| Rank
| Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Max Theaters | Total Gross | % of Total | Release Date | Distributor
|
|---|
| 1 | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | - | - | - | $116,859,518 | 1,687 | $179,870,271 | 65% | May 23, 1984 | Paramount Pictures |
| 2 | Ghostbusters | - | - | - | $65,534,215 | 1,506 | $229,242,989 | 28.6% | Jun 8, 1984 | Columbia Pictures |
| 3 | Romancing the Stone | - | - | - | $62,640,216 | 1,110 | $76,572,238 | 81.8% | Mar 30, 1984 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 4 | Police Academy | - | - | - | $62,374,962 | 1,587 | $81,198,894 | 76.8% | Mar 23, 1984 | Warner Bros. |
| 5 | Gremlins | - | - | - | $56,213,302 | 1,537 | $148,168,459 | 37.9% | Jun 8, 1984 | Warner Bros. |
| 6 | Star Trek III: The Search for Spock | - | - | - | $54,583,097 | 1,966 | $76,471,046 | 71.4% | Jun 1, 1984 | Paramount Pictures |
| 7 | Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes | - | - | - | $43,308,852 | 1,175 | $45,858,563 | 94.4% | Mar 30, 1984 | Warner Bros. |
| 8 | Splash | - | - | - | $41,887,387 | 1,186 | $69,821,334 | 60% | Mar 9, 1984 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 9 | Breakin' | - | - | - | $38,682,707 | 1,121 | $38,682,707 | 100% | May 4, 1984 | Cannon Film Distributors |
| 10 | The Natural | - | - | - | $36,663,663 | 1,012 | $47,951,979 | 76.5% | May 11, 1984 | TriStar Pictures |
| 11 | Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter | - | - | - | $32,980,880 | 1,600 | $32,980,880 | 100% | Apr 13, 1984 | Paramount Pictures |
| 12 | Footloose | - | - | - | $29,347,196 | 1,384 | $80,035,402 | 36.7% | Feb 17, 1984 | Paramount Pictures |
| 13 | Moscow on the Hudson | - | - | - | $25,068,724 | 721 | $25,068,724 | 100% | Apr 6, 1984 | Columbia Pictures |
| 14 | Sixteen Candles | - | - | - | $23,686,027 | 1,245 | $23,686,027 | 100% | May 4, 1984 | Universal Pictures |
| 15 | Firestarter | - | - | - | $17,080,167 | 1,374 | $17,080,167 | 100% | May 11, 1984 | Universal Pictures |
| 16 | Terms of Endearment | - | - | - | $15,912,089 | 1,259 | $108,423,489 | 14.7% | Nov 23, 1983 | Paramount Pictures |
| 17 | Beat Street | - | - | - | $12,629,765 | 1,380 | $16,595,791 | 76.1% | Jun 8, 1984 | Orion Pictures |
| 18 | Up the Creek | - | - | - | $11,708,269 | 1,346 | $11,708,269 | 100% | Apr 6, 1984 | Orion Pictures |
| 19 | Hard to Hold | - | - | - | $11,113,806 | 1,017 | $11,113,806 | 100% | Apr 6, 1984 | Universal Pictures |
| 20 | Where the Boys Are | - | - | - | $10,530,000 | 1,414 | $10,530,000 | 100% | Apr 6, 1984 | TriStar Pictures |
| 21 | The Bounty | - | - | - | $8,613,462 | 986 | $8,613,462 | 100% | May 4, 1984 | Orion Pictures |
| 22 | Streets of Fire | - | - | - | $8,089,290 | 1,150 | $8,089,290 | 100% | Jun 1, 1984 | Universal Pictures |
| 23 | Iceman | - | - | - | $7,343,032 | 671 | $7,343,032 | 100% | Apr 13, 1984 | Universal Pictures |
| 24 | Hardbodies | - | - | - | $7,121,719 | 1,594 | $7,121,719 | 100% | May 4, 1984 | Columbia Pictures |
| 25 | Swing Shift | - | - | - | $6,650,206 | 814 | $6,650,206 | 100% | Apr 13, 1984 | Warner Bros. |
| 26 | Rhinestone | - | - | - | $5,715,100 | 1,630 | $21,435,321 | 26.7% | Jun 22, 1984 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 27 | The Karate Kid | - | - | - | $5,653,070 | 1,111 | $90,815,558 | 6.2% | Jun 22, 1984 | Columbia Pictures |
| 28 | Once Upon a Time in America | - | - | - | $5,321,508 | 894 | $5,321,508 | 100% | Jun 1, 1984 | Warner Bros. |
| 29 | Alphabet City | - | - | - | $5,293,430 | 321 | $7,035,585 | 75.2% | May 4, 1984 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation |
| 30 | Against All Odds | - | - | - | $5,222,229 | 979 | $21,689,062 | 24.1% | Mar 2, 1984 | Columbia Pictures |
| 31 | Weekend Pass | - | - | - | $4,856,856 | 475 | $21,058,033 | 23.1% | Feb 3, 1984 | Crown |
| 32 | Top Secret! | - | - | - | $4,774,750 | 1,100 | $20,458,340 | 23.3% | Jun 22, 1984 | Paramount Pictures |
| 33 | The Ice Pirates | - | - | - | $4,573,909 | 1,175 | $14,255,801 | 32.1% | Mar 16, 1984 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 34 | Making the Grade | - | - | - | $4,561,346 | 1,197 | $4,561,346 | 100% | May 18, 1984 | Cannon Film Distributors |
| 35 | Children of the Corn | - | - | - | $4,545,826 | 653 | $14,568,989 | 31.2% | Mar 9, 1984 | New World Pictures |
| 36 | This Is Spinal Tap | - | - | - | $3,497,517 | 206 | $4,491,645 | 77.9% | Mar 2, 1984 | Embassy Pictures |
| 37 | Racing with the Moon | - | - | - | $3,201,314 | 389 | $6,045,647 | 53% | Mar 23, 1984 | Paramount Pictures |
| 38 | Under the Volcano | - | - | - | $2,556,800 | 1 | $2,556,800 | 100% | Jun 15, 1984 | Universal Pictures |
| 39 | Tank | - | - | - | $2,128,169 | 1,332 | $11,302,884 | 18.8% | Mar 16, 1984 | Universal Pictures |
| 40 | Purple Hearts | - | - | - | $2,075,282 | 370 | $2,075,282 | 100% | Mar 30, 1984 | Warner Bros. |
| 41 | The Dresser | - | - | - | $1,961,249 | 241 | $5,310,748 | 36.9% | Dec 9, 1983 | Columbia Pictures |
| 42 | The Pope of Greenwich Village | - | - | - | $1,708,290 | 677 | $6,836,201 | 25% | Jun 22, 1984 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 43 | Finders Keepers | - | - | - | $1,467,396 | 753 | $1,467,396 | 100% | May 18, 1984 | Warner Bros. |
| 44 | Misunderstood | - | - | - | $1,192,621 | 741 | $1,525,532 | 78.2% | Mar 30, 1984 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 45 | Champions | - | - | - | $200,498 | 55 | $200,498 | 100% | Apr 20, 1984 | AVCO Embassy Pictures |
