Weekend Domestic Box Office December 21, 1984
| Rank | Prev | Title | Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (1) | Beverly Hills Cop | $15,697,159 | +36% | 2,006 | $7,825 | $57,490,987 | 19 | |
| 2 | (2) | Dune | $4,769,713 | -21% | 944 | $5,053 | $13,062,174 | 10 | |
| 3 | (3) | City Heat | $4,653,118 | +8% | 1,627 | $2,860 | $18,845,880 | 17 | |
| 4 | (4) | 2010 | $4,198,890 | +1% | 1,194 | $3,517 | $19,506,563 | 17 | |
| 5 | (-) | Pinocchio | $3,769,251 | 1,217 | $3,097 | $55,781,296 | 16,390 | ||
| 6 | (6) | Starman | $3,477,196 | +21% | 1,271 | $2,736 | $7,517,385 | 10 | |
| 7 | (new) | Protocol | $3,427,840 | 893 | $3,839 | $3,427,840 | 3 | ||
| 8 | (5) | The Cotton Club | $3,159,832 | +9% | 808 | $3,911 | $7,373,481 | 10 | |
| 9 | (new) | Johnny Dangerously | $2,947,746 | 1,086 | $2,714 | $2,947,746 | 3 | ||
| 10 | (new) | Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo | $2,921,030 | 707 | $4,132 | $3,539,242 | 5 | ||
| 11 | (new) | Micki + Maude | $2,742,458 | 794 | $3,454 | $2,742,458 | 3 | ||
| 12 | (new) | The Flamingo Kid | $2,015,076 | 531 | $3,795 | $2,015,076 | 3 | ||
| 13 | (7) | Runaway | $1,211,730 | +1% | 717 | $1,690 | $2,621,470 | 10 | |
| 14 | (8) | The Terminator | $722,260 | -24% | 551 | $1,311 | $34,004,606 | 59 | |
| 15 | (9) | Falling in Love | $649,690 | -17% | 807 | $805 | $8,205,825 | 33 | |
| 16 | (12) | Amadeus | $438,959 | +10% | 124 | $3,540 | $17,374,467 | 96 | |
| 17 | (11) | Supergirl | $315,462 | -22% | 406 | $777 | $13,133,088 | 33 | |
| 18 | (10) | Missing in Action | $301,275 | -60% | 285 | $1,057 | $21,931,283 | 38 | |
| 19 | (17) | Ghostbusters | $285,952 | +28% | 229 | $1,249 | $220,095,070 | 199 | |
| 20 | (15) | Oh God, You Devil! | $257,845 | -18% | 378 | $682 | $20,608,106 | 45 | |
| 21 | (20) | The Gods Must Be Crazy | $189,161 | +42% | 38 | $4,978 | $2,387,738 | 168 | |
| 22 | (22) | A Passage to India | $186,442 | +120% | 3 | $62,147 | $316,153 | 10 | |
| 23 | (16) | Places in the Heart | $184,402 | -34% | 201 | $917 | $29,103,706 | 94 | |
| 24 | (28) | The Killing Fields | $182,242 | +444% | 12 | $15,187 | $833,217 | 52 | |
| 25 | (13) | Night of the Comet | $166,675 | -54% | 104 | $1,603 | $14,115,353 | 38 | |
| 26 | (18) | A Soldier's Story | $134,407 | -13% | 52 | $2,585 | $19,758,558 | 101 | |
| 27 | (21) | The Karate Kid | $119,799 | +3% | 132 | $908 | $90,578,763 | 185 | |
| 28 | (25) | The Brother from Another Planet | $118,301 | +95% | 23 | $5,144 | $1,088,369 | 108 | |
| 29 | (24) | Stop Making Sense | $80,770 | +9% | 16 | $5,048 | $1,205,899 | 66 | |
| 30 | (29) | A Sunday in the Country | $56,562 | +285% | 6 | $9,427 | $248,509 | 38 | |
| 31 | (26) | Choose Me | $54,173 | -10% | 21 | $2,580 | $2,377,885 | 117 | |
| 32 | (new) | The River | $30,027 | 3 | $10,009 | $40,540 | 7 | ||
| 33 | (new) | Birdy | $13,720 | 1 | $13,720 | $13,720 | 3 | ||
| Reporting movies: 33 | $59,479,163 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beverly Hills Cop | $15,697,159 | 2,006 | $57,490,987 |
| 2 | Dune | $4,769,713 | 944 | $13,062,174 |
| 3 | City Heat | $4,653,118 | 1,627 | $18,845,880 |
| 4 | 2010 | $4,198,890 | 1,194 | $19,506,563 |
| 5 | Pinocchio | $3,769,251 | 1,217 | $55,781,296 |
| 6 | Starman | $3,477,196 | 1,271 | $7,517,385 |
| 7 | Protocol | $3,427,840 | 893 | $3,427,840 |
| 8 | The Cotton Club | $3,159,832 | 808 | $7,373,481 |
| 9 | Johnny Dangerously | $2,947,746 | 1,086 | $2,947,746 |
| 10 | Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo | $2,921,030 | 707 | $3,539,242 |
| 11 | Micki + Maude | $2,742,458 | 794 | $2,742,458 |
| 12 | The Flamingo Kid | $2,015,076 | 531 | $2,015,076 |
| 13 | Runaway | $1,211,730 | 717 | $2,621,470 |
| 14 | The Terminator | $722,260 | 551 | $34,004,606 |
| 15 | Falling in Love | $649,690 | 807 | $8,205,825 |
| 16 | Amadeus | $438,959 | 124 | $17,374,467 |
| 17 | Supergirl | $315,462 | 406 | $13,133,088 |
| 18 | Missing in Action | $301,275 | 285 | $21,931,283 |
| 19 | Ghostbusters | $285,952 | 229 | $220,095,070 |
| 20 | Oh God, You Devil! | $257,845 | 378 | $20,608,106 |
| 21 | The Gods Must Be Crazy | $189,161 | 38 | $2,387,738 |
| 22 | A Passage to India | $186,442 | 3 | $316,153 |
| 23 | Places in the Heart | $184,402 | 201 | $29,103,706 |
| 24 | The Killing Fields | $182,242 | 12 | $833,217 |
| 25 | Night of the Comet | $166,675 | 104 | $14,115,353 |
| 26 | A Soldier's Story | $134,407 | 52 | $19,758,558 |
| 27 | The Karate Kid | $119,799 | 132 | $90,578,763 |
| 28 | The Brother from Another Planet | $118,301 | 23 | $1,088,369 |
| 29 | Stop Making Sense | $80,770 | 16 | $1,205,899 |
| 30 | A Sunday in the Country | $56,562 | 6 | $248,509 |
| 31 | Choose Me | $54,173 | 21 | $2,377,885 |
| 32 | The River | $30,027 | 3 | $40,540 |
| 33 | Birdy | $13,720 | 1 | $13,720 |
| Reporting: 33 | $59,479,163 | total | ||