Week Domestic Box Office July 20, 1984
| Rank | Prev | Title | Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | (1) | Ghostbusters | $13,723,915 | -12% | 1,468 | $9,349 | $135,006,673 | 49 | |
| 3 | (new) | Best Defense | $10,979,438 | 1,425 | $7,705 | $10,979,438 | 7 | ||
| 1 | (-) | Gremlins | $8,662,944 | -15% | 950 | $9,119 | $108,670,355 | 49 | |
| 4 | (4) | The Karate Kid | $6,744,277 | -14% | 1,067 | $6,321 | $38,464,596 | 35 | |
| 5 | (new) | The Neverending Story | $6,693,114 | 950 | $7,045 | $6,693,114 | 7 | ||
| 6 | (3) | The Muppets Take Manhattan | $6,355,440 | -24% | 1,261 | $5,040 | $14,688,128 | 14 | |
| 7 | (2) | The Last Starfighter | $5,449,494 | -40% | 1,286 | $4,238 | $14,490,158 | 14 | |
| 8 | (5) | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | $4,752,690 | -27% | 1,022 | $4,650 | $148,877,842 | 65 | |
| 9 | (6) | Bachelor Party | $4,542,712 | -30% | 1,078 | $4,214 | $26,473,956 | 28 | |
| 10 | (new) | Revenge of the Nerds | $2,487,796 | 364 | $6,835 | $2,487,796 | 7 | ||
| 11 | (8) | Conan the Destroyer | $2,415,905 | -40% | 795 | $3,039 | $24,035,761 | 28 | |
| 12 | (7) | Cannonball Run II | $1,977,686 | -52% | 1,012 | $1,954 | $26,655,396 | 28 | |
| 13 | (9) | Star Trek III: The Search for Spock | $1,949,495 | -30% | 711 | $2,742 | $70,385,905 | 56 | |
| 14 | (new) | Electric Dreams | $1,676,830 | 920 | $1,823 | $1,676,830 | 7 | ||
| 15 | (12) | Romancing the Stone | $1,553,790 | -5% | 614 | $2,531 | $71,759,096 | 119 | |
| 16 | (13) | The Natural | $1,101,182 | -24% | 560 | $1,966 | $44,302,976 | 77 | |
| 17 | (10) | Rhinestone | $916,882 | -56% | 513 | $1,787 | $20,215,402 | 35 | |
| 18 | (15) | Breakin' | $512,841 | -27% | 385 | $1,332 | $35,832,460 | 84 | |
| 19 | (16) | Beat Street | $428,661 | -37% | 211 | $2,032 | $16,456,787 | 49 | |
| 20 | (17) | Love Letters | $311,436 | -4% | 89 | $3,499 | $4,204,820 | 91 | |
| 21 | (19) | Under the Volcano | $164,699 | -21% | 9 | $18,300 | $644,161 | 44 | |
| Reporting movies: 21 | $83,401,227 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Ghostbusters | $13,723,915 | 1,468 | $135,006,673 |
| 3 | Best Defense | $10,979,438 | 1,425 | $10,979,438 |
| 1 | Gremlins | $8,662,944 | 950 | $108,670,355 |
| 4 | The Karate Kid | $6,744,277 | 1,067 | $38,464,596 |
| 5 | The Neverending Story | $6,693,114 | 950 | $6,693,114 |
| 6 | The Muppets Take Manhattan | $6,355,440 | 1,261 | $14,688,128 |
| 7 | The Last Starfighter | $5,449,494 | 1,286 | $14,490,158 |
| 8 | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | $4,752,690 | 1,022 | $148,877,842 |
| 9 | Bachelor Party | $4,542,712 | 1,078 | $26,473,956 |
| 10 | Revenge of the Nerds | $2,487,796 | 364 | $2,487,796 |
| 11 | Conan the Destroyer | $2,415,905 | 795 | $24,035,761 |
| 12 | Cannonball Run II | $1,977,686 | 1,012 | $26,655,396 |
| 13 | Star Trek III: The Search for Spock | $1,949,495 | 711 | $70,385,905 |
| 14 | Electric Dreams | $1,676,830 | 920 | $1,676,830 |
| 15 | Romancing the Stone | $1,553,790 | 614 | $71,759,096 |
| 16 | The Natural | $1,101,182 | 560 | $44,302,976 |
| 17 | Rhinestone | $916,882 | 513 | $20,215,402 |
| 18 | Breakin' | $512,841 | 385 | $35,832,460 |
| 19 | Beat Street | $428,661 | 211 | $16,456,787 |
| 20 | Love Letters | $311,436 | 89 | $4,204,820 |
| 21 | Under the Volcano | $164,699 | 9 | $644,161 |
| Reporting: 21 | $83,401,227 | total | ||