Weekend Domestic Box Office December 7, 1984
| Rank | Prev | Title | Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (new) | Beverly Hills Cop | $15,214,805 | 1,532 | $9,931 | $19,080,478 | 5 | ||
| 2 | (new) | 2010 | $7,393,361 | 1,126 | $6,566 | $7,393,361 | 3 | ||
| 3 | (new) | City Heat | $6,301,694 | 1,393 | $4,524 | $6,301,694 | 3 | ||
| 4 | (2) | The Terminator | $1,439,000 | -52% | 1,023 | $1,407 | $31,318,775 | 45 | |
| 5 | (1) | Missing in Action | $1,298,647 | -57% | 1,174 | $1,106 | $20,112,892 | 24 | |
| 6 | (5) | Night of the Comet | $1,010,352 | -48% | 776 | $1,302 | $13,140,830 | 24 | |
| 7 | (3) | Supergirl | $931,838 | -63% | 1,004 | $928 | $12,130,048 | 19 | |
| 8 | (4) | Oh God, You Devil! | $732,668 | -64% | 958 | $765 | $19,739,015 | 31 | |
| 9 | (6) | Falling in Love | $660,504 | -59% | 305 | $2,166 | $6,309,692 | 19 | |
| 10 | (8) | Amadeus | $634,773 | -43% | 337 | $1,884 | $16,015,463 | 82 | |
| 11 | (9) | Places in the Heart | $544,285 | -50% | 685 | $795 | $28,404,734 | 80 | |
| 12 | (7) | A Nightmare on Elm Street | $486,700 | -57% | 207 | $2,351 | $7,220,490 | 31 | |
| 13 | (11) | A Soldier's Story | $360,009 | -62% | 341 | $1,056 | $19,321,567 | 87 | |
| 14 | (12) | Ghostbusters | $336,049 | -51% | 431 | $780 | $219,339,232 | 185 | |
| 15 | (17) | Purple Rain | $273,201 | -17% | 347 | $787 | $68,152,195 | 136 | |
| 16 | (15) | Country | $267,618 | -49% | 346 | $773 | $8,390,574 | 72 | |
| 17 | (14) | All of Me | $251,920 | -56% | 376 | $670 | $35,243,581 | 80 | |
| 18 | (10) | Just the Way You Are | $241,093 | -78% | 467 | $516 | $7,370,483 | 24 | |
| 19 | (16) | The Karate Kid | $171,636 | -48% | 261 | $658 | $90,233,471 | 171 | |
| 20 | (19) | The Gods Must Be Crazy | $162,536 | -28% | 46 | $3,533 | $1,942,953 | 154 | |
| 21 | (18) | The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension | $130,609 | -58% | 167 | $782 | $6,126,006 | 122 | |
| 22 | (20) | Choose Me | $112,076 | -41% | 45 | $2,491 | $2,178,650 | 103 | |
| 23 | (21) | Stop Making Sense | $91,537 | -36% | 14 | $6,538 | $938,666 | 52 | |
| 24 | (22) | The Brother from Another Planet | $67,037 | -37% | 17 | $3,943 | $869,090 | 94 | |
| 25 | (23) | The Killing Fields | $56,308 | -31% | 3 | $18,769 | $571,996 | 38 | |
| 26 | (25) | A Sunday in the Country | $24,420 | -25% | 2 | $12,210 | $158,137 | 24 | |
| Reporting movies: 26 | $39,194,676 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beverly Hills Cop | $15,214,805 | 1,532 | $19,080,478 |
| 2 | 2010 | $7,393,361 | 1,126 | $7,393,361 |
| 3 | City Heat | $6,301,694 | 1,393 | $6,301,694 |
| 4 | The Terminator | $1,439,000 | 1,023 | $31,318,775 |
| 5 | Missing in Action | $1,298,647 | 1,174 | $20,112,892 |
| 6 | Night of the Comet | $1,010,352 | 776 | $13,140,830 |
| 7 | Supergirl | $931,838 | 1,004 | $12,130,048 |
| 8 | Oh God, You Devil! | $732,668 | 958 | $19,739,015 |
| 9 | Falling in Love | $660,504 | 305 | $6,309,692 |
| 10 | Amadeus | $634,773 | 337 | $16,015,463 |
| 11 | Places in the Heart | $544,285 | 685 | $28,404,734 |
| 12 | A Nightmare on Elm Street | $486,700 | 207 | $7,220,490 |
| 13 | A Soldier's Story | $360,009 | 341 | $19,321,567 |
| 14 | Ghostbusters | $336,049 | 431 | $219,339,232 |
| 15 | Purple Rain | $273,201 | 347 | $68,152,195 |
| 16 | Country | $267,618 | 346 | $8,390,574 |
| 17 | All of Me | $251,920 | 376 | $35,243,581 |
| 18 | Just the Way You Are | $241,093 | 467 | $7,370,483 |
| 19 | The Karate Kid | $171,636 | 261 | $90,233,471 |
| 20 | The Gods Must Be Crazy | $162,536 | 46 | $1,942,953 |
| 21 | The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension | $130,609 | 167 | $6,126,006 |
| 22 | Choose Me | $112,076 | 45 | $2,178,650 |
| 23 | Stop Making Sense | $91,537 | 14 | $938,666 |
| 24 | The Brother from Another Planet | $67,037 | 17 | $869,090 |
| 25 | The Killing Fields | $56,308 | 3 | $571,996 |
| 26 | A Sunday in the Country | $24,420 | 2 | $158,137 |
| Reporting: 26 | $39,194,676 | total | ||