Weekend Domestic Box Office August 31, 1984
| Rank | Prev | Title | Daily Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (1) | Tightrope | $7,130,891 | -1% | 1,535 | $4,646 | $30,778,273 | 17 | |
| 2 | (2) | Ghostbusters | $6,824,562 | +40% | 1,368 | $4,989 | $188,550,041 | 87 | |
| 3 | (new) | Bolero | $4,579,240 | 1,015 | $4,512 | $4,579,240 | 3 | ||
| 4 | (7) | The Karate Kid | $4,155,645 | +45% | 1,040 | $3,996 | $69,959,648 | 73 | |
| 5 | (4) | Purple Rain | $4,068,212 | +26% | 949 | $4,287 | $45,660,272 | 38 | |
| 6 | (5) | Revenge of the Nerds | $3,684,329 | +23% | 974 | $3,783 | $28,764,667 | 45 | |
| 7 | (6) | The Woman in Red | $3,577,643 | +21% | 944 | $3,790 | $13,683,901 | 19 | |
| 8 | (3) | Red Dawn | $3,257,979 | -3% | 1,095 | $2,975 | $29,673,615 | 24 | |
| 9 | (9) | Gremlins | $3,001,224 | +62% | 1,071 | $2,802 | $136,678,227 | 87 | |
| 10 | (12) | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | $2,175,460 | +52% | 737 | $2,952 | $167,334,648 | 103 | |
| 11 | (8) | Oxford Blues | $2,087,808 | -16% | 856 | $2,439 | $5,845,675 | 10 | |
| 12 | (new) | Flashpoint | $1,916,222 | 1,022 | $1,875 | $1,916,222 | 3 | ||
| 13 | (new) | C.H.U.D. | $1,762,922 | 310 | $5,687 | $1,762,922 | 3 | ||
| 14 | (10) | Dreamscape | $1,360,881 | -26% | 623 | $2,184 | $8,887,086 | 17 | |
| 15 | (13) | The Philadelphia Experiment | $1,049,716 | -5% | 432 | $2,430 | $8,103,330 | 31 | |
| 16 | (14) | The Jungle Book | $845,717 | -1% | 637 | $1,328 | $96,744,935 | 6,165 | |
| 17 | (16) | Bachelor Party | $657,149 | +5% | 419 | $1,568 | $36,558,262 | 66 | |
| 18 | (17) | The Neverending Story | $655,427 | +17% | 385 | $1,702 | $20,158,808 | 45 | |
| 19 | (18) | The Muppets Take Manhattan | $514,129 | -6% | 423 | $1,215 | $24,842,103 | 52 | |
| 20 | (15) | Cloak & Dagger | $489,520 | -24% | 232 | $2,110 | $8,071,189 | 24 | |
| 21 | (20) | The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension | $194,999 | -4% | 53 | $3,679 | $2,140,397 | 24 | |
| 22 | (22) | Under the Volcano | $189,269 | +35% | 31 | $6,105 | $1,756,265 | 82 | |
| 23 | (19) | The Natural | $184,496 | -11% | 114 | $1,618 | $47,398,521 | 115 | |
| 24 | (new) | Choose Me | $56,231 | 2 | $28,116 | $107,279 | 5 | ||
| Reporting movies: 24 | $54,419,671 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tightrope | $7,130,891 | 1,535 | $30,778,273 |
| 2 | Ghostbusters | $6,824,562 | 1,368 | $188,550,041 |
| 3 | Bolero | $4,579,240 | 1,015 | $4,579,240 |
| 4 | The Karate Kid | $4,155,645 | 1,040 | $69,959,648 |
| 5 | Purple Rain | $4,068,212 | 949 | $45,660,272 |
| 6 | Revenge of the Nerds | $3,684,329 | 974 | $28,764,667 |
| 7 | The Woman in Red | $3,577,643 | 944 | $13,683,901 |
| 8 | Red Dawn | $3,257,979 | 1,095 | $29,673,615 |
| 9 | Gremlins | $3,001,224 | 1,071 | $136,678,227 |
| 10 | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | $2,175,460 | 737 | $167,334,648 |
| 11 | Oxford Blues | $2,087,808 | 856 | $5,845,675 |
| 12 | Flashpoint | $1,916,222 | 1,022 | $1,916,222 |
| 13 | C.H.U.D. | $1,762,922 | 310 | $1,762,922 |
| 14 | Dreamscape | $1,360,881 | 623 | $8,887,086 |
| 15 | The Philadelphia Experiment | $1,049,716 | 432 | $8,103,330 |
| 16 | The Jungle Book | $845,717 | 637 | $96,744,935 |
| 17 | Bachelor Party | $657,149 | 419 | $36,558,262 |
| 18 | The Neverending Story | $655,427 | 385 | $20,158,808 |
| 19 | The Muppets Take Manhattan | $514,129 | 423 | $24,842,103 |
| 20 | Cloak & Dagger | $489,520 | 232 | $8,071,189 |
| 21 | The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension | $194,999 | 53 | $2,140,397 |
| 22 | Under the Volcano | $189,269 | 31 | $1,756,265 |
| 23 | The Natural | $184,496 | 114 | $47,398,521 |
| 24 | Choose Me | $56,231 | 2 | $107,279 |
| Reporting: 24 | $54,419,671 | total | ||