The Top Movies, Weekend of December 28, 1984

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Beverly Hills Cop	Paramount Pictures	Action	$20,064,790	+27.82%	2,006	$10,002	$84,118,547	26
2	(5)	Pinocchio	Buena Vista	Adventure	$8,818,307	+133.95%	1,309	$6,737	$15,237,642	16,397
3	(4)	2010	MGM	Thriller/Suspense	$6,596,769	+57.11%	1,213	$5,438	$27,516,787	24
4	(7)	Protocol	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$6,320,007	+84.37%	901	$7,014	$11,524,341	10
5	(3)	City Heat	Warner Bros.	Action	$6,076,156	+30.58%	1,655	$3,671	$26,869,258	24
6	(11)	Micki + Maude	Columbia	Comedy	$5,510,917	+100.95%	825	$6,680	$9,581,875	10
7	(6)	Starman	Columbia	Adventure	$5,504,875	+58.31%	1,235	$4,457	$14,535,063	17
8	(2)	Dune	Universal	Action	$4,942,030	+3.61%	975	$5,069	$20,675,141	17
9	(8)	The Cotton Club	Orion Pictures	Drama	$4,448,524	+40.78%	809	$5,499	$13,304,950	17
10	(12)	The Flamingo Kid	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$4,437,250	+120.20%	615	$7,215	$7,605,561	10
11	(9)	Johnny Dangerously	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$4,400,185	+49.27%	1,086	$4,052	$8,816,558	10
12	(10)	Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo	Cannon	Musical	$3,818,520	+30.73%	822	$4,645	$8,270,604	12
13	(13)	Runaway	Sony/TriStar	Thriller/Suspense	$1,415,578	+16.82%	543	$2,607	$4,127,601	17
14	(15)	Falling in Love	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$1,002,160	+54.25%	713	$1,406	$9,593,808	40
15	(16)	Amadeus	Warner Bros.	Drama	$960,607	+118.84%	139	$6,911	$18,612,824	103
16	(19)	Ghost Busters	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$636,153	+122.47%	217	$2,932	$220,855,498	206
17	(22)	A Passage to India	Columbia	Drama	$483,618	+159.39%	13	$37,201	$924,991	17
18	(18)	Missing in Action	Cannon	Action	$405,487	+34.59%	328	$1,236	$22,385,535	45
19	(20)	Oh God, You Devil!	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$389,150	+50.92%	415	$938	$21,112,090	52
20	(21)	The Gods Must Be Crazy	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$343,134	+81.40%	39	$8,798	$2,817,055	175
21	(17)	Supergirl	Sony/TriStar	Adventure	$294,470	-6.65%	401	$734	$13,487,558	40
22	(24)	The Killing Fields	Warner Bros.	Drama	$271,002	+48.70%	12	$22,584	$1,173,692	59
23	(23)	Places in the Heart	Sony/TriStar	Drama	$263,325	+42.80%	285	$924	$29,407,031	101
24	(26)	A Soldier's Story	Columbia	Drama	$230,586	+71.56%	61	$3,780	$20,056,018	108
25	(27)	The Karate Kid	Sony Pictures	Action	$194,873	+62.67%	140	$1,392	$90,815,558	192
26	(28)	The Brother from Another Planet	Cinecom	Comedy	$192,988	+63.13%	23	$8,391	$1,305,588	115
27	(30)	A Sunday in the Park	MGM/UA Classics	Drama	$184,080	+225.45%	13	$14,160	$465,966	45
28	(25)	Night of the Comet	Atlantic	Horror	$182,134	+9.27%	101	$1,803	$14,305,674	45
29	(29)	Stop Making Sense	Cinecom	Concert	$154,103	+90.79%	18	$8,561	$1,413,405	73
30	(31)	Choose Me	Island/Alive	Comedy	$96,214	+77.61%	19	$5,064	$2,490,233	124
31	(new)	Mrs. Soffel	MGM/UA Classics	Drama	$86,280		2	$43,140	$109,436	5
32	(re-entry)	Swann in Love	Orion Pictures	Drama	$82,196		13	$6,323	$82,196	108
33	(32)	The River	Universal	Drama	$47,216	+57.25%	3	$15,739	$99,706	14
34	(33)	Birdy	Sony/TriStar	Drama	$19,853	+44.70%	1	$19,853	$39,838	10