The Top Movies, Weekend of March 23, 1984

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Police Academy	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$8,570,007		1,063	$8,062	$8,570,007	3
2	(1)	Splash	Buena Vista	Comedy	$6,667,242	+3.33%	1,018	$6,549	$23,878,948	17
3	(2)	Footloose	Paramount Pictures	Musical	$4,420,411	-6.85%	1,360	$3,250	$43,998,844	38
4	(3)	The Ice Pirates	MGM/UA Classics	Comedy	$2,904,480	-33.35%	1,174	$2,474	$8,424,701	10
5	(4)	Tank	Universal	Action	$2,861,950	-29.09%	1,295	$2,210	$7,985,950	10
6	(6)	Against All Odds	Sony Pictures	Drama	$2,218,270	-14.99%	861	$2,576	$15,151,023	24
7	(new)	Racing with the Moon	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$1,803,432		1,063	$1,697	$1,803,432	3
8	(5)	Children of the Corn	New World	Horror	$1,720,309	-37.60%	650	$2,647	$7,402,999	17
9	(7)	Terms of Endearment	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$1,258,295	-19.73%	730	$1,724	$91,663,512	124
10	(8)	Blame it on Rio	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$782,047	-36.80%	563	$1,389	$16,854,389	38
11	(9)	Lassiter	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$709,060	-38.02%	662	$1,071	$16,896,288	38
12	(11)	Weekend Pass	Crown	Comedy	$702,736	-25.84%	334	$2,104	$12,176,788	52
13	(10)	Unfaithfully Yours	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$656,855	-38.42%	515	$1,275	$18,783,634	45
14	(12)	The Hotel New Hampshire	Orion Pictures	Drama	$512,716	-39.95%	202	$2,538	$3,126,783	17
15	(16)	Silkwood	20th Century Fox	Drama	$442,438	+9.44%	388	$1,140	$34,609,764	103
16	(15)	The Dresser	Columbia	Drama	$433,750	-8.65%	195	$2,224	$4,453,574	111
17	(14)	Never Cry Wolf	Buena Vista	Drama	$346,966	-42.09%	272	$1,276	$26,224,789	171
18	(13)	Angel	New World	Thriller/Suspense	$334,244	-45.97%	272	$1,229	$15,967,796	73
19	(18)	Broadway Danny Rose	Orion Pictures	Comedy	$246,022	-27.65%	138	$1,783	$9,975,870	59
20	(20)	The Big Chill	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$205,518	-18.27%	165	$1,246	$56,077,501	180
21	(21)	Yentl	MGM/UA Classics	Musical	$186,924	-21.43%	210	$890	$38,335,124	129
22	(17)	Harry & Son	Orion Pictures	Drama	$150,572	-57.06%	172	$875	$4,635,372	24
23	(25)	This is Spinal Tap	MGM	Comedy	$99,411	+68.74%	10	$9,941	$299,850	24
24	(23)	Educating Rita	Columbia	Drama	$89,210	-12.99%	79	$1,129	$14,593,380	187
25	(22)	Mike's Murder	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$40,602	-82.26%	28	$1,450	$640,052	17
26	(26)	The Buddy System	20th Century Fox	Drama	$12,527	-14.65%	12	$1,044	$1,791,033	66