Weekly box office · Friday to Thursday
Aug 24–30, 1984
All 13 films
$53,877,354#1
Tightrope| # | Film | Studio | Week | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tightrope | WB | $9,936,957 | 1,535 | $23,647,382 |
| 2 | Ghostbusters | Col. | $7,000,313 | 1,391 | $181,699,276 |
| 3 | Purple Rain | WB | $4,927,144 | 915 | $41,592,060 |
| 4 | Red Dawn (1984) | MGM | $4,891,415 | 1,396 | $26,415,636 |
| 5 | Revenge of the Nerds | Fox | $4,474,395 | 989 | $25,080,338 |
| 6 | The Karate Kid | Col. | $4,317,561 | 1,090 | $65,804,003 |
| 7 | The Woman in Red | Orion | $4,316,101 | 1,069 | $10,106,257 |
| 8 | Oxford Blues | MGM | $3,757,867 | 1,075 | $3,757,867 |
| 9 | Dreamscape | Fox | $3,134,950 | 814 | $7,526,205 |
| 10 | Gremlins | WB | $2,900,109 | 982 | $133,677,003 |
| 11 | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | Par. | $2,288,216 | 785 | $165,159,188 |
| 12 | Sheena | Col. | $1,618,493 | 1,388 | $5,778,353 |
| 13 | The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai | Fox | $313,833 | 80 | $1,945,398 |
Figures as published by Box Office Mojo, read from the Internet Archive's copies of the site. About the sources.