Week Domestic Box Office August 10, 1984
| Rank | Prev | Title | Daily Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (new) | Red Dawn | $13,006,650 | 1,822 | $7,139 | $13,006,650 | 7 | ||
| 2 | (1) | Ghostbusters | $9,289,495 | -10% | 1,423 | $6,528 | $166,085,430 | 70 | |
| 3 | (2) | Purple Rain | $7,639,417 | -25% | 991 | $7,709 | $30,369,908 | 21 | |
| 4 | (10) | Revenge of the Nerds | $7,030,307 | +160% | 958 | $7,339 | $14,812,927 | 28 | |
| 5 | (5) | The Karate Kid | $5,317,883 | -13% | 1,111 | $4,787 | $56,174,988 | 56 | |
| 6 | (3) | Gremlins | $4,910,257 | -24% | 1,322 | $3,714 | $127,298,296 | 70 | |
| 7 | (new) | Cloak & Dagger | $4,216,945 | 1,147 | $3,676 | $4,216,945 | 7 | ||
| 8 | (4) | The Jungle Book | $3,655,337 | -41% | 1,463 | $2,499 | $92,446,137 | 6,148 | |
| 9 | (6) | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | $3,358,972 | -12% | 946 | $3,551 | $160,236,491 | 86 | |
| 10 | (7) | The Neverending Story | $2,137,072 | -41% | 719 | $2,972 | $17,564,922 | 28 | |
| 11 | (12) | Bachelor Party | $1,875,223 | -28% | 738 | $2,541 | $33,871,221 | 49 | |
| 12 | (14) | The Muppets Take Manhattan | $1,848,212 | -23% | 783 | $2,360 | $22,417,222 | 35 | |
| 13 | (13) | The Last Starfighter | $1,625,171 | -33% | 570 | $2,851 | $21,564,389 | 35 | |
| 14 | (11) | The Philadelphia Experiment | $1,405,825 | -48% | 406 | $3,463 | $4,101,194 | 14 | |
| 15 | (new) | The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension | $974,726 | 236 | $4,130 | $974,726 | 7 | ||
| 16 | (18) | Romancing the Stone | $769,860 | -15% | 359 | $2,144 | $74,401,701 | 140 | |
| 17 | (19) | The Natural | $607,144 | -29% | 267 | $2,274 | $46,622,629 | 98 | |
| 18 | (21) | Love Letters | $278,627 | -2% | 83 | $3,357 | $5,071,363 | 112 | |
| 19 | (22) | Under the Volcano | $192,000 | -12% | 24 | $8,000 | $1,207,725 | 65 | |
| Reporting movies: 19 | $70,139,123 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Red Dawn | $13,006,650 | 1,822 | $13,006,650 |
| 2 | Ghostbusters | $9,289,495 | 1,423 | $166,085,430 |
| 3 | Purple Rain | $7,639,417 | 991 | $30,369,908 |
| 4 | Revenge of the Nerds | $7,030,307 | 958 | $14,812,927 |
| 5 | The Karate Kid | $5,317,883 | 1,111 | $56,174,988 |
| 6 | Gremlins | $4,910,257 | 1,322 | $127,298,296 |
| 7 | Cloak & Dagger | $4,216,945 | 1,147 | $4,216,945 |
| 8 | The Jungle Book | $3,655,337 | 1,463 | $92,446,137 |
| 9 | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | $3,358,972 | 946 | $160,236,491 |
| 10 | The Neverending Story | $2,137,072 | 719 | $17,564,922 |
| 11 | Bachelor Party | $1,875,223 | 738 | $33,871,221 |
| 12 | The Muppets Take Manhattan | $1,848,212 | 783 | $22,417,222 |
| 13 | The Last Starfighter | $1,625,171 | 570 | $21,564,389 |
| 14 | The Philadelphia Experiment | $1,405,825 | 406 | $4,101,194 |
| 15 | The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension | $974,726 | 236 | $974,726 |
| 16 | Romancing the Stone | $769,860 | 359 | $74,401,701 |
| 17 | The Natural | $607,144 | 267 | $46,622,629 |
| 18 | Love Letters | $278,627 | 83 | $5,071,363 |
| 19 | Under the Volcano | $192,000 | 24 | $1,207,725 |
| Reporting: 19 | $70,139,123 | total | ||