Weekend box office
Jul 27–29, 1984
All 15 films
$50,935,645#1
Purple Rain| # | Film | Studio | Weekend | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Purple Rain | WB | $7,766,201 | 917 | $7,766,201 |
| 2 | Ghostbusters | Col. | $7,433,758 | 1,458 | $142,440,431 |
| 3 | The Jungle Book (re-issue) (1984) | BV | $5,291,670 | 1,430 | $5,291,670 |
| 4 | Gremlins | WB | $4,596,286 | 1,411 | $113,266,641 |
| 5 | The Karate Kid | Col. | $3,891,130 | 1,069 | $42,355,726 |
| 6 | The Neverending Story | WB | $3,300,996 | 950 | $9,994,110 |
| 7 | Best Defense | Par. | $3,175,612 | 1,425 | $14,155,050 |
| 8 | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | Par. | $2,591,995 | 1,052 | $151,469,837 |
| 9 | Meatballs II | TriS | $2,515,268 | 1,252 | $2,515,268 |
| 10 | The Muppets Take Manhattan | TriS | $2,291,250 | 975 | $16,979,378 |
| 11 | The Last Starfighter | Uni. | $2,046,500 | 817 | $16,536,658 |
| 12 | Bachelor Party | Fox | $1,899,689 | 775 | $28,373,645 |
| 13 | Revenge of the Nerds | Fox | $1,674,196 | 423 | $4,161,992 |
| 14 | Cheech and Chong's Corsican Bros. | Orion | $1,667,881 | 868 | $1,667,881 |
| 15 | Conan the Destroyer | Uni. | $793,213 | 475 | $24,541,404 |
Figures as published by Box Office Mojo, read from the Internet Archive's copies of the site. About the sources.