Weekend box office
Aug 3–5, 1984
All 17 films
$44,532,684#1
Ghostbusters| # | Film | Studio | Weekend | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ghostbusters | Col. | $6,443,646 | 1,439 | $152,985,267 |
| 2 | Purple Rain | WB | $6,280,779 | 1,007 | $18,881,638 |
| 3 | Gremlins | WB | $4,147,845 | 1,431 | $120,039,032 |
| 4 | The Jungle Book (re-issue) (1984) | BV | $3,807,156 | 1,463 | $12,628,938 |
| 5 | The Karate Kid | Col. | $3,609,460 | 1,099 | $48,346,500 |
| 6 | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | Par. | $2,354,687 | 1,030 | $155,393,853 |
| 7 | The Neverending Story | WB | $2,250,624 | 891 | $14,063,894 |
| 8 | Grandview, USA | WB | $2,194,293 | 1,069 | $2,194,293 |
| 9 | Joy of Sex | Par. | $1,913,001 | 804 | $1,913,001 |
| 10 | The Philadelphia Experiment | NW | $1,877,000 | 490 | $1,877,000 |
| 11 | Bachelor Party | Fox | $1,686,550 | 762 | $31,075,601 |
| 12 | Revenge of the Nerds | Fox | $1,592,764 | 439 | $6,670,759 |
| 13 | The Last Starfighter | Uni. | $1,589,998 | 668 | $19,107,241 |
| 14 | The Muppets Take Manhattan | TriS | $1,524,552 | 914 | $19,691,476 |
| 15 | Best Defense | Par. | $1,469,636 | 921 | $17,026,305 |
| 16 | Meatballs II | TriS | $1,112,736 | 1,050 | $4,519,832 |
| 17 | Conan the Destroyer | Uni. | $677,957 | 458 | $25,626,879 |
Figures as published by Box Office Mojo, read from the Internet Archive's copies of the site. About the sources.