Weekend Domestic Box Office September 7, 1984
| Rank | Prev | Title | Daily Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (1) | Tightrope | $4,018,355 | -44% | 1,474 | $2,726 | $36,037,950 | 24 | |
| 2 | (2) | Ghostbusters | $3,862,069 | -43% | 1,435 | $2,691 | $192,977,675 | 94 | |
| 3 | (5) | Purple Rain | $2,555,084 | -37% | 1,022 | $2,500 | $49,105,044 | 45 | |
| 4 | (4) | The Karate Kid | $2,459,536 | -41% | 1,070 | $2,299 | $72,886,052 | 80 | |
| 5 | (7) | The Woman in Red | $2,442,930 | -32% | 1,032 | $2,367 | $16,742,768 | 26 | |
| 6 | (6) | Revenge of the Nerds | $2,188,176 | -41% | 945 | $2,316 | $31,627,870 | 52 | |
| 7 | (8) | Red Dawn | $1,875,167 | -42% | 1,066 | $1,759 | $32,170,309 | 31 | |
| 8 | (3) | Bolero | $1,795,225 | -61% | 915 | $1,962 | $7,006,960 | 10 | |
| 9 | (9) | Gremlins | $1,612,793 | -46% | 1,050 | $1,536 | $138,799,278 | 94 | |
| 10 | (10) | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | $1,136,221 | -48% | 686 | $1,656 | $168,868,276 | 110 | |
| 11 | (11) | Oxford Blues | $982,049 | -53% | 632 | $1,554 | $7,185,146 | 17 | |
| 12 | (12) | Flashpoint | $972,405 | -49% | 938 | $1,037 | $3,282,919 | 10 | |
| 13 | (14) | Dreamscape | $968,112 | -29% | 567 | $1,707 | $10,191,196 | 24 | |
| 14 | (13) | C.H.U.D. | $834,465 | -53% | 297 | $2,810 | $2,846,756 | 10 | |
| 15 | (new) | The Warrior and the Sorceress | $574,210 | 238 | $2,413 | $574,210 | 3 | ||
| 16 | (17) | Bachelor Party | $418,108 | -36% | 408 | $1,025 | $37,125,540 | 73 | |
| 17 | (19) | The Muppets Take Manhattan | $215,600 | -58% | 308 | $700 | $25,234,703 | 59 | |
| 18 | (23) | The Natural | $193,800 | +5% | 228 | $850 | $47,620,559 | 122 | |
| 19 | (22) | Under the Volcano | $115,165 | -39% | 31 | $3,715 | $1,911,890 | 89 | |
| 20 | (21) | The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension | $110,963 | -43% | 50 | $2,219 | $2,306,913 | 31 | |
| 21 | (24) | Choose Me | $64,157 | +14% | 3 | $21,386 | $189,909 | 12 | |
| 22 | (-) | The Bostonians | $48,621 | 8 | $6,078 | $48,621 | 52 | ||
| Reporting movies: 22 | $29,443,211 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tightrope | $4,018,355 | 1,474 | $36,037,950 |
| 2 | Ghostbusters | $3,862,069 | 1,435 | $192,977,675 |
| 3 | Purple Rain | $2,555,084 | 1,022 | $49,105,044 |
| 4 | The Karate Kid | $2,459,536 | 1,070 | $72,886,052 |
| 5 | The Woman in Red | $2,442,930 | 1,032 | $16,742,768 |
| 6 | Revenge of the Nerds | $2,188,176 | 945 | $31,627,870 |
| 7 | Red Dawn | $1,875,167 | 1,066 | $32,170,309 |
| 8 | Bolero | $1,795,225 | 915 | $7,006,960 |
| 9 | Gremlins | $1,612,793 | 1,050 | $138,799,278 |
| 10 | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | $1,136,221 | 686 | $168,868,276 |
| 11 | Oxford Blues | $982,049 | 632 | $7,185,146 |
| 12 | Flashpoint | $972,405 | 938 | $3,282,919 |
| 13 | Dreamscape | $968,112 | 567 | $10,191,196 |
| 14 | C.H.U.D. | $834,465 | 297 | $2,846,756 |
| 15 | The Warrior and the Sorceress | $574,210 | 238 | $574,210 |
| 16 | Bachelor Party | $418,108 | 408 | $37,125,540 |
| 17 | The Muppets Take Manhattan | $215,600 | 308 | $25,234,703 |
| 18 | The Natural | $193,800 | 228 | $47,620,559 |
| 19 | Under the Volcano | $115,165 | 31 | $1,911,890 |
| 20 | The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension | $110,963 | 50 | $2,306,913 |
| 21 | Choose Me | $64,157 | 3 | $189,909 |
| 22 | The Bostonians | $48,621 | 8 | $48,621 |
| Reporting: 22 | $29,443,211 | total | ||