Week Domestic Box Office August 17, 1984
| Rank | Prev | Title | Daily Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (new) | Tightrope | $13,710,425 | 1,535 | $8,932 | $13,710,425 | 7 | ||
| 2 | (1) | Red Dawn | $8,517,571 | -35% | 1,792 | $4,753 | $21,524,221 | 14 | |
| 3 | (2) | Ghostbusters | $8,443,209 | -9% | 1,400 | $6,031 | $174,528,639 | 77 | |
| 4 | (3) | Purple Rain | $6,295,008 | -18% | 853 | $7,380 | $36,664,916 | 28 | |
| 5 | (4) | Revenge of the Nerds | $5,793,016 | -18% | 971 | $5,966 | $20,605,943 | 35 | |
| 6 | (5) | The Karate Kid | $5,311,454 | 0% | 1,030 | $5,157 | $61,486,442 | 63 | |
| 7 | (-) | The Woman in Red | $4,927,374 | 1,066 | $4,622 | $5,788,662 | 9 | ||
| 8 | (new) | Dreamscape | $4,391,255 | 816 | $5,381 | $4,391,255 | 7 | ||
| 9 | (new) | Sheena | $4,159,860 | 1,496 | $2,781 | $4,159,860 | 7 | ||
| 10 | (6) | Gremlins | $3,478,598 | -29% | 1,013 | $3,434 | $130,776,894 | 77 | |
| 11 | (9) | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | $2,634,481 | -22% | 730 | $3,609 | $162,870,972 | 93 | |
| 12 | (7) | Cloak & Dagger | $2,439,419 | -42% | 951 | $2,565 | $6,656,364 | 14 | |
| 13 | (8) | The Jungle Book | $1,940,631 | -47% | 1,109 | $1,750 | $94,386,768 | 6,155 | |
| 14 | (12) | The Muppets Take Manhattan | $1,127,620 | -39% | 554 | $2,035 | $23,544,842 | 42 | |
| 15 | (11) | Bachelor Party | $1,070,646 | -43% | 449 | $2,385 | $34,941,867 | 56 | |
| 16 | (10) | The Neverending Story | $1,040,607 | -51% | 367 | $2,835 | $18,605,529 | 35 | |
| 17 | (14) | The Philadelphia Experiment | $900,255 | -36% | 261 | $3,449 | $5,001,449 | 21 | |
| 18 | (15) | The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension | $656,839 | -33% | 183 | $3,589 | $1,631,565 | 14 | |
| 19 | (16) | Romancing the Stone | $536,309 | -30% | 252 | $2,128 | $74,938,010 | 147 | |
| 20 | (17) | The Natural | $321,696 | -47% | 206 | $1,562 | $46,944,325 | 105 | |
| 21 | (19) | Under the Volcano | $154,000 | -20% | 19 | $8,105 | $1,361,725 | 72 | |
| Reporting movies: 21 | $77,850,273 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tightrope | $13,710,425 | 1,535 | $13,710,425 |
| 2 | Red Dawn | $8,517,571 | 1,792 | $21,524,221 |
| 3 | Ghostbusters | $8,443,209 | 1,400 | $174,528,639 |
| 4 | Purple Rain | $6,295,008 | 853 | $36,664,916 |
| 5 | Revenge of the Nerds | $5,793,016 | 971 | $20,605,943 |
| 6 | The Karate Kid | $5,311,454 | 1,030 | $61,486,442 |
| 7 | The Woman in Red | $4,927,374 | 1,066 | $5,788,662 |
| 8 | Dreamscape | $4,391,255 | 816 | $4,391,255 |
| 9 | Sheena | $4,159,860 | 1,496 | $4,159,860 |
| 10 | Gremlins | $3,478,598 | 1,013 | $130,776,894 |
| 11 | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | $2,634,481 | 730 | $162,870,972 |
| 12 | Cloak & Dagger | $2,439,419 | 951 | $6,656,364 |
| 13 | The Jungle Book | $1,940,631 | 1,109 | $94,386,768 |
| 14 | The Muppets Take Manhattan | $1,127,620 | 554 | $23,544,842 |
| 15 | Bachelor Party | $1,070,646 | 449 | $34,941,867 |
| 16 | The Neverending Story | $1,040,607 | 367 | $18,605,529 |
| 17 | The Philadelphia Experiment | $900,255 | 261 | $5,001,449 |
| 18 | The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension | $656,839 | 183 | $1,631,565 |
| 19 | Romancing the Stone | $536,309 | 252 | $74,938,010 |
| 20 | The Natural | $321,696 | 206 | $46,944,325 |
| 21 | Under the Volcano | $154,000 | 19 | $1,361,725 |
| Reporting: 21 | $77,850,273 | total | ||