Weekly box office · Friday to Thursday
Aug 3–9, 1984
All 17 films
$70,593,818#1
Ghostbusters| # | Film | Studio | Week | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ghostbusters | Col. | $10,266,152 | 1,439 | $156,807,773 |
| 2 | Purple Rain | WB | $10,129,632 | 1,007 | $22,730,491 |
| 3 | Gremlins | WB | $6,396,852 | 1,431 | $122,288,039 |
| 4 | The Jungle Book (re-issue) (1984) | BV | $6,225,642 | 1,463 | $15,047,424 |
| 5 | The Karate Kid | Col. | $6,120,065 | 1,099 | $50,857,105 |
| 6 | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | Par. | $3,838,353 | 1,030 | $156,877,519 |
| 7 | The Neverending Story | WB | $3,614,580 | 891 | $15,427,850 |
| 8 | Grandview, USA | WB | $3,494,302 | 1,069 | $3,494,302 |
| 9 | Joy of Sex | Par. | $2,820,155 | 804 | $2,820,155 |
| 10 | Revenge of the Nerds | Fox | $2,704,625 | 439 | $7,782,620 |
| 11 | The Philadelphia Experiment | NW | $2,695,369 | 490 | $2,695,369 |
| 12 | Bachelor Party | Fox | $2,606,947 | 762 | $31,995,998 |
| 13 | The Last Starfighter | Uni. | $2,421,975 | 668 | $19,939,218 |
| 14 | The Muppets Take Manhattan | TriS | $2,402,086 | 914 | $20,569,010 |
| 15 | Best Defense | Par. | $2,229,874 | 921 | $17,786,543 |
| 16 | Meatballs II | TriS | $1,596,398 | 1,050 | $5,003,494 |
| 17 | Conan the Destroyer | Uni. | $1,030,811 | 458 | $25,979,733 |
Figures as published by Box Office Mojo, read from the Internet Archive's copies of the site. About the sources.