The Top Movies, Weekend of March 9, 1984

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Splash	Buena Vista	Comedy	$6,174,059		829	$7,448	$6,174,059	3
2	(1)	Footloose	Paramount Pictures	Musical	$5,476,656	-13.08%	1,384	$3,957	$315	24
3	(2)	Against All Odds	Sony Pictures	Drama	$3,371,182	-10.49%	979	$3,443	$8,305,137	10
4	(new)	Children of the Corn	New World	Horror	$2,042,821		350	$5,837	$2,042,821	3
5	(3)	Blame it on Rio	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$1,926,008	-25.44%	908	$2,121	$13,715,734	24
6	(6)	Terms of Endearment	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$1,882,893	-9.86%	958	$1,965	$87,436,122	110
7	(5)	Unfaithfully Yours	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$1,607,867	-25.20%	720	$2,233	$16,200,299	31
8	(4)	Lassiter	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$1,606,973	-26.62%	841	$1,911	$14,138,724	24
9	(8)	Weekend Pass	Crown	Comedy	$1,434,790	+5.90%	422	$3,400	$9,595,472	38
10	(7)	Harry & Son	Orion Pictures	Drama	$1,200,561	-36.81%	887	$1,354	$3,633,382	10
11	(new)	The Hotel New Hampshire	Orion Pictures	Drama	$1,075,800		244	$4,409	$1,075,800	3
12	(11)	Angel	New World	Thriller/Suspense	$1,017,114	+18.14%	459	$2,216	$14,680,122	59
13	(9)	Never Cry Wolf	Buena Vista	Drama	$830,227	-17.19%	511	$1,625	$24,784,849	157
14	(12)	Broadway Danny Rose	Orion Pictures	Comedy	$582,748	-25.14%	279	$2,089	$9,119,656	45
15	(10)	The Right Stuff	Warner Bros.	Action	$578,616	-35.47%	454	$1,274	$21,192,102	143
16	(15)	The Dresser	Columbia	Drama	$564,646	-10.72%	241	$2,343	$3,149,442	97
17	(13)	Silkwood	20th Century Fox	Drama	$552,179	-25.79%	478	$1,155	$33,323,144	89
18	(14)	Scarface	Universal	Drama	$512,589	-23.06%	317	$1,617	$40,959,589	94
19	(17)	Sudden Impact	Warner Bros.	Action	$461,528	-7.42%	445	$1,037	$67,146,037	94
20	(19)	Yentl	MGM/UA Classics	Musical	$435,609	+13.65%	368	$1,184	$37,626,627	115
21	(18)	The Big Chill	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$314,686	-23.90%	248	$1,269	$55,376,667	166
22	(16)	Sahara	Cannon	Adventure	$304,249	-44.77%	294	$1,035	$1,025,015	10
23	(new)	Mike's Murder	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$234,438		80	$2,930	$234,438	3
24	(20)	Over the Brooklyn Bridge	Cannon	Comedy	$153,717	-35.78%	44	$3,494	$466,667	10
25	(21)	Educating Rita	Columbia	Drama	$120,030	-43.46%	122	$984	$14,284,282	173
26	(28)	The Buddy System	20th Century Fox	Drama	$100,855	+207.40%	154	$655	$1,721,081	52
27	(24)	Star 80	Warner Bros.	Drama	$78,279	-41.41%	163	$480	$6,472,990	123
28	(25)	Return of the Jedi	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$69,828	-29.55%	53	$1,318	$252,452,593	292
29	(26)	Repo Man	Universal	Comedy	$50,891	-46.60%	28	$1,818	$179,891	10
30	(29)	This is Spinal Tap	MGM	Comedy	$48,819	+58.32%	4	$12,205	$91,944	10