| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Back to the Future | - | - | - | $27,234,424 | 1,550 | $211,850,472 | Jul 3 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 2 | Teen Wolf | - | - | - | $15,384,060 | 1,425 | $33,086,611 | Aug 23 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | false |
| 3 | Pee-wee's Big Adventure | - | - | - | $11,347,148 | 894 | $40,940,662 | Aug 9 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 4 | Compromising Positions | - | - | - | $9,219,978 | 574 | $12,531,831 | Aug 30 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 5 | Year of the Dragon | - | - | - | $7,522,610 | 982 | $18,707,466 | Aug 16 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 6 | Volunteers | - | - | - | $7,386,537 | 1,560 | $19,875,740 | Aug 16 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 7 | Cocoon | - | - | - | $6,821,395 | 1,163 | $76,113,124 | Jun 21 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 8 | American Ninja | - | - | - | $6,527,037 | 672 | $10,499,694 | Aug 30 | Cannon Film Distributors | false |
| 9 | Summer Rental | - | - | - | $5,768,762 | 1,595 | $24,689,703 | Aug 9 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 10 | Invasion U.S.A. | - | - | - | $5,192,908 | 1,735 | $17,536,256 | Sep 27 | Cannon Film Distributors | false |
| 11 | Rambo: First Blood Part II | - | - | - | $4,403,694 | 2,074 | $150,415,432 | May 22 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 12 | Silverado | - | - | - | $4,370,975 | 1,190 | $32,192,570 | Jul 12 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 13 | Ghostbusters 1985 Re-release | - | - | - | $4,204,525 | 990 | $9,389,135 | Aug 23 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 14 | Gremlins 1985 Re-release | - | - | - | $4,117,806 | 1,174 | $4,914,643 | Aug 30 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 15 | National Lampoon's European Vacation | - | - | - | $4,065,485 | 1,547 | $49,364,621 | Jul 26 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 16 | Real Genius | - | - | - | $3,884,335 | 990 | $12,952,019 | Aug 9 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 17 | Creator | - | - | - | $3,503,451 | 820 | $5,349,607 | Sep 20 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 18 | Fright Night | - | - | - | $3,448,261 | 1,545 | $24,922,237 | Aug 2 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 19 | The Return of the Living Dead | - | - | - | $3,230,042 | 1,506 | $14,237,880 | Aug 16 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 20 | St. Elmo's Fire | - | - | - | $2,669,045 | 1,207 | $37,803,872 | Jun 28 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 21 | Wetherby | - | - | - | $1,240,951 | 30 | $1,299,985 | Jul 19 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 22 | Kiss of the Spider Woman | - | - | - | $1,239,807 | 204 | $17,005,229 | Jul 26 | Island Alive | false |
| 23 | Plenty | - | - | - | $882,058 | 228 | $6,148,000 | Sep 19 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 24 | Maxie | - | - | - | $830,604 | 778 | $2,564,278 | Sep 27 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 25 | The Journey of Natty Gann | - | - | - | $373,212 | 362 | $9,708,373 | Sep 27 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 26 | Agnes of God | - | - | - | $349,033 | 646 | $25,627,836 | Sep 13 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 27 | Code Name: Emerald | - | - | - | $194,996 | 195 | $561,548 | Sep 27 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 28 | Marie | - | - | - | $193,428 | 465 | $2,507,995 | Sep 27 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 29 | After Hours | - | - | - | $90,701 | 503 | $10,609,321 | Sep 13 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 30 | Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters | - | - | - | $14,271 | 14 | $437,547 | Sep 13 | Warner Bros. | false |
