Weekly box office · Friday to Thursday
Aug 31–Sep 6, 1984
All 16 films
$58,862,605#1
Tightrope| # | Film | Studio | Week | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tightrope | WB | $8,372,213 | 1,535 | $32,019,595 |
| 2 | Ghostbusters | Col. | $7,416,330 | 1,368 | $189,115,606 |
| 3 | Bolero | Can. | $5,211,735 | 1,015 | $5,211,735 |
| 4 | Purple Rain | WB | $4,957,900 | 949 | $46,549,960 |
| 5 | The Karate Kid | Col. | $4,622,513 | 1,040 | $70,426,516 |
| 6 | Revenge of the Nerds | Fox | $4,359,296 | 974 | $29,439,634 |
| 7 | The Woman in Red | Orion | $4,195,581 | 944 | $14,301,838 |
| 8 | Red Dawn (1984) | MGM | $3,879,506 | 1,095 | $30,295,142 |
| 9 | Gremlins | WB | $3,509,482 | 1,071 | $137,186,485 |
| 10 | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | Par. | $2,572,867 | 737 | $167,732,055 |
| 11 | Oxford Blues | MGM | $2,445,230 | 856 | $6,203,097 |
| 12 | Flashpoint (1984) | TriS | $2,310,514 | 1,022 | $2,310,514 |
| 13 | C.H.U.D. | NW | $2,012,291 | 310 | $2,012,291 |
| 14 | Dreamscape | Fox | $1,696,879 | 623 | $9,223,084 |
| 15 | The Philadelphia Experiment | NW | $1,049,716 | 432 | $8,103,330 |
| 16 | The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai | Fox | $250,552 | 53 | $2,195,950 |
Figures as published by Box Office Mojo, read from the Internet Archive's copies of the site. About the sources.