Domestic Box Office For 1984
Limited releases are those released in fewer than 600 theaters.
| Rank | Release | Gross | Max Th | Opening | % of Total | Open Th | Open | Close | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amadeus | $51,564,280 | 802 | $505,276 | 1% | 25 | Sep 21 | Aug 15 | Orion Pictures |
| 2 | The Killing Fields | $34,700,291 | 663 | $32,181 | <0.1% | 1 | Nov 2 | - | Warner Bros. |
| 3 | A Passage to India | $27,187,653 | 650 | $84,580 | 0.3% | 3 | Dec 14 | Apr 25 | Columbia Pictures |
| 4 | A Nightmare on Elm Street | $25,504,513 | 380 | $1,271,000 | 5% | 165 | Nov 9 | - | New Line Cinema |
| 5 | A Soldier's Story | $21,821,347 | 581 | $156,383 | 0.7% | 5 | Sep 14 | Feb 21 | Columbia Pictures |
| 6 | Weekend Pass | $21,058,033 | 475 | $1,451,676 | 6.9% | 399 | Feb 3 | - | Crown |
| 7 | Angel | $17,488,564 | 499 | $2,214,824 | 12.7% | 330 | Jan 13 | - | New World Pictures |
| 8 | The River | $11,489,982 | 1,001 | $30,027 | 0.3% | 3 | Dec 21 | - | Universal Pictures |
| 9 | Country | $9,640,000 | 488 | $24,443 | 0.3% | 1 | Sep 28 | - | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 10 | 1984 | $8,430,492 | 295 | $29,897 | 0.4% | 1 | Dec 14 | - | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 11 | The Philadelphia Experiment | $8,103,330 | 490 | $1,877,000 | 23.2% | 490 | Aug 3 | - | New World Pictures |
| 12 | Ninja III: The Domination | $7,610,785 | 530 | $1,727,546 | 22.7% | 530 | Sep 14 | - | Cannon Film Distributors |
| 13 | Alphabet City | $7,035,585 | 321 | $1,172,292 | 16.7% | 321 | May 4 | - | Atlantic Releasing Corporation |
| 14 | The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension | $6,254,148 | 236 | $620,279 | 9.9% | 236 | Aug 10 | - | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 15 | Racing with the Moon | $6,045,647 | 389 | $1,803,432 | 29.8% | 389 | Mar 23 | - | Paramount Pictures |
| 16 | The Hotel New Hampshire | $5,142,858 | 244 | $1,075,800 | 20.9% | 244 | Mar 9 | - | Orion Pictures |
| 17 | Stop Making Sense | $4,949,438 | 41 | $41,666 | 0.8% | 7 | Oct 19 | - | Cinecom Pictures |
| 18 | C.H.U.D. | $4,654,423 | 310 | $1,762,922 | 37.9% | 310 | Aug 31 | - | New World Pictures |
| 19 | This Is Spinal Tap | $4,491,645 | 206 | $30,835 | 0.7% | 3 | Mar 2 | Jul 5 | Embassy Pictures |
| 20 | Mrs. Soffel | $4,385,312 | 801 | $86,280 | 2% | 2 | Dec 28 | - | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 21 | Exterminator 2 | $3,739,406 | 535 | $1,204,197 | 32.2% | 535 | Sep 14 | - | Cannon Film Distributors |
| 22 | Crimes of Passion | $2,912,945 | 325 | $1,103,210 | 37.9% | 325 | Oct 19 | - | New World Pictures |
| 23 | The Warrior and the Sorceress | $2,886,225 | 238 | $574,210 | 19.9% | 238 | Sep 7 | - | New World Pictures |
| 24 | Impulse | $2,773,433 | 376 | $995,570 | 35.9% | 376 | Sep 28 | - | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 25 | Under the Volcano | $2,556,800 | 1 | $31,000 | 1.2% | 1 | Jun 15 | - | Universal Pictures |
| 26 | Silent Night, Deadly Night | $2,491,460 | 398 | $1,432,800 | 57.5% | 398 | Nov 9 | - | TriStar Pictures |
| 27 | Purple Hearts | $2,075,282 | 370 | - | - | - | Mar 30 | - | Warner Bros. |
| 28 | The Buddy System | $1,820,049 | 190 | $524,672 | 28.8% | 190 | Jan 20 | - | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 29 | Body Rock | $1,689,501 | 240 | $631,849 | 37.4% | 240 | Sep 28 | - | New World Pictures |
| 30 | Garbo Talks | $1,493,782 | 16 | $127,192 | 8.5% | 16 | Oct 12 | - | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 31 | Birdy | $1,455,045 | 18 | $13,720 | 0.9% | 1 | Dec 21 | - | TriStar Pictures |
| 32 | Sahara | $1,402,962 | 344 | $550,848 | 39.3% | 344 | Mar 2 | - | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 33 | The River Rat | $1,142,944 | 316 | $441,466 | 38.6% | 316 | Sep 21 | - | Paramount Pictures |
| 34 | Mike's Murder | $1,059,966 | 80 | $234,438 | 22.1% | 80 | Mar 9 | - | Warner Bros. |
| 35 | The Power | $929,162 | 256 | $929,162 | 100% | 256 | Jan 20 | - | Film Ventures International (FVI) |
| 36 | Songwriter | $865,915 | 499 | $497,406 | 57.4% | 499 | Oct 12 | - | TriStar Pictures |
| 37 | Scandalous | $526,805 | 144 | $274,933 | 52.2% | 144 | Jan 20 | - | Orion Pictures |
| 38 | Windy City | $343,890 | 28 | $104,754 | 30.5% | 28 | Sep 21 | - | Warner Bros. |
| 39 | Champions | $200,498 | 55 | $54,262 | 27.1% | 39 | Apr 20 | May 3 | AVCO Embassy Pictures |
| 40 | Razorback | $150,140 | 50 | $89,331 | 59.5% | 50 | Nov 16 | - | Warner Bros. |
| 41 | Crackers | $129,268 | 21 | $58,689 | 45.4% | 21 | Feb 17 | - | Universal Pictures |
| 42 | Repo Man | $129,000 | 39 | $95,300 | 73.9% | 39 | Mar 2 | - | Universal Pictures |
| 43 | Slayground | $108,128 | 62 | $108,128 | 100% | 62 | Jan 27 | - | Universal Pictures |
