Weekly box office · Friday to Thursday
Jul 27–Aug 2, 1984
All 15 films
$79,374,736#1
Purple Rain| # | Film | Studio | Week | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Purple Rain | WB | $12,600,859 | 917 | $12,600,859 |
| 2 | Ghostbusters | Col. | $11,534,948 | 1,458 | $146,541,621 |
| 3 | The Jungle Book (re-issue) (1984) | BV | $8,821,782 | 1,430 | $8,821,782 |
| 4 | Gremlins | WB | $7,220,832 | 1,411 | $115,891,187 |
| 5 | The Karate Kid | Col. | $6,272,444 | 1,069 | $44,737,040 |
| 6 | The Neverending Story | WB | $5,120,156 | 950 | $11,813,270 |
| 7 | Best Defense | Par. | $4,577,231 | 1,425 | $15,556,669 |
| 8 | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | Par. | $4,161,324 | 1,052 | $153,039,166 |
| 9 | The Muppets Take Manhattan | TriS | $3,478,796 | 975 | $18,166,924 |
| 10 | Meatballs II | TriS | $3,407,096 | 1,252 | $3,407,096 |
| 11 | The Last Starfighter | Uni. | $3,027,085 | 817 | $17,517,243 |
| 12 | Bachelor Party | Fox | $2,915,095 | 775 | $29,389,051 |
| 13 | Revenge of the Nerds | Fox | $2,590,199 | 423 | $5,077,995 |
| 14 | Cheech and Chong's Corsican Bros. | Orion | $2,446,158 | 868 | $2,446,158 |
| 15 | Conan the Destroyer | Uni. | $1,200,731 | 475 | $24,948,922 |
Figures as published by Box Office Mojo, read from the Internet Archive's copies of the site. About the sources.