MOVIES GROSSING OVER $100M US AT THE BOX OFFICE IN THE 1980’S

1980

Airplane! ($130M)

Blues Brothers, The ($115,2M)

Gods Must Be Crazy, The (~$200M)

Nine to Five ($103,3M)

Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back ($457,3M)

Stir Crazy ($101,3M)

1981

Cannonball Run (~$100M)

For Your Eyes Only ($195,3M)

On Golden Pond ($119,3M)

Raiders of the Lost Ark ($354M)

Superman II ($190,4M)

1982

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial ($793M)

First Blood ($125,2M)

Gandhi ($127,8M)

Officer and a Gentleman, An ($129,8M)

Poltergeist ($121,7M)

Porky’s ($109,4M)

Rocky III ($270M)

Tootsie ($177,2M)

1983

Flashdance ($201,5M)

Never Say Never Again ($160M)

Octopussy ($187,5M)

Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi ($418,4M)

Staying Alive ($126M)

Terms of Endearment ($108,4M)

1984

Beverly Hills Cop ($316,4M)

Ghostbusters ($292,5M)

Grand Canyon: The Hidden Secrets ($239M)

Gremlins ($153,1M)

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom ($333,1M)

Romancing the Stone ($115,1M)

1985

Back to the Future ($381,1M)

Color Purple, The ($142M)

Dream is Alive, The ($125,9M)

Rambo: First Blood Part II ($300,4M)

Rocky IV ($300,4M)

Out of Africa ($227,5M)

View to a Kill, A ($152,4M)

1986

Aliens ($131,1M)

Crocodile Dundee ($328M)

Karate Kid, The, Part II ($115,1M)

Platoon ($138,5M)

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home ($133M)

Top Gun ($356,8M)

1987

Beverly Hills Cop II ($300M)

Dirty Dancing ($214,6M)

Fatal Attraction ($320,1M)

Good Morning Vietnam ($123,9M)

Lethal Weapon ($120,2M)

Living Daylights, The ($191,2M)

Secret of My Success, The ($111M)

3 Men and a Baby ($297,8M)

Untouchables, The ($106,2M)

1988

Big ($151,7M)

Cocktail ($171,5M)

Coming to America ($288,8M)

Crocodile Dundee II ($239,6M)

Die Hard ($140,8M)

Rain Man ($354,8M)

Rambo III ($189M)

Twins ($216,6M)

Who Framed Roger Rabbit ($329,8M)

1989

Back to the Future Part II ($332M)

Batman ($411,3M)

Black Rain ($134,2M)

Born on the Fourth of July ($161M)

Dead Poets Society ($235,9M)

Driving Miss Daisy ($145,8M)

Ghostbusters II ($215,4M)

Honey, I Shrunk the Kids ($222,7M)

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade ($474,2M)

Lethal Weapon 2 ($227,9M)

Licence to Kill ($156,2M)

Little Mermaid, The ($184,2M)

Look Who’s Talking ($297M)

Parenthood ($126,3M)

Sea of Love ($110,9M)