Week Domestic Box Office August 31, 1984
| Rank | Prev | Title | Daily Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (1) | Tightrope | $8,372,213 | -16% | 1,535 | $5,454 | $32,019,595 | 21 | |
| 2 | (2) | Ghostbusters | $7,390,127 | +3% | 1,368 | $5,402 | $189,115,606 | 91 | |
| 3 | (new) | Bolero | $5,211,735 | 1,015 | $5,135 | $5,211,735 | 7 | ||
| 4 | (3) | Purple Rain | $4,957,900 | +1% | 949 | $5,224 | $46,549,960 | 42 | |
| 5 | (7) | The Karate Kid | $4,622,513 | +7% | 1,040 | $4,445 | $70,426,516 | 77 | |
| 6 | (5) | Revenge of the Nerds | $4,359,356 | -3% | 974 | $4,476 | $29,439,694 | 49 | |
| 7 | (6) | The Woman in Red | $4,193,580 | -3% | 944 | $4,442 | $14,299,838 | 23 | |
| 8 | (4) | Red Dawn | $3,879,506 | -21% | 1,095 | $3,543 | $30,295,142 | 28 | |
| 9 | (10) | Gremlins | $3,509,482 | +21% | 1,071 | $3,277 | $137,186,485 | 91 | |
| 10 | (11) | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | $2,572,867 | +12% | 737 | $3,491 | $167,732,055 | 107 | |
| 11 | (8) | Oxford Blues | $2,445,230 | -35% | 856 | $2,857 | $6,203,097 | 14 | |
| 12 | (new) | Flashpoint | $2,310,514 | 1,022 | $2,261 | $2,310,514 | 7 | ||
| 13 | (new) | C.H.U.D. | $2,012,291 | 310 | $6,491 | $2,012,291 | 7 | ||
| 14 | (9) | Dreamscape | $1,696,879 | -46% | 623 | $2,724 | $9,223,084 | 21 | |
| 15 | (14) | Bachelor Party | $806,319 | -16% | 419 | $1,924 | $36,707,432 | 70 | |
| 16 | (17) | The Muppets Take Manhattan | $691,129 | -12% | 423 | $1,634 | $25,019,103 | 56 | |
| 17 | (18) | The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension | $250,552 | -20% | 53 | $4,727 | $2,195,950 | 28 | |
| 18 | (20) | Under the Volcano | $229,729 | +12% | 31 | $7,411 | $1,796,725 | 86 | |
| 19 | (19) | The Natural | $212,734 | -21% | 114 | $1,866 | $47,426,759 | 119 | |
| 20 | (-) | Choose Me | $74,704 | 2 | $37,352 | $125,752 | 9 | ||
| Reporting movies: 20 | $59,799,360 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tightrope | $8,372,213 | 1,535 | $32,019,595 |
| 2 | Ghostbusters | $7,390,127 | 1,368 | $189,115,606 |
| 3 | Bolero | $5,211,735 | 1,015 | $5,211,735 |
| 4 | Purple Rain | $4,957,900 | 949 | $46,549,960 |
| 5 | The Karate Kid | $4,622,513 | 1,040 | $70,426,516 |
| 6 | Revenge of the Nerds | $4,359,356 | 974 | $29,439,694 |
| 7 | The Woman in Red | $4,193,580 | 944 | $14,299,838 |
| 8 | Red Dawn | $3,879,506 | 1,095 | $30,295,142 |
| 9 | Gremlins | $3,509,482 | 1,071 | $137,186,485 |
| 10 | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | $2,572,867 | 737 | $167,732,055 |
| 11 | Oxford Blues | $2,445,230 | 856 | $6,203,097 |
| 12 | Flashpoint | $2,310,514 | 1,022 | $2,310,514 |
| 13 | C.H.U.D. | $2,012,291 | 310 | $2,012,291 |
| 14 | Dreamscape | $1,696,879 | 623 | $9,223,084 |
| 15 | Bachelor Party | $806,319 | 419 | $36,707,432 |
| 16 | The Muppets Take Manhattan | $691,129 | 423 | $25,019,103 |
| 17 | The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension | $250,552 | 53 | $2,195,950 |
| 18 | Under the Volcano | $229,729 | 31 | $1,796,725 |
| 19 | The Natural | $212,734 | 114 | $47,426,759 |
| 20 | Choose Me | $74,704 | 2 | $125,752 |
| Reporting: 20 | $59,799,360 | total | ||