Week Domestic Box Office September 14, 1984
| Rank | Prev | Title | Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (2) | Ghostbusters | $4,360,727 | -5% | 1,437 | $3,035 | $198,059,799 | 105 | |
| 2 | (1) | Tightrope | $4,255,493 | -19% | 1,377 | $3,090 | $41,535,453 | 35 | |
| 3 | (3) | Purple Rain | $3,353,959 | -4% | 1,019 | $3,291 | $53,390,392 | 56 | |
| 4 | (5) | The Karate Kid | $2,975,412 | +3% | 1,086 | $2,740 | $76,277,409 | 91 | |
| 5 | (4) | The Woman in Red | $2,779,750 | -12% | 1,005 | $2,766 | $20,244,485 | 37 | |
| 6 | (6) | Revenge of the Nerds | $2,532,429 | -11% | 908 | $2,789 | $34,805,507 | 63 | |
| 7 | (new) | Ninja III: The Domination | $2,257,127 | 530 | $4,259 | $2,257,127 | 7 | ||
| 8 | (7) | Red Dawn | $1,930,825 | -22% | 960 | $2,011 | $34,713,824 | 42 | |
| 9 | (9) | Gremlins | $1,824,490 | -12% | 1,016 | $1,796 | $141,073,409 | 105 | |
| 10 | (new) | Exterminator 2 | $1,550,183 | 535 | $2,898 | $1,550,183 | 7 | ||
| 11 | (10) | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | $1,377,820 | -9% | 666 | $2,069 | $170,619,333 | 121 | |
| 12 | (8) | Bolero | $1,152,883 | -49% | 582 | $1,981 | $8,613,726 | 21 | |
| 13 | (11) | Dreamscape | $986,644 | -23% | 509 | $1,938 | $11,484,596 | 35 | |
| 14 | (15) | The Warrior and the Sorceress | $894,631 | -7% | 256 | $3,495 | $1,853,056 | 14 | |
| 15 | (12) | Oxford Blues | $826,826 | -34% | 480 | $1,723 | $8,277,806 | 28 | |
| 16 | (16) | Bachelor Party | $564,876 | 0% | 378 | $1,494 | $37,838,624 | 84 | |
| 17 | (new) | A Soldier's Story | $251,254 | 5 | $50,251 | $251,254 | 7 | ||
| 18 | (19) | Under the Volcano | $192,000 | +21% | 49 | $3,918 | $2,147,725 | 100 | |
| 19 | (20) | The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension | $171,688 | +10% | 60 | $2,861 | $2,524,092 | 42 | |
| 20 | (21) | Choose Me | $80,823 | -6% | 3 | $26,941 | $292,117 | 23 | |
| Reporting movies: 20 | $34,319,840 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ghostbusters | $4,360,727 | 1,437 | $198,059,799 |
| 2 | Tightrope | $4,255,493 | 1,377 | $41,535,453 |
| 3 | Purple Rain | $3,353,959 | 1,019 | $53,390,392 |
| 4 | The Karate Kid | $2,975,412 | 1,086 | $76,277,409 |
| 5 | The Woman in Red | $2,779,750 | 1,005 | $20,244,485 |
| 6 | Revenge of the Nerds | $2,532,429 | 908 | $34,805,507 |
| 7 | Ninja III: The Domination | $2,257,127 | 530 | $2,257,127 |
| 8 | Red Dawn | $1,930,825 | 960 | $34,713,824 |
| 9 | Gremlins | $1,824,490 | 1,016 | $141,073,409 |
| 10 | Exterminator 2 | $1,550,183 | 535 | $1,550,183 |
| 11 | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | $1,377,820 | 666 | $170,619,333 |
| 12 | Bolero | $1,152,883 | 582 | $8,613,726 |
| 13 | Dreamscape | $986,644 | 509 | $11,484,596 |
| 14 | The Warrior and the Sorceress | $894,631 | 256 | $1,853,056 |
| 15 | Oxford Blues | $826,826 | 480 | $8,277,806 |
| 16 | Bachelor Party | $564,876 | 378 | $37,838,624 |
| 17 | A Soldier's Story | $251,254 | 5 | $251,254 |
| 18 | Under the Volcano | $192,000 | 49 | $2,147,725 |
| 19 | The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension | $171,688 | 60 | $2,524,092 |
| 20 | Choose Me | $80,823 | 3 | $292,117 |
| Reporting: 20 | $34,319,840 | total | ||