| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Beverly Hills Cop | - | - | - | $77,455,497 | 2,006 | $234,760,478 | Dec 5 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 2 | The Terminator | - | - | - | $34,004,606 | 1,112 | $38,371,200 | Oct 26 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 3 | Places in the Heart | - | - | - | $27,989,657 | 868 | $34,901,614 | Sep 21 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 4 | Teachers | - | - | - | $27,774,237 | 1,721 | $27,774,237 | Oct 5 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 5 | All of Me | - | - | - | $26,047,312 | 1,200 | $36,403,064 | Sep 21 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 6 | 2010: The Year We Make Contact | - | - | - | $25,950,517 | 1,213 | $40,400,657 | Dec 7 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 7 | City Heat | - | - | - | $24,729,430 | 1,655 | $38,348,988 | Dec 7 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 8 | Missing in Action | - | - | - | $21,630,008 | 1,209 | $22,812,411 | Nov 16 | Cannon Film Distributors | false |
| 9 | Oh, God! You Devil | - | - | - | $19,921,935 | 1,384 | $21,538,850 | Nov 9 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 10 | Dune | - | - | - | $19,015,391 | 975 | $30,925,690 | Dec 14 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 11 | A Soldier's Story | - | - | - | $18,199,856 | 581 | $21,821,347 | Sep 14 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 12 | Ghostbusters | - | - | - | $16,839,998 | 1,506 | $229,242,989 | Jun 8 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 13 | Amadeus | - | - | - | $15,665,152 | 802 | $51,564,280 | Sep 21 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 14 | Night of the Comet | - | - | - | $13,529,915 | 1,098 | $14,418,922 | Nov 16 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | false |
| 15 | Supergirl | - | - | - | $13,393,976 | 1,620 | $14,296,438 | Nov 21 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 16 | Starman | - | - | - | $12,526,716 | 1,271 | $28,744,356 | Dec 14 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 17 | Pinocchio 1984 Re-release | - | - | - | $12,029,979 | 1,309 | $26,414,038 | Dec 21 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 18 | The Cotton Club | - | - | - | $11,848,246 | 809 | $25,928,721 | Dec 14 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 19 | The Karate Kid | - | - | - | $11,433,131 | 1,111 | $90,815,558 | Jun 22 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 20 | Purple Rain | - | - | - | $11,150,279 | 1,022 | $68,392,977 | Jul 27 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 21 | Irreconcilable Differences | - | - | - | $10,770,681 | 902 | $12,414,210 | Sep 28 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 22 | Thief of Hearts | - | - | - | $10,435,015 | 1,200 | $10,435,015 | Oct 19 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 23 | Terror in the Aisles | - | - | - | $10,004,817 | 1,134 | $10,004,817 | Oct 26 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 24 | Protocol | - | - | - | $9,325,006 | 904 | $26,186,631 | Dec 21 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 25 | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | - | - | - | $9,250,938 | 1,687 | $179,870,271 | May 23 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 26 | Falling in Love | - | - | - | $9,248,972 | 807 | $11,129,057 | Nov 21 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 27 | The Wild Life | - | - | - | $8,958,122 | 1,142 | $11,020,375 | Sep 28 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 28 | Body Double | - | - | - | $8,801,940 | 1,428 | $8,801,940 | Oct 26 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 29 | Just the Way You Are | - | - | - | $7,889,694 | 1,190 | $7,889,694 | Nov 16 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 30 | The Little Drummer Girl | - | - | - | $7,828,841 | 820 | $7,828,841 | Oct 19 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 31 | Micki + Maude | - | - | - | $7,583,242 | 876 | $26,080,861 | Dec 21 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 32 | Country | - | - | - | $7,391,707 | 488 | $9,640,000 | Sep 28 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 33 | Johnny Dangerously | - | - | - | $7,350,435 | 1,106 | $17,124,395 | Dec 21 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 34 | A Nightmare on Elm Street | - | - | - | $7,220,490 | 380 | $25,504,513 | Nov 9 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 35 | Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo | - | - | - | $6,763,636 | 908 | $15,101,131 | Dec 21 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 36 | The Razor's Edge | - | - | - | $6,551,987 | 1,036 | $6,551,987 | Oct 19 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 37 | Firstborn | - | - | - | $6,250,994 | 929 | $6,250,994 | Oct 26 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 38 | The Flamingo Kid | - | - | - | $6,193,155 | 753 | $23,859,382 | Dec 21 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 39 | The Evil That Men Do | - | - | - | $5,673,446 | 1,464 | $13,102,025 | Sep 21 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 40 | Gremlins | - | - | - | $5,288,286 | 1,537 | $148,168,459 | Jun 8 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 41 | American Dreamer | - | - | - | $5,021,751 | 801 | $5,021,751 | Oct 26 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 42 | No Small Affair | - | - | - | $4,994,094 | 1,247 | $4,994,094 | Nov 9 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 43 | The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension | - | - | - | $3,512,649 | 236 | $6,254,148 | Aug 10 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 44 | Runaway | - | - | - | $3,417,738 | 720 | $6,770,587 | Dec 14 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 45 | Ninja III: The Domination | - | - | - | $3,391,401 | 530 | $7,610,785 | Sep 14 | Cannon Film Distributors | false |
| 46 | Tightrope | - | - | - | $3,273,120 | 1,535 | $48,143,579 | Aug 17 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 47 | Crimes of Passion | - | - | - | $2,912,945 | 325 | $2,912,945 | Oct 19 | New World Pictures | false |
| 48 | The Woman in Red | - | - | - | $2,588,904 | 1,069 | $25,308,147 | Aug 17 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 49 | Silent Night, Deadly Night | - | - | - | $2,491,460 | 398 | $2,491,460 | Nov 9 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 50 | Impulse | - | - | - | $2,205,761 | 376 | $2,773,433 | Sep 28 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 51 | The Bear | - | - | - | $2,026,194 | 750 | $2,687,148 | Sep 28 | Embassy Pictures | false |
| 52 | Garbo Talks | - | - | - | $1,493,782 | 16 | $1,493,782 | Oct 12 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 53 | Body Rock | - | - | - | $1,339,109 | 240 | $1,689,501 | Sep 28 | New World Pictures | false |
| 54 | A Christmas Story 1984 Re-release | - | - | - | $1,311,065 | 602 | $1,311,065 | Nov 21 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 55 | Until September | - | - | - | $1,115,485 | 1,114 | $4,239,154 | Sep 21 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 56 | Songwriter | - | - | - | $865,915 | 499 | $865,915 | Oct 12 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 57 | A Passage to India | - | - | - | $789,005 | 650 | $27,187,653 | Dec 14 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 58 | The Killing Fields | - | - | - | $650,975 | 663 | $34,700,291 | Nov 2 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 59 | Razorback | - | - | - | $150,140 | 50 | $150,140 | Nov 16 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 60 | The River | - | - | - | $85,246 | 1,001 | $11,489,982 | Dec 21 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 61 | Birdy | - | - | - | $73,617 | 18 | $1,455,045 | Dec 21 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 62 | Mrs. Soffel | - | - | - | $72,524 | 801 | $4,385,312 | Dec 28 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 63 | 1984 | - | - | - | $44,735 | 295 | $8,430,492 | Dec 14 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false |
| 64 | Stop Making Sense | - | - | - | $41,666 | 41 | $4,949,438 | Oct 19 | Cinecom Pictures | false |
