The Top Movies, Weekend of October 12, 1984

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Teachers	MGM/UA Classics	Drama	$4,579,286	-34.71%	1,721	$2,661	$12,721,474	10
2	(2)	All of Me	Universal	Comedy	$3,842,857	-14.80%	1,173	$3,276	$23,180,496	24
3	(3)	Places in the Heart	Sony/TriStar	Drama	$3,440,272	-16.67%	688	$5,000	$9,278,524	24
4	(4)	Irreconcilable Differences	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$1,837,568	-31.97%	892	$2,060	$8,841,982	17
5	(5)	Ghost Busters	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$1,746,135	-23.51%	1,107	$1,577	$208,994,111	129
6	(7)	A Soldier's Story	Columbia	Drama	$1,551,490	-23.53%	223	$6,957	$5,105,085	31
7	(re-entry)	Ninja III: The Domination	Cannon	Action	$1,498,411		420	$3,568	$5,717,795	31
8	(9)	Purple Rain	Warner Bros.	Drama	$1,306,205	-17.15%	747	$1,749	$61,795,270	80
9	(10)	The Karate Kid	Sony Pictures	Action	$1,226,063	-12.87%	906	$1,353	$83,335,068	115
10	(6)	The Wild Life		Comedy	$1,171,061	-48.67%	909	$1,288	$8,629,301	17
11	(8)	The Evil That Men Do	Sony/TriStar	Action	$1,081,020	-44.29%	721	$1,499	$12,590,923	24
12	(14)	Amadeus	Warner Bros.	Drama	$1,016,836	+30.04%	118	$8,617	$3,627,088	26
13	(24)	Exterminator 2	Cannon	Action	$772,523	+686.97%	480	$1,609	$3,053,629	31
14	(11)	Gremlins	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$683,562	-27.76%	538	$1,271	$145,243,263	129
15	(12)	Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$662,516	-28.73%	382	$1,734	$174,347,494	145
16	(13)	Tightrope	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$610,921	-24.03%	647	$944	$47,392,179	59
17	(22)	Country	Buena Vista	Drama	$539,895	+229.57%	89	$6,066	$796,386	16
18	(new)	Songwriter	Sony/TriStar	Drama	$497,406		499	$997	$497,406	3
19	(16)	Revenge of the Nerds	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$474,189	-32.06%	483	$982	$39,094,711	87
20	(17)	The Woman in Red	Orion Pictures	Comedy	$445,534	-32.00%	450	$990	$24,631,736	61
21	(15)	Impulse	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$303,306	-58.49%	277	$1,095	$2,502,695	17
22	(19)	The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$293,593	-25.17%	88	$3,336	$3,665,306	66
23	(21)	Body Rock	New World	Musical	$273,609	+11.91%	205	$1,335	$1,396,802	17
24	(20)	Red Dawn	MGM/UA Classics	Action	$232,357	-31.70%	355	$655	$37,227,988	66
25	(18)	The Bear	Embassy	Drama	$225,614	-63.21%	261	$864	$2,492,833	17
26	(new)	Garbo Talks	MGM/UA Classics	Drama	$127,192		16	$7,950	$127,192	3
27	(23)	Until September	MGM/UA Classics	Drama	$48,909	-65.84%	72	$679	$4,097,094	24
28	(27)	Choose Me	Island/Alive	Comedy	$42,908	-3.76%	6	$7,151	$490,096	47
29	(26)	Windy City	Warner Bros.	Drama	$40,600	-31.49%	27	$1,504	$343,890	24