| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Beverly Hills Cop | - | - | - | $55,677,108 | 2,006 | $234,760,478 | Dec 5 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 2 | Pinocchio 1984 Re-release | - | - | - | $14,384,059 | 1,309 | $26,414,038 | Dec 21 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 3 | Micki + Maude | - | - | - | $13,110,855 | 876 | $26,080,861 | Dec 21 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 4 | Protocol | - | - | - | $13,103,572 | 904 | $26,186,631 | Dec 21 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 5 | The Flamingo Kid | - | - | - | $12,489,990 | 753 | $23,859,382 | Dec 21 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 6 | 2010: The Year We Make Contact | - | - | - | $12,179,684 | 1,213 | $40,400,657 | Dec 7 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 7 | Dune | - | - | - | $11,910,299 | 975 | $30,925,690 | Dec 14 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 8 | Starman | - | - | - | $11,654,664 | 1,271 | $28,744,356 | Dec 14 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 9 | City Heat | - | - | - | $11,637,829 | 1,655 | $38,348,988 | Dec 7 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 10 | The Cotton Club | - | - | - | $11,044,645 | 809 | $25,928,721 | Dec 14 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 11 | Johnny Dangerously | - | - | - | $8,848,550 | 1,106 | $17,124,395 | Dec 21 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 12 | Ghostbusters | - | - | - | $8,322,992 | 1,506 | $229,242,989 | Jun 8 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 13 | Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo | - | - | - | $7,278,767 | 908 | $15,101,131 | Dec 21 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 14 | The River | - | - | - | $6,670,986 | 1,001 | $11,489,982 | Dec 21 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 15 | A Passage to India | - | - | - | $5,739,617 | 650 | $27,187,653 | Dec 14 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 16 | Avenging Angel | - | - | - | $5,622,787 | 525 | $5,622,787 | Jan 11 | New World Pictures | false |
| 17 | Tuff Turf | - | - | - | $3,537,732 | 653 | $9,369,329 | Jan 11 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 18 | Runaway | - | - | - | $3,352,848 | 720 | $6,770,587 | Dec 14 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 19 | That's Dancing! | - | - | - | $3,279,854 | 906 | $4,210,938 | Jan 18 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 20 | A Nightmare on Elm Street | - | - | - | $3,034,069 | 380 | $25,504,513 | Nov 9 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 21 | Amadeus | - | - | - | $2,663,091 | 802 | $51,564,280 | Sep 21 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 22 | The Killing Fields | - | - | - | $2,597,292 | 663 | $34,700,291 | Nov 2 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 23 | The Terminator | - | - | - | $2,425,604 | 1,112 | $38,371,200 | Oct 26 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 24 | The Falcon and the Snowman | - | - | - | $2,358,846 | 914 | $17,130,087 | Jan 25 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 25 | A Sunday in the Country | - | - | - | $1,887,287 | 16 | $2,411,143 | Nov 16 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 26 | Falling in Love | - | - | - | $1,880,084 | 807 | $11,129,057 | Nov 21 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 27 | Tomboy | - | - | - | $1,723,935 | 409 | $14,100,000 | Jan 25 | Crown | false |
| 28 | Paris, Texas | - | - | - | $1,669,865 | 8 | $2,181,987 | Nov 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 29 | The Perils of Gwendoline in the Land of the Yik Yak | - | - | - | $1,337,274 | 500 | $1,337,274 | Jan 25 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false |
| 30 | Supergirl | - | - | - | $902,456 | 1,620 | $14,296,438 | Nov 21 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 31 | The Gods Must Be Crazy | - | - | - | $878,597 | 147 | $30,031,783 | Apr 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 32 | Places in the Heart | - | - | - | $815,804 | 868 | $34,901,614 | Sep 21 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 33 | A Soldier's Story | - | - | - | $441,849 | 581 | $21,821,347 | Sep 14 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 34 | Missing in Action | - | - | - | $402,204 | 1,209 | $22,812,411 | Nov 16 | Cannon Film Distributors | false |
| 35 | Oh, God! You Devil | - | - | - | $309,456 | 1,384 | $21,538,850 | Nov 9 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 36 | Mrs. Soffel | - | - | - | $281,482 | 801 | $4,385,312 | Dec 28 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 37 | 1984 | - | - | - | $200,133 | 295 | $8,430,492 | Dec 14 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false |
| 38 | The New Kids | - | - | - | $199,108 | 102 | $199,108 | Jan 18 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 39 | Birdy | - | - | - | $173,004 | 18 | $1,455,045 | Dec 21 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 40 | Night of the Comet | - | - | - | $102,872 | 1,098 | $14,418,922 | Nov 16 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | false |
| 41 | Fandango | - | - | - | $91,666 | 27 | $91,666 | Jan 25 | Warner Bros. | false |
