Domestic 1984 Weekend 34

August 24-26, 1984

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RankLWRelease Gross%± LWTheatersChangeAverageTotal GrossWeeksDistributor
11Tightrope$7,198,635-21.4%1,535-$4,689$20,909,0602Warner Bros.
23Ghostbusters$4,682,210-13.4%1,391-9$3,366$179,381,17312Columbia Pictures
32Red Dawn$3,358,658-39.9%1,396-396$2,405$24,882,8793Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
44Purple Rain$3,241,452-19%915+62$3,542$39,906,3685Warner Bros.
55Revenge of the Nerds$2,998,153-18.2%989+18$3,031$23,604,0966Twentieth Century Fox
67The Woman in Red$2,941,215-6.9%1,069+4$2,751$8,731,3712Orion Pictures
76The Karate Kid$2,870,497-16.1%1,090+60$2,633$64,356,93910Columbia Pictures
8-Oxford Blues$2,486,418-1,075-$2,312$2,486,4181Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
910Gremlins$1,847,756-14.9%982-31$1,881$132,624,65012Warner Bros.
109Dreamscape$1,843,322-18.4%814-2$2,264$6,234,5772Twentieth Century Fox
118Sheena$1,618,493-45.1%1,388-108$1,166$5,778,3532Columbia Pictures
1211Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom$1,426,994-11.9%785+55$1,817$164,297,96614Paramount Pictures
13-The Philadelphia Experiment$1,106,986-479-$2,311-4New World Pictures
1414The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension$202,149-51.3%80-103$2,526$1,833,7143Twentieth Century Fox