| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Beverly Hills Cop | - | - | - | $81,945,122 | 2,006 | $234,760,478 | Dec 5 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 2 | Witness | - | - | - | $20,806,466 | 1,169 | $68,706,993 | Feb 8 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 3 | A Passage to India | - | - | - | $18,149,697 | 650 | $27,187,653 | Dec 14 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 4 | The Killing Fields | - | - | - | $17,913,804 | 663 | $34,700,291 | Nov 2 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 5 | A Nightmare on Elm Street | - | - | - | $17,760,923 | 380 | $25,504,513 | Nov 9 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 6 | Micki + Maude | - | - | - | $15,863,401 | 876 | $26,080,861 | Dec 21 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 7 | The Flamingo Kid | - | - | - | $15,397,592 | 753 | $23,859,382 | Dec 21 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 8 | Tomboy | - | - | - | $14,100,000 | 409 | $14,100,000 | Jan 25 | Crown | false |
| 9 | Protocol | - | - | - | $13,771,121 | 904 | $26,186,631 | Dec 21 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 10 | Starman | - | - | - | $13,595,239 | 1,271 | $28,744,356 | Dec 14 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 11 | The Falcon and the Snowman | - | - | - | $12,565,689 | 914 | $17,130,087 | Jan 25 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 12 | The Cotton Club | - | - | - | $11,836,610 | 809 | $25,928,721 | Dec 14 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 13 | 2010: The Year We Make Contact | - | - | - | $11,250,633 | 1,213 | $40,400,657 | Dec 7 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 14 | The Breakfast Club | - | - | - | $11,216,490 | 1,118 | $45,875,171 | Feb 15 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 15 | City Heat | - | - | - | $10,667,310 | 1,655 | $38,348,988 | Dec 7 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 16 | The River | - | - | - | $10,499,382 | 1,001 | $11,489,982 | Dec 21 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 17 | Pinocchio 1984 Re-release | - | - | - | $10,176,076 | 1,309 | $26,414,038 | Dec 21 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 18 | Dune | - | - | - | $9,448,589 | 975 | $31,439,560 | Dec 14 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 19 | Amadeus | - | - | - | $9,006,626 | 802 | $51,564,280 | Sep 21 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 20 | Ghostbusters | - | - | - | $8,170,817 | 1,506 | $229,242,989 | Jun 8 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 21 | Johnny Dangerously | - | - | - | $7,573,430 | 1,106 | $17,124,395 | Dec 21 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 22 | Tuff Turf | - | - | - | $7,162,781 | 653 | $9,369,329 | Jan 11 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 23 | Mischief | - | - | - | $7,086,934 | 1,221 | $8,692,426 | Feb 8 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 24 | Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo | - | - | - | $6,603,826 | 908 | $15,101,131 | Dec 21 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 25 | Heaven Help Us | - | - | - | $6,070,794 | 1,003 | $6,070,794 | Feb 8 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 26 | Vision Quest | - | - | - | $5,895,990 | 993 | $12,993,175 | Feb 15 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 27 | Avenging Angel | - | - | - | $5,622,787 | 525 | $5,622,787 | Jan 11 | New World Pictures | false |
| 28 | That's Dancing! | - | - | - | $4,210,938 | 906 | $4,210,938 | Jan 18 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 29 | Mrs. Soffel | - | - | - | $3,711,679 | 801 | $4,385,312 | Dec 28 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 30 | The Mean Season | - | - | - | $3,390,741 | 876 | $4,349,446 | Feb 15 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 31 | Turk 182 | - | - | - | $3,145,795 | 801 | $3,594,997 | Feb 15 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 32 | Fast Forward | - | - | - | $2,650,866 | 1,162 | $2,791,350 | Feb 15 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 33 | Places in the Heart | - | - | - | $2,606,369 | 868 | $34,901,614 | Sep 21 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 34 | Runaway | - | - | - | $2,584,746 | 720 | $6,770,587 | Dec 14 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 35 | Fantasia 1985 Re-release | - | - | - | $2,576,538 | 225 | $8,194,726 | Feb 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 36 | The Terminator | - | - | - | $2,425,604 | 1,112 | $38,371,200 | Oct 26 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 37 | 1984 | - | - | - | $1,932,203 | 295 | $8,430,492 | Dec 14 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false |
| 38 | A Sunday in the Country | - | - | - | $1,887,287 | 16 | $2,411,143 | Nov 16 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 39 | Heavenly Bodies | - | - | - | $1,839,623 | 1,504 | $1,839,623 | Feb 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 40 | A Soldier's Story | - | - | - | $1,700,203 | 581 | $21,821,347 | Sep 14 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 41 | Paris, Texas | - | - | - | $1,669,865 | 8 | $2,181,987 | Nov 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 42 | Falling in Love | - | - | - | $1,387,091 | 807 | $11,129,057 | Nov 21 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 43 | Birdy | - | - | - | $1,341,201 | 18 | $1,455,045 | Dec 21 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 44 | 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 |
| 45 | The Gods Must Be Crazy | - | - | - | $878,597 | 147 | $30,031,783 | Apr 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 46 | Supergirl | - | - | - | $751,790 | 1,620 | $14,296,438 | Nov 21 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 47 | Missing in Action | - | - | - | $402,204 | 1,209 | $22,812,411 | Nov 16 | Cannon Film Distributors | false |
| 48 | Oh, God! You Devil | - | - | - | $309,456 | 1,384 | $21,538,850 | Nov 9 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 49 | The New Kids | - | - | - | $199,108 | 102 | $199,108 | Jan 18 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 50 | Night of the Comet | - | - | - | $102,872 | 1,098 | $14,418,922 | Nov 16 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | false |
| 51 | Fandango | - | - | - | $91,666 | 27 | $91,666 | Jan 25 | Warner Bros. | false |
