| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Never Say Never Again | - | - | - | $15,512,358 | 1,560 | $55,432,841 | Oct 7 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 2 | The Big Chill | - | - | - | $15,272,662 | 832 | $56,342,711 | Sep 30 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 3 | Richard Pryor... Here and Now | - | - | - | $12,446,180 | 1,411 | $16,156,776 | Oct 28 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 4 | All the Right Moves | - | - | - | $11,373,051 | 909 | $17,233,166 | Oct 21 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 5 | Deal of the Century | - | - | - | $10,369,581 | 1,226 | $10,369,581 | Nov 4 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 6 | The Dead Zone | - | - | - | $10,059,152 | 1,293 | $20,766,616 | Oct 21 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 7 | A Christmas Story | - | - | - | $7,216,315 | 938 | $19,294,144 | Nov 18 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 8 | The Right Stuff | - | - | - | $7,103,642 | 627 | $21,192,102 | Oct 21 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 9 | Mr. Mom | - | - | - | $6,085,727 | 1,362 | $64,783,827 | Jul 22 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 10 | Amityville 3-D | - | - | - | $5,295,525 | 1,254 | $6,333,135 | Nov 18 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 11 | Terms of Endearment | - | - | - | $5,147,669 | 1,259 | $108,423,489 | Nov 23 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 12 | The Osterman Weekend | - | - | - | $5,057,166 | 670 | $6,486,797 | Oct 21 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 13 | Risky Business | - | - | - | $4,737,943 | 1,137 | $63,541,777 | Aug 5 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 14 | Educating Rita | - | - | - | $4,361,477 | 407 | $14,648,076 | Sep 23 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 15 | A Night in Heaven | - | - | - | $4,314,790 | 901 | $5,563,663 | Nov 18 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 16 | Brainstorm | - | - | - | $3,701,861 | 498 | $10,219,460 | Sep 30 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 17 | Running Brave | - | - | - | $3,000,000 | 440 | $3,000,000 | Nov 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 18 | The Smurfs and the Magic Flute | - | - | - | $2,835,346 | 432 | $11,234,220 | Oct 7 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | false |
| 19 | Rumble Fish | - | - | - | $2,466,964 | 296 | $2,494,480 | Oct 8 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 20 | Under Fire | - | - | - | $2,251,254 | 816 | $5,696,391 | Oct 21 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 21 | Testament | - | - | - | $2,044,892 | 41 | $2,044,892 | Nov 4 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 22 | The Golden Seal | - | - | - | $2,025,554 | 435 | $6,666,725 | Aug 19 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false |
| 23 | Savage Islands | - | - | - | $1,734,652 | 925 | $1,963,756 | Nov 18 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 24 | Never Cry Wolf | - | - | - | $1,116,437 | 540 | $29,600,000 | Oct 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 25 | Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi | - | - | - | $1,001,400 | 1,764 | $252,583,617 | May 25 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 26 | Of Unknown Origin | - | - | - | $540,024 | 199 | $1,080,470 | Nov 23 | Warner Bros. | false |
