The Top Movies, Weekend of October 19, 1984

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Teachers	MGM/UA Classics	Drama	$3,448,610	-24.69%	1,411	$2,444	$17,423,002	17
2	(3)	Places in the Heart	Sony/TriStar	Drama	$3,133,493	-8.92%	759	$4,128	$13,391,742	31
3	(new)	Thief of Hearts	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$3,091,670		1,200	$2,576	$3,091,670	3
4	(new)	The Little Drummer Girl	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$2,632,719		820	$3,211	$2,632,719	3
5	(2)	All of Me	Universal	Comedy	$2,597,318	-32.41%	1,118	$2,323	$26,083,739	31
6	(new)	The Razor's Edge	Columbia	Drama	$2,411,311		1,036	$2,328	$2,411,311	3
7	(6)	A Soldier's Story	Columbia	Drama	$1,578,635	+1.75%	289	$5,462	$7,198,464	38
8	(5)	Ghost Busters	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$1,513,820	-13.30%	890	$1,701	$211,073,728	136
9	(4)	Irreconcilable Differences	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$1,215,837	-33.83%	803	$1,514	$10,506,418	24
10	(8)	Purple Rain	Warner Bros.	Drama	$1,124,609	-13.90%	751	$1,497	$63,358,487	87
11	(new)	Crimes of Passion	New World	Thriller/Suspense	$1,103,210		325	$3,394	$1,103,210	3
12	(9)	The Karate Kid	Sony Pictures	Action	$1,030,451	-15.95%	782	$1,318	$84,909,324	122
13	(7)	Ninja III: The Domination	Cannon	Action	$966,859	-35.47%	432	$2,238	$7,114,317	38
14	(12)	Amadeus	Warner Bros.	Drama	$936,675	-7.88%	124	$7,554	$4,976,735	33
15	(17)	Country	Buena Vista	Drama	$825,657	+52.93%	218	$3,787	$1,873,364	23
16	(14)	Gremlins	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$665,340	-2.67%	523	$1,272	$146,110,570	136
17	(10)	The Wild Life		Comedy	$537,000	-54.14%	600	$895	$9,453,750	24
18	(15)	Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$524,203	-20.88%	248	$2,114	$175,083,524	152
19	(11)	The Evil That Men Do	Sony/TriStar	Action	$392,656	-63.68%	368	$1,067	$13,102,025	31
20	(13)	Exterminator 2	Cannon	Action	$385,777	-50.06%	262	$1,472	$3,739,406	38
21	(19)	Revenge of the Nerds	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$322,496	-31.99%	369	$874	$39,579,747	94
22	(22)	The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$250,947	-14.53%	99	$2,535	$3,998,688	73
23	(20)	The Woman in Red	Orion Pictures	Comedy	$240,754	-45.96%	307	$784	$25,093,977	68
24	(24)	Red Dawn	MGM/UA Classics	Action	$216,046	-7.02%	313	$690	$37,538,426	73
25	(18)	Songwriter	Sony/TriStar	Drama	$194,432	-60.91%	448	$434	$865,915	10
26	(23)	Body Rock	New World	Musical	$151,123	-44.77%	166	$910	$1,639,127	24
27	(25)	The Bear	Embassy	Drama	$117,264	-48.02%	172	$682	$2,687,148	24
28	(21)	Impulse	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$79,966	-73.64%	112	$714	$2,696,190	24
29	(26)	Garbo Talks	MGM/UA Classics	Drama	$71,477	-43.80%	16	$4,467	$244,029	10
30	(28)	Choose Me	Island/Alive	Comedy	$41,666	-2.89%	7	$5,952	$548,072	54
31	(new)	Stop Making Sense	Cinecom	Concert	$4,166		7	$595	$4,166	3