| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Vacation | - | - | - | $38,894,789 | 1,253 | $61,399,552 | Jul 29 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 2 | Risky Business | - | - | - | $29,450,784 | 1,137 | $63,541,777 | Aug 5 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 3 | Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi | - | - | - | $28,363,652 | 1,764 | $252,583,617 | May 25 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 4 | Jaws 3-D | - | - | - | $20,589,339 | 1,311 | $45,517,055 | Jul 22 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 5 | Staying Alive | - | - | - | $19,366,043 | 1,747 | $64,892,670 | Jul 15 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 6 | Mr. Mom | - | - | - | $17,702,908 | 1,362 | $64,783,827 | Jul 22 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 7 | Cujo | - | - | - | $16,799,456 | 1,293 | $21,156,152 | Aug 12 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 8 | Trading Places | - | - | - | $15,045,239 | 1,389 | $90,404,800 | Jun 10 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 9 | Easy Money | - | - | - | $14,671,705 | 1,171 | $29,309,766 | Aug 19 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 10 | Octopussy | - | - | - | $13,619,110 | 1,339 | $67,893,619 | Jun 10 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 11 | Krull | - | - | - | $13,078,914 | 1,289 | $16,519,460 | Jul 29 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 12 | Class | - | - | - | $12,515,388 | 844 | $21,667,789 | Jul 22 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 13 | WarGames | - | - | - | $11,722,215 | 977 | $79,567,667 | Jun 3 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 14 | Private School | - | - | - | $11,206,396 | 1,024 | $14,049,540 | Jul 29 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 15 | Flashdance | - | - | - | $10,828,949 | 1,140 | $92,921,203 | Apr 15 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 16 | Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 1983 Re-release | - | - | - | $10,539,252 | 1,362 | $30,100,000 | Jul 15 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 17 | The Star Chamber | - | - | - | $5,555,305 | 796 | $5,555,305 | Aug 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 18 | Curse of the Pink Panther | - | - | - | $4,491,986 | 812 | $4,491,986 | Aug 12 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 19 | Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn | - | - | - | $4,282,426 | 784 | $5,301,085 | Aug 19 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 20 | Hercules | - | - | - | $3,921,540 | 1,014 | $10,676,194 | Aug 26 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 21 | Yor: The Hunter from the Future | - | - | - | $2,810,199 | 1,425 | $2,810,199 | Aug 19 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 22 | Strange Brew | - | - | - | $2,473,068 | 849 | $8,571,374 | Aug 26 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 23 | The Man Who Wasn't There | - | - | - | $2,443,487 | 980 | $2,443,487 | Aug 12 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 24 | Smokey and the Bandit Part 3 | - | - | - | $2,331,934 | 1,119 | $5,678,950 | Aug 12 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 25 | Superman III | - | - | - | $1,926,301 | 1,763 | $59,950,623 | Jun 17 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 26 | Getting It On | - | - | - | $975,414 | 350 | $975,414 | Aug 19 | - | false |
| 27 | Fire and Ice | - | - | - | $497,645 | 89 | $760,883 | Aug 26 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 28 | Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence | - | - | - | $141,822 | 196 | $2,306,560 | Aug 26 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 29 | American Playhouse: The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez | - | - | - | $22,110 | 32 | $804,963 | Aug 19 | Embassy Pictures | false |
