| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Beverly Hills Cop | - | - | - | $87,506,803 | 2,006 | $234,760,478 | Dec 5 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 2 | 2010: The Year We Make Contact | - | - | - | $29,150,024 | 1,213 | $40,400,657 | Dec 7 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 3 | The Terminator | - | - | - | $28,443,676 | 1,112 | $38,371,200 | Oct 26 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 4 | City Heat | - | - | - | $27,681,678 | 1,655 | $38,348,988 | Dec 7 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 5 | Missing in Action | - | - | - | $21,630,008 | 1,209 | $22,812,411 | Nov 16 | Cannon Film Distributors | false |
| 6 | Dune | - | - | - | $21,477,101 | 975 | $30,925,690 | Dec 14 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 7 | Oh, God! You Devil | - | - | - | $19,921,935 | 1,384 | $21,538,850 | Nov 9 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 8 | Pinocchio 1984 Re-release | - | - | - | $16,237,962 | 1,309 | $26,414,038 | Dec 21 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 9 | Starman | - | - | - | $15,149,117 | 1,271 | $28,744,356 | Dec 14 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 10 | The Cotton Club | - | - | - | $14,092,111 | 809 | $25,928,721 | Dec 14 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 11 | Supergirl | - | - | - | $13,544,648 | 1,620 | $14,296,438 | Nov 21 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 12 | Night of the Comet | - | - | - | $13,529,915 | 1,098 | $14,418,922 | Nov 16 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | false |
| 13 | Protocol | - | - | - | $12,415,510 | 904 | $26,186,631 | Dec 21 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 14 | Places in the Heart | - | - | - | $11,392,777 | 868 | $34,901,614 | Sep 21 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 15 | Amadeus | - | - | - | $11,264,173 | 802 | $51,564,280 | Sep 21 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 16 | Micki + Maude | - | - | - | $10,217,460 | 876 | $26,080,861 | Dec 21 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 17 | Falling in Love | - | - | - | $9,741,966 | 807 | $11,129,057 | Nov 21 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 18 | A Soldier's Story | - | - | - | $9,555,565 | 581 | $21,821,347 | Sep 14 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 19 | Johnny Dangerously | - | - | - | $9,550,965 | 1,106 | $17,124,395 | Dec 21 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 20 | Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo | - | - | - | $8,497,305 | 908 | $15,101,131 | Dec 21 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 21 | The Flamingo Kid | - | - | - | $8,461,790 | 753 | $23,859,382 | Dec 21 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 22 | Ghostbusters | - | - | - | $8,097,199 | 1,506 | $229,242,989 | Jun 8 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 23 | All of Me | - | - | - | $8,012,064 | 1,200 | $36,403,064 | Sep 21 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 24 | Just the Way You Are | - | - | - | $7,889,694 | 1,190 | $7,889,694 | Nov 16 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 25 | Teachers | - | - | - | $7,245,796 | 1,721 | $27,774,237 | Oct 5 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 26 | A Nightmare on Elm Street | - | - | - | $7,220,490 | 380 | $25,504,513 | Nov 9 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 27 | Country | - | - | - | $5,235,362 | 488 | $9,640,000 | Sep 28 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 28 | Body Double | - | - | - | $5,140,654 | 1,428 | $8,801,940 | Oct 26 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 29 | Terror in the Aisles | - | - | - | $5,047,817 | 1,134 | $10,004,817 | Oct 26 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 30 | No Small Affair | - | - | - | $4,994,094 | 1,247 | $4,994,094 | Nov 9 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 31 | Firstborn | - | - | - | $4,233,688 | 929 | $6,250,994 | Oct 26 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 32 | Runaway | - | - | - | $4,185,841 | 720 | $6,770,587 | Dec 14 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 33 | Thief of Hearts | - | - | - | $3,743,071 | 1,200 | $10,435,015 | Oct 19 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 34 | Gremlins | - | - | - | $3,608,758 | 1,537 | $148,168,459 | Jun 8 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 35 | American Dreamer | - | - | - | $3,018,903 | 801 | $5,021,751 | Oct 26 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 36 | Silent Night, Deadly Night | - | - | - | $2,491,460 | 398 | $2,491,460 | Nov 9 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 37 | The Little Drummer Girl | - | - | - | $2,366,453 | 820 | $7,828,841 | Oct 19 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 38 | The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension | - | - | - | $2,018,095 | 236 | $6,254,148 | Aug 10 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 39 | The Razor's Edge | - | - | - | $1,844,277 | 1,036 | $6,551,987 | Oct 19 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 40 | A Christmas Story 1984 Re-release | - | - | - | $1,311,065 | 602 | $1,311,065 | Nov 21 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 41 | A Passage to India | - | - | - | $1,049,729 | 650 | $27,187,653 | Dec 14 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 42 | The Killing Fields | - | - | - | $921,977 | 663 | $34,700,291 | Nov 2 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 43 | Razorback | - | - | - | $150,140 | 50 | $150,140 | Nov 16 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 44 | Mrs. Soffel | - | - | - | $126,918 | 801 | $4,385,312 | Dec 28 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 45 | Birdy | - | - | - | $113,844 | 18 | $1,455,045 | Dec 21 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 46 | The River | - | - | - | $109,815 | 1,001 | $11,489,982 | Dec 21 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 47 | 1984 | - | - | - | $44,735 | 295 | $8,430,492 | Dec 14 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false |
