| TW | LW | Title (Click to view) | Studio | Weekly Gross | % Change | Theater Count / Change | Average | Total Gross | Budget* | Week # | | 1 |
1 |
Tightrope |
WB |
$5,260,365 |
-37.2% |
1,474 |
-61 |
$3,569 |
$37,279,960 |
- |
4 |
| 2 |
2 |
Ghostbusters |
Col. |
$4,705,905 |
-36.5% |
1,435 |
+67 |
$3,279 |
$193,821,511 |
$30 |
14 |
| 3 |
4 |
Purple Rain |
WB |
$3,486,473 |
-29.7% |
1,022 |
+73 |
$3,411 |
$50,036,433 |
- |
7 |
| 4 |
7 |
The Woman in Red |
Orion |
$3,162,897 |
-24.6% |
1,032 |
+88 |
$3,065 |
$17,464,735 |
- |
4 |
| 5 |
5 |
The Karate Kid |
Col. |
$2,875,481 |
-37.8% |
1,070 |
+30 |
$2,687 |
$73,301,997 |
- |
12 |
| 6 |
6 |
Revenge of the Nerds |
Fox |
$2,833,444 |
-35.0% |
945 |
-29 |
$2,998 |
$32,273,078 |
- |
8 |
| 7 |
8 |
Red Dawn (1984) |
MGM |
$2,487,857 |
-35.9% |
1,066 |
-29 |
$2,334 |
$32,782,999 |
- |
5 |
| 8 |
3 |
Bolero |
Can. |
$2,249,108 |
-56.8% |
915 |
-100 |
$2,458 |
$7,460,843 |
- |
2 |
| 9 |
9 |
Gremlins |
WB |
$2,062,434 |
-41.2% |
1,050 |
-21 |
$1,964 |
$139,248,919 |
- |
14 |
| 10 |
10 |
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom |
Par. |
$1,509,458 |
-41.3% |
686 |
-51 |
$2,200 |
$169,241,513 |
$28 |
16 |
| 11 |
14 |
Dreamscape |
Fox |
$1,274,868 |
-24.9% |
567 |
-56 |
$2,248 |
$10,497,952 |
- |
4 |
| 12 |
11 |
Oxford Blues |
MGM |
$1,247,883 |
-49.0% |
632 |
-224 |
$1,974 |
$7,450,980 |
- |
3 |
| 13 |
12 |
Flashpoint (1984) |
TriS |
$1,147,319 |
-50.3% |
938 |
-84 |
$1,223 |
$3,457,833 |
- |
2 |
| 14 |
13 |
C.H.U.D. |
NW |
$981,560 |
-51.2% |
297 |
-13 |
$3,305 |
$2,993,851 |
- |
2 |
| 15 |
N |
The Warrior and the Sorceress |
NW |
$958,425 |
- |
238 |
- |
$4,027 |
$958,425 |
- |
1 |
| 16 |
16 |
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai |
Fox |
$156,454 |
-37.6% |
50 |
-3 |
$3,129 |
$2,352,404 |
- |
5 |
| TOTAL (16 MOVIES): | $36,399,931 | -38.2% | 13,417 | -607 | $2,713 | |
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