | The Karate Kid | - | - | - | $10,311,227 | 1,111 | $90,815,558 | Jun 22 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 5 | Purple Rain | - | - | - | $9,828,687 | 1,022 | $68,392,977 | Jul 27 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 6 | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | - | - | - | $9,250,938 | 1,687 | $179,870,271 | May 23 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 7 | The Wild Life | - | - | - | $8,958,122 | 1,142 | $11,020,375 | Sep 28 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 8 | Ghostbusters | - | - | - | $8,816,145 | 1,506 | $229,242,989 | Jun 8 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 9 | Irreconcilable Differences | - | - | - | $8,579,317 | 902 | $12,414,210 | Sep 28 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 10 | A Soldier's Story | - | - | - | $8,402,367 | 581 | $21,821,347 | Sep 14 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 11 | Thief of Hearts | - | - | - | $6,322,774 | 1,200 | $10,435,015 | Oct 19 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 12 | The Evil That Men Do | - | - | - | $5,673,446 | 1,464 | $13,102,025 | Sep 21 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 13 | The Little Drummer Girl | - | - | - | $5,184,017 | 820 | $7,828,841 | Oct 19 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 14 | Amadeus | - | - | - | $5,179,588 | 802 | $51,564,280 | Sep 21 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 15 | The Terminator | - | - | - | $4,766,508 | 1,112 | $38,371,200 | Oct 26 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 16 | The Razor's Edge | - | - | - | $4,479,813 | 1,036 | $6,551,987 | Oct 19 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 17 | Terror in the Aisles | - | - | - | $4,248,852 | 1,134 | $10,004,817 | Oct 26 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 18 | Ninja III: The Domination | - | - | - | $3,391,401 | 530 | $7,610,785 | Sep 14 | Cannon Film Distributors | false |
| 19 | Tightrope | - | - | - | $3,273,120 | 1,535 | $48,143,579 | Aug 17 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 20 | Body Double | - | - | - | $3,138,240 | 1,428 | $8,801,940 | Oct 26 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 21 | Crimes of Passion | - | - | - | $2,912,945 | 325 | $2,912,945 | Oct 19 | New World Pictures | false |
| 22 | The Woman in Red | - | - | - | $2,588,904 | 1,069 | $25,308,147 | Aug 17 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 23 | Impulse | - | - | - | $2,205,761 | 376 | $2,773,433 | Sep 28 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 24 | Country | - | - | - | $2,156,345 | 488 | $9,640,000 | Sep 28 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 25 | The Bear | - | - | - | $2,026,194 | 750 | $2,687,148 | Sep 28 | Embassy Pictures | false |
| 26 | Firstborn | - | - | - | $1,729,116 | 929 | $6,250,994 | Oct 26 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 27 | American Dreamer | - | - | - | $1,716,726 | 801 | $5,021,751 | Oct 26 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 28 | Gremlins | - | - | - | $1,679,528 | 1,537 | $148,168,459 | Jun 8 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 29 | Garbo Talks | - | - | - | $1,493,782 | 16 | $1,493,782 | Oct 12 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 30 | The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension | - | - | - | $1,469,056 | 236 | $6,254,148 | Aug 10 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 31 | Body Rock | - | - | - | $1,339,109 | 240 | $1,689,501 | Sep 28 | New World Pictures | false |
| 32 | Until September | - | - | - | $1,115,485 | 1,114 | $4,239,154 | Sep 21 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 33 | Songwriter | - | - | - | $865,915 | 499 | $865,915 | Oct 12 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 34 | Stop Making Sense | - | - | - | $41,666 | 41 | $4,949,438 | Oct 19 | Cinecom Pictures | false |
