Movie Index - 1984

Note: If the exact release date of the movie is not known, it is recorded as January 1st.

Release Date		Movie	Distributor	Budget	Total US Gross	Worldwide Gross
January, 1984
January, 13		Hot Dog… The Movie	MGM/UA	-	$17,540,166	-
January, 13		Angel	New World	-	$17,488,564	-
January, 20		Scandalous	Orion	-	$526,805	-
January, 20		The Buddy System	20th Century Fox	-	$1,820,049	-
January, 25		Entre Nous	MGM/UA Classics	-	-	-
January, 27		Broadway Danny Rose	Orion	-	$10,600,497	-
January, 27		The Lonely Guy	Universal	-	$4,800,000	-
January, 27		Slayground	Universal	-	$108,128	-
February, 1984
February, 1		Strangers Kiss	Orion Classics	-	-	-
February, 1		Scrubbers	Orion Classics	-	-	-
February, 3		Weekend Pass	Crown	-	$21,058,033	-
February, 3		Reckless	MGM/UA	-	$6,731,602	-
February, 10		Unfaithfully Yours	20th Century Fox	-	$19,928,200	-
February, 17		Crackers	Universal	-	$58,689	-
February, 17		Lassiter	Warner Bros.	-	$17,513,452	-
February, 17		Blame it on Rio	20th Century Fox	-	$18,600,000	-
February, 17		Footloose	Paramount Pictures	$8,200,000	$80,000,000	-
March, 1984
March, 2		Sahara	MGM/UA	-	$1,025,015	-
March, 2		Against All Odds	Sony	-	$25,100,000	-
March, 2		This is Spinal Tap	Avco Embassy	-	$4,736,202	-
March, 2		Harry & Son	Orion	-	$4,900,000	-
March, 2		Repo Man	Universal	$1,500,000	$2,300,000	-
March, 2		Over the Brooklyn Bridge	MGM/UA	-	$592,448	-
March, 9		Splash	Buena Vista	$8,000,000	$62,599,495	-
March, 9		Children of the Corn	New World	-	$14,600,000	-
March, 9		The Hotel New Hampshire	Orion	$7,500,000	$5,142,858	-
March, 9		Mike's Murder	Warner Bros.	-	$1,100,000	-
March, 16		Tank	Universal	-	$11,131,530	-
March, 16		The Ice Pirates	MGM/UA	$9,000,000	$13,075,390	-
March, 23		Police Academy	Warner Bros.	$4,500,000	$81,198,894	-
March, 23		Le bal	ALMI	-	-	-
March, 23		Racing with the Moon	Paramount Pictures	-	$5,400,000	-
March, 30		Romancing the Stone	20th Century Fox	-	$75,078,260	$115,078,260
March, 30		Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes	Warner Bros.	-	$45,900,000	-
March, 30		Misunderstood	MGM/UA	-	$1,500,000	-
March, 30		Purple Hearts	Warner Bros.	-	$952,478	-
April, 1984
April, 6		Hard To Hold	Universal	-	$8,853,155	-
April, 6		Moscow on the Hudson	Columbia	-	$25,100,000	-
April, 6		The Stone Boy	TLC Films	-	-	-
April, 6		Where the Boys Are '84	TriStar Pictures	-	$10,530,000	-
April, 6		Up the Creek	Orion	-	$11,708,269	-
April, 13		Iceman	Universal	-	$7,343,032	-
April, 13		Privates on Parade	Orion Classics	-	-	-
April, 13		Sugar Cane Alley	Orion Classics	-	-	-
April, 13		Phar Lap	20th Century Fox	-	-	-
April, 13		Kidco	20th Century Fox	-	-	-
April, 13		Friday the 13th Part IV: The Final Chapter	Paramount Pictures	$2,600,000	$32,980,880	-
April, 13		Swing Shift	Warner Bros.	-	$6,700,000	-
April, 20		Champions	Avco Embassy	-	$200,000	-
April, 20		Kipperbang	MGM/UA Classics	-	-	-
April, 27		Love Letters	New World	$550,000	$5,269,990	-
April, 27		Young Lust	Paramount Pictures	-	-	-
May, 1984
May, 4		Hardbodies	Columbia	-	$7,121,000	-
May, 4		The Bounty	Orion	-	$8,613,462	-
May, 4		Sixteen Candles	MCA/Universal	-	$23,686,027	-
May, 4		Alphabet City	Atlantic	-	$7,000,000	-
May, 4		Breakin'	MGM/UA	-	$36,100,000	-
May, 11		Firestarter	Universal	-	$15,136,870	-
May, 11		The Natural	TriStar Pictures	-	$47,951,979	-
May, 11		Gabriela (1984)	MGM/UA Classics	-	-	-
May, 18		Finders Keepers	Warner Bros.	-	$1,500,000	-
May, 18		Making the Grade	MGM/UA	-	$4,561,000	-
