Weekly box office · Friday to Thursday
Sep 7–13, 1984
All 16 films
$36,399,931#1
Tightrope| # | Film | Studio | Week | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tightrope | WB | $5,260,365 | 1,474 | $37,279,960 |
| 2 | Ghostbusters | Col. | $4,705,905 | 1,435 | $193,821,511 |
| 3 | Purple Rain | WB | $3,486,473 | 1,022 | $50,036,433 |
| 4 | The Woman in Red | Orion | $3,162,897 | 1,032 | $17,464,735 |
| 5 | The Karate Kid | Col. | $2,875,481 | 1,070 | $73,301,997 |
| 6 | Revenge of the Nerds | Fox | $2,833,444 | 945 | $32,273,078 |
| 7 | Red Dawn (1984) | MGM | $2,487,857 | 1,066 | $32,782,999 |
| 8 | Bolero | Can. | $2,249,108 | 915 | $7,460,843 |
| 9 | Gremlins | WB | $2,062,434 | 1,050 | $139,248,919 |
| 10 | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | Par. | $1,509,458 | 686 | $169,241,513 |
| 11 | Dreamscape | Fox | $1,274,868 | 567 | $10,497,952 |
| 12 | Oxford Blues | MGM | $1,247,883 | 632 | $7,450,980 |
| 13 | Flashpoint (1984) | TriS | $1,147,319 | 938 | $3,457,833 |
| 14 | C.H.U.D. | NW | $981,560 | 297 | $2,993,851 |
| 15 | The Warrior and the Sorceress | NW | $958,425 | 238 | $958,425 |
| 16 | The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai | Fox | $156,454 | 50 | $2,352,404 |
Figures as published by Box Office Mojo, read from the Internet Archive's copies of the site. About the sources.