Weekly (Fri-Thu) Domestic Chart Starting on August 31, 1984
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| Movie Title | Distributor | Gross | %LW | Theaters | Theaters Change | Per Theater | Total Gross | Weeks In Release | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (1) | Tightrope | Warner Bros. | $8,372,213 | -16% | 1,535 | n/c | $5,454 | $32,019,595 | 3 |
| 2 | (2) | Ghostbusters | Sony Pictures | $7,390,127 | +3% | 1,368 | -23 | $5,402 | $189,115,606 | 13 |
| 3 | N | Bolero | Cannon | $5,211,735 | 1,015 | $5,135 | $5,211,735 | 1 | ||
| 4 | (3) | Purple Rain | Warner Bros. | $4,957,900 | +1% | 949 | +34 | $5,224 | $46,549,960 | 6 |
| 5 | (7) | The Karate Kid | Sony Pictures | $4,622,513 | +7% | 1,040 | -50 | $4,445 | $70,426,516 | 11 |
| 6 | (5) | Revenge of the Nerds | 20th Century… | $4,359,356 | -3% | 974 | -15 | $4,476 | $29,439,694 | 7 |
| 7 | (6) | The Woman in Red | Orion Pictures | $4,193,580 | -3% | 944 | -125 | $4,442 | $14,299,838 | 4 |
| 8 | (4) | Red Dawn | MGM/UA Classics | $3,879,506 | -21% | 1,095 | -274 | $3,543 | $30,295,142 | 4 |
| 9 | (10) | Gremlins | Warner Bros. | $3,509,482 | +21% | 1,071 | +89 | $3,277 | $137,186,485 | 13 |
| 10 | (11) | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | Paramount Pi… | $2,572,867 | +12% | 737 | -48 | $3,491 | $167,732,055 | 16 |
| 11 | (8) | Oxford Blues | MGM/UA Classics | $2,445,230 | -35% | 856 | -219 | $2,857 | $6,203,097 | 2 |
| 12 | N | Flashpoint | Sony/TriStar | $2,310,514 | 1,022 | $2,261 | $2,310,514 | 1 | ||
| 13 | N | C.H.U.D. | New World | $2,012,291 | 310 | $6,491 | $2,012,291 | 1 | ||
| 14 | (9) | Dreamscape | 20th Century… | $1,696,879 | -46% | 623 | -191 | $2,724 | $9,223,084 | 3 |
| 15 | (14) | Bachelor Party | 20th Century… | $806,319 | -16% | 419 | -83 | $1,924 | $36,707,432 | 10 |
| 16 | (17) | The Muppets Take Manhattan | Sony/TriStar | $691,129 | -12% | 423 | -125 | $1,634 | $25,019,103 | 8 |
| 17 | (18) | The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8t… | 20th Century… | $250,552 | -20% | 53 | -27 | $4,727 | $2,195,950 | 4 |
| 18 | (20) | Under the Volcano | Universal | $229,729 | +12% | 31 | +1 | $7,411 | $1,796,725 | 13 |
| 19 | (19) | The Natural | Sony/TriStar | $212,734 | -21% | 114 | -82 | $1,866 | $47,426,759 | 17 |
| 20 | (-) | Choose Me | Island/Alive | $74,704 | 2 | $37,352 | $125,752 | 2 | ||
| 20 | $59,799,360 |