Weekend Domestic Box Office Chart for August 31st, 1984
| | | Movie | Distributor | Genre | Gross | Change | Thtrs. | Per Thtr. | Total Gross | Days |
|---|
| 1 |
(1) |
Tightrope |
Warner Bros. |
Thriller/Suspense |
$7,130,891 |
-1% |
1,535 |
$4,646 |
$30,778,273 |
17 |
| 2 |
(2) |
Ghostbusters |
Sony Pictures |
Comedy |
$6,824,562 |
+40% |
1,368 |
$4,989 |
$188,550,041 |
87 |
| 3 |
new |
Bolero |
Cannon |
Drama |
$4,579,240 |
|
1,015 |
$4,512 |
$4,579,240 |
3 |
| 4 |
(7) |
The Karate Kid |
Sony Pictures |
Action |
$4,155,645 |
+45% |
1,040 |
$3,996 |
$69,959,648 |
73 |
| 5 |
(4) |
Purple Rain |
Warner Bros. |
Drama |
$4,068,212 |
+26% |
949 |
$4,287 |
$45,660,272 |
38 |
| 6 |
(5) |
Revenge of the Nerds |
20th Century Fox |
Comedy |
$3,684,329 |
+23% |
974 |
$3,783 |
$28,764,667 |
45 |
| 7 |
(6) |
The Woman in Red |
Orion Pictures |
Comedy |
$3,577,643 |
+21% |
944 |
$3,790 |
$13,683,901 |
19 |
| 8 |
(3) |
Red Dawn |
MGM/UA Classics |
Action |
$3,257,979 |
-3% |
1,095 |
$2,975 |
$29,673,615 |
24 |
| 9 |
(9) |
Gremlins |
Warner Bros. |
Comedy |
$3,001,224 |
+62% |
1,071 |
$2,802 |
$136,678,227 |
87 |
| 10 |
(12) |
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom |
Paramount Pictures |
Adventure |
$2,175,460 |
+52% |
737 |
$2,952 |
$167,334,648 |
103 |
| 11 |
(8) |
Oxford Blues |
MGM/UA Classics |
Comedy |
$2,087,808 |
-16% |
856 |
$2,439 |
$5,845,675 |
10 |
| 12 |
new |
Flashpoint |
Sony/TriStar |
Action |
$1,916,222 |
|
1,022 |
$1,875 |
$1,916,222 |
3 |
| 13 |
new |
C.H.U.D. |
New World |
Horror |
$1,762,922 |
|
310 |
$5,687 |
$1,762,922 |
3 |
| 14 |
(10) |
Dreamscape |
20th Century Fox |
Adventure |
$1,360,881 |
-26% |
623 |
$2,184 |
$8,887,086 |
17 |
| 15 |
(13) |
The Philadelphia Experiment |
New World |
Adventure |
$1,049,716 |
-5% |
432 |
$2,430 |
$8,103,330 |
31 |
| 16 |
(14) |
The Jungle Book |
Walt Disney |
Musical |
$845,717 |
-1% |
637 |
$1,328 |
$23,001,559 |
6,165 |
| 17 |
(16) |
Bachelor Party |
20th Century Fox |
Comedy |
$657,149 |
+5% |
419 |
$1,568 |
$36,558,262 |
66 |
| 18 |
(17) |
The Neverending Story |
Warner Bros. |
Adventure |
$655,427 |
+17% |
385 |
$1,702 |
$20,158,808 |
45 |
| 19 |
(18) |
The Muppets Take Manhattan |
Sony/TriStar |
Comedy |
$514,129 |
-6% |
423 |
$1,215 |
$24,842,103 |
52 |
| 20 |
(15) |
Cloak & Dagger |
Universal |
Action |
$489,520 |
-24% |
232 |
$2,110 |
$8,071,189 |
24 |
| 21 |
(20) |
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension |
20th Century Fox |
Adventure |
$194,999 |
-4% |
53 |
$3,679 |
$2,140,397 |
24 |
| 22 |
(22) |
Under the Volcano |
Universal |
Drama |
$189,269 |
+35% |
31 |
$6,105 |
$1,756,265 |
82 |
| 23 |
(19) |
The Natural |
Sony/TriStar |
Drama |
$184,496 |
-11% |
114 |
$1,618 |
$47,398,521 |
115 |
| 24 |
new |
Choose Me |
Island/Alive |
Comedy |
$56,231 |
|
2 |
$28,116 |
$107,279 |
5 |
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