Week Domestic Box Office April 27, 1984
| Rank | Prev | Title | Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (1) | Police Academy | $6,212,654 | -26% | 1,587 | $3,915 | $55,011,242 | 42 | |
| 2 | (2) | Romancing the Stone | $6,190,012 | -20% | 1,086 | $5,700 | $36,175,576 | 35 | |
| 3 | (4) | Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes | $4,352,052 | -30% | 1,162 | $3,745 | $33,404,007 | 35 | |
| 4 | (3) | Friday the 13th Part IV: The Final Chapter | $3,820,130 | -49% | 1,418 | $2,694 | $26,439,573 | 21 | |
| 5 | (5) | Splash | $3,705,120 | -30% | 1,153 | $3,213 | $53,196,962 | 56 | |
| 6 | (6) | Moscow on the Hudson | $3,125,527 | -29% | 721 | $4,335 | $16,581,636 | 28 | |
| 7 | (7) | Footloose | $2,959,456 | -13% | 1,110 | $2,666 | $64,469,397 | 77 | |
| 8 | (17) | Children of the Corn | $1,938,707 | +379% | 582 | $3,331 | $12,832,475 | 56 | |
| 9 | (9) | Terms of Endearment | $1,618,913 | -34% | 655 | $2,472 | $102,827,679 | 163 | |
| 10 | (8) | Iceman | $1,547,000 | -39% | 560 | $2,763 | $6,754,000 | 21 | |
| 11 | (14) | Weekend Pass | $1,468,864 | +58% | 313 | $4,693 | $17,229,382 | 91 | |
| 12 | (12) | Up the Creek | $1,138,953 | -34% | 636 | $1,791 | $9,975,326 | 28 | |
| 13 | (11) | Where the Boys Are '84 | $678,583 | -62% | 562 | $1,207 | $10,233,470 | 28 | |
| 14 | (18) | This is Spinal Tap | $659,712 | +106% | 206 | $3,202 | $1,978,233 | 63 | |
| 15 | (19) | The Hotel New Hampshire | $296,216 | +17% | 175 | $1,693 | $5,010,134 | 56 | |
| 16 | (-) | Purple Hearts | $143,596 | 29 | $4,952 | $143,596 | 35 | ||
| 17 | (24) | Mike's Murder | $100,810 | +171% | 20 | $5,041 | $859,026 | 56 | |
| 18 | (new) | Love Letters | $84,034 | 7 | $12,005 | $84,034 | 7 | ||
| 19 | (23) | Broadway Danny Rose | $57,166 | +27% | 33 | $1,732 | $10,541,228 | 98 | |
| Reporting movies: 19 | $40,097,505 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Police Academy | $6,212,654 | 1,587 | $55,011,242 |
| 2 | Romancing the Stone | $6,190,012 | 1,086 | $36,175,576 |
| 3 | Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes | $4,352,052 | 1,162 | $33,404,007 |
| 4 | Friday the 13th Part IV: The Final Chapter | $3,820,130 | 1,418 | $26,439,573 |
| 5 | Splash | $3,705,120 | 1,153 | $53,196,962 |
| 6 | Moscow on the Hudson | $3,125,527 | 721 | $16,581,636 |
| 7 | Footloose | $2,959,456 | 1,110 | $64,469,397 |
| 8 | Children of the Corn | $1,938,707 | 582 | $12,832,475 |
| 9 | Terms of Endearment | $1,618,913 | 655 | $102,827,679 |
| 10 | Iceman | $1,547,000 | 560 | $6,754,000 |
| 11 | Weekend Pass | $1,468,864 | 313 | $17,229,382 |
| 12 | Up the Creek | $1,138,953 | 636 | $9,975,326 |
| 13 | Where the Boys Are '84 | $678,583 | 562 | $10,233,470 |
| 14 | This is Spinal Tap | $659,712 | 206 | $1,978,233 |
| 15 | The Hotel New Hampshire | $296,216 | 175 | $5,010,134 |
| 16 | Purple Hearts | $143,596 | 29 | $143,596 |
| 17 | Mike's Murder | $100,810 | 20 | $859,026 |
| 18 | Love Letters | $84,034 | 7 | $84,034 |
| 19 | Broadway Danny Rose | $57,166 | 33 | $10,541,228 |
| Reporting: 19 | $40,097,505 | total | ||