Top Grossing Films (U.S.)
| Rank | Title | Studio | Actors | Gross |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Raiders of the Lost Ark | Paramount/Lucasfilm | Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Paul Freeman | $209,562,121 |
| 2. | On Golden Pond | Universal | Henry Fonda, Jane Fonda, Katharine Hepburn | $119,285,432 |
| 3. | Superman II | Warner Bros. | Christopher Reeve, Margot Kidder, Gene Hackman | $108,185,706 |
| 4. | Arthur | Warner Bros. | Dudley Moore, Liza Minnelli, John Gielgud | $95,461,682 |
| 5. | Stripes | Columbia | Bill Murray, Harold Ramis | $85,297,000 |
| 6. | The Cannonball Run | 20th Century Fox | Burt Reynolds, Roger Moore, Farrah Fawcett, Adrienne Barbeau, Dom Deluise, Sammy Davis Jr., Dean Martin | $72,179,579 |
| 7. | Chariots of Fire | Warner Bros./The Ladd Company | Ben Cross, Ian Charleson, Ian Holm | $58,972,904 |
| 8. | For Your Eyes Only | United Artists | Roger Moore, Carole Bouquet, Topol, Julian Glover | $54,812,802 |
| 9. | The Four Seasons | Universal | Alan Alda, Carol Burnett, Sandy Dennis | $50,427,646 |
| 10. | Time Bandits | Embassy Pictures | John Cleese, Sean Connery, Shelley Duvall, | $42,365,581 |
| 11. | Clash of the Titans | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | Harry Hamlin, Laurence Olivier, Ursula Andress | $41,092,328 |
| 12. | Absence of Malice | Columbia Pictures | Paul Newman, Sally Field | $40,716,963 |
| 13. | Reds | Paramount Pictures | Warren Beatty, Diane Keaton Jack Nicholson and Gene Hackman | $40,382,659 |
| 14. | The Fox and the Hound | Walt Disney Animation Studios | Mickey Rooney, Kurt Russell | $39,900,000 |
| 15. | Tarzan, the Ape Man | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | Bo Derek, Miles O'Keeffe, Richard Harris | $36,565,280 |
| 16. | Taps | 20th Century Fox | George C. Scott, Timothy Hutton, Ronny Cox, Sean Penn and Tom Cruise | $35,856,053 |
| 17. | Sharky's Machine | Warner Bros. | Burt Reynolds, Vittorio Gassman, Rachel Ward | $35,610,100 |
| 18. | Excalibur | Warner Bros. | Nigel Terry | $34,967,437 |
| 19. | History of the World, Part I | 20th Century Fox | Mel Brooks, Dom DeLuise, Madeline Kahn, Harvey Korman and Cloris Leachman | $31,672,907 |
| 20. | Bustin' Loose | Universal Studios | Richard Pryor and Cicely Tyson | $31,261,269 |
Box office results courtesy of Box Office Mojo.
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