Week Domestic Box Office September 7, 1984
| Rank | Prev | Title | Daily Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (1) | Tightrope | $5,260,365 | -37% | 1,474 | $3,569 | $37,279,960 | 28 | |
| 2 | (2) | Ghostbusters | $4,583,466 | -38% | 1,435 | $3,194 | $193,699,072 | 98 | |
| 3 | (4) | Purple Rain | $3,486,473 | -30% | 1,022 | $3,411 | $50,036,433 | 49 | |
| 4 | (7) | The Woman in Red | $3,164,897 | -25% | 1,032 | $3,067 | $17,464,735 | 30 | |
| 5 | (5) | The Karate Kid | $2,875,481 | -38% | 1,070 | $2,687 | $73,301,997 | 84 | |
| 6 | (6) | Revenge of the Nerds | $2,833,384 | -35% | 945 | $2,998 | $32,273,078 | 56 | |
| 7 | (8) | Red Dawn | $2,487,857 | -36% | 1,066 | $2,334 | $32,782,999 | 35 | |
| 8 | (3) | Bolero | $2,249,108 | -57% | 915 | $2,458 | $7,460,843 | 14 | |
| 9 | (9) | Gremlins | $2,062,434 | -41% | 1,050 | $1,964 | $139,248,919 | 98 | |
| 10 | (10) | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | $1,509,458 | -41% | 686 | $2,200 | $169,241,513 | 114 | |
| 11 | (14) | Dreamscape | $1,274,868 | -25% | 567 | $2,248 | $10,497,952 | 28 | |
| 12 | (11) | Oxford Blues | $1,247,883 | -49% | 632 | $1,974 | $7,450,980 | 21 | |
| 13 | (12) | Flashpoint | $1,147,319 | -50% | 938 | $1,223 | $3,457,833 | 14 | |
| 14 | (13) | C.H.U.D. | $981,560 | -51% | 297 | $3,305 | $2,993,851 | 14 | |
| 15 | (new) | The Warrior and the Sorceress | $958,425 | 238 | $4,027 | $958,425 | 7 | ||
| 16 | (15) | Bachelor Party | $566,316 | -30% | 408 | $1,388 | $37,273,748 | 77 | |
| 17 | (16) | The Muppets Take Manhattan | $312,600 | -55% | 308 | $1,015 | $25,331,703 | 63 | |
| 18 | (19) | The Natural | $251,620 | +18% | 228 | $1,104 | $47,678,379 | 126 | |
| 19 | (18) | Under the Volcano | $159,000 | -31% | 31 | $5,129 | $1,955,725 | 93 | |
| 20 | (17) | The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension | $156,454 | -38% | 50 | $3,129 | $2,352,404 | 35 | |
| 21 | (20) | Choose Me | $85,542 | +15% | 3 | $28,514 | $211,294 | 16 | |
| 22 | (-) | The Bostonians | $74,801 | 8 | $9,350 | $74,801 | 56 | ||
| Reporting movies: 22 | $37,729,311 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tightrope | $5,260,365 | 1,474 | $37,279,960 |
| 2 | Ghostbusters | $4,583,466 | 1,435 | $193,699,072 |
| 3 | Purple Rain | $3,486,473 | 1,022 | $50,036,433 |
| 4 | The Woman in Red | $3,164,897 | 1,032 | $17,464,735 |
| 5 | The Karate Kid | $2,875,481 | 1,070 | $73,301,997 |
| 6 | Revenge of the Nerds | $2,833,384 | 945 | $32,273,078 |
| 7 | Red Dawn | $2,487,857 | 1,066 | $32,782,999 |
| 8 | Bolero | $2,249,108 | 915 | $7,460,843 |
| 9 | Gremlins | $2,062,434 | 1,050 | $139,248,919 |
| 10 | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | $1,509,458 | 686 | $169,241,513 |
| 11 | Dreamscape | $1,274,868 | 567 | $10,497,952 |
| 12 | Oxford Blues | $1,247,883 | 632 | $7,450,980 |
| 13 | Flashpoint | $1,147,319 | 938 | $3,457,833 |
| 14 | C.H.U.D. | $981,560 | 297 | $2,993,851 |
| 15 | The Warrior and the Sorceress | $958,425 | 238 | $958,425 |
| 16 | Bachelor Party | $566,316 | 408 | $37,273,748 |
| 17 | The Muppets Take Manhattan | $312,600 | 308 | $25,331,703 |
| 18 | The Natural | $251,620 | 228 | $47,678,379 |
| 19 | Under the Volcano | $159,000 | 31 | $1,955,725 |
| 20 | The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension | $156,454 | 50 | $2,352,404 |
| 21 | Choose Me | $85,542 | 3 | $211,294 |
| 22 | The Bostonians | $74,801 | 8 | $74,801 |
| Reporting: 22 | $37,729,311 | total | ||