Domestic 1984 Weekend 36

September 7-9, 1984

Key:New This Week

RankLWRelease Gross%± LWTheatersChangeAverageTotal GrossWeeksDistributor
1-Tightrope$4,018,355-1,474-$2,726$36,037,9504Warner Bros.
21Ghostbusters$3,666,200-26.7%1,435+67$2,554$192,781,80614Columbia Pictures
3-Purple Rain$2,555,084-1,022-$2,500$49,105,0447Warner Bros.
4-The Karate Kid$2,459,536-1,070-$2,298$72,886,05212Columbia Pictures
5-The Woman in Red$2,440,930-1,032-$2,365$16,742,7684Orion Pictures
6-Revenge of the Nerds$2,188,176-945-$2,315$31,627,8108Twentieth Century Fox
7-Red Dawn$1,875,167-1,066-$1,759$32,170,3095Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
8-Bolero$1,795,225-915-$1,961$7,006,9602Cannon Film Distributors
9-Gremlins$1,612,793-1,050-$1,535$138,799,27814Warner Bros.
10-Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom$1,136,221-686-$1,656$168,868,27616Paramount Pictures
11-Oxford Blues$982,049-632-$1,553$7,185,1463Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
12-Flashpoint$972,405-938-$1,036$3,282,9192TriStar Pictures
13-Dreamscape$968,112-567-$1,707$10,191,1964Twentieth Century Fox
14-C.H.U.D.$834,465-297-$2,809$2,846,7562New World Pictures
15-The Warrior and the Sorceress$574,210-238-$2,412$574,2101New World Pictures
16-The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension$110,963-50-$2,219$2,306,9135Twentieth Century Fox