Rank Release
Genre
Budget
Running Time
Gross Theaters Total Gross Release Date Distributor
Estimated
1 Ghostbusters - - - $220,919,997 1,506 $229,242,989 Jun 8 Columbia Pictures
false 2 Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom - - - $179,870,271 1,687 $179,870,271 May 23 Paramount Pictures
false 3 Gremlins - - - $148,168,459 1,537 $148,168,459 Jun 8 Warner Bros.
false 4 The Karate Kid - - - $90,815,558 1,111 $90,815,558 Jun 22 Columbia Pictures
false 5 Police Academy - - - $81,198,894 1,587 $81,198,894 Mar 23 Warner Bros.
false 6 Footloose - - - $80,035,402 1,384 $80,035,402 Feb 17 Paramount Pictures
false 7 Beverly Hills Cop - - - $77,455,497 2,006 $234,760,478 Dec 5 Paramount Pictures
false 8 Star Trek III: The Search for Spock - - - $76,471,046 1,966 $76,471,046 Jun 1 Paramount Pictures
false 9 Terms of Endearment - - - $74,420,269 1,259 $108,423,489 Nov 23 Paramount Pictures
false 10 Romancing the Stone - - - $74,348,839 1,110 $76,572,238 Mar 30 Twentieth Century Fox
false 11 Splash - - - $69,821,334 1,186 $69,821,334 Mar 9 Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
false 12 Purple Rain - - - $68,392,977 1,022 $68,392,977 Jul 27 Warner Bros.
false 13 Tightrope - - - $48,143,579 1,535 $48,143,579 Aug 17 Warner Bros.
false 14 The Natural - - - $47,951,979 1,012 $47,951,979 May 11 TriStar Pictures
false 15 Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes - - - $45,858,563 1,175 $45,858,563 Mar 30 Warner Bros.
false 16 Revenge of the Nerds - - - $40,874,452 989 $40,874,452 Jul 20 Twentieth Century Fox
false 17 Breakin' - - - $38,682,707 1,121 $38,682,707 May 4 Cannon Film Distributors
false 18 Bachelor Party - - - $38,435,947 1,276 $38,435,947 Jun 29 Twentieth Century Fox
false 19 Red Dawn - - - $38,376,497 1,822 $38,376,497 Aug 10 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
false 20 All of Me - - - $36,403,064 1,200 $36,403,064 Sep 21 Universal Pictures
false 21 The Terminator - - - $34,004,606 1,112 $38,371,200 Oct 26 Orion Pictures
false 22 Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter - - - $32,980,880 1,600 $32,980,880 Apr 13 Paramount Pictures
false 23 Conan the Destroyer - - - $31,042,035 1,249 $31,042,035 Jun 29 Universal Pictures
false 24 Sudden Impact - - - $30,792,332 1,602 $67,642,693 Dec 9 Warner Bros.
false 25 Silkwood - - - $29,597,605 843 $35,615,609 Dec 16 Twentieth Century Fox
false 26 The Last Starfighter - - - $28,733,290 1,287 $28,733,290 Jul 13 Universal Pictures
false 27 Places in the Heart - - - $28,539,417 868 $34,901,614 Sep 21 TriStar Pictures
false 28 Cannonball Run II - - - $28,078,073 1,845 $28,078,073 Jun 29 Warner Bros.
false 29 Teachers - - - $27,774,237 1,721 $27,774,237 Oct 5 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
false 30 2010: The Year We Make Contact - - - $25,950,517 1,213 $40,400,657 Dec 7 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
false 31 The Muppets Take Manhattan - - - $25,534,703 1,261 $25,534,703 Jul 13 TriStar Pictures
false 32 Scarface - - - $25,439,938 1,008 $45,227,398 Dec 9 Universal Pictures
false 33 The Woman in Red - - - $25,308,147 1,069 $25,308,147 Aug 17 Orion Pictures
false 34 Moscow on the Hudson - - - $25,068,724 721 $25,068,724 Apr 6 Columbia Pictures
false 35 City Heat - - - $24,729,430 1,655 $38,348,988 Dec 7 Warner Bros.
false 36 Yentl - - - $24,451,981 747 $40,218,899 Nov 18 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
false 37 Sixteen Candles - - - $23,686,027 1,245 $23,686,027 May 4 Universal Pictures
false 38 The Jungle Book 1984 Re-release
- - - $23,456,945 1,463 $23,456,945 Jul 27 Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
false 39 Against All Odds - - - $21,689,062 979 $21,689,062 Mar 2 Columbia Pictures
false 40 Missing in Action - - - $21,630,008 1,209 $22,812,411 Nov 16 Cannon Film Distributors
false 41 Rhinestone - - - $21,435,321 1,630 $21,435,321 Jun 22 Twentieth Century Fox
false 42 Never Cry Wolf - - - $20,573,773 540 $29,600,000 Oct 7 Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
false 43 Top Secret! - - - $20,458,340 1,100 $20,458,340 Jun 22 Paramount Pictures
false 44 Hot Dog... The Movie - - - $20,307,325 1,276 $20,307,325 Jan 13 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
false 45 The NeverEnding Story - - - $20,158,808 950 $20,158,808 Jul 20 Warner Bros.
false 46 Unfaithfully Yours - - - $19,928,200 831 $19,928,200 Feb 10 Twentieth Century Fox
false 47 Oh, God! You Devil - - - $19,921,935 1,384 $21,538,850 Nov 9 Warner Bros.
false 48 Uncommon Valor - - - $19,304,137 1,076 $30,503,151 Dec 16 Paramount Pictures
false 49 Best Defense - - - $19,265,302 1,425 $19,265,302 Jul 20 Paramount Pictures
false 50 Dune - - - $19,015,391 975 $30,925,690 Dec 14 Universal Pictures
false 51 A Soldier's Story - - - $18,961,558 581 $21,821,347 Sep 14 Columbia Pictures
false 52 Blame It on Rio - - - $18,644,570 1,234 $18,644,570 Feb 17 Twentieth Century Fox
false 53 Lassiter - - - $17,513,452 945 $17,513,452 Feb 17 Warner Bros.
false 54 Angel - - - $17,488,564 499 $17,488,564 Jan 13 New World Pictures
false 55 Firestarter - - - $17,080,167 1,374 $17,080,167 May 11 Universal Pictures
false 56 Amadeus - - - $16,935,508 802 $51,564,280 Sep 21 Orion Pictures
false 57 Beat Street - - - $16,595,791 1,380 $16,595,791 Jun 8 Orion Pictures
false 58 Weekend Pass - - - $15,853,993 475 $21,058,033 Feb 3 Crown
false 59 The Ice Pirates - - - $14,255,801 1,175 $14,255,801 Mar 16 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
false 60 Night of the Comet - - - $13,529,915 1,098 $14,418,922 Nov 16 Atlantic Releasing Corporation
false 61 Supergirl - - - $13,393,976 1,620 $14,296,438 Nov 21 TriStar Pictures
false 62 The Evil That Men Do - - - $13,102,025 1,464 $13,102,025 Sep 21 TriStar Pictures
false 63 Children of the Corn - - - $12,748,869 653 $14,568,989 Mar 9 New World Pictures
false 64 Starman - - - $12,526,716 1,271 $28,744,356 Dec 14 Columbia Pictures
false 65 The Big Chill - - - $12,427,303 832 $56,342,711 Sep 30 Columbia Pictures
false 66 Irreconcilable Differences - - - $12,414,210 902 $12,414,210 Sep 28 Warner Bros.
false 67 Dreamscape - - - $12,145,169 816 $12,145,169 Aug 17 Twentieth Century Fox
false 68 Pinocchio 1984 Re-release
- - - $12,029,979 1,309 $26,414,038 Dec 21 Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
false 69 The Cotton Club - - - $11,848,246 809 $25,928,721 Dec 14 Orion Pictures
false 70 Two of a Kind - - - $11,801,362 1,278 $23,646,952 Dec 16 Twentieth Century Fox
false 71 Up the Creek - - - $11,708,269 1,346 $11,708,269 Apr 6 Orion Pictures
false 72 Tank - - - $11,302,884 1,332 $11,302,884 Mar 16 Universal Pictures
false 73 Hard to Hold - - - $11,113,806 1,017 $11,113,806 Apr 6 Universal Pictures
false 74 The Wild Life - - - $11,020,375 1,142 $11,020,375 Sep 28 Universal Pictures
false 75 Broadway Danny Rose - - - $10,600,497 613 $10,600,497 Jan 27 Orion Pictures
false 76 The Rescuers 1983 Re-release
- - - $10,597,509 1,040 $21,000,000 Dec 16 Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
false 77 Where the Boys Are - - - $10,530,000 1,414 $10,530,000 Apr 6 TriStar Pictures
false 78 Thief of Hearts - - - $10,435,015 1,200 $10,435,015 Oct 19 Paramount Pictures
false 79 Gorky Park - - - $10,264,285 631 $15,856,028 Dec 16 Orion Pictures
false 80 D.C. Cab - - - $10,059,482 908 $16,134,627 Dec 16 Universal Pictures
false 81 Terror in the Aisles - - - $10,004,817 1,134 $10,004,817 Oct 26 Universal Pictures
false 82 Cloak and Dagger - - - $9,719,952 1,147 $9,719,952 Aug 10 Universal Pictures
false 83 Christine - - - $9,348,013 1,101 $21,017,849 Dec 9 Columbia Pictures
false 84 Protocol - - - $9,325,006 904 $26,186,631 Dec 21 Warner Bros.
false 85 Falling in Love - - - $9,248,972 807 $11,129,057 Nov 21 Paramount Pictures
false 86 Bolero - - - $8,914,881 1,015 $8,914,881 Aug 31 Cannon Film Distributors
false 87 Body Double - - - $8,801,940 1,428 $8,801,940 Oct 26 Columbia Pictures
false 88 Oxford Blues - - - $8,793,152 1,075 $8,793,152 Aug 24 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
false 89 The Bounty - - - $8,613,462 986 $8,613,462 May 4 Orion Pictures
false 90 Reckless - - - $8,289,916 899 $8,289,916 Feb 3 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
false 91 Streets of Fire - - - $8,089,290 1,150 $8,089,290 Jun 1 Universal Pictures
false 92 Just the Way You Are - - - $7,889,694 1,190 $7,889,694 Nov 16 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
false 93 The Little Drummer Girl - - - $7,828,841 820 $7,828,841 Oct 19 Warner Bros.
false 94 To Be or Not to Be - - - $7,585,092 645 $13,030,214 Dec 16 Twentieth Century Fox
false 95 Micki + Maude - - - $7,583,242 876 $26,080,861 Dec 21 Columbia Pictures
false 96 Country - - - $7,411,929 488 $9,640,000 Sep 28 Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
false 97 Johnny Dangerously - - - $7,350,435 1,106 $17,124,395 Dec 21 Twentieth Century Fox
false 98 Iceman - - - $7,343,032 671 $7,343,032 Apr 13 Universal Pictures
false 99 A Nightmare on Elm Street - - - $7,220,490 380 $25,504,513 Nov 9 New Line Cinema
false 100 Hardbodies - - - $7,121,719 1,594 $7,121,719 May 4 Columbia Pictures
false 101 The Pope of Greenwich Village - - - $6,836,201 677 $6,836,201 Jun 22 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
false 102 Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo - - - $6,763,636 908 $15,101,131 Dec 21 TriStar Pictures
false 103 Swing Shift - - - $6,650,206 814 $6,650,206 Apr 13 Warner Bros.
false 104 The Razor's Edge - - - $6,551,987 1,036 $6,551,987 Oct 19 Columbia Pictures
false 105 Ninja III: The Domination - - - $6,544,052 530 $7,610,785 Sep 14 Cannon Film Distributors
false 106 The Philadelphia Experiment - - - $6,257,896 490 $8,103,330 Aug 3 New World Pictures
false 107 The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension - - - $6,254,148 236 $6,254,148 Aug 10 Twentieth Century Fox
false 108 Firstborn - - - $6,250,994 929 $6,250,994 Oct 26 Paramount Pictures
false 109 The Right Stuff - - - $6,202,359 627 $21,192,102 Oct 21 Warner Bros.
false 110 The Flamingo Kid - - - $6,193,155 753 $23,859,382 Dec 21 Twentieth Century Fox
false 111 A Christmas Story - - - $6,051,174 938 $19,294,144 Nov 18 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
false 112 Racing with the Moon - - - $6,045,647 389 $6,045,647 Mar 23 Paramount Pictures
false 113 Sheena - - - $5,778,353 1,496 $5,778,353 Aug 17 Columbia Pictures
false 114 The Man Who Loved Women - - - $5,770,217 845 $10,964,231 Dec 16 Columbia Pictures
false 115 The Lonely Guy - - - $5,718,573 717 $5,718,573 Jan 27 Universal Pictures
false 116 Meatballs Part II - - - $5,410,972 1,252 $5,410,972 Jul 27 TriStar Pictures
false 117 Once Upon a Time in America - - - $5,321,508 894 $5,321,508 Jun 1 Warner Bros.
false 118 Alphabet City - - - $5,293,430 321 $7,035,585 May 4 Atlantic Releasing Corporation
false 119 The Hotel New Hampshire - - - $5,142,858 244 $5,142,858 Mar 9 Orion Pictures
false 120 American Dreamer - - - $5,021,751 801 $5,021,751 Oct 26 Warner Bros.
false 121 No Small Affair - - - $4,994,094 1,247 $4,994,094 Nov 9 Columbia Pictures
false 122 Harry & Son - - - $4,864,980 920 $4,864,980 Mar 2 Orion Pictures
false 123 Grandview, U.S.A. - - - $4,743,119 1,069 $4,743,119 Aug 3 Warner Bros.
