Domestic 1984 Week 33
August 17-23, 1984
| Rank | Release | Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tightrope | $13,710,425 | $9,156,545 | 66.8% | $4,553,880 | 33.2% | 1,535 | 1 | Warner Bros. |
| 2 | Ghostbusters | $8,613,533 | $5,405,990 | 62.8% | $3,207,543 | 37.2% | 1,400 | 11 | Columbia Pictures |
| 3 | Red Dawn | $8,517,571 | $5,584,336 | 65.6% | $2,933,235 | 34.4% | 1,792 | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 4 | Purple Rain | $6,295,008 | $4,002,533 | 63.6% | $2,292,475 | 36.4% | 853 | 4 | Warner Bros. |
| 5 | Revenge of the Nerds | $5,793,016 | $3,666,836 | 63.3% | $2,126,180 | 36.7% | 971 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 6 | The Woman in Red | $5,790,156 | $3,159,811 | 54.6% | $2,630,345 | 45.4% | 1,065 | 1 | Orion Pictures |
| 7 | The Karate Kid | $5,311,454 | $3,420,623 | 64.4% | $1,890,831 | 35.6% | 1,030 | 9 | Columbia Pictures |
| 8 | Dreamscape | $4,391,255 | $2,257,627 | 51.4% | $2,133,628 | 48.6% | 816 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 9 | Sheena | $4,159,860 | $2,950,114 | 70.9% | $1,209,746 | 29.1% | 1,496 | 1 | Columbia Pictures |
| 10 | Gremlins | $3,478,598 | $2,170,739 | 62.4% | $1,307,859 | 37.6% | 1,013 | 11 | Warner Bros. |
| 11 | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | $2,634,461 | $1,619,329 | 61.5% | $1,015,132 | 38.5% | 730 | 14 | Paramount Pictures |
| 12 | Cloak and Dagger | $2,439,419 | $1,589,121 | 65.1% | $850,298 | 34.9% | 951 | 2 | Universal Pictures |
| 13 | The Jungle Book 1984 Re-release | $1,940,631 | $1,216,037 | 62.7% | $724,594 | 37.3% | 772 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 14 | The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension | $656,839 | $414,962 | 63.2% | $241,877 | 36.8% | 183 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| - | The Last Starfighter | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | Universal Pictures |
| - | The Muppets Take Manhattan | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | TriStar Pictures |
| - | Bachelor Party | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| - | The NeverEnding Story | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | Warner Bros. |
