MOVIES
Grosses
Highest Grossing Films of the 1980s
This list features movies that have earned the highest box-office revenue during the 1980s.
RANK | FILMS | WORLDWIDE GROSS | YEAR |
1 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | $797,307,407 | 1982 |
2 | Star Wars Ep. V: The Empire Strikes Back | $549,001,086 | 1980 |
3 | Star Wars Ep. VI: Return of the Jedi | $482,365,284 | 1983 |
4 | Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade | $474,171,806 | 1989 |
5 | Rain Man | $412,800,000 | 1988 |
6 | Batman | $411,348,924 | 1989 |
7 | Back to the Future | $388,386,822 | 1985 |
8 | Raiders of the Lost Ark | $367,451,914 | 1981 |
9 | Top Gun | $357,463,748 | 1986 |
10 | Who Framed Roger Rabbit? | $351,500,000 | 1988 |
11 | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | $333,080,271 | 1984 |
12 | Back to the Future Part II | $331,971,868 | 1989 |
13 | Crocodile Dundee | $328,203,506 | 1986 |
14 | Fatal Attraction | $320,099,997 | 1987 |
15 | Beverly Hills Cop | $316,300,000 | 1984 |
16 | Rambo: First Blood Part II | $300,400,000 | 1985 |
17 | Rocky IV | $300,373,716 | 1985 |
18 | Look Who's Talking | $297,100,000 | 1989 |
19 | Ghostbusters | $295,582,480 | 1984 |
20 | Coming to America | $288,800,000 | 1988 |
21 | Beverly Hills Cop II | $276,665,036 | 1987 |
22 | Rocky III | $270,000,000 | 1982 |
23 | Out of Africa | $258,210,860 | 1985 |
24 | Crocodile Dundee 2 | $239,606,210 | 1988 |
25 | Dead Poets Society | $239,500,000 | 1989 |
26 | Grand Canyon: The Hidden Secrets | $239,000,000 | 1984 |
27 | Lethal Weapon 2 | $227,300,000 | 1989 |
28 | Honey, I Shrunk the Kids | $222,700,000 | 1989 |
29 | The Little Mermaid | $222,267,614 | 1989 |
30 | Twins | $216,600,000 | 1988 |
31 | Ghostbusters II | $215,500,000 | 1989 |
32 | Dirty Dancing | $213,893,795 | 1987 |
33 | Flashdance | $201,463,574 | 1983 |
34 | For Your Eyes Only | $195,300,000 | 1981 |
35 | The Living Daylights | $191,199,996 | 1987 |
36 | Superman II | $190,400,000 | 1981 |
37 | Rambo III | $188,715,611 | 1988 |
38 | Octopussy | $187,500,000 | 1983 |
39 | Aliens | $183,291,893 | 1986 |
40 | Tootsie | $177,200,262 | 1982 |
41 | 3 Men and a Baby | $167,780,960 | 1987 |
42 | Never Say Never Again | $160,000,000 | 1983 |
43 | Licence to Kill | $156,167,015 | 1989 |
44 | A View to a Kill | $152,627,960 | 1985 |
45 | Gremlins | $152,445,758 | 1984 |
46 | Big | $151,665,347 | 1988 |
47 | Die Hard | $143,651,650 | 1988 |
48 | Platoon | $137,978,395 | 1986 |
49 | Black Rain | $133,892,212 | 1989 |
50 | Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home | $133,000,000 | 1986 |
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