Week Domestic Box Office August 24, 1984
| Rank | Prev | Title | Daily Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (1) | Tightrope | $9,936,957 | -28% | 1,535 | $6,474 | $23,647,382 | 14 | |
| 2 | (3) | Ghostbusters | $7,196,840 | -15% | 1,391 | $5,174 | $181,725,479 | 84 | |
| 3 | (4) | Purple Rain | $4,927,144 | -22% | 915 | $5,385 | $41,592,060 | 35 | |
| 4 | (2) | Red Dawn | $4,891,415 | -43% | 1,369 | $3,573 | $26,415,636 | 21 | |
| 5 | (5) | Revenge of the Nerds | $4,474,395 | -23% | 989 | $4,524 | $25,080,338 | 42 | |
| 6 | (7) | The Woman in Red | $4,317,596 | -12% | 1,069 | $4,039 | $10,106,258 | 16 | |
| 7 | (6) | The Karate Kid | $4,317,561 | -19% | 1,090 | $3,961 | $65,804,003 | 70 | |
| 8 | (new) | Oxford Blues | $3,757,867 | 1,075 | $3,496 | $3,757,867 | 7 | ||
| 9 | (8) | Dreamscape | $3,134,950 | -29% | 814 | $3,851 | $7,526,205 | 14 | |
| 10 | (10) | Gremlins | $2,900,109 | -17% | 982 | $2,953 | $133,677,003 | 84 | |
| 11 | (11) | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | $2,288,216 | -13% | 785 | $2,915 | $165,159,188 | 100 | |
| 12 | (17) | The Philadelphia Experiment | $2,052,165 | +128% | 479 | $4,284 | $7,053,614 | 28 | |
| 13 | (13) | The Jungle Book | $1,512,450 | -22% | 778 | $1,944 | $95,899,218 | 6,162 | |
| 14 | (15) | Bachelor Party | $959,246 | -10% | 502 | $1,911 | $35,901,113 | 63 | |
| 15 | (12) | Cloak & Dagger | $925,305 | -62% | 392 | $2,360 | $7,581,669 | 21 | |
| 16 | (16) | The Neverending Story | $897,852 | -14% | 449 | $2,000 | $19,503,381 | 42 | |
| 17 | (14) | The Muppets Take Manhattan | $783,132 | -31% | 548 | $1,429 | $24,327,974 | 49 | |
| 18 | (18) | The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension | $313,833 | -52% | 80 | $3,923 | $1,945,398 | 21 | |
| 19 | (20) | The Natural | $269,700 | -16% | 196 | $1,376 | $47,214,025 | 112 | |
| 20 | (21) | Under the Volcano | $205,271 | +33% | 30 | $6,842 | $1,566,996 | 79 | |
| Reporting movies: 20 | $60,062,004 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tightrope | $9,936,957 | 1,535 | $23,647,382 |
| 2 | Ghostbusters | $7,196,840 | 1,391 | $181,725,479 |
| 3 | Purple Rain | $4,927,144 | 915 | $41,592,060 |
| 4 | Red Dawn | $4,891,415 | 1,369 | $26,415,636 |
| 5 | Revenge of the Nerds | $4,474,395 | 989 | $25,080,338 |
| 6 | The Woman in Red | $4,317,596 | 1,069 | $10,106,258 |
| 7 | The Karate Kid | $4,317,561 | 1,090 | $65,804,003 |
| 8 | Oxford Blues | $3,757,867 | 1,075 | $3,757,867 |
| 9 | Dreamscape | $3,134,950 | 814 | $7,526,205 |
| 10 | Gremlins | $2,900,109 | 982 | $133,677,003 |
| 11 | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | $2,288,216 | 785 | $165,159,188 |
| 12 | The Philadelphia Experiment | $2,052,165 | 479 | $7,053,614 |
| 13 | The Jungle Book | $1,512,450 | 778 | $95,899,218 |
| 14 | Bachelor Party | $959,246 | 502 | $35,901,113 |
| 15 | Cloak & Dagger | $925,305 | 392 | $7,581,669 |
| 16 | The Neverending Story | $897,852 | 449 | $19,503,381 |
| 17 | The Muppets Take Manhattan | $783,132 | 548 | $24,327,974 |
| 18 | The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension | $313,833 | 80 | $1,945,398 |
| 19 | The Natural | $269,700 | 196 | $47,214,025 |
| 20 | Under the Volcano | $205,271 | 30 | $1,566,996 |
| Reporting: 20 | $60,062,004 | total | ||