Yearly box office · films released in
1984
| # | Film | Studio | Total gross | Opening |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beverly Hills Cop | Par. | $234,760,478 | $15,214,805 |
| 2 | Ghostbusters | Col. | $229,242,989 | $13,578,151 |
| 3 | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | Par. | $179,870,271 | $25,337,110 |
| 4 | Gremlins | WB | $148,168,459 | $12,511,634 |
| 5 | The Karate Kid | Col. | $90,815,558 | $5,031,753 |
| 6 | Police Academy | WB | $81,198,894 | $8,570,007 |
| 7 | Footloose | Par. | $80,035,402 | $8,556,935 |
| 8 | Romancing the Stone | Fox | $76,572,238 | $5,105,741 |
| 9 | Star Trek III: The Search for Spock | Par. | $76,471,046 | $16,673,295 |
| 10 | Splash | BV | $69,821,334 | $6,174,059 |
| 11 | Purple Rain | WB | $68,392,977 | $7,766,201 |
| 12 | Amadeus | Orion | $51,564,280 | $505,276 |
| 13 | Tightrope | WB | $48,143,579 | $9,156,545 |
| 14 | The Natural | TriS | $47,951,979 | $5,088,381 |
| 15 | Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan | WB | $45,858,563 | $6,517,732 |
| 16 | Revenge of the Nerds | Fox | $40,874,452 | $1,513,090 |
| 17 | 2010 | MGM | $40,400,657 | $7,393,361 |
| 18 | Breakin' | Can. | $38,682,707 | $6,047,686 |
| 19 | Bachelor Party | Fox | $38,435,947 | $4,573,530 |
| 20 | Red Dawn (1984) | MGM | $38,376,497 | $8,230,381 |
| 21 | The Terminator | Orion | $38,371,200 | $4,020,663 |
| 22 | City Heat | WB | $38,348,988 | $6,301,694 |
| 23 | All of Me | Uni. | $36,403,064 | $5,803,848 |
| 24 | Places in the Heart | TriS | $34,901,614 | $274,279 |
| 25 | The Killing Fields | WB | $34,700,291 | $32,181 |
| 26 | Friday the 13th: Final Chapter | Par. | $32,980,880 | $11,183,148 |
| 27 | Conan the Destroyer | Uni. | $31,042,035 | $6,958,872 |
| 28 | Dune | Uni. | $30,925,690 | $6,025,091 |
| 29 | The Gods Must Be Crazy | Fox | $30,031,783 | $231,693 |
| 30 | Starman | Col. | $28,744,356 | $2,872,022 |
| 31 | The Last Starfighter | Uni. | $28,733,290 | $6,011,695 |
| 32 | Cannonball Run II | WB | $28,078,073 | $8,323,948 |
| 33 | Teachers | MGM | $27,774,237 | $7,013,366 |
| 34 | A Passage to India | Col. | $27,187,653 | $84,580 |
| 35 | Pinocchio (Re-issue) (1984) | BV | $26,414,038 | $3,769,251 |
| 36 | Protocol | WB | $26,186,631 | $3,427,840 |
| 37 | Micki and Maude | Col. | $26,080,861 | $2,742,458 |
| 38 | The Cotton Club | Orion | $25,928,721 | $2,903,603 |
| 39 | The Muppets Take Manhattan | TriS | $25,534,703 | $4,416,022 |
| 40 | A Nightmare on Elm Street | NL | $25,504,513 | $1,271,000 |
| 41 | The Woman in Red | Orion | $25,308,147 | $3,159,811 |
| 42 | Moscow on the Hudson | Col. | $25,068,724 | $3,536,687 |
| 43 | The Flamingo Kid | Fox | $23,859,382 | $2,015,076 |
| 44 | Sixteen Candles | Uni. | $23,686,027 | $4,461,520 |
| 45 | The Jungle Book (re-issue) (1984) | BV | $23,456,945 | $5,291,670 |
| 46 | Missing in Action | Can. | $22,812,411 | $6,101,460 |
| 47 | A Soldier's Story | Col. | $21,821,347 | $156,383 |
| 48 | Against All Odds | Col. | $21,689,062 | $3,766,128 |
| 49 | Oh, God! You Devil! | WB | $21,538,850 | $5,560,001 |
| 50 | Rhinestone | Fox | $21,435,321 | $5,459,726 |
168 films in all.
Figures as published by Box Office Mojo, read from the Internet Archive's copies of the site. About the sources.