Week Domestic Box Office July 27, 1984
| Rank | Prev | Title | Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (new) | Purple Rain | $12,600,859 | 917 | $13,741 | $12,600,859 | 7 | ||
| 2 | (2) | Ghostbusters | $11,438,596 | -17% | 1,460 | $7,835 | $146,445,269 | 56 | |
| 3 | (-) | The Jungle Book | $8,821,782 | 1,430 | $6,169 | $82,565,158 | 6,134 | ||
| 4 | (1) | Gremlins | $7,220,832 | -17% | 1,411 | $5,118 | $115,891,187 | 56 | |
| 5 | (4) | The Karate Kid | $6,272,444 | -7% | 1,069 | $5,868 | $44,737,040 | 42 | |
| 6 | (5) | The Neverending Story | $5,120,156 | -24% | 950 | $5,390 | $11,813,270 | 14 | |
| 7 | (3) | Best Defense | $4,577,231 | -58% | 1,425 | $3,212 | $15,556,669 | 14 | |
| 8 | (8) | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | $4,161,324 | -12% | 1,052 | $3,956 | $153,039,166 | 72 | |
| 9 | (6) | The Muppets Take Manhattan | $3,478,796 | -45% | 975 | $3,568 | $18,166,924 | 21 | |
| 10 | (new) | Meatballs II | $3,407,096 | 1,252 | $2,721 | $3,407,096 | 7 | ||
| 11 | (7) | The Last Starfighter | $3,027,085 | -44% | 817 | $3,705 | $17,517,243 | 21 | |
| 12 | (9) | Bachelor Party | $2,915,095 | -36% | 775 | $3,761 | $29,389,051 | 35 | |
| 13 | (10) | Revenge of the Nerds | $2,590,217 | +4% | 423 | $6,123 | $5,078,013 | 14 | |
| 14 | (new) | Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers | $2,446,158 | 868 | $2,818 | $2,446,158 | 7 | ||
| 15 | (11) | Conan the Destroyer | $1,561,535 | -35% | 522 | $2,991 | $25,597,296 | 35 | |
| 16 | (15) | Romancing the Stone | $969,001 | -38% | 461 | $2,102 | $72,728,097 | 126 | |
| 17 | (16) | The Natural | $861,024 | -22% | 414 | $2,080 | $45,164,000 | 84 | |
| 18 | (17) | Rhinestone | $524,490 | -43% | 341 | $1,538 | $20,739,892 | 42 | |
| 19 | (20) | Love Letters | $302,557 | -3% | 94 | $3,219 | $4,507,377 | 98 | |
| 20 | (21) | Under the Volcano | $152,564 | -7% | 10 | $15,256 | $796,725 | 51 | |
| Reporting movies: 20 | $82,448,842 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Purple Rain | $12,600,859 | 917 | $12,600,859 |
| 2 | Ghostbusters | $11,438,596 | 1,460 | $146,445,269 |
| 3 | The Jungle Book | $8,821,782 | 1,430 | $82,565,158 |
| 4 | Gremlins | $7,220,832 | 1,411 | $115,891,187 |
| 5 | The Karate Kid | $6,272,444 | 1,069 | $44,737,040 |
| 6 | The Neverending Story | $5,120,156 | 950 | $11,813,270 |
| 7 | Best Defense | $4,577,231 | 1,425 | $15,556,669 |
| 8 | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | $4,161,324 | 1,052 | $153,039,166 |
| 9 | The Muppets Take Manhattan | $3,478,796 | 975 | $18,166,924 |
| 10 | Meatballs II | $3,407,096 | 1,252 | $3,407,096 |
| 11 | The Last Starfighter | $3,027,085 | 817 | $17,517,243 |
| 12 | Bachelor Party | $2,915,095 | 775 | $29,389,051 |
| 13 | Revenge of the Nerds | $2,590,217 | 423 | $5,078,013 |
| 14 | Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers | $2,446,158 | 868 | $2,446,158 |
| 15 | Conan the Destroyer | $1,561,535 | 522 | $25,597,296 |
| 16 | Romancing the Stone | $969,001 | 461 | $72,728,097 |
| 17 | The Natural | $861,024 | 414 | $45,164,000 |
| 18 | Rhinestone | $524,490 | 341 | $20,739,892 |
| 19 | Love Letters | $302,557 | 94 | $4,507,377 |
| 20 | Under the Volcano | $152,564 | 10 | $796,725 |
| Reporting: 20 | $82,448,842 | total | ||