| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment | - | - | - | $35,203,404 | 1,613 | $55,600,000 | Mar 29 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 2 | Mask | - | - | - | $21,240,265 | 1,024 | $48,230,162 | Mar 8 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 3 | The Breakfast Club | - | - | - | $15,894,715 | 1,118 | $45,875,171 | Feb 15 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 4 | The Care Bears Movie | - | - | - | $14,820,744 | 1,003 | $22,934,622 | Mar 29 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false |
| 5 | Beverly Hills Cop | - | - | - | $13,608,488 | 2,006 | $234,760,478 | Dec 5 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 6 | The Last Dragon | - | - | - | $13,262,130 | 1,039 | $25,754,284 | Mar 22 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 7 | Cat's Eye | - | - | - | $13,086,298 | 1,492 | $13,086,298 | Apr 12 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 8 | Desperately Seeking Susan | - | - | - | $12,964,720 | 1,108 | $27,398,584 | Mar 29 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 9 | Witness | - | - | - | $10,660,872 | 1,169 | $68,706,993 | Feb 8 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 10 | Porky's Revenge | - | - | - | $10,506,043 | 1,423 | $20,518,905 | Mar 22 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 11 | Ladyhawke | - | - | - | $10,485,865 | 1,056 | $18,432,000 | Apr 12 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 12 | Friday the 13th: A New Beginning | - | - | - | $9,864,201 | 1,759 | $21,930,418 | Mar 22 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 13 | Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi 1985 Re-release | - | - | - | $9,340,583 | 894 | $11,252,123 | Mar 29 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 14 | Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend | - | - | - | $8,164,116 | 1,277 | $14,972,297 | Mar 22 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 15 | Amadeus | - | - | - | $7,989,349 | 802 | $51,564,280 | Sep 21 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 16 | The Purple Rose of Cairo | - | - | - | $7,525,268 | 419 | $10,631,333 | Mar 1 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 17 | Moving Violations | - | - | - | $6,288,175 | 1,325 | $10,627,754 | Apr 19 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 18 | King David | - | - | - | $3,890,123 | 731 | $5,111,099 | Mar 29 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 19 | The Company of Wolves | - | - | - | $3,463,746 | 995 | $4,389,334 | Apr 19 | Cannon Film Distributors | false |
| 20 | Fraternity Vacation | - | - | - | $3,333,306 | 348 | $3,333,306 | Apr 12 | New World Pictures | false |
| 21 | The Sure Thing | - | - | - | $3,316,583 | 1,115 | $18,135,531 | Mar 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 22 | Girls Just Want to Have Fun | - | - | - | $3,264,524 | 613 | $6,326,051 | Apr 12 | New World Pictures | false |
| 23 | Stick | - | - | - | $3,167,585 | 1,173 | $8,489,518 | Apr 26 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 24 | Lost in America | - | - | - | $3,026,604 | 315 | $10,179,000 | Mar 15 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 25 | Just One of the Guys | - | - | - | $2,894,525 | 1,215 | $11,528,900 | Apr 26 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 26 | A Passage to India | - | - | - | $2,018,943 | 650 | $27,187,653 | Dec 14 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 27 | The Killing Fields | - | - | - | $2,000,578 | 663 | $34,700,291 | Nov 2 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 28 | The Slugger's Wife | - | - | - | $1,314,992 | 898 | $1,878,561 | Mar 29 | Columbia Pictures | false |
