| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Ghostbusters | - | - | - | $67,411,819 | 1,506 | $229,242,989 | Jun 8 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 2 | Gremlins | - | - | - | $48,100,802 | 1,537 | $148,168,459 | Jun 8 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 3 | The Karate Kid | - | - | - | $32,747,913 | 1,111 | $90,815,558 | Jun 22 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 4 | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | - | - | - | $28,881,838 | 1,687 | $179,870,271 | May 23 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 5 | Bachelor Party | - | - | - | $26,397,644 | 1,276 | $38,435,947 | Jun 29 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 6 | Conan the Destroyer | - | - | - | $21,543,151 | 1,249 | $31,042,035 | Jun 29 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 7 | The Muppets Take Manhattan | - | - | - | $17,172,978 | 1,261 | $25,534,703 | Jul 13 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 8 | The Last Starfighter | - | - | - | $16,652,358 | 1,287 | $28,733,290 | Jul 13 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 9 | Cannonball Run II | - | - | - | $15,194,018 | 1,845 | $28,078,073 | Jun 29 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 10 | Star Trek III: The Search for Spock | - | - | - | $14,693,989 | 1,966 | $76,471,046 | Jun 1 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 11 | Best Defense | - | - | - | $14,248,888 | 1,425 | $19,265,302 | Jul 20 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 12 | Top Secret! | - | - | - | $12,550,146 | 1,100 | $20,458,340 | Jun 22 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 13 | Rhinestone | - | - | - | $11,828,090 | 1,630 | $21,435,321 | Jun 22 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 14 | The NeverEnding Story | - | - | - | $10,350,364 | 950 | $20,158,808 | Jul 20 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 15 | The Natural | - | - | - | $9,890,657 | 1,012 | $47,951,979 | May 11 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 16 | Romancing the Stone | - | - | - | $9,119,252 | 1,110 | $76,572,238 | Mar 30 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 17 | Purple Rain | - | - | - | $9,000,610 | 1,022 | $68,392,977 | Jul 27 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 18 | The Jungle Book 1984 Re-release | - | - | - | $6,301,270 | 1,463 | $23,456,945 | Jul 27 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 19 | Revenge of the Nerds | - | - | - | $4,337,936 | 989 | $40,874,452 | Jul 20 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 20 | The Pope of Greenwich Village | - | - | - | $3,904,044 | 677 | $6,836,201 | Jun 22 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 21 | Meatballs Part II | - | - | - | $2,433,640 | 1,252 | $5,410,972 | Jul 27 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 22 | Electric Dreams | - | - | - | $2,193,612 | 920 | $2,193,612 | Jul 20 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 23 | Cheech & Chong's: The Corsican Brothers | - | - | - | $1,747,255 | 868 | $3,772,785 | Jul 27 | Orion Pictures | false |
