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Highest Grossing 1980s Movies #2

Here is a list of the top 20 box office hits of the 1980s. How many can you name?
U.S. gross - not adjusted for inflation
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$359 m
Reeses-loving alien wants to return to his home planet
E.T.: The Extra-
Terrestrial
$253 m
Once again, galactic rebels must blow up a gigantic space station
The Return of the Jedi
$251 m
The Caped Crusader faces his greatest enemy
Batman
$235 m
Brash Detroit detective goes to sunny California to solve a crime
Beverly Hills Cop
$229 m
Quartet of paranormal exterminators must save New York
Ghostbusters
$211 m
A teenager must travel to the 1950s to help his parents hook up
Back to the Future
$210 m
Whip-wielding adventurer races Nazis to obtain a powerful relic
Raiders of the Lost Ark
$209 m
Galactic rebels are on the run from the Imperial fleet and a bounty hunter
The Empire Strikes Back
$197 m
Whip-wielding adventurer races Nazis to obtain a different powerful relic
Indiana Jones and the
Last Crusade
$180 m
Professor and his short friend crash land in India and discover
a cult where hearts are removed from living bodies
Indiana Jones and the
Temple of Doom
$177 m
Actor uses crossdressing to advance his career
Tootsie
$177 m
Talented but reckless pilot learns how to dogfight at an elite Navy school
Top Gun
$175 m
Australian bushman woos a sophisticated Sheila from the States
Crocodile Dundee
$173 m
Shallow young man reconnects with his brother, an autistic savant
Rain Man
$168 m
Hilarity ensues as three confirmed bachelors are forced to take care of an infant
Three Men and a Baby
$157 m
Crazed woman stalks a married man with whom she had a one-night stand
Fatal Attraction
$156 m
Cartoon characters live in the real world, and one of them is accused of murder
Who Framed
Roger Rabbit
$154 m
For the second time, Calfornia police get an assist from a
down and dirty Detroit detective
Beverly Hills Cop II
$150 m
Commando returns to Vietnam to free American POWs
Rambo:
First Blood Part II
$148 m
Cute animal from Chinatown multiplies then mutates into
evil and mischievous creatures
Gremlins
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