The Top Movies, Weekend of November 9, 1984

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Oh God, You Devil!	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$5,560,001		1,384	$4,017	$5,560,001	3
2	(1)	The Terminator	Orion Pictures	Action	$3,191,628	-24.36%	960	$3,325	$14,504,506	17
3	(new)	No Small Affair	Columbia	Romantic Comedy	$2,273,469		1,247	$1,823	$2,273,469	3
4	(2)	Places in the Heart	Sony/TriStar	Drama	$2,228,864	-12.00%	868	$2,568	$22,386,442	52
5	(5)	A Soldier's Story	Columbia	Drama	$1,724,727	-19.41%	581	$2,969	$13,847,074	59
6	(13)	Amadeus	Warner Bros.	Drama	$1,560,260	+75.81%	419	$3,724	$9,287,154	54
7	(6)	Teachers	MGM/UA Classics	Drama	$1,446,376	-23.92%	860	$1,682	$24,420,435	38
8	(new)	Silent Night, Deadly Night	Sony/TriStar	Horror	$1,432,800		398	$3,600	$1,432,800	3
9	(8)	All of Me	Universal	Comedy	$1,321,494	-16.84%	771	$1,714	$31,908,186	52
10	(new)	A Nightmare on Elm Street	New Line	Horror	$1,271,000		165	$7,703	$1,271,000	3
11	(3)	Body Double	Columbia	Thriller/Suspense	$1,194,948	-49.94%	674	$1,773	$7,896,980	17
12	(7)	Firstborn	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$1,128,103	-30.60%	682	$1,654	$5,257,757	17
13	(11)	Ghost Busters	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$1,075,979	-9.52%	375	$2,869	$215,596,868	157
14	(16)	Country	Buena Vista	Drama	$1,051,370	+51.78%	488	$2,154	$5,144,091	44
15	(4)	Terror in the Aisles	Universal	Multiple Genres	$869,120	-59.98%	679	$1,280	$8,316,206	17
16	(10)	Thief of Hearts	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$801,602	-43.48%	535	$1,498	$9,404,860	24
17	(9)	American Dreamer	Warner Bros.	Romantic Comedy	$689,906	-51.78%	476	$1,449	$4,501,177	17
18	(15)	Purple Rain	Warner Bros.	Drama	$606,446	-20.92%	476	$1,274	$66,131,288	108
19	(17)	The Karate Kid	Sony Pictures	Action	$596,665	-13.74%	544	$1,097	$87,659,508	143
20	(12)	The Little Drummer Girl	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$548,645	-45.56%	312	$1,758	$7,329,057	24
21	(14)	The Razor's Edge	Columbia	Drama	$447,840	-48.61%	294	$1,523	$6,347,738	24
22	(27)	Crimes of Passion	New World	Thriller/Suspense	$418,331	+197.06%	229	$1,827	$2,690,923	24
23	(18)	Irreconcilable Differences	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$328,106	-21.49%	335	$979	$12,143,127	45
24	(20)	Gremlins	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$254,944	-23.57%	246	$1,036	$147,549,038	157
25	(24)	The Gods Must Be Crazy	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$214,916	+10.29%	32	$6,716	$713,256	126
26	(25)	The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$210,415	+25.31%	94	$2,238	$4,668,175	94
27	(26)	Choose Me	Island/Alive	Comedy	$199,580	+34.82%	25	$7,983	$1,114,356	75
28	(21)	Revenge of the Nerds	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$183,030	-21.28%	236	$776	$40,537,542	115
29	(28)	The Brother from Another Planet	Cinecom	Comedy	$98,811	-17.61%	19	$5,201	$347,243	66
30	(19)	Give My Regards to Broad Street	20th Century Fox	Musical	$79,981	-80.28%	88	$909	$1,304,353	17
31	(30)	Stop Making Sense	Cinecom	Concert	$63,919	-8.34%	6	$10,653	$294,367	24
32	(29)	Red Dawn	MGM/UA Classics	Action	$49,816	-37.92%	124	$402	$37,890,177	94
33	(32)	Garbo Talks	MGM/UA Classics	Drama	$47,598	+87.46%	43	$1,107	$434,065	31
34	(31)	The Killing Fields	Warner Bros.	Drama	$33,948	+5.49%	1	$33,948	$87,981	10
35	(new)	Paris, Texas	20th Century Fox	Drama	$22,709		3	$7,570	$22,709	3