Weekly box office · Friday to Thursday
Aug 17–23, 1984
All 14 films
$73,732,226#1
Tightrope| # | Film | Studio | Week | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tightrope | WB | $13,710,425 | 1,535 | $13,710,425 |
| 2 | Ghostbusters | Col. | $8,613,533 | 1,400 | $174,698,963 |
| 3 | Red Dawn (1984) | MGM | $8,517,571 | 1,792 | $21,524,221 |
| 4 | Purple Rain | WB | $6,295,008 | 853 | $36,664,916 |
| 5 | Revenge of the Nerds | Fox | $5,793,016 | 971 | $20,605,943 |
| 6 | The Woman in Red | Orion | $5,790,156 | 1,065 | $5,790,156 |
| 7 | The Karate Kid | Col. | $5,311,454 | 1,030 | $61,486,442 |
| 8 | Dreamscape | Fox | $4,391,255 | 816 | $4,391,255 |
| 9 | Sheena | Col. | $4,159,860 | 1,496 | $4,159,860 |
| 10 | Gremlins | WB | $3,478,598 | 1,013 | $130,776,894 |
| 11 | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | Par. | $2,634,461 | 730 | $162,870,972 |
| 12 | Cloak and Dagger | Uni. | $2,439,419 | 951 | $6,656,364 |
| 13 | The Jungle Book (re-issue) (1984) | BV | $1,940,631 | 772 | $20,643,392 |
| 14 | The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai | Fox | $656,839 | 183 | $1,631,565 |
Figures as published by Box Office Mojo, read from the Internet Archive's copies of the site. About the sources.