Box Office (Domestic Rentals) Per Year

1980
1. The Empire Strikes Back ($120,000,000)
2. Kramer vs. Kramer ($60,528,000)
3. The Jerk ($43,000,000)
4. Airplane! (38,000,000)
5. Smokey & The Bandit (1980 only: $37,000,000; through 1981: $61,055,000)
6. Coal Miner's Daughter ($36,000,000)
7. Private Benjamin ($33,500,000)
8. The Blues Brothers ($31,000,000)
9. The Electric Horseman ($30,917,000)
10. The Shining ($30,200,000)

1981
1. Raiders Of The Lost Ark ($90,434,000)
2. Superman II ($64,000,000)
3. Stir Crazy ($58,408,000)
4. 9 To 5 ($57,850,000)
5. Stripes ($39,514,000)
6. Any Which Way You Can ($39,500,000)
7. Arthur ($37,000,000)
8. The Cannonball Run ($35,378,000)
9. The Four Seasons ($26,800,000)
10. For Your Eyes Only ($25,439,479)

1982
1. E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial ($187,000,000)
2. Rocky III ($63,450,045)
3. On Golden Pond ($63,000,000) 4. Porky's ($53,500,000)
5. An Officer & A Gentleman ($$52,000,000)
6. The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas ($48,000,000)
7. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan ($40,000,000)
8. Poltergeist ($36,175,949)
9. Annie ($35,180,855)
10. Chariots Of Fire ($27,600,000)

1983
1. Return Of The Jedi ($165,500,000)
2. Tootsie ($94,571,613)
3. Trading Places ($40,600,000)
4. War Games ($36,595,975)
5. Superman III ($36,400,000)
6. Flashdance ($36,180,000)
7. Staying Alive ($33,650,000)
8. Octopussy ($33,203,999)
9. Mr. Mom ($31,500,000)
10. 48 Hours ($30,328,000)

1984
1. Ghostbusters ($127,000,000)
2. Indiana Jones & The Temple Of Doom ($109,000,000)
3. Gremlins ($78,500,000)
4. Beverly Hills Cop (1984: $58,000,000; through 1985: $108,000,000)
5. Terms Of Endearment ($50,250,000)
6. The Karate Kid ($41,700,000)
7. Star Trek III: The Search For Spock ($39,000,000)
8. Police Academy ($38,500,000)
9. Romancing The Stone ($36,000,000)
10. Sudden Impact ($34,600,000)

1985
1. Back To The Future ($94,000,000)
2. Rambo: First Blood Part II ($80,000,000)
3. Rocky IV ($65,000,000)
4. Beverly Hills Cop (1985: $50,000,000; through 1985: $108,000,000)
5. Cocoon ($40,000,000)
6. The Goonies ($29,900,000)
7. Witness ($28,000,000)
8. Police Academy 2 ($27,200,000)
9. National Lampoon's European Vacation ($25,600,000)
10. A View To Kill ($25,200,000)

1986
1. Top Gun ($82,000,000)
2. The Karate Kid, Part II ($56,936,752)
3. "Crocodile" Dundee ($51,000,000)
4. Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home ($45,000,000)
5. Aliens ($42,500,00)
6. The Color Purple ($41,900,000; 1985-1986: $42,900,000)
7. Back To School ($41,748,000)
8. The Golden Child ($33,000,000)
9. Ruthless People ($31,000,000)
10. Out Of Africa ($30,051,817; 1985-1986: $42,051,817)

1987
1. Beverly Hills Cop II ($80,857,776)
2. Platoon ($66,700,000)
3. Fatal Attraction ($60,000,000)
4. Three Men & A Baby ($45,000,000)
5. The Untouchables ($36,866,530)
6. The Witches Of Eastwick ($31,800,000)
7. Predator ($31,000,000)
8. Dragnet ($30,138,699)
9. The Secret Of My Success ($29,542,081)
10. Lethal Weapon ($29,500,000)

1988
1. Who Framed Roger Rabbit ($78,000,000)
2. Coming To America ($65,000,000)
3. Good Morning, Vietnam ($58,103,000)
4. "Crocodile" Dundee II ($57,300,000)
5. Big ($50,800,000)
6. Three Men & A Baby (1988: $36,300,000; 1987-1988: $81,300,000)
7. (tie)Die Hard/Cocktail ($35,000,000)
9. Moonstruck ($34,393,000)
10. Beetlejuice ($33,200,000)

1989
1. Batman ($150,500,000)
2. Indiana Jones & The Last Crusade ($115,500,000)
3. Lethal Weapon 2 ($79,500,000)
4. Honey, I Shrunk The Kids ($71,097,000)
5. Rain Man (1989: $65,000,000; 1989-1990: $86,000,000)
6. Back To The Future Part II ($63,000,000)
7. Ghostbusters II ($61,649,019)
8. Look Who's Talking (1989: $55,000,000; 1989-1990: $68,365,000)
9. Parenthood ($48,600,000)
10. Dead Poets Society ($47,596,000)