The Top Movies, Weekend of July 27, 1984

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Purple Rain	Warner Bros.	Drama	$7,766,201		917	$8,469	$7,766,201	3
2	(1)	Ghost Busters	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$7,687,282	-11.99%	1,460	$5,265	$142,693,955	52
3	(re-entry)	The Jungle Book	Buena Vista	Musical	$5,291,670		1,430	$3,700	$5,291,670	6,130
4	(3)	Gremlins	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$4,596,286	-16.70%	1,411	$3,257	$113,266,641	52
5	(5)	The Karate Kid	Sony Pictures	Action	$3,891,130	-8.42%	1,069	$3,640	$42,355,726	38
6	(4)	The Neverending Story	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$3,300,996	-23.69%	950	$3,475	$9,994,110	10
7	(2)	Best Defense	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$3,175,612	-59.66%	1,425	$2,228	$14,155,050	10
8	(8)	Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$2,591,995	-15.30%	1,052	$2,464	$151,469,837	68
9	(new)	Meatballs II	Sony/TriStar	Comedy	$2,515,268		1,252	$2,009	$2,515,268	3
10	(7)	The Muppets Take Manhattan	Sony/TriStar	Comedy	$2,291,250	-37.18%	975	$2,350	$16,979,378	17
11	(6)	The Last Starfighter	Universal	Comedy	$2,046,500	-44.08%	817	$2,505	$16,536,658	17
12	(9)	Bachelor Party	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$1,899,689	-35.89%	775	$2,451	$28,373,645	31
13	(11)	Revenge of the Nerds	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$1,674,196	+10.65%	423	$3,958	$4,161,992	10
14	(new)	Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers	Orion Pictures	Comedy	$1,667,881		868	$1,922	$1,667,881	3
15	(10)	Conan the Destroyer	Universal	Action	$919,080	-43.82%	522	$1,761	$24,954,841	31
16	(13)	Star Trek III: The Search for Spock	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$887,880	-28.92%	551	$1,611	$71,273,785	59
17	(17)	The Natural	Sony/TriStar	Drama	$657,846	-21.83%	414	$1,589	$44,960,822	80
18	(12)	Cannonball Run II	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$644,037	-51.35%	631	$1,021	$27,299,433	31
19	(15)	Romancing the Stone	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$612,444	-36.28%	461	$1,329	$72,371,540	122
20	(18)	Rhinestone	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$336,167	-43.88%	341	$986	$20,551,569	38
21	(14)	Electric Dreams	MGM/UA Classics	Comedy	$255,833	-74.66%	217	$1,179	$1,932,663	10
22	(22)	Love Letters	New World	Thriller/Suspense	$227,487	-3.51%	94	$2,420	$4,432,307	94
23	(20)	Breakin'	Cannon	Musical	$162,774	-49.84%	225	$723	$35,995,234	87
24	(21)	Beat Street	Orion Pictures	Drama	$139,004	-48.31%	117	$1,188	$16,595,791	52
25	(23)	Under the Volcano	Universal	Drama	$100,133	-9.19%	10	$10,013	$744,294	47