May, 23		Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom	Paramount Pictures	$28,000,000	$179,880,271	$333,080,271
June, 1984
June, 1		Streets of Fire	RKO	-	$5,600,000	-
June, 1		Once Upon a Time in America	Warner Bros.	-	$5,321,508	-
June, 1		Star Trek III: The Search for Spock	Paramount Pictures	$18,000,000	$76,471,046	$87,000,000
June, 8		Beat Street	Orion	-	$16,595,791	-
June, 8		Ghostbusters	Columbia	$30,000,000	$238,632,124	$291,632,124
June, 8		Gremlins	Warner Bros.	$11,000,000	$148,168,459	-
June, 13		Under the Volcano	Universal	-	$2,428,653	-
June, 15		Careful, He Might Hear You	TLC Films	-	-	-
June, 16		Grand Canyon: The Hidden Secrets	IMAX	-	$52,800,000	$239,000,000
June, 22		Rhinestone	20th Century Fox	-	$21,400,000	-
June, 22		The Pope of Greenwich Village	MGM/UA	-	$6,139,896	-
June, 22		Top Secret!	Paramount Pictures	-	$21,100,000	-
June, 22		The Karate Kid	Columbia	-	$90,815,558	-
June, 29		Another Country	Orion Classics	-	-	-
June, 29		Bachelor Party	20th Century Fox	-	$38,435,947	-
June, 29		Cannonball Run II	Warner Bros.	-	$28,100,000	-
June, 29		Conan the Destroyer	Universal	$18,000,000	$26,400,000	-
July, 1984
July, 9		The Gods Must Be Crazy	20th Century Fox	-	$30,031,783	$34,331,783
July, 13		The Muppets Take Manhattan	TriStar Pictures	-	$25,534,703	-
July, 13		The Last Starfighter	Universal	-	$22,200,789	-
July, 20		Electric Dreams	MGM/UA	-	$1,932,663	$2,467,664
July, 20		Die Unendliche Geschichte	Warner Bros.	$27,000,000	$21,300,000	-
July, 20		One Deadly Summer	Universal	-	-	-
July, 20		The Bostonians	ALMI	-	$312,566	-
July, 20		Best Defense	Paramount Pictures	-	$19,265,302	-
July, 20		Revenge of the Nerds	20th Century Fox	-	$40,874,452	-
July, 27		Purple Rain	Warner Bros.	-	$68,392,977	-
July, 27		Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers	Orion	-	$3,772,785	-
July, 27		Meatballs II	TriStar Pictures	-	$5,410,972	-
August, 1984
August, 3		The Philadelphia Experiment	New World	-	$8,103,330	-
August, 3		Joy of Sex	Warner Bros.	-	$4,463,000	-
August, 3		Grandview, U.S.A.	Warner Bros.	-	$4,743,119	-
August, 10		Cloak & Dagger	Universal	-	$9,719,952	-
August, 10		Red Dawn	MGM/UA	-	$38,900,000	-
August, 10		The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension	20th Century Fox	-	$6,300,000	-
August, 15		The Woman in Red	Orion	-	$25,308,147	-
August, 17		Tightrope	Warner Bros.	-	$48,100,000	-
August, 17		Dreamscape	20th Century Fox	-	$12,116,365	-
August, 17		Sheena	Columbia	$25,000,000	$5,778,353	-
August, 17		Old Enough	Orion Classics	-	-	-
August, 24		Oxford Blues	MGM/UA	-	$8,793,000	-
August, 24		Cal	Warner Bros.	-	-	-
August, 29		Choose Me	Island/Alive	-	$2,490,233	-
August, 31		Bolero	Cannon	-	$9,000,000	-
August, 31		C.H.U.D.	New World	$1,250,000	$4,700,000	-
August, 31		Flashpoint	TriStar Pictures	-	$3,854,833	-
September, 1984
September, 7		The Brother from Another Planet	Cinecom	-	$3,700,000	-
September, 7		The Warrior and the Sorceress	New World	-	$2,886,225	-
September, 14		A Soldier's Story	Columbia	-	$22,100,000	-
September, 14		Exterminator 2	Cannon	-	$3,739,406	-
September, 14		Ninja III: The Domination	Cannon	-	$7,610,785	-
September, 14		Un amour de Swann	Orion Classics	-	$223,327	-
September, 19		Amadeus	Warner Bros.	$18,000,000	$51,973,029	-
September, 21		The Evil That Men Do	TriStar Pictures	-	$13,102,025	-
September, 21		Places in the Heart	TriStar Pictures	-	$34,900,814	-
September, 21		Until September	MGM/UA	-	$4,097,094	-
September, 21		Windy City	Warner Bros.	-	$343,890	-
September, 21		All of Me	Universal	-	$35,243,581	-
