The Top Movies, Weekend of October 5, 1984

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Teachers	MGM/UA Classics	Drama	$7,013,366		1,721	$4,075	$7,013,366	3
2	(1)	All of Me	Universal	Comedy	$4,510,200	-14.23%	1,200	$3,759	$18,625,036	17
3	(22)	Places in the Heart	Sony/TriStar	Drama	$4,128,711	+1,522.13%	691	$5,975	$4,868,667	17
4	(3)	Irreconcilable Differences	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$2,701,185	-12.21%	902	$2,995	$6,536,078	10
5	(5)	Ghost Busters	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$2,282,767	-4.97%	1,183	$1,930	$206,935,954	122
6	(2)	The Wild Life		Comedy	$2,281,525	-42.98%	1,142	$1,998	$7,093,446	10
7	(19)	A Soldier's Story	Columbia	Drama	$2,028,935	+435.46%	217	$9,350	$3,113,181	24
8	(4)	The Evil That Men Do	Sony/TriStar	Action	$1,940,520	-35.78%	1,183	$1,640	$11,398,411	17
9	(6)	Purple Rain	Warner Bros.	Drama	$1,576,507	-10.06%	798	$1,976	$60,140,797	73
10	(7)	The Karate Kid	Sony Pictures	Action	$1,407,105	-7.25%	948	$1,484	$81,911,436	108
11	(14)	Gremlins	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$946,260	+25.84%	628	$1,507	$144,373,709	122
12	(15)	Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$929,524	+40.70%	400	$2,324	$173,511,145	138
13	(8)	Tightrope	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$804,195	-36.92%	665	$1,209	$46,598,962	52
14	(17)	Amadeus	Warner Bros.	Drama	$781,958	+56.11%	66	$11,848	$2,541,918	19
15	(11)	Impulse	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$730,668	-26.61%	391	$1,869	$2,055,228	10
16	(13)	Revenge of the Nerds	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$697,931	-21.33%	544	$1,283	$38,480,693	80
17	(12)	The Woman in Red	Orion Pictures	Comedy	$655,208	-32.97%	532	$1,232	$24,036,271	54
18	(9)	The Bear	Embassy	Drama	$613,256	-47.16%	591	$1,038	$2,155,478	10
19	(24)	The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$392,334	+86.22%	90	$4,359	$3,290,577	59
20	(18)	Red Dawn	MGM/UA Classics	Action	$340,176	-27.91%	388	$877	$36,830,670	59
21	(16)	Body Rock	New World	Musical	$244,491	-61.31%	136	$1,798	$1,062,071	10
22	(new)	Country	Buena Vista	Drama	$163,818		15	$10,921	$211,000	9
23	(10)	Until September	MGM/UA Classics	Drama	$143,158	-85.95%	164	$873	$4,013,315	17
24	(28)	Exterminator 2	Cannon	Action	$98,164	+30.45%	98	$1,002	$2,255,011	24
25	(26)	Bachelor Party	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$87,976	-29.59%	119	$739	$38,435,947	101
26	(29)	Windy City	Warner Bros.	Drama	$59,259	-18.57%	30	$1,975	$291,081	17
27	(31)	Choose Me	Island/Alive	Comedy	$44,586	+36.80%	5	$8,917	$437,944	40
28	(30)	Under the Volcano	Universal	Drama	$35,928	-43.15%	24	$1,497	$2,428,653	117