Rank
| Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Max Theaters | Total Gross | % of Total | Release Date | Distributor
|
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1 | Ghostbusters | - | - | - | $184,770,543 | 1,506 | $229,242,989 | 80.6% | Jun 8, 1984 | Columbia Pictures |
2 | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | - | - | - | $165,894,292 | 1,687 | $179,870,271 | 92.2% | May 23, 1984 | Paramount Pictures |
3 | Gremlins | - | - | - | $134,679,711 | 1,537 | $148,168,459 | 90.9% | Jun 8, 1984 | Warner Bros. |
4 | Star Trek III: The Search for Spock | - | - | - | $76,471,046 | 1,966 | $76,471,046 | 100% | Jun 1, 1984 | Paramount Pictures |
5 | The Karate Kid | - | - | - | $67,124,721 | 1,111 | $90,815,558 | 73.9% | Jun 22, 1984 | Columbia Pictures |
6 | The Natural | - | - | - | $47,951,979 | 1,012 | $47,951,979 | 100% | May 11, 1984 | TriStar Pictures |
7 | Purple Rain | - | - | - | $43,008,602 | 1,022 | $68,392,977 | 62.9% | Jul 27, 1984 | Warner Bros. |
8 | Breakin' | - | - | - | $38,682,707 | 1,121 | $38,682,707 | 100% | May 4, 1984 | Cannon Film Distributors |
9 | Bachelor Party | - | - | - | $38,435,947 | 1,276 | $38,435,947 | 100% | Jun 29, 1984 | Twentieth Century Fox |
10 | Romancing the Stone | - | - | - | $38,173,263 | 1,110 | $76,572,238 | 49.9% | Mar 30, 1984 | Twentieth Century Fox |
11 | Conan the Destroyer | - | - | - | $31,042,035 | 1,249 | $31,042,035 | 100% | Jun 29, 1984 | Universal Pictures |
12 | The Last Starfighter | - | - | - | $28,733,290 | 1,287 | $28,733,290 | 100% | Jul 13, 1984 | Universal Pictures |
13 | Cannonball Run II | - | - | - | $28,078,073 | 1,845 | $28,078,073 | 100% | Jun 29, 1984 | Warner Bros. |
14 | Red Dawn | - | - | - | $27,524,066 | 1,822 | $38,376,497 | 71.7% | Aug 10, 1984 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
15 | Revenge of the Nerds | - | - | - | $26,325,850 | 989 | $40,874,452 | 64.4% | Jul 20, 1984 | Twentieth Century Fox |
16 | Police Academy | - | - | - | $26,187,652 | 1,587 | $81,198,894 | 32.3% | Mar 23, 1984 | Warner Bros. |
17 | Tightrope | - | - | - | $26,039,442 | 1,535 | $48,143,579 | 54.1% | Aug 17, 1984 | Warner Bros. |
18 | The Muppets Take Manhattan | - | - | - | $25,534,703 | 1,261 | $25,534,703 | 100% | Jul 13, 1984 | TriStar Pictures |
19 | Sixteen Candles | - | - | - | $23,686,027 | 1,245 | $23,686,027 | 100% | May 4, 1984 | Universal Pictures |
20 | The Jungle Book 1984 Re-release | - | - | - | $23,456,945 | 1,463 | $23,456,945 | 100% | Jul 27, 1984 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
21 | Rhinestone | - | - | - | $21,435,321 | 1,630 | $21,435,321 | 100% | Jun 22, 1984 | Twentieth Century Fox |
22 | Top Secret! | - | - | - | $20,458,340 | 1,100 | $20,458,340 | 100% | Jun 22, 1984 | Paramount Pictures |
23 | The NeverEnding Story | - | - | - | $20,158,808 | 950 | $20,158,808 | 100% | Jul 20, 1984 | Warner Bros. |
24 | Best Defense | - | - | - | $19,265,302 | 1,425 | $19,265,302 | 100% | Jul 20, 1984 | Paramount Pictures |
25 | Firestarter | - | - | - | $17,080,167 | 1,374 | $17,080,167 | 100% | May 11, 1984 | Universal Pictures |
26 | Splash | - | - | - | $16,624,372 | 1,186 | $69,821,334 | 23.8% | Mar 9, 1984 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
27 | Beat Street | - | - | - | $16,595,791 | 1,380 | $16,595,791 | 100% | Jun 8, 1984 | Orion Pictures |
28 | Footloose | - | - | - | $15,566,005 | 1,384 | $80,035,402 | 19.4% | Feb 17, 1984 | Paramount Pictures |
29 | Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes | - | - | - | $12,454,556 | 1,175 | $45,858,563 | 27.2% | Mar 30, 1984 | Warner Bros. |
30 | The Woman in Red | - | - | - | $11,304,993 | 1,069 | $25,308,147 | 44.7% | Aug 17, 1984 | Orion Pictures |
