| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Tootsie | - | - | - | $15,921,919 | 1,222 | $177,200,000 | Dec 17 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 2 | High Road to China | - | - | - | $14,720,994 | 1,508 | $28,445,927 | Mar 18 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 3 | The Outsiders | - | - | - | $14,604,926 | 1,002 | $25,697,647 | Mar 25 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 4 | Spring Break | - | - | - | $14,397,913 | 1,531 | $24,071,666 | Mar 25 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 5 | Flashdance | - | - | - | $12,880,817 | 1,140 | $92,921,203 | Apr 15 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 6 | Gandhi | - | - | - | $12,328,873 | 825 | $52,767,889 | Dec 10 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 7 | Max Dugan Returns | - | - | - | $11,356,027 | 801 | $17,613,720 | Mar 25 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 8 | Monty Python's the Meaning of Life | - | - | - | $11,341,950 | 554 | $14,929,552 | Apr 1 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 9 | 48 Hrs. | - | - | - | $11,129,604 | 1,050 | $78,868,508 | Dec 10 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 10 | Lone Wolf McQuade | - | - | - | $10,107,795 | 1,221 | $12,232,628 | Apr 15 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 11 | Sophie's Choice | - | - | - | $9,669,000 | 548 | $30,036,000 | Dec 10 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 12 | Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark 1983 Re-release | - | - | - | $9,390,095 | 628 | $11,374,454 | Mar 25 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 13 | The Sword in the Stone | - | - | - | $8,707,787 | 741 | $12,000,000 | Mar 25 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 14 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | - | - | - | $7,994,071 | 1,778 | $359,197,037 | Jun 11 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 15 | The Black Stallion Returns | - | - | - | $7,809,203 | 1,376 | $12,049,108 | Mar 25 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 16 | My Tutor | - | - | - | $6,106,954 | 500 | $22,587,834 | Mar 4 | Crown | false |
| 17 | Bad Boys | - | - | - | $6,076,431 | 535 | $9,190,819 | Mar 25 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 18 | Local Hero | - | - | - | $2,508,726 | 207 | $5,895,761 | Feb 18 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 19 | The King of Comedy | - | - | - | $2,357,001 | 76 | $2,536,242 | Feb 18 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 20 | The Verdict | - | - | - | $2,314,870 | 904 | $53,977,250 | Dec 10 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 21 | Man, Woman and Child | - | - | - | $2,314,561 | 350 | $2,314,561 | Apr 1 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 22 | Tough Enough | - | - | - | $1,400,017 | 538 | $2,433,722 | Mar 25 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 23 | Losin' It | - | - | - | $1,246,141 | 180 | $1,246,141 | Apr 8 | Embassy Pictures | false |
| 24 | Something Wicked This Way Comes | - | - | - | $886,814 | 817 | $8,400,000 | Apr 29 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 25 | Valley Girl | - | - | - | $738,060 | 442 | $17,343,596 | Apr 29 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | false |
| 26 | The Hunger | - | - | - | $726,230 | 775 | $5,979,292 | Apr 29 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 27 | Table for Five | - | - | - | $340,956 | 181 | $2,439,705 | Feb 18 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 28 | Tender Mercies | - | - | - | $276,208 | 37 | $8,443,124 | Mar 4 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 29 | Screwballs | - | - | - | $210,000 | 128 | $2,082,215 | Apr 1 | New World Pictures | false |
