Weekend Domestic Box Office August 24, 1984
| Rank | Prev | Title | Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (1) | Tightrope | $7,198,635 | -21% | 1,535 | $4,690 | $20,909,060 | 10 | |
| 2 | (3) | Ghostbusters | $4,875,044 | -13% | 1,391 | $3,505 | $179,403,683 | 80 | |
| 3 | (2) | Red Dawn | $3,358,658 | -40% | 1,369 | $2,453 | $24,882,879 | 17 | |
| 4 | (4) | Purple Rain | $3,241,452 | -19% | 915 | $3,543 | $39,906,368 | 31 | |
| 5 | (5) | Revenge of the Nerds | $2,998,153 | -18% | 989 | $3,031 | $23,604,096 | 38 | |
| 6 | (7) | The Woman in Red | $2,950,515 | -7% | 1,069 | $2,760 | $8,739,177 | 12 | |
| 7 | (6) | The Karate Kid | $2,870,497 | -16% | 1,090 | $2,633 | $64,356,939 | 66 | |
| 8 | (new) | Oxford Blues | $2,486,418 | 1,075 | $2,313 | $2,486,418 | 3 | ||
| 9 | (10) | Gremlins | $1,847,756 | -15% | 982 | $1,882 | $132,624,650 | 80 | |
| 10 | (9) | Dreamscape | $1,843,322 | -18% | 814 | $2,265 | $6,234,577 | 10 | |
| 11 | (8) | Sheena | $1,618,493 | -45% | 1,388 | $1,166 | $5,778,353 | 10 | |
| 12 | (11) | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | $1,426,994 | -12% | 785 | $1,818 | $164,297,966 | 96 | |
| 13 | (17) | The Philadelphia Experiment | $1,106,986 | +77% | 479 | $2,311 | $6,108,435 | 24 | |
| 14 | (13) | The Jungle Book | $853,188 | -30% | 778 | $1,097 | $95,239,956 | 6,158 | |
| 15 | (12) | Cloak & Dagger | $646,016 | -59% | 392 | $1,648 | $7,302,380 | 17 | |
| 16 | (14) | Bachelor Party | $626,662 | -5% | 502 | $1,248 | $35,568,529 | 59 | |
| 17 | (16) | The Neverending Story | $562,581 | -10% | 449 | $1,253 | $19,168,110 | 38 | |
| 18 | (18) | The Muppets Take Manhattan | $548,122 | -10% | 548 | $1,000 | $24,092,964 | 45 | |
| 19 | (21) | The Natural | $207,760 | -16% | 196 | $1,060 | $47,152,085 | 108 | |
| 20 | (19) | The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension | $202,149 | -51% | 80 | $2,527 | $1,833,714 | 17 | |
| 21 | (20) | Romancing the Stone | $140,250 | -57% | 111 | $1,264 | $75,078,260 | 150 | |
| 22 | (23) | Under the Volcano | $140,000 | +40% | 30 | $4,667 | $1,501,725 | 75 | |
| Reporting movies: 22 | $41,749,651 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tightrope | $7,198,635 | 1,535 | $20,909,060 |
| 2 | Ghostbusters | $4,875,044 | 1,391 | $179,403,683 |
| 3 | Red Dawn | $3,358,658 | 1,369 | $24,882,879 |
| 4 | Purple Rain | $3,241,452 | 915 | $39,906,368 |
| 5 | Revenge of the Nerds | $2,998,153 | 989 | $23,604,096 |
| 6 | The Woman in Red | $2,950,515 | 1,069 | $8,739,177 |
| 7 | The Karate Kid | $2,870,497 | 1,090 | $64,356,939 |
| 8 | Oxford Blues | $2,486,418 | 1,075 | $2,486,418 |
| 9 | Gremlins | $1,847,756 | 982 | $132,624,650 |
| 10 | Dreamscape | $1,843,322 | 814 | $6,234,577 |
| 11 | Sheena | $1,618,493 | 1,388 | $5,778,353 |
| 12 | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | $1,426,994 | 785 | $164,297,966 |
| 13 | The Philadelphia Experiment | $1,106,986 | 479 | $6,108,435 |
| 14 | The Jungle Book | $853,188 | 778 | $95,239,956 |
| 15 | Cloak & Dagger | $646,016 | 392 | $7,302,380 |
| 16 | Bachelor Party | $626,662 | 502 | $35,568,529 |
| 17 | The Neverending Story | $562,581 | 449 | $19,168,110 |
| 18 | The Muppets Take Manhattan | $548,122 | 548 | $24,092,964 |
| 19 | The Natural | $207,760 | 196 | $47,152,085 |
| 20 | The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension | $202,149 | 80 | $1,833,714 |
| 21 | Romancing the Stone | $140,250 | 111 | $75,078,260 |
| 22 | Under the Volcano | $140,000 | 30 | $1,501,725 |
| Reporting: 22 | $41,749,651 | total | ||