| Rank
| Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Max Theaters | Total Gross | % of Total | Release Date | Distributor
|
|---|
| 1 | Beverly Hills Cop | - | - | - | $36,986,698 | 2,006 | $234,760,478 | 15.8% | Dec 5, 1984 | Paramount Pictures |
| 2 | The Terminator | - | - | - | $32,882,445 | 1,112 | $38,371,200 | 85.7% | Oct 26, 1984 | Orion Pictures |
| 3 | Places in the Heart | - | - | - | $27,989,657 | 868 | $34,901,614 | 80.2% | Sep 21, 1984 | TriStar Pictures |
| 4 | Teachers | - | - | - | $27,774,237 | 1,721 | $27,774,237 | 100% | Oct 5, 1984 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 5 | All of Me | - | - | - | $26,047,312 | 1,200 | $36,403,064 | 71.6% | Sep 21, 1984 | Universal Pictures |
| 6 | Missing in Action | - | - | - | $21,325,252 | 1,209 | $22,812,411 | 93.5% | Nov 16, 1984 | Cannon Film Distributors |
| 7 | Oh, God! You Devil | - | - | - | $19,921,935 | 1,384 | $21,538,850 | 92.5% | Nov 9, 1984 | Warner Bros. |
| 8 | A Soldier's Story | - | - | - | $18,199,856 | 581 | $21,821,347 | 83.4% | Sep 14, 1984 | Columbia Pictures |
| 9 | Ghostbusters | - | - | - | $15,683,618 | 1,506 | $229,242,989 | 6.8% | Jun 8, 1984 | Columbia Pictures |
| 10 | Amadeus | - | - | - | $15,481,300 | 802 | $51,564,280 | 30% | Sep 21, 1984 | Orion Pictures |
| 11 | 2010: The Year We Make Contact | - | - | - | $13,706,656 | 1,213 | $40,400,657 | 33.9% | Dec 7, 1984 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 12 | Night of the Comet | - | - | - | $13,529,915 | 1,098 | $14,418,922 | 93.8% | Nov 16, 1984 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation |
| 13 | City Heat | - | - | - | $12,541,823 | 1,655 | $38,348,988 | 32.7% | Dec 7, 1984 | Warner Bros. |
| 14 | Supergirl | - | - | - | $12,406,888 | 1,620 | $14,296,438 | 86.8% | Nov 21, 1984 | TriStar Pictures |
| 15 | The Karate Kid | - | - | - | $11,433,131 | 1,111 | $90,815,558 | 12.6% | Jun 22, 1984 | Columbia Pictures |
| 16 | Purple Rain | - | - | - | $11,150,279 | 1,022 | $68,392,977 | 16.3% | Jul 27, 1984 | Warner Bros. |
| 17 | Irreconcilable Differences | - | - | - | $10,770,681 | 902 | $12,414,210 | 86.8% | Sep 28, 1984 | Warner Bros. |
| 18 | Thief of Hearts | - | - | - | $10,435,015 | 1,200 | $10,435,015 | 100% | Oct 19, 1984 | Paramount Pictures |
| 19 | Terror in the Aisles | - | - | - | $10,004,817 | 1,134 | $10,004,817 | 100% | Oct 26, 1984 | Universal Pictures |
| 20 | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | - | - | - | $9,250,938 | 1,687 | $179,870,271 | 5.1% | May 23, 1984 | Paramount Pictures |
| 21 | The Wild Life | - | - | - | $8,958,122 | 1,142 | $11,020,375 | 81.3% | Sep 28, 1984 | Universal Pictures |
| 22 | Body Double | - | - | - | $8,801,940 | 1,428 | $8,801,940 | 100% | Oct 26, 1984 | Columbia Pictures |
| 23 | Just the Way You Are | - | - | - | $7,889,694 | 1,190 | $7,889,694 | 100% | Nov 16, 1984 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 24 | The Little Drummer Girl | - | - | - | $7,828,841 | 820 | $7,828,841 | 100% | Oct 19, 1984 | Warner Bros. |
| 25 | Country | - | - | - | $7,391,707 | 488 | $9,640,000 | 76.7% | Sep 28, 1984 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 26 | Falling in Love | - | - | - | $7,319,216 | 807 | $11,129,057 | 65.8% | Nov 21, 1984 | Paramount Pictures |
