Weekend box office
Sep 7–9, 1984
All 16 films
$28,189,891#1
Tightrope| # | Film | Studio | Weekend | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tightrope | WB | $4,018,355 | 1,474 | $36,037,950 |
| 2 | Ghostbusters | Col. | $3,666,200 | 1,435 | $192,781,806 |
| 3 | Purple Rain | WB | $2,555,084 | 1,022 | $49,105,044 |
| 4 | The Karate Kid | Col. | $2,459,536 | 1,070 | $72,886,052 |
| 5 | The Woman in Red | Orion | $2,440,930 | 1,032 | $16,742,768 |
| 6 | Revenge of the Nerds | Fox | $2,188,176 | 945 | $31,627,810 |
| 7 | Red Dawn (1984) | MGM | $1,875,167 | 1,066 | $32,170,309 |
| 8 | Bolero | Can. | $1,795,225 | 915 | $7,006,960 |
| 9 | Gremlins | WB | $1,612,793 | 1,050 | $138,799,278 |
| 10 | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | Par. | $1,136,221 | 686 | $168,868,276 |
| 11 | Oxford Blues | MGM | $982,049 | 632 | $7,185,146 |
| 12 | Flashpoint (1984) | TriS | $972,405 | 938 | $3,282,919 |
| 13 | Dreamscape | Fox | $968,112 | 567 | $10,191,196 |
| 14 | C.H.U.D. | NW | $834,465 | 297 | $2,846,756 |
| 15 | The Warrior and the Sorceress | NW | $574,210 | 238 | $574,210 |
Figures as published by Box Office Mojo, read from the Internet Archive's copies of the site. About the sources.