false 124 C.H.U.D. - - - $4,654,423 310 $4,654,423 Aug 31 New World Pictures
false 125 Making the Grade - - - $4,561,346 1,197 $4,561,346 May 18 Cannon Film Distributors
false 126 Star 80 - - - $4,531,751 502 $6,472,990 Nov 11 Warner Bros.
false 127 Joy of Sex - - - $4,463,841 804 $4,463,841 Aug 3 Paramount Pictures
false 128 Until September - - - $4,239,154 1,114 $4,239,154 Sep 21 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
false 129 This Is Spinal Tap - - - $3,910,058 206 $4,491,645 Mar 2 Embassy Pictures
false 130 Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi - - - $3,896,542 1,764 $252,583,617 May 25 Twentieth Century Fox
false 131 Flashpoint - - - $3,854,833 1,022 $3,854,833 Aug 31 TriStar Pictures
false 132 Cheech & Chong's: The Corsican Brothers - - - $3,772,785 868 $3,772,785 Jul 27 Orion Pictures
false 133 Exterminator 2 - - - $3,739,406 535 $3,739,406 Sep 14 Cannon Film Distributors
false 134 The Dresser - - - $3,612,610 241 $5,310,748 Dec 9 Columbia Pictures
false 135 Runaway - - - $3,417,738 720 $6,770,587 Dec 14 TriStar Pictures
false 136 Crimes of Passion - - - $2,912,945 325 $2,912,945 Oct 19 New World Pictures
false 137 The Warrior and the Sorceress - - - $2,886,225 238 $2,886,225 Sep 7 New World Pictures
false 138 Impulse - - - $2,773,433 376 $2,773,433 Sep 28 Twentieth Century Fox
false 139 The Bear - - - $2,687,148 750 $2,687,148 Sep 28 Embassy Pictures
false 140 Under the Volcano - - - $2,556,800 1 $2,556,800 Jun 15 Universal Pictures
false 141 Silent Night, Deadly Night - - - $2,491,460 398 $2,491,460 Nov 9 TriStar Pictures
false 142 Electric Dreams - - - $2,193,612 920 $2,193,612 Jul 20 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
false 143 Purple Hearts - - - $2,075,282 370 $2,075,282 Mar 30 Warner Bros.
false 144 The Buddy System - - - $1,820,049 190 $1,820,049 Jan 20 Twentieth Century Fox
false 145 Body Rock - - - $1,689,501 240 $1,689,501 Sep 28 New World Pictures
false 146 Misunderstood - - - $1,525,532 741 $1,525,532 Mar 30 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
false 147 Garbo Talks - - - $1,493,782 16 $1,493,782 Oct 12 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
false 148 Finders Keepers - - - $1,467,396 753 $1,467,396 May 18 Warner Bros.
false 149 The Smurfs and the Magic Flute - - - $1,435,165 432 $11,234,220 Oct 7 Atlantic Releasing Corporation
false 150 Sahara - - - $1,402,962 344 $1,402,962 Mar 2 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
false 151 A Christmas Story 1984 Re-release
- - - $1,311,065 602 $1,311,065 Nov 21 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
false 152 The River Rat - - - $1,142,944 316 $1,142,944 Sep 21 Paramount Pictures
false 153 Mike's Murder - - - $1,059,966 80 $1,059,966 Mar 9 Warner Bros.
false 154 The Power - - - $929,162 256 $929,162 Jan 20 - false 155 Songwriter - - - $865,915 499 $865,915 Oct 12 TriStar Pictures
false 156 A Passage to India - - - $789,005 650 $27,187,653 Dec 14 Columbia Pictures
false 157 The Killing Fields - - - $650,975 663 $34,700,291 Nov 2 Warner Bros.
false 158 Scandalous - - - $526,805 144 $526,805 Jan 20 Orion Pictures
false 159 Windy City - - - $343,890 28 $343,890 Sep 21 Warner Bros.
false 160 Champions - - - $200,498 55 $200,498 Apr 20 AVCO Embassy Pictures
false 161 Razorback - - - $150,140 50 $150,140 Nov 16 Warner Bros.
false 162 Crackers - - - $129,268 21 $129,268 Feb 17 Universal Pictures
false 163 Repo Man - - - $129,000 39 $129,000 Mar 2 Universal Pictures
false 164 Slayground - - - $108,128 62 $108,128 Jan 27 Universal Pictures
false 165 The River - - - $85,246 1,001 $11,489,982 Dec 21 Universal Pictures
false 166 Birdy - - - $73,617 18 $1,455,045 Dec 21 TriStar Pictures
false 167 Mrs. Soffel - - - $72,524 801 $4,385,312 Dec 28 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
false 168 1984 - - - $44,735 295 $8,430,492 Dec 14 The Samuel Goldwyn Company
false 169 Stop Making Sense - - - $41,666 41 $4,949,438 Oct 19 Cinecom Pictures
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