31 | Cloak and Dagger | - | - | - | $9,719,952 | 1,147 | $9,719,952 | 100% | Aug 10, 1984 | Universal Pictures |
32 | The Bounty | - | - | - | $8,613,462 | 986 | $8,613,462 | 100% | May 4, 1984 | Orion Pictures |
33 | Moscow on the Hudson | - | - | - | $8,487,088 | 721 | $25,068,724 | 33.9% | Apr 6, 1984 | Columbia Pictures |
34 | Streets of Fire | - | - | - | $8,089,290 | 1,150 | $8,089,290 | 100% | Jun 1, 1984 | Universal Pictures |
35 | Dreamscape | - | - | - | $8,011,027 | 816 | $12,145,169 | 66% | Aug 17, 1984 | Twentieth Century Fox |
36 | Hardbodies | - | - | - | $7,121,719 | 1,594 | $7,121,719 | 100% | May 4, 1984 | Columbia Pictures |
37 | The Pope of Greenwich Village | - | - | - | $6,836,201 | 677 | $6,836,201 | 100% | Jun 22, 1984 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
38 | Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter | - | - | - | $6,541,307 | 1,600 | $32,980,880 | 19.8% | Apr 13, 1984 | Paramount Pictures |
39 | Sheena | - | - | - | $5,778,353 | 1,496 | $5,778,353 | 100% | Aug 17, 1984 | Columbia Pictures |
40 | Terms of Endearment | - | - | - | $5,595,810 | 1,259 | $108,423,489 | 5.2% | Nov 23, 1983 | Paramount Pictures |
41 | The Philadelphia Experiment | - | - | - | $5,508,098 | 490 | $8,103,330 | 68% | Aug 3, 1984 | New World Pictures |
42 | Meatballs Part II | - | - | - | $5,410,972 | 1,252 | $5,410,972 | 100% | Jul 27, 1984 | TriStar Pictures |
43 | Once Upon a Time in America | - | - | - | $5,321,508 | 894 | $5,321,508 | 100% | Jun 1, 1984 | Warner Bros. |
44 | Alphabet City | - | - | - | $5,293,430 | 321 | $7,035,585 | 75.2% | May 4, 1984 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation |
45 | Grandview, U.S.A. | - | - | - | $4,743,119 | 1,069 | $4,743,119 | 100% | Aug 3, 1984 | Warner Bros. |
46 | Making the Grade | - | - | - | $4,561,346 | 1,197 | $4,561,346 | 100% | May 18, 1984 | Cannon Film Distributors |
47 | Joy of Sex | - | - | - | $4,463,841 | 804 | $4,463,841 | 100% | Aug 3, 1984 | Paramount Pictures |
48 | Oxford Blues | - | - | - | $4,456,503 | 1,075 | $8,793,152 | 50.7% | Aug 24, 1984 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
49 | Weekend Pass | - | - | - | $3,828,651 | 475 | $21,058,033 | 18.2% | Feb 3, 1984 | Crown |
50 | Cheech & Chong's: The Corsican Brothers | - | - | - | $3,772,785 | 868 | $3,772,785 | 100% | Jul 27, 1984 | Orion Pictures |
51 | Under the Volcano | - | - | - | $2,556,800 | 1 | $2,556,800 | 100% | Jun 15, 1984 | Universal Pictures |
52 | Electric Dreams | - | - | - | $2,193,612 | 920 | $2,193,612 | 100% | Jul 20, 1984 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
53 | The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension | - | - | - | $2,016,984 | 236 | $6,254,148 | 32.3% | Aug 10, 1984 | Twentieth Century Fox |
54 | This Is Spinal Tap | - | - | - | $1,931,825 | 206 | $4,491,645 | 43% | Mar 2, 1984 | Embassy Pictures |
55 | Purple Hearts | - | - | - | $1,931,686 | 370 | $2,075,282 | 93.1% | Mar 30, 1984 | Warner Bros. |
56 | Children of the Corn | - | - | - | $1,736,514 | 653 | $14,568,989 | 11.9% | Mar 9, 1984 | New World Pictures |
57 | Bolero | - | - | - | $1,489,066 | 1,015 | $8,914,881 | 16.7% | Aug 31, 1984 | Cannon Film Distributors |
58 | Finders Keepers | - | - | - | $1,467,396 | 753 | $1,467,396 | 100% | May 18, 1984 | Warner Bros. |
59 | Flashpoint | - | - | - | $660,146 | 1,022 | $3,854,833 | 17.1% | Aug 31, 1984 | TriStar Pictures |
60 | Iceman | - | - | - | $589,032 | 671 | $7,343,032 | 8% | Apr 13, 1984 | Universal Pictures |
61 | C.H.U.D. | - | - | - | $574,940 | 310 | $4,654,423 | 12.4% | Aug 31, 1984 | New World Pictures |