Weekend box office
Aug 10–12, 1984
All 16 films
$44,473,785#1
Red Dawn (1984)| # | Film | Studio | Weekend | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Red Dawn (1984) | MGM | $8,230,381 | 1,822 | $8,230,381 |
| 2 | Ghostbusters | Col. | $5,783,164 | 1,423 | $162,590,937 |
| 3 | Purple Rain | WB | $4,802,664 | 991 | $27,533,155 |
| 4 | Revenge of the Nerds | Fox | $4,391,174 | 958 | $12,173,794 |
| 5 | The Karate Kid | Col. | $3,180,797 | 1,111 | $54,037,902 |
| 6 | Gremlins | WB | $3,151,397 | 1,322 | $125,439,436 |
| 7 | Cloak and Dagger | Uni. | $2,862,025 | 1,147 | $2,862,025 |
| 8 | The Jungle Book (re-issue) (1984) | BV | $2,141,714 | 1,109 | $17,189,138 |
| 9 | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | Par. | $2,110,782 | 946 | $158,988,301 |
| 10 | The Neverending Story | WB | $1,330,090 | 719 | $16,757,940 |
| 11 | Grandview, USA | WB | $1,248,817 | 914 | $4,743,119 |
| 12 | Bachelor Party | Fox | $1,232,231 | 738 | $33,228,229 |
| 13 | The Muppets Take Manhattan | TriS | $1,228,453 | 783 | $21,797,463 |
| 14 | The Philadelphia Experiment | NW | $1,085,367 | 405 | $3,780,736 |
| 15 | The Last Starfighter | Uni. | $1,074,450 | 570 | $21,013,668 |
Figures as published by Box Office Mojo, read from the Internet Archive's copies of the site. About the sources.