| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Tootsie | - | - | - | $37,655,707 | 1,222 | $177,200,000 | Dec 17 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 2 | High Road to China | - | - | - | $28,445,927 | 1,508 | $28,445,927 | Mar 18 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 3 | Gandhi | - | - | - | $24,868,953 | 825 | $52,767,889 | Dec 10 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 4 | Spring Break | - | - | - | $23,577,393 | 1,531 | $24,071,666 | Mar 25 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 5 | The Outsiders | - | - | - | $22,860,888 | 1,002 | $25,697,647 | Mar 25 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 6 | 48 Hrs. | - | - | - | $18,456,277 | 1,050 | $78,868,508 | Dec 10 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 7 | Flashdance | - | - | - | $16,939,547 | 1,140 | $92,921,203 | Apr 15 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 8 | Max Dugan Returns | - | - | - | $16,062,660 | 801 | $17,613,720 | Mar 25 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 9 | Sophie's Choice | - | - | - | $14,587,000 | 548 | $30,036,000 | Dec 10 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 10 | Monty Python's the Meaning of Life | - | - | - | $12,565,028 | 554 | $14,929,552 | Apr 1 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 11 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | - | - | - | $12,526,107 | 1,778 | $359,197,037 | Jun 11 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 12 | The Black Stallion Returns | - | - | - | $12,049,108 | 1,376 | $12,049,108 | Mar 25 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 13 | The Sword in the Stone | - | - | - | $12,000,000 | 741 | $12,000,000 | Mar 25 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 14 | Lone Wolf McQuade | - | - | - | $11,541,102 | 1,221 | $12,232,628 | Apr 15 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 15 | Raiders of the Lost Ark 1983 Re-release | - | - | - | $11,374,454 | 628 | $11,374,454 | Mar 25 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 16 | My Tutor | - | - | - | $9,196,794 | 500 | $22,587,834 | Mar 4 | Crown | false |
| 17 | Bad Boys | - | - | - | $9,190,819 | 535 | $9,190,819 | Mar 25 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 18 | 10 to Midnight | - | - | - | $7,175,592 | 595 | $7,175,592 | Mar 11 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 19 | The Man from Snowy River | - | - | - | $6,766,081 | 517 | $20,659,423 | Nov 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 20 | They Call Me Bruce | - | - | - | $6,448,716 | 324 | $16,894,678 | Nov 12 | Film Ventures International (FVI) | false |
| 21 | The Year of Living Dangerously | - | - | - | $6,420,685 | 690 | $10,278,575 | Jan 21 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 22 | The Verdict | - | - | - | $6,162,535 | 904 | $53,977,250 | Dec 10 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 23 | The Lords of Discipline | - | - | - | $5,148,242 | 800 | $11,787,127 | Feb 18 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 24 | Vigilante | - | - | - | $5,091,888 | 250 | $5,091,888 | Mar 4 | Film Ventures International (FVI) | false |
| 25 | Trenchcoat | - | - | - | $4,304,286 | 723 | $4,304,286 | Mar 11 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 26 | Lovesick | - | - | - | $4,163,793 | 744 | $10,171,304 | Feb 18 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 27 | Joysticks | - | - | - | $3,952,448 | 310 | $3,952,448 | Mar 4 | Jensen Farley Pictures | false |
| 28 | Local Hero | - | - | - | $3,193,995 | 207 | $5,895,761 | Feb 18 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 29 | Something Wicked This Way Comes | - | - | - | $3,103,849 | 817 | $8,400,000 | Apr 29 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 30 | Valley Girl | - | - | - | $2,583,211 | 442 | $17,343,596 | Apr 29 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | false |
| 31 | The Hunger | - | - | - | $2,541,809 | 775 | $5,979,292 | Apr 29 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 32 | Tough Enough | - | - | - | $2,433,722 | 538 | $2,433,722 | Mar 25 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 33 | The King of Comedy | - | - | - | $2,357,001 | 76 | $2,536,242 | Feb 18 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 34 | Man, Woman and Child | - | - | - | $2,314,561 | 350 | $2,314,561 | Apr 1 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 35 | Table for Five | - | - | - | $2,251,805 | 181 | $2,439,705 | Feb 18 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 36 | The Entity | - | - | - | $2,111,095 | 1,035 | $13,277,558 | Feb 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 37 | Without a Trace | - | - | - | $1,978,813 | 721 | $9,632,062 | Feb 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 38 | Losin' It | - | - | - | $1,246,141 | 180 | $1,246,141 | Apr 8 | Embassy Pictures | false |
| 39 | The Sting II | - | - | - | $694,072 | 1,294 | $6,347,072 | Feb 18 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 40 | Tender Mercies | - | - | - | $580,526 | 37 | $8,443,124 | Mar 4 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 41 | Screwballs | - | - | - | $210,000 | 128 | $2,082,215 | Apr 1 | New World Pictures | false |
| 42 | Baby It's You | - | - | - | $17,744 | 30 | $1,867,792 | Mar 4 | Paramount Pictures | false |
