Week Domestic Box Office August 3, 1984
| Rank | Prev | Title | Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (2) | Ghostbusters | $10,350,666 | -10% | 1,439 | $7,193 | $156,795,935 | 63 | |
| 2 | (1) | Purple Rain | $10,129,632 | -20% | 1,007 | $10,059 | $22,730,491 | 14 | |
| 3 | (4) | Gremlins | $6,496,852 | -10% | 1,431 | $4,540 | $122,388,039 | 63 | |
| 4 | (3) | The Jungle Book | $6,225,642 | -29% | 1,463 | $4,255 | $88,790,800 | 6,141 | |
| 5 | (5) | The Karate Kid | $6,120,065 | -2% | 1,099 | $5,569 | $50,857,105 | 49 | |
| 6 | (8) | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | $3,838,353 | -8% | 1,030 | $3,727 | $156,877,519 | 79 | |
| 7 | (6) | The Neverending Story | $3,614,580 | -29% | 891 | $4,057 | $15,427,850 | 21 | |
| 8 | (new) | Grandview, U.S.A. | $3,494,302 | 1,069 | $3,269 | $3,494,302 | 7 | ||
| 9 | (new) | Joy of Sex | $2,820,155 | 804 | $3,508 | $2,820,155 | 7 | ||
| 10 | (13) | Revenge of the Nerds | $2,704,607 | +4% | 439 | $6,161 | $7,782,620 | 21 | |
| 11 | (new) | The Philadelphia Experiment | $2,695,369 | 490 | $5,501 | $2,695,369 | 7 | ||
| 12 | (12) | Bachelor Party | $2,606,947 | -11% | 762 | $3,421 | $31,995,998 | 42 | |
| 13 | (11) | The Last Starfighter | $2,421,975 | -20% | 668 | $3,626 | $19,939,218 | 28 | |
| 14 | (9) | The Muppets Take Manhattan | $2,402,086 | -31% | 914 | $2,628 | $20,569,010 | 28 | |
| 15 | (7) | Best Defense | $2,229,874 | -51% | 921 | $2,421 | $17,786,543 | 21 | |
| 16 | (10) | Meatballs II | $1,596,398 | -53% | 1,050 | $1,520 | $5,003,494 | 14 | |
| 17 | (14) | Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers | $1,145,257 | -53% | 520 | $2,202 | $3,591,415 | 14 | |
| 18 | (16) | Romancing the Stone | $903,744 | -7% | 397 | $2,276 | $73,631,841 | 133 | |
| 19 | (17) | The Natural | $851,485 | -1% | 350 | $2,433 | $46,015,485 | 91 | |
| 20 | (18) | Rhinestone | $389,309 | -26% | 301 | $1,293 | $21,129,201 | 49 | |
| 21 | (19) | Love Letters | $285,359 | -6% | 90 | $3,171 | $4,792,736 | 105 | |
| 22 | (20) | Under the Volcano | $219,000 | +44% | 22 | $9,955 | $1,015,725 | 58 | |
| Reporting movies: 22 | $73,541,657 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ghostbusters | $10,350,666 | 1,439 | $156,795,935 |
| 2 | Purple Rain | $10,129,632 | 1,007 | $22,730,491 |
| 3 | Gremlins | $6,496,852 | 1,431 | $122,388,039 |
| 4 | The Jungle Book | $6,225,642 | 1,463 | $88,790,800 |
| 5 | The Karate Kid | $6,120,065 | 1,099 | $50,857,105 |
| 6 | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | $3,838,353 | 1,030 | $156,877,519 |
| 7 | The Neverending Story | $3,614,580 | 891 | $15,427,850 |
| 8 | Grandview, U.S.A. | $3,494,302 | 1,069 | $3,494,302 |
| 9 | Joy of Sex | $2,820,155 | 804 | $2,820,155 |
| 10 | Revenge of the Nerds | $2,704,607 | 439 | $7,782,620 |
| 11 | The Philadelphia Experiment | $2,695,369 | 490 | $2,695,369 |
| 12 | Bachelor Party | $2,606,947 | 762 | $31,995,998 |
| 13 | The Last Starfighter | $2,421,975 | 668 | $19,939,218 |
| 14 | The Muppets Take Manhattan | $2,402,086 | 914 | $20,569,010 |
| 15 | Best Defense | $2,229,874 | 921 | $17,786,543 |
| 16 | Meatballs II | $1,596,398 | 1,050 | $5,003,494 |
| 17 | Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers | $1,145,257 | 520 | $3,591,415 |
| 18 | Romancing the Stone | $903,744 | 397 | $73,631,841 |
| 19 | The Natural | $851,485 | 350 | $46,015,485 |
| 20 | Rhinestone | $389,309 | 301 | $21,129,201 |
| 21 | Love Letters | $285,359 | 90 | $4,792,736 |
| 22 | Under the Volcano | $219,000 | 22 | $1,015,725 |
| Reporting: 22 | $73,541,657 | total | ||