The Top Movies, Weekend of March 16, 1984

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Splash	Buena Vista	Comedy	$6,452,183	+4.50%	861	$7,494	$14,880,673	10
2	(2)	Footloose	Paramount Pictures	Musical	$4,745,560	-13.35%	1,360	$3,489	$37,940,028	31
3	(new)	The Ice Pirates	MGM/UA Classics	Comedy	$4,358,022		1,175	$3,709	$4,358,022	3
4	(new)	Tank	Universal	Action	$4,035,960		1,332	$3,030	$4,035,960	3
5	(4)	Children of the Corn	New World	Horror	$2,756,864	+34.95%	653	$4,222	$5,372,690	10
6	(3)	Against All Odds	Sony Pictures	Drama	$2,609,391	-22.60%	946	$2,758	$11,968,141	17
7	(6)	Terms of Endearment	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$1,567,518	-16.75%	831	$1,886	$89,755,915	117
8	(5)	Blame it on Rio	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$1,237,484	-35.75%	692	$1,788	$15,606,830	31
9	(8)	Lassiter	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$1,143,991	-28.81%	784	$1,459	$15,784,233	31
10	(7)	Unfaithfully Yours	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$1,066,702	-33.66%	630	$1,693	$17,739,433	38
11	(9)	Weekend Pass	Crown	Comedy	$947,604	-33.96%	389	$2,436	$11,070,526	45
12	(11)	The Hotel New Hampshire	Orion Pictures	Drama	$853,776	-20.64%	234	$3,649	$2,316,420	10
13	(12)	Angel	New World	Thriller/Suspense	$618,680	-39.17%	394	$1,570	$15,486,375	66
14	(13)	Never Cry Wolf	Buena Vista	Drama	$599,100	-27.84%	414	$1,447	$25,616,757	164
15	(16)	The Dresser	Columbia	Drama	$474,809	-15.91%	223	$2,129	$3,824,308	104
16	(17)	Silkwood	20th Century Fox	Drama	$404,265	-26.79%	388	$1,042	$33,966,354	96
17	(10)	Harry & Son	Orion Pictures	Drama	$350,696	-70.79%	825	$425	$4,343,864	17
18	(14)	Broadway Danny Rose	Orion Pictures	Comedy	$340,032	-41.65%	206	$1,651	$9,601,522	52
19	(19)	Sudden Impact	Warner Bros.	Action	$337,523	-26.87%	340	$993	$67,642,693	101
20	(21)	The Big Chill	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$251,466	-20.09%	210	$1,197	$55,757,830	173
21	(20)	Yentl	MGM/UA Classics	Musical	$237,907	-45.39%	266	$894	$38,019,370	122
22	(23)	Mike's Murder	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$228,811	-2.40%	118	$1,939	$532,363	10
23	(25)	Educating Rita	Columbia	Drama	$102,533	-14.58%	93	$1,103	$14,452,962	180
24	(24)	Over the Brooklyn Bridge	Cannon	Comedy	$80,816	-47.43%	30	$2,694	$592,448	17
25	(30)	This is Spinal Tap	MGM	Comedy	$58,914	+20.68%	5	$11,783	$171,591	17
26	(26)	The Buddy System	20th Century Fox	Drama	$14,678	-85.45%	45	$326	$1,770,013	59