The Top Movies, Weekend of April 27, 1984

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Police Academy	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$4,733,389	-22.43%	1,587	$2,983	$53,531,977	38
2	(3)	Romancing the Stone	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$4,673,725	-17.81%	1,086	$4,304	$34,659,289	31
3	(4)	Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$3,351,346	-27.82%	1,162	$2,884	$32,403,301	31
4	(2)	Friday the 13th Part IV: The Final Chapter	Paramount Pictures	Horror	$3,010,727	-47.68%	1,418	$2,123	$25,630,170	17
5	(5)	Splash	Buena Vista	Comedy	$2,854,681	-24.15%	1,153	$2,476	$52,346,523	52
6	(6)	Moscow on the Hudson	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$2,474,838	-28.82%	721	$3,433	$15,930,947	24
7	(7)	Footloose	Paramount Pictures	Musical	$2,257,778	-7.61%	1,110	$2,034	$63,767,719	73
8	(16)	Children of the Corn	New World	Horror	$1,538,087	+387.64%	582	$2,643	$12,431,855	52
9	(8)	Iceman	Universal	Drama	$1,187,200	-35.31%	560	$2,120	$6,394,200	17
10	(10)	Terms of Endearment	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$1,139,684	-29.38%	655	$1,740	$102,348,450	159
11	(9)	Swing Shift	Warner Bros.	Drama	$1,096,274	-32.39%	656	$1,671	$6,650,206	17
12	(15)	Weekend Pass	Crown	Comedy	$1,028,205	+169.38%	313	$3,285	$16,788,723	87
13	(12)	Up the Creek	Orion Pictures	Comedy	$877,239	-28.90%	636	$1,379	$9,713,612	24
14	(14)	Against All Odds	Sony Pictures	Drama	$802,235	+15.84%	444	$1,807	$21,689,062	59
15	(13)	Hard To Hold	Universal	Drama	$684,155	-34.62%	467	$1,465	$8,853,155	24
16	(11)	Where the Boys Are '84	Sony/TriStar	Comedy	$519,535	-62.11%	562	$924	$10,074,422	24
17	(18)	This is Spinal Tap	MGM	Comedy	$470,293	+99.35%	206	$2,283	$1,788,814	59
18	(17)	The Ice Pirates	MGM/UA Classics	Comedy	$280,739	-9.36%	260	$1,080	$13,075,390	45
19	(19)	The Hotel New Hampshire	Orion Pictures	Drama	$192,702	+10.61%	175	$1,101	$4,906,620	52
20	(re-entry)	Purple Hearts	Warner Bros.	Drama	$104,263		29	$3,595	$104,263	31
21	(20)	Angel	New World	Thriller/Suspense	$85,960	-43.85%	65	$1,322	$17,488,564	108
22	(21)	Champions	Embassy	Drama	$82,229	+51.54%	55	$1,495	$174,445	10
23	(24)	Mike's Murder	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$73,509	+170.25%	20	$3,675	$831,725	52
24	(new)	Love Letters	New World	Thriller/Suspense	$54,862		7	$7,837	$54,862	3
25	(22)	Yentl	MGM/UA Classics	Musical	$43,814	-16.38%	75	$584	$39,012,241	164
26	(23)	Broadway Danny Rose	Orion Pictures	Comedy	$38,548	+21.45%	33	$1,168	$10,522,610	94