Domestic 1984 Weekend 32
August 10-12, 1984
Key:New This Week
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | Red Dawn | $8,230,381 | - | 1,822 | - | $4,517 | $8,230,381 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 2 | 1 | Ghostbusters | $5,783,164 | -10.3% | 1,423 | -16 | $4,064 | $162,590,937 | 10 | Columbia Pictures |
| 3 | 2 | Purple Rain | $4,802,664 | -23.5% | 991 | -16 | $4,846 | $27,533,155 | 3 | Warner Bros. |
| 4 | 12 | Revenge of the Nerds | $4,391,174 | +175.7% | 958 | +519 | $4,583 | $12,173,794 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 5 | 5 | The Karate Kid | $3,180,797 | -11.9% | 1,111 | +12 | $2,863 | $54,037,902 | 8 | Columbia Pictures |
| 6 | 3 | Gremlins | $3,151,397 | -24% | 1,322 | -109 | $2,383 | $125,439,436 | 10 | Warner Bros. |
| 7 | - | Cloak and Dagger | $2,862,025 | - | 1,147 | - | $2,495 | $2,862,025 | 1 | Universal Pictures |
| 8 | 4 | The Jungle Book 1984 Re-release | $2,141,714 | -43.7% | 1,109 | -354 | $1,931 | $17,189,138 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 9 | 6 | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | $2,110,782 | -10.4% | 946 | -84 | $2,231 | $158,988,301 | 12 | Paramount Pictures |
| 10 | 7 | The NeverEnding Story | $1,330,090 | -40.9% | 719 | -172 | $1,849 | $16,757,940 | 4 | Warner Bros. |
| 11 | 8 | Grandview, U.S.A. | $1,248,817 | -43.1% | 914 | -155 | $1,366 | $4,743,119 | 2 | Warner Bros. |
| 12 | 11 | Bachelor Party | $1,232,231 | -26.9% | 738 | -24 | $1,669 | $33,228,229 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 13 | 14 | The Muppets Take Manhattan | $1,228,453 | -19.4% | 783 | -131 | $1,568 | $21,797,463 | 5 | TriStar Pictures |
| 14 | 10 | The Philadelphia Experiment | $1,085,367 | -42.2% | 405 | -85 | $2,679 | $3,780,736 | 2 | New World Pictures |
| 15 | 13 | The Last Starfighter | $1,074,450 | -32.4% | 570 | -98 | $1,885 | $21,013,668 | 5 | Universal Pictures |
| 16 | - | The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension | $620,279 | - | 236 | - | $2,628 | $620,279 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox |
