| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Beverly Hills Cop | - | - | - | $25,101,383 | 2,006 | $234,760,478 | Dec 5 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 2 | Witness | - | - | - | $24,628,941 | 1,169 | $68,706,993 | Feb 8 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 3 | The Breakfast Club | - | - | - | $17,503,201 | 1,118 | $45,875,171 | Feb 15 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 4 | The Sure Thing | - | - | - | $13,487,180 | 1,115 | $18,135,531 | Mar 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 5 | Friday the 13th: A New Beginning | - | - | - | $12,066,212 | 1,759 | $21,930,418 | Mar 22 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 6 | Missing in Action 2: The Beginning | - | - | - | $10,755,447 | 1,336 | $10,755,447 | Mar 1 | Cannon Film Distributors | false |
| 7 | Porky's Revenge | - | - | - | $10,012,860 | 1,423 | $20,518,905 | Mar 22 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 8 | The Killing Fields | - | - | - | $9,742,731 | 663 | $34,700,291 | Nov 2 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 9 | Mask | - | - | - | $9,310,529 | 1,024 | $48,230,162 | Mar 8 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 10 | The Last Dragon | - | - | - | $8,565,431 | 1,039 | $25,754,284 | Mar 22 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 11 | Amadeus | - | - | - | $7,655,015 | 802 | $51,564,280 | Sep 21 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 12 | Vision Quest | - | - | - | $7,097,185 | 993 | $12,993,175 | Feb 15 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 13 | Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend | - | - | - | $6,808,177 | 1,277 | $14,972,297 | Mar 22 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 14 | Into the Night | - | - | - | $6,519,634 | 1,096 | $7,562,164 | Feb 22 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 15 | Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment | - | - | - | $6,506,133 | 1,613 | $55,600,000 | Mar 29 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 16 | 1984 | - | - | - | $6,498,289 | 295 | $8,430,492 | Dec 14 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false |
| 17 | A Passage to India | - | - | - | $5,969,284 | 650 | $27,187,653 | Dec 14 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 18 | The Falcon and the Snowman | - | - | - | $4,564,398 | 914 | $17,130,087 | Jan 25 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 19 | Fantasia 1985 Re-release | - | - | - | $2,681,256 | 225 | $8,194,726 | Feb 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 20 | Places in the Heart | - | - | - | $2,606,207 | 868 | $34,901,614 | Sep 21 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 21 | The Care Bears Movie | - | - | - | $2,497,746 | 1,003 | $22,934,622 | Mar 29 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false |
| 22 | Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi 1985 Re-release | - | - | - | $1,911,537 | 894 | $11,252,123 | Mar 29 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 23 | The Purple Rose of Cairo | - | - | - | $1,661,391 | 419 | $10,631,333 | Mar 1 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 24 | Mischief | - | - | - | $1,605,492 | 1,221 | $8,692,426 | Feb 8 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 25 | Tuff Turf | - | - | - | $1,383,779 | 653 | $9,369,329 | Jan 11 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 26 | The Aviator | - | - | - | $1,304,192 | 342 | $1,304,192 | Mar 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 27 | King David | - | - | - | $1,220,970 | 731 | $5,111,099 | Mar 29 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 28 | DEFCON-4 | - | - | - | $1,057,064 | 54 | $1,057,064 | Mar 15 | New World Pictures | false |
| 29 | Desperately Seeking Susan | - | - | - | $1,022,718 | 1,108 | $27,398,584 | Mar 29 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 30 | The Mean Season | - | - | - | $958,705 | 876 | $4,349,446 | Feb 15 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 31 | The Slugger's Wife | - | - | - | $563,568 | 898 | $1,878,561 | Mar 29 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 32 | Turk 182 | - | - | - | $449,202 | 801 | $3,594,997 | Feb 15 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 33 | Lost in America | - | - | - | $404,244 | 315 | $10,179,000 | Mar 15 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 34 | Sylvester | - | - | - | $385,687 | 35 | $385,687 | Mar 15 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 35 | Fast Forward | - | - | - | $140,484 | 1,162 | $2,791,350 | Feb 15 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 36 | A Private Function | - | - | - | $38,140 | 40 | $2,527,088 | Mar 1 | Island Alive | false |
