Week Domestic Box Office May 4, 1984
| Rank | Prev | Title | Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (new) | Breakin' | $7,673,332 | 1,069 | $7,178 | $7,673,332 | 7 | ||
| 2 | (new) | Sixteen Candles | $5,275,000 | 1,240 | $4,254 | $5,275,000 | 7 | ||
| 3 | (2) | Romancing the Stone | $5,102,572 | -18% | 1,044 | $4,888 | $41,278,148 | 42 | |
| 4 | (1) | Police Academy | $4,581,176 | -26% | 1,452 | $3,155 | $59,592,418 | 49 | |
| 5 | (new) | The Bounty | $3,532,514 | 986 | $3,583 | $3,532,514 | 7 | ||
| 6 | (new) | Hardbodies | $3,417,385 | 1,538 | $2,222 | $3,417,385 | 7 | ||
| 7 | (3) | Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes | $2,722,521 | -37% | 939 | $2,899 | $36,126,528 | 42 | |
| 8 | (5) | Splash | $2,433,303 | -34% | 894 | $2,722 | $55,630,265 | 63 | |
| 9 | (6) | Moscow on the Hudson | $2,237,489 | -28% | 639 | $3,502 | $18,819,125 | 35 | |
| 10 | (7) | Footloose | $2,146,238 | -27% | 922 | $2,328 | $66,615,635 | 84 | |
| 11 | (4) | Friday the 13th Part IV: The Final Chapter | $2,036,937 | -47% | 868 | $2,347 | $28,476,510 | 28 | |
| 12 | (new) | Alphabet City | $1,523,968 | 321 | $4,748 | $1,523,968 | 7 | ||
| 13 | (8) | Children of the Corn | $1,267,525 | -35% | 421 | $3,011 | $14,100,000 | 63 | |
| 14 | (9) | Terms of Endearment | $1,133,952 | -30% | 467 | $2,428 | $103,961,631 | 170 | |
| 15 | (11) | Weekend Pass | $1,101,900 | -25% | 266 | $4,142 | $18,331,282 | 98 | |
| 16 | (16) | Purple Hearts | $686,675 | +378% | 370 | $1,856 | $830,271 | 42 | |
| 17 | (12) | Up the Creek | $543,768 | -52% | 450 | $1,208 | $10,519,094 | 35 | |
| 18 | (14) | This is Spinal Tap | $519,558 | -21% | 179 | $2,903 | $2,497,791 | 70 | |
| 19 | (18) | Love Letters | $111,407 | +33% | 15 | $7,427 | $195,441 | 14 | |
| 20 | (17) | Mike's Murder | $73,479 | -27% | 21 | $3,499 | $932,505 | 63 | |
| Reporting movies: 20 | $48,120,699 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Breakin' | $7,673,332 | 1,069 | $7,673,332 |
| 2 | Sixteen Candles | $5,275,000 | 1,240 | $5,275,000 |
| 3 | Romancing the Stone | $5,102,572 | 1,044 | $41,278,148 |
| 4 | Police Academy | $4,581,176 | 1,452 | $59,592,418 |
| 5 | The Bounty | $3,532,514 | 986 | $3,532,514 |
| 6 | Hardbodies | $3,417,385 | 1,538 | $3,417,385 |
| 7 | Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes | $2,722,521 | 939 | $36,126,528 |
| 8 | Splash | $2,433,303 | 894 | $55,630,265 |
| 9 | Moscow on the Hudson | $2,237,489 | 639 | $18,819,125 |
| 10 | Footloose | $2,146,238 | 922 | $66,615,635 |
| 11 | Friday the 13th Part IV: The Final Chapter | $2,036,937 | 868 | $28,476,510 |
| 12 | Alphabet City | $1,523,968 | 321 | $1,523,968 |
| 13 | Children of the Corn | $1,267,525 | 421 | $14,100,000 |
| 14 | Terms of Endearment | $1,133,952 | 467 | $103,961,631 |
| 15 | Weekend Pass | $1,101,900 | 266 | $18,331,282 |
| 16 | Purple Hearts | $686,675 | 370 | $830,271 |
| 17 | Up the Creek | $543,768 | 450 | $10,519,094 |
| 18 | This is Spinal Tap | $519,558 | 179 | $2,497,791 |
| 19 | Love Letters | $111,407 | 15 | $195,441 |
| 20 | Mike's Murder | $73,479 | 21 | $932,505 |
| Reporting: 20 | $48,120,699 | total | ||