September, 21		The River Rat	Paramount Pictures	-	$790,254	-
September, 28		The Bear	Avco Embassy	-	$2,687,148	-
September, 28		Impulse	20th Century Fox	-	$2,766,716	-
September, 28		Irreconcilable Differences	Warner Bros.	-	$12,400,000	-
September, 28		Body Rock	New World	-	$1,639,127	-
September, 28		The Wild Life	Universal	-	$9,500,000	-
September, 28		Heartbreakers	Orion	-	$104,125	-
September, 29		Country	Buena Vista	-	$8,400,000	-
October, 1984
October, 5		Teachers	MGM/UA	-	$27,700,000	-
October, 5		Stranger Than Paradise	Goldwyn	-	-	-
October, 5		The Perils of Gwendoline	Goldwyn	-	-	-
October, 5		Eureka (1984)	MGM/UA Classics	-	-	-
October, 12		Songwriter	TriStar Pictures	-	$865,915	-
October, 12		Garbo Talks	MGM/UA	-	$1,427,108	-
October, 12		Comfort and Joy	Universal	-	-	-
October, 19		Crimes of Passion	New World	-	$2,912,945	-
October, 19		Stop Making Sense	Cinecom	-	$5,020,659	-
October, 19		Thief of Hearts	Paramount Pictures	-	$10,400,000	-
October, 19		The Razor's Edge	Columbia	-	$6,600,000	-
October, 19		The Little Drummer Girl	Warner Bros.	-	$7,828,841	-
October, 26		The Terminator	Orion	$6,400,000	$38,019,031	$78,019,031
October, 26		Firstborn	Paramount Pictures	-	$6,200,000	-
October, 26		Body Double	Columbia	$10,000,000	$8,801,940	-
October, 26		Terror in the Aisles	Universal	-	$8,316,206	-
October, 26		Give My Regards to Broad Street	20th Century Fox	-	$1,387,440	-
October, 26		American Dreamer	Warner Bros.	-	$5,021,751	-
November, 1984
November, 2		The Killing Fields	Warner Bros.	-	$34,609,720	-
November, 2		Lovelines	TriStar Pictures	-	$225,570	-
November, 2		Blame it on the Night	TriStar Pictures	-	$201,096	-
November, 9		Silent Night, Deadly Night	TriStar Pictures	-	$2,491,460	-
November, 9		A Nightmare on Elm Street	New Line	$1,800,000	$25,504,513	-
November, 9		No Small Affair	Columbia	-	$4,994,094	-
November, 9		Oh God, You Devil!	Warner Bros.	-	$21,538,000	-
November, 9		Paris, Texas	TLC Films	-	$2,164,507	-
November, 16		Razorback	Warner Bros.	-	$138,643	-
November, 16		Gimme an F	20th Century Fox	-	-	-
November, 16		Un dimanche ŕ la campagne	MGM/UA Classics	-	$2,153,717	-
November, 16		Missing in Action	Cannon	-	$22,812,411	-
November, 16		Night of the Comet	Atlantic	-	$14,600,000	-
November, 16		Just the Way You Are	MGM/UA	-	$7,517,699	-
November, 21		Falling in Love	Paramount Pictures	-	$10,600,000	-
November, 21		Supergirl	TriStar Pictures	-	$14,296,438	-
December, 1984
December, 5		Beverly Hills Cop	Paramount Pictures	$15,000,000	$234,760,478	$316,300,000
December, 7		2010	MGM/UA	-	$41,000,000	-
December, 7		City Heat	Warner Bros.	-	$38,348,988	-
December, 14		The Cotton Club	Orion	$48,000,000	$25,928,721	-
December, 14		Nineteen Eighty-Four	Atlantic	-	$8,368,371	-
December, 14		Runaway	TriStar Pictures	-	$6,800,000	-
December, 14		Starman	Columbia	-	$28,700,000	-
December, 14		A Passage to India	Columbia	-	$27,187,653	-
December, 14		Mass Appeal	Universal	-	$1,900,000	-
December, 14		Dune	Universal	$45,000,000	$27,447,471	-
December, 17		The River	Universal	-	$8,818,672	-
December, 19		Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo	TriStar Pictures	-	$15,000,000	-
December, 21		Johnny Dangerously	20th Century Fox	-	$17,124,395	-
December, 21		Birdy	TriStar Pictures	-	$1,400,000	-
December, 21		Micki + Maude	Columbia	-	$26,200,000	-
December, 21		Protocol	Warner Bros.	-	$26,300,000	-
December, 21		The Flamingo Kid	20th Century Fox	-	$23,859,382	-
December, 26		Mrs. Soffel	MGM/UA	-	$4,012,827	-

Total Movies Released: 181
Total Combined Gross: $3,298,865,182