| 27 | A Nightmare on Elm Street | - | - | - | $7,220,490 | 380 | $25,504,513 | 28.3% | Nov 9, 1984 | New Line Cinema |
| 28 | The Razor's Edge | - | - | - | $6,551,987 | 1,036 | $6,551,987 | 100% | Oct 19, 1984 | Columbia Pictures |
| 29 | Firstborn | - | - | - | $6,250,994 | 929 | $6,250,994 | 100% | Oct 26, 1984 | Paramount Pictures |
| 30 | Dune | - | - | - | $5,923,185 | 975 | $31,439,560 | 18.8% | Dec 14, 1984 | Universal Pictures |
| 31 | The Evil That Men Do | - | - | - | $5,673,446 | 1,464 | $13,102,025 | 43.3% | Sep 21, 1984 | TriStar Pictures |
| 32 | Gremlins | - | - | - | $5,288,286 | 1,537 | $148,168,459 | 3.6% | Jun 8, 1984 | Warner Bros. |
| 33 | American Dreamer | - | - | - | $5,021,751 | 801 | $5,021,751 | 100% | Oct 26, 1984 | Warner Bros. |
| 34 | No Small Affair | - | - | - | $4,994,094 | 1,247 | $4,994,094 | 100% | Nov 9, 1984 | Columbia Pictures |
| 35 | Ninja III: The Domination | - | - | - | $3,391,401 | 530 | $7,610,785 | 44.6% | Sep 14, 1984 | Cannon Film Distributors |
| 36 | The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension | - | - | - | $3,355,905 | 236 | $6,254,148 | 53.7% | Aug 10, 1984 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 37 | Tightrope | - | - | - | $3,273,120 | 1,535 | $48,143,579 | 6.8% | Aug 17, 1984 | Warner Bros. |
| 38 | The Cotton Club | - | - | - | $3,009,745 | 809 | $25,928,721 | 11.6% | Dec 14, 1984 | Orion Pictures |
| 39 | Crimes of Passion | - | - | - | $2,912,945 | 325 | $2,912,945 | 100% | Oct 19, 1984 | New World Pictures |
| 40 | Starman | - | - | - | $2,885,845 | 1,271 | $28,744,356 | 10% | Dec 14, 1984 | Columbia Pictures |
| 41 | The Woman in Red | - | - | - | $2,588,904 | 1,069 | $25,308,147 | 10.2% | Aug 17, 1984 | Orion Pictures |
| 42 | Silent Night, Deadly Night | - | - | - | $2,491,460 | 398 | $2,491,460 | 100% | Nov 9, 1984 | TriStar Pictures |
| 43 | Impulse | - | - | - | $2,205,761 | 376 | $2,773,433 | 79.5% | Sep 28, 1984 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 44 | The Bear | - | - | - | $2,026,194 | 750 | $2,687,148 | 75.4% | Sep 28, 1984 | Embassy Pictures |
| 45 | Garbo Talks | - | - | - | $1,493,782 | 16 | $1,493,782 | 100% | Oct 12, 1984 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 46 | Body Rock | - | - | - | $1,339,109 | 240 | $1,689,501 | 79.3% | Sep 28, 1984 | New World Pictures |
| 47 | A Christmas Story 1984 Re-release | - | - | - | $1,311,065 | 602 | $1,311,065 | 100% | Nov 21, 1984 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 48 | Until September | - | - | - | $1,115,485 | 1,114 | $4,239,154 | 26.3% | Sep 21, 1984 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 49 | Songwriter | - | - | - | $865,915 | 499 | $865,915 | 100% | Oct 12, 1984 | TriStar Pictures |
| 50 | Runaway | - | - | - | $855,910 | 720 | $6,770,587 | 12.6% | Dec 14, 1984 | TriStar Pictures |
| 51 | The Killing Fields | - | - | - | $635,789 | 663 | $34,700,291 | 1.8% | Nov 2, 1984 | Warner Bros. |
| 52 | Razorback | - | - | - | $150,140 | 50 | $150,140 | 100% | Nov 16, 1984 | Warner Bros. |
| 53 | A Passage to India | - | - | - | $92,650 | 650 | $27,187,653 | 0.3% | Dec 14, 1984 | Columbia Pictures |
| 54 | Stop Making Sense | - | - | - | $41,666 | 41 | $4,949,438 | 0.8% | Oct 19, 1984 | Cinecom Pictures |
| 55 | 1984 | - | - | - | $31,950 | 295 | $8,430,492 | 0.4% | Dec 14, 1984 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
