The Top Movies, Weekend of September 21, 1984

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	All of Me	Universal	Comedy	$5,803,848		1,192	$4,869	$5,803,848	3
2	(new)	The Evil That Men Do	Sony/TriStar	Action	$4,538,400		1,464	$3,100	$4,538,400	3
3	(2)	Ghost Busters	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$2,872,052	-12.14%	1,389	$2,068	$200,931,851	108
4	(3)	Purple Rain	Warner Bros.	Drama	$2,157,231	-12.84%	1,006	$2,144	$55,547,623	59
5	(1)	Tightrope	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$2,053,476	-38.32%	1,140	$1,801	$43,588,929	38
6	(new)	Until September	MGM/UA Classics	Drama	$1,983,321		1,114	$1,780	$1,983,321	3
7	(4)	The Karate Kid	Sony Pictures	Action	$1,871,102	-15.34%	1,065	$1,757	$78,148,511	94
8	(5)	The Woman in Red	Orion Pictures	Comedy	$1,508,284	-29.28%	903	$1,670	$21,752,769	40
9	(6)	Revenge of the Nerds	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$1,426,017	-28.15%	877	$1,626	$36,231,524	66
10	(9)	Gremlins	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$1,119,446	-22.36%	792	$1,413	$142,192,855	108
11	(7)	Ninja III: The Domination	Cannon	Action	$895,524	-48.16%	475	$1,885	$3,152,651	10
12	(8)	Red Dawn	MGM/UA Classics	Action	$882,236	-41.33%	749	$1,178	$35,596,060	45
13	(11)	Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$848,726	-20.31%	589	$1,441	$171,468,059	124
14	(new)	Amadeus	Warner Bros.	Drama	$505,276		25	$20,211	$655,411	5
15	(15)	The Warrior and the Sorceress	New World	Action	$436,526	-15.83%	241	$1,811	$2,289,582	17
16	(new)	The River Rat	Paramount Pictures	Action	$411,466		316	$1,302	$411,466	3
17	(10)	Exterminator 2	Cannon	Action	$400,002	-66.78%	302	$1,325	$1,950,185	10
18	(12)	Dreamscape	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$354,418	-52.97%	309	$1,147	$11,839,014	38
19	(14)	Bolero	Cannon	Drama	$301,155	-54.26%	295	$1,021	$8,914,881	24
20	(new)	Places in the Heart	Sony/TriStar	Drama	$274,279		14	$19,591	$274,279	3
21	(13)	Oxford Blues	MGM/UA Classics	Comedy	$253,311	-61.69%	274	$924	$8,531,117	31
22	(16)	Bachelor Party	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$250,913	-40.59%	148	$1,695	$38,089,537	87
23	(22)	A Soldier's Story	Columbia	Drama	$166,401	+6.41%	6	$27,734	$417,655	10
24	(new)	Windy City	Warner Bros.	Drama	$104,754		28	$3,741	$104,754	3
25	(23)	Under the Volcano	Universal	Drama	$103,488	-28.63%	44	$2,352	$2,251,213	103
26	(24)	The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$72,720	-42.54%	40	$1,818	$2,596,812	45
27	(25)	Choose Me	Island/Alive	Comedy	$43,339	-28.50%	3	$14,446	$335,456	26