| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Tootsie | - | - | - | $22,816,947 | 1,222 | $177,200,000 | Dec 17 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 2 | High Road to China | - | - | - | $13,724,933 | 1,508 | $28,445,927 | Mar 18 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 3 | Gandhi | - | - | - | $12,917,397 | 825 | $52,767,889 | Dec 10 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 4 | They Call Me Bruce | - | - | - | $8,518,130 | 324 | $16,894,678 | Nov 12 | - | false |
| 5 | Spring Break | - | - | - | $8,468,778 | 1,531 | $24,071,666 | Mar 25 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 6 | 48 Hrs. | - | - | - | $8,351,986 | 1,050 | $78,868,508 | Dec 10 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 7 | The Man from Snowy River | - | - | - | $7,996,217 | 517 | $20,659,423 | Nov 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 8 | The Outsiders | - | - | - | $7,250,800 | 1,002 | $25,697,647 | Mar 25 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 9 | 10 to Midnight | - | - | - | $7,175,592 | 595 | $7,175,592 | Mar 11 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 10 | The Year of Living Dangerously | - | - | - | $7,124,758 | 690 | $10,278,575 | Jan 21 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 11 | The Lords of Discipline | - | - | - | $6,427,925 | 800 | $11,787,127 | Feb 18 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 12 | Sophie's Choice | - | - | - | $5,887,426 | 548 | $30,036,000 | Dec 10 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 13 | Lovesick | - | - | - | $5,193,288 | 744 | $10,171,304 | Feb 18 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 14 | Vigilante | - | - | - | $5,091,888 | 250 | $5,091,888 | Mar 4 | - | false |
| 15 | The Verdict | - | - | - | $4,566,690 | 904 | $53,977,250 | Dec 10 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 16 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | - | - | - | $4,347,158 | 1,778 | $359,197,037 | Jun 11 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 17 | Trenchcoat | - | - | - | $4,304,286 | 723 | $4,304,286 | Mar 11 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 18 | The Black Stallion Returns | - | - | - | $4,239,905 | 1,376 | $12,049,108 | Mar 25 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 19 | Joysticks | - | - | - | $3,952,448 | 310 | $3,952,448 | Mar 4 | - | false |
| 20 | Max Dugan Returns | - | - | - | $3,816,028 | 801 | $17,613,720 | Mar 25 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 21 | The Sword in the Stone | - | - | - | $3,292,213 | 741 | $12,000,000 | Mar 25 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 22 | Bad Boys | - | - | - | $3,114,388 | 535 | $9,190,819 | Mar 25 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 23 | The Entity | - | - | - | $2,667,388 | 1,035 | $13,277,558 | Feb 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 24 | Without a Trace | - | - | - | $2,539,258 | 721 | $9,632,062 | Feb 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 25 | My Tutor | - | - | - | $2,171,667 | 500 | $22,587,834 | Mar 4 | Crown | false |
| 26 | Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark 1983 Re-release | - | - | - | $1,984,359 | 628 | $11,374,454 | Mar 25 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 27 | Table for Five | - | - | - | $1,910,849 | 181 | $2,439,705 | Feb 18 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 28 | The Sting II | - | - | - | $1,624,072 | 1,294 | $6,347,072 | Feb 18 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 29 | Tough Enough | - | - | - | $1,033,705 | 538 | $2,433,722 | Mar 25 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 30 | Tender Mercies | - | - | - | $188,010 | 37 | $8,443,124 | Mar 4 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 31 | Local Hero | - | - | - | $112,513 | 207 | $5,895,761 | Feb 18 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 32 | Baby It's You | - | - | - | $17,744 | 30 | $1,867,792 | Mar 4 | Paramount Pictures | false |
