Weekend box office
Aug 24–26, 1984
All 14 films
$37,822,938#1
Tightrope| # | Film | Studio | Weekend | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tightrope | WB | $7,198,635 | 1,535 | $20,909,060 |
| 2 | Ghostbusters | Col. | $4,682,210 | 1,391 | $179,381,173 |
| 3 | Red Dawn (1984) | MGM | $3,358,658 | 1,396 | $24,882,879 |
| 4 | Purple Rain | WB | $3,241,452 | 915 | $39,906,368 |
| 5 | Revenge of the Nerds | Fox | $2,998,153 | 989 | $23,604,096 |
| 6 | The Woman in Red | Orion | $2,941,215 | 1,069 | $8,731,371 |
| 7 | The Karate Kid | Col. | $2,870,497 | 1,090 | $64,356,939 |
| 8 | Oxford Blues | MGM | $2,486,418 | 1,075 | $2,486,418 |
| 9 | Gremlins | WB | $1,847,756 | 982 | $132,624,650 |
| 10 | Dreamscape | Fox | $1,843,322 | 814 | $6,234,577 |
| 11 | Sheena | Col. | $1,618,493 | 1,388 | $5,778,353 |
| 12 | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | Par. | $1,426,994 | 785 | $164,297,966 |
| 13 | The Philadelphia Experiment | NW | $1,106,986 | 479 | – |
Figures as published by Box Office Mojo, read from the Internet Archive's copies of the site. About the sources.