The Top Movies, Weekend of May 4, 1984

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Breakin'	Cannon	Musical	$6,047,686		1,069	$5,657	$6,047,686	3
2	(new)	Sixteen Candles	Universal	Comedy	$4,461,520		1,240	$3,598	$4,461,520	3
3	(2)	Romancing the Stone	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$4,012,150	-14.16%	1,044	$3,843	$40,187,726	38
4	(1)	Police Academy	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$3,543,670	-25.13%	1,452	$2,441	$58,554,912	45
5	(new)	Hardbodies	Columbia	Comedy	$2,684,599		1,538	$1,746	$2,684,599	3
6	(new)	The Bounty	Orion Pictures	Drama	$2,622,306		986	$2,660	$2,622,306	3
7	(3)	Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$2,121,097	-36.71%	939	$2,259	$35,525,104	38
8	(5)	Splash	Buena Vista	Comedy	$1,885,403	-33.95%	894	$2,109	$55,082,365	59
9	(6)	Moscow on the Hudson	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$1,758,800	-28.93%	639	$2,752	$18,340,436	31
10	(7)	Footloose	Paramount Pictures	Musical	$1,683,727	-25.43%	922	$1,826	$66,153,124	80
11	(4)	Friday the 13th Part IV: The Final Chapter	Paramount Pictures	Horror	$1,646,335	-45.32%	868	$1,897	$28,085,908	24
12	(new)	Alphabet City	Atlantic	Action	$1,172,292		321	$3,652	$1,172,292	3
13	(8)	Children of the Corn	New World	Horror	$1,010,334	-34.31%	421	$2,400	$13,842,809	59
14	(10)	Terms of Endearment	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$855,779	-24.91%	467	$1,833	$103,683,458	166
15	(12)	Weekend Pass	Crown	Comedy	$790,330	-23.13%	266	$2,971	$18,019,712	94
16	(9)	Iceman	Universal	Drama	$589,032	-50.38%	324	$1,818	$7,343,032	24
17	(20)	Purple Hearts	Warner Bros.	Drama	$515,053	+393.99%	370	$1,392	$658,649	38
18	(13)	Up the Creek	Orion Pictures	Comedy	$450,621	-48.63%	450	$1,001	$10,425,947	31
19	(17)	This is Spinal Tap	MGM	Comedy	$372,174	-20.86%	179	$2,079	$2,350,407	66
20	(16)	Where the Boys Are '84	Sony/TriStar	Comedy	$296,530	-42.92%	318	$932	$10,530,000	31
21	(24)	Love Letters	New World	Thriller/Suspense	$79,728	+45.32%	15	$5,315	$163,762	10
22	(19)	The Hotel New Hampshire	Orion Pictures	Drama	$57,984	-69.91%	52	$1,115	$5,068,118	59
23	(23)	Mike's Murder	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$55,383	-24.66%	21	$2,637	$914,409	59
24	(26)	Broadway Danny Rose	Orion Pictures	Comedy	$25,486	-33.89%	17	$1,499	$10,566,714	101