| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Ghostbusters | - | - | - | $38,329,669 | 1,506 | $229,242,989 | Jun 8 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 2 | Purple Rain | - | - | - | $33,299,716 | 1,022 | $68,392,977 | Jul 27 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 3 | Red Dawn | - | - | - | $26,969,851 | 1,822 | $38,376,497 | Aug 10 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 4 | Tightrope | - | - | - | $24,843,412 | 1,535 | $48,143,579 | Aug 17 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 5 | The Karate Kid | - | - | - | $23,519,448 | 1,111 | $90,815,558 | Jun 22 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 6 | Revenge of the Nerds | - | - | - | $21,365,155 | 989 | $40,874,452 | Jul 20 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 7 | Gremlins | - | - | - | $20,350,264 | 1,537 | $148,168,459 | Jun 8 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 8 | The Jungle Book 1984 Re-release | - | - | - | $17,155,671 | 1,463 | $23,456,945 | Jul 27 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 9 | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | - | - | - | $13,676,522 | 1,687 | $179,870,271 | May 23 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 10 | The Last Starfighter | - | - | - | $12,080,927 | 1,287 | $28,733,290 | Jul 13 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 11 | The Woman in Red | - | - | - | $10,705,625 | 1,069 | $25,308,147 | Aug 17 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 12 | Bachelor Party | - | - | - | $9,879,780 | 1,276 | $38,435,947 | Jun 29 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 13 | The NeverEnding Story | - | - | - | $9,808,438 | 950 | $20,158,808 | Jul 20 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 14 | Cloak and Dagger | - | - | - | $9,719,952 | 1,147 | $9,719,952 | Aug 10 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 15 | The Muppets Take Manhattan | - | - | - | $8,361,719 | 1,261 | $25,534,703 | Jul 13 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 16 | Dreamscape | - | - | - | $7,768,616 | 816 | $12,145,169 | Aug 17 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 17 | Conan the Destroyer | - | - | - | $6,436,179 | 1,249 | $31,042,035 | Jun 29 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 18 | Sheena | - | - | - | $5,778,353 | 1,496 | $5,778,353 | Aug 17 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 19 | The Philadelphia Experiment | - | - | - | $5,358,139 | 490 | $8,103,330 | Aug 3 | New World Pictures | false |
| 20 | Best Defense | - | - | - | $5,016,413 | 1,425 | $19,265,302 | Jul 20 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 21 | Grandview, U.S.A. | - | - | - | $4,743,119 | 1,069 | $4,743,119 | Aug 3 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 22 | Joy of Sex | - | - | - | $4,463,841 | 804 | $4,463,841 | Aug 3 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 23 | Oxford Blues | - | - | - | $4,107,185 | 1,075 | $8,793,152 | Aug 24 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 24 | Meatballs Part II | - | - | - | $2,977,332 | 1,252 | $5,410,972 | Jul 27 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 25 | Cheech & Chong's: The Corsican Brothers | - | - | - | $2,025,529 | 868 | $3,772,785 | Jul 27 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 26 | The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension | - | - | - | $1,981,191 | 236 | $6,254,148 | Aug 10 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 27 | Bolero | - | - | - | $744,533 | 1,015 | $8,914,881 | Aug 31 | Cannon Film Distributors | false |
| 28 | Flashpoint | - | - | - | $330,073 | 1,022 | $3,854,833 | Aug 31 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 29 | C.H.U.D. | - | - | - | $287,470 | 310 | $4,654,423 | Aug 31 | New World Pictures | false |
