Weekend Domestic Box Office Chart for August 17th, 1984
| | | Movie | Distributor | Genre | Gross | Change | Thtrs. | Per Thtr. | Total Gross | Days |
|---|
| 1 |
new |
Tightrope |
Warner Bros. |
Thriller/Suspense |
$9,156,545 |
|
1,535 |
$5,965 |
$9,156,545 |
3 |
| 2 |
(1) |
Red Dawn |
MGM/UA Classics |
Action |
$5,584,336 |
-32% |
1,792 |
$3,116 |
$18,590,986 |
10 |
| 3 |
(2) |
Ghostbusters |
Sony Pictures |
Comedy |
$5,581,794 |
-6% |
1,400 |
$3,987 |
$171,667,224 |
73 |
| 4 |
(3) |
Purple Rain |
Warner Bros. |
Drama |
$4,002,533 |
-17% |
853 |
$4,692 |
$34,372,441 |
24 |
| 5 |
(4) |
Revenge of the Nerds |
20th Century Fox |
Comedy |
$3,666,836 |
-16% |
971 |
$3,776 |
$18,479,763 |
31 |
| 6 |
(5) |
The Karate Kid |
Sony Pictures |
Action |
$3,420,623 |
+8% |
1,030 |
$3,321 |
$59,595,611 |
59 |
| 7 |
new |
The Woman in Red |
Orion Pictures |
Comedy |
$3,165,833 |
|
1,066 |
$2,970 |
$4,027,121 |
5 |
| 8 |
new |
Sheena |
Sony Pictures |
Adventure |
$2,950,114 |
|
1,496 |
$1,972 |
$2,950,114 |
3 |
| 9 |
new |
Dreamscape |
20th Century Fox |
Adventure |
$2,257,627 |
|
816 |
$2,767 |
$2,257,627 |
3 |
| 10 |
(6) |
Gremlins |
Warner Bros. |
Comedy |
$2,170,739 |
-31% |
1,013 |
$2,143 |
$129,469,035 |
73 |
| 11 |
(9) |
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom |
Paramount Pictures |
Adventure |
$1,619,339 |
-23% |
730 |
$2,218 |
$161,855,830 |
89 |
| 12 |
(7) |
Cloak & Dagger |
Universal |
Action |
$1,589,121 |
-44% |
951 |
$1,671 |
$5,806,066 |
10 |
| 13 |
(8) |
The Jungle Book |
Walt Disney |
Musical |
$1,216,037 |
-43% |
1,109 |
$1,097 |
$19,918,798 |
6,151 |
| 14 |
(12) |
Bachelor Party |
20th Century Fox |
Comedy |
$661,440 |
-46% |
449 |
$1,473 |
$34,532,661 |
52 |
| 15 |
(15) |
The Last Starfighter |
Universal |
Comedy |
$636,400 |
-41% |
370 |
$1,720 |
$22,200,789 |
38 |
| 16 |
(10) |
The Neverending Story |
Warner Bros. |
Adventure |
$627,137 |
-53% |
367 |
$1,709 |
$18,192,059 |
31 |
| 17 |
(14) |
The Philadelphia Experiment |
New World |
Adventure |
$625,295 |
-42% |
261 |
$2,396 |
$4,726,489 |
17 |
| 18 |
(13) |
The Muppets Take Manhattan |
Sony/TriStar |
Comedy |
$609,400 |
-50% |
554 |
$1,100 |
$23,026,622 |
38 |
| 19 |
(17) |
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension |
20th Century Fox |
Adventure |
$414,962 |
-33% |
183 |
$2,268 |
$1,389,688 |
10 |
| 20 |
(19) |
Romancing the Stone |
20th Century Fox |
Adventure |
$327,630 |
-32% |
252 |
$1,300 |
$74,729,331 |
143 |
| 21 |
(21) |
The Natural |
Sony/TriStar |
Drama |
$247,200 |
-16% |
206 |
$1,200 |
$46,869,829 |
101 |
| 22 |
(22) |
Love Letters |
New World |
Thriller/Suspense |
$198,627 |
-5% |
77 |
$2,580 |
$5,269,990 |
115 |
| 23 |
(25) |
Under the Volcano |
Universal |
Drama |
$99,686 |
-24% |
19 |
$5,247 |
$1,307,411 |
68 |
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