Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
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1 | Beverly Hills Cop | - | - | - | $117,097,810 | 2,006 | $234,760,478 | Dec 5 | Paramount Pictures | false |
2 | Witness | - | - | - | $45,435,407 | 1,169 | $68,706,993 | Feb 8 | Paramount Pictures | false |
3 | The Breakfast Club | - | - | - | $28,719,691 | 1,118 | $45,875,171 | Feb 15 | Universal Pictures | false |
4 | The Killing Fields | - | - | - | $27,083,304 | 663 | $34,700,291 | Nov 2 | Warner Bros. | false |
5 | A Passage to India | - | - | - | $24,379,705 | 650 | $27,187,653 | Dec 14 | Columbia Pictures | false |
6 | Micki + Maude | - | - | - | $18,497,614 | 876 | $26,080,861 | Dec 21 | Columbia Pictures | false |
7 | A Nightmare on Elm Street | - | - | - | $17,760,923 | 380 | $25,504,513 | Nov 9 | New Line Cinema | false |
8 | The Flamingo Kid | - | - | - | $17,666,225 | 753 | $23,859,382 | Dec 21 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
9 | The Falcon and the Snowman | - | - | - | $17,130,087 | 914 | $17,130,087 | Jan 25 | Orion Pictures | false |
10 | Protocol | - | - | - | $16,861,625 | 904 | $26,186,631 | Dec 21 | Warner Bros. | false |
11 | Starman | - | - | - | $16,217,635 | 1,271 | $28,744,356 | Dec 14 | Columbia Pictures | false |
12 | Amadeus | - | - | - | $15,392,302 | 802 | $51,564,280 | Sep 21 | Orion Pictures | false |
13 | 2010: The Year We Make Contact | - | - | - | $14,450,136 | 1,213 | $40,400,657 | Dec 7 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
14 | Pinocchio 1984 Re-release | - | - | - | $14,384,059 | 1,309 | $26,414,038 | Dec 21 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
15 | Tomboy | - | - | - | $14,100,000 | 409 | $14,100,000 | Jan 25 | Crown | false |
16 | The Cotton Club | - | - | - | $14,080,475 | 809 | $25,928,721 | Dec 14 | Orion Pictures | false |
17 | City Heat | - | - | - | $13,619,556 | 1,655 | $38,348,988 | Dec 7 | Warner Bros. | false |
18 | The Sure Thing | - | - | - | $13,487,180 | 1,115 | $18,135,531 | Mar 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
19 | Vision Quest | - | - | - | $12,993,175 | 993 | $12,993,175 | Feb 15 | Warner Bros. | false |
20 | Friday the 13th: A New Beginning | - | - | - | $12,066,212 | 1,759 | $21,930,418 | Mar 22 | Paramount Pictures | false |
21 | Dune | - | - | - | $11,910,299 | 975 | $31,439,560 | Dec 14 | Universal Pictures | false |
22 | Missing in Action 2: The Beginning | - | - | - | $10,755,447 | 1,336 | $10,755,447 | Mar 1 | Cannon Film Distributors | false |
23 | The River | - | - | - | $10,523,949 | 1,001 | $11,489,982 | Dec 21 | Universal Pictures | false |
24 | Porky's Revenge | - | - | - | $10,012,860 | 1,423 | $20,518,905 | Mar 22 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
25 | Johnny Dangerously | - | - | - | $9,773,954 | 1,106 | $17,124,395 | Dec 21 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
26 | Mask | - | - | - | $9,310,529 | 1,024 | $48,230,162 | Mar 8 | Universal Pictures | false |
27 | Mischief | - | - | - | $8,692,426 | 1,221 | $8,692,426 | Feb 8 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
28 | The Last Dragon | - | - | - | $8,565,431 | 1,039 | $25,754,284 | Mar 22 | TriStar Pictures | false |
29 | Tuff Turf | - | - | - | $8,546,560 | 653 | $9,369,329 | Jan 11 | Orion Pictures | false |
30 | 1984 | - | - | - | $8,430,492 | 295 | $8,430,492 | Dec 14 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false |
31 | Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo | - | - | - | $8,337,490 | 908 | $15,101,131 | Dec 21 | TriStar Pictures | false |
32 | Ghostbusters | - | - | - | $8,322,992 | 1,506 | $229,242,989 | Jun 8 | Columbia Pictures | false |
33 | Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend | - | - | - | $6,808,177 | 1,277 | $14,972,297 | Mar 22 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
34 | Into the Night | - | - | - | $6,519,634 | 1,096 | $7,562,164 | Feb 22 | Universal Pictures | false |
35 | Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment | - | - | - | $6,506,133 | 1,613 | $55,600,000 | Mar 29 | Warner Bros. | false |
