Weekly (Fri-Thu) Domestic Chart Starting on August 17, 1984
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| Movie Title | Distributor | Gross | %LW | Theaters | Theaters Change | Per Theater | Total Gross | Weeks In Release | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | N | Tightrope | Warner Bros. | $13,710,425 | 1,535 | $8,932 | $13,710,425 | 1 | ||
| 2 | (1) | Red Dawn | MGM/UA Classics | $8,517,571 | -35% | 1,792 | -30 | $4,753 | $21,524,221 | 2 |
| 3 | (2) | Ghostbusters | Sony Pictures | $8,443,209 | -9% | 1,400 | -23 | $6,031 | $174,528,639 | 11 |
| 4 | (3) | Purple Rain | Warner Bros. | $6,295,008 | -18% | 853 | -138 | $7,380 | $36,664,916 | 4 |
| 5 | (4) | Revenge of the Nerds | 20th Century… | $5,793,016 | -18% | 971 | +13 | $5,966 | $20,605,943 | 5 |
| 6 | (5) | The Karate Kid | Sony Pictures | $5,311,454 | n/c | 1,030 | -81 | $5,157 | $61,486,442 | 9 |
| 7 | (-) | The Woman in Red | Orion Pictures | $4,927,374 | 1,066 | $4,622 | $5,788,662 | 2 | ||
| 8 | N | Dreamscape | 20th Century… | $4,391,255 | 816 | $5,381 | $4,391,255 | 1 | ||
| 9 | N | Sheena | Sony Pictures | $4,159,860 | 1,496 | $2,781 | $4,159,860 | 1 | ||
| 10 | (6) | Gremlins | Warner Bros. | $3,478,598 | -29% | 1,013 | -309 | $3,434 | $130,776,894 | 11 |
| 11 | (9) | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | Paramount Pi… | $2,634,481 | -22% | 730 | -216 | $3,609 | $162,870,972 | 14 |
| 12 | (7) | Cloak & Dagger | Universal | $2,439,419 | -42% | 951 | -196 | $2,565 | $6,656,364 | 2 |
| 13 | (8) | The Jungle Book | Walt Disney | $1,940,631 | -47% | 1,109 | -354 | $1,750 | $20,643,392 | 880 |
| 14 | (12) | The Muppets Take Manhattan | Sony/TriStar | $1,127,620 | -39% | 554 | -229 | $2,035 | $23,544,842 | 6 |
| 15 | (11) | Bachelor Party | 20th Century… | $1,070,646 | -43% | 449 | -289 | $2,385 | $34,941,867 | 8 |
| 16 | (10) | The Neverending Story | Warner Bros. | $1,040,607 | -51% | 367 | -352 | $2,835 | $18,605,529 | 5 |
| 17 | (14) | The Philadelphia Experiment | New World | $900,255 | -36% | 261 | -145 | $3,449 | $5,001,449 | 3 |
| 18 | (15) | The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8t… | 20th Century… | $656,839 | -33% | 183 | -53 | $3,589 | $1,631,565 | 2 |
| 19 | (16) | Romancing the Stone | 20th Century… | $536,309 | -30% | 252 | -107 | $2,128 | $74,938,010 | 21 |
| 20 | (17) | The Natural | Sony/TriStar | $321,696 | -47% | 206 | -61 | $1,562 | $46,944,325 | 15 |
| 21 | (19) | Under the Volcano | Universal | $154,000 | -20% | 19 | -5 | $8,105 | $1,361,725 | 11 |
| 21 | $77,850,273 |