| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Back to the Future | - | - | - | $71,654,968 | 1,550 | $211,850,472 | Jul 3 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 2 | Cocoon | - | - | - | $34,884,266 | 1,163 | $76,113,124 | Jun 21 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 3 | Pale Rider | - | - | - | $30,548,811 | 1,710 | $41,410,568 | Jun 28 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 4 | Rambo: First Blood Part II | - | - | - | $29,900,519 | 2,074 | $150,415,432 | May 22 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 5 | Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome | - | - | - | $26,893,197 | 1,475 | $36,230,219 | Jul 12 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 6 | St. Elmo's Fire | - | - | - | $22,518,084 | 1,207 | $37,803,872 | Jun 28 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 7 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 1985 Re-release | - | - | - | $21,430,823 | 1,701 | $40,607,502 | Jul 19 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 8 | The Goonies | - | - | - | $17,971,818 | 1,705 | $61,389,680 | Jun 7 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 9 | National Lampoon's European Vacation | - | - | - | $17,145,114 | 1,547 | $49,364,621 | Jul 26 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 10 | The Emerald Forest | - | - | - | $16,357,078 | 1,110 | $24,468,550 | Jul 5 | Embassy Pictures | false |
| 11 | Silverado | - | - | - | $15,981,161 | 1,190 | $32,192,570 | Jul 12 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 12 | Prizzi's Honor | - | - | - | $13,690,572 | 722 | $26,657,534 | Jun 14 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 13 | Fletch | - | - | - | $13,103,203 | 1,303 | $50,612,888 | May 31 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 14 | Explorers | - | - | - | $9,873,044 | 1,750 | $9,873,044 | Jul 12 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 15 | Beverly Hills Cop | - | - | - | $8,855,465 | 2,006 | $234,760,478 | Dec 5 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 16 | A View to a Kill | - | - | - | $7,563,416 | 1,588 | $50,327,960 | May 24 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 17 | The Black Cauldron | - | - | - | $7,235,322 | 1,276 | $21,288,692 | Jul 26 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 18 | Brewster's Millions | - | - | - | $7,059,061 | 1,521 | $40,833,132 | May 22 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 19 | The Man with One Red Shoe | - | - | - | $7,041,000 | 1,049 | $8,645,411 | Jul 19 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 20 | Red Sonja | - | - | - | $6,948,633 | 1,091 | $6,948,633 | Jul 5 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 21 | Return to Oz | - | - | - | $5,200,472 | 1,238 | $11,137,801 | Jun 21 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 22 | Day of the Dead | - | - | - | $5,000,000 | 168 | $5,000,000 | Jul 19 | - | false |
| 23 | Lifeforce | - | - | - | $4,098,502 | 1,526 | $11,603,545 | Jun 21 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 24 | The Legend of Billie Jean | - | - | - | $2,431,363 | 903 | $3,099,497 | Jul 19 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 25 | The Heavenly Kid | - | - | - | $2,175,102 | 1,019 | $3,852,271 | Jul 26 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 26 | Kiss of the Spider Woman | - | - | - | $93,234 | 204 | $17,005,229 | Jul 26 | Island Alive | false |
| 27 | Wetherby | - | - | - | $59,034 | 30 | $1,299,985 | Jul 19 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