36 | Heaven Help Us | - | - | - | $6,070,794 | 1,003 | $6,070,794 | Feb 8 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
37 | Avenging Angel | - | - | - | $5,622,787 | 525 | $5,622,787 | Jan 11 | New World Pictures | false |
38 | Fantasia 1985 Re-release | - | - | - | $5,257,794 | 225 | $8,194,726 | Feb 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
39 | Places in the Heart | - | - | - | $5,212,576 | 868 | $34,901,614 | Sep 21 | TriStar Pictures | false |
40 | The Mean Season | - | - | - | $4,349,446 | 876 | $4,349,446 | Feb 15 | Orion Pictures | false |
41 | That's Dancing! | - | - | - | $4,210,938 | 906 | $4,210,938 | Jan 18 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
42 | Mrs. Soffel | - | - | - | $3,766,072 | 801 | $4,385,312 | Dec 28 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
43 | Turk 182 | - | - | - | $3,594,997 | 801 | $3,594,997 | Feb 15 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
44 | Runaway | - | - | - | $3,352,848 | 720 | $6,770,587 | Dec 14 | TriStar Pictures | false |
45 | Fast Forward | - | - | - | $2,791,350 | 1,162 | $2,791,350 | Feb 15 | Columbia Pictures | false |
46 | The Care Bears Movie | - | - | - | $2,497,746 | 1,003 | $22,934,622 | Mar 29 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false |
47 | The Terminator | - | - | - | $2,425,604 | 1,112 | $38,371,200 | Oct 26 | Orion Pictures | false |
48 | Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi 1985 Re-release | - | - | - | $1,911,537 | 894 | $11,252,123 | Mar 29 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
49 | A Sunday in the Country | - | - | - | $1,887,287 | 16 | $2,411,143 | Nov 16 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
50 | Falling in Love | - | - | - | $1,880,084 | 807 | $11,129,057 | Nov 21 | Paramount Pictures | false |
51 | Heavenly Bodies | - | - | - | $1,839,623 | 1,504 | $1,839,623 | Feb 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
52 | A Soldier's Story | - | - | - | $1,700,203 | 581 | $21,821,347 | Sep 14 | Columbia Pictures | false |
53 | Paris, Texas | - | - | - | $1,669,865 | 8 | $2,181,987 | Nov 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
54 | The Purple Rose of Cairo | - | - | - | $1,661,391 | 419 | $10,631,333 | Mar 1 | Orion Pictures | false |
55 | Birdy | - | - | - | $1,381,425 | 18 | $1,455,045 | Dec 21 | TriStar Pictures | false |
56 | The Perils of Gwendoline in the Land of the Yik Yak | - | - | - | $1,337,274 | 500 | $1,337,274 | Jan 25 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false |
57 | The Aviator | - | - | - | $1,304,192 | 342 | $1,304,192 | Mar 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
58 | King David | - | - | - | $1,220,970 | 731 | $5,111,099 | Mar 29 | Paramount Pictures | false |
59 | DEFCON-4 | - | - | - | $1,057,064 | 54 | $1,057,064 | Mar 15 | New World Pictures | false |
60 | Desperately Seeking Susan | - | - | - | $1,022,718 | 1,108 | $27,398,584 | Mar 29 | Orion Pictures | false |
61 | Supergirl | - | - | - | $902,456 | 1,620 | $14,296,438 | Nov 21 | TriStar Pictures | false |
62 | The Gods Must Be Crazy | - | - | - | $878,597 | 147 | $30,031,783 | Apr 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
63 | The Slugger's Wife | - | - | - | $563,568 | 898 | $1,878,561 | Mar 29 | Columbia Pictures | false |
64 | Lost in America | - | - | - | $404,244 | 315 | $10,179,000 | Mar 15 | Warner Bros. | false |
65 | Missing in Action | - | - | - | $402,204 | 1,209 | $22,812,411 | Nov 16 | Cannon Film Distributors | false |
66 | Sylvester | - | - | - | $385,687 | 35 | $385,687 | Mar 15 | Columbia Pictures | false |
67 | Oh, God! You Devil | - | - | - | $309,456 | 1,384 | $21,538,850 | Nov 9 | Warner Bros. | false |
68 | The New Kids | - | - | - | $199,108 | 102 | $199,108 | Jan 18 | Columbia Pictures | false |
69 | Night of the Comet | - | - | - | $102,872 | 1,098 | $14,418,922 | Nov 16 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | false |
70 | Fandango | - | - | - | $91,666 | 27 | $91,666 | Jan 25 | Warner Bros. | false |
71 | A Private Function | - | - | - | $38,140 | 40 | $2,527,088 | Mar 1 | Island Alive | false |