Week Domestic Box Office September 28, 1984
| Rank | Prev | Title | Daily Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (1) | All of Me | $6,578,403 | -13% | 1,197 | $5,496 | $14,114,836 | 14 | |
| 2 | (new) | The Wild Life | $4,811,921 | 1,140 | $4,221 | $4,811,921 | 7 | ||
| 3 | (new) | Irreconcilable Differences | $3,834,893 | 902 | $4,252 | $3,834,893 | 7 | ||
| 4 | (2) | The Evil That Men Do | $3,551,296 | -40% | 1,464 | $2,426 | $9,457,891 | 14 | |
| 5 | (3) | Ghostbusters | $2,946,557 | -19% | 1,263 | $2,333 | $204,653,187 | 119 | |
| 6 | (4) | Purple Rain | $2,312,788 | -19% | 914 | $2,530 | $58,564,290 | 70 | |
| 7 | (7) | The Karate Kid | $1,963,334 | -13% | 961 | $2,043 | $80,504,331 | 105 | |
| 8 | (5) | Tightrope | $1,617,542 | -39% | 830 | $1,949 | $45,794,767 | 49 | |
| 9 | (new) | The Bear | $1,542,222 | 750 | $2,056 | $1,542,222 | 7 | ||
| 10 | (new) | Impulse | $1,324,560 | 376 | $3,523 | $1,324,560 | 7 | ||
| 11 | (6) | Until September | $1,306,356 | -49% | 863 | $1,514 | $3,870,157 | 14 | |
| 12 | (8) | The Woman in Red | $1,158,189 | -41% | 660 | $1,755 | $23,381,063 | 51 | |
| 13 | (9) | Revenge of the Nerds | $1,134,697 | -38% | 670 | $1,694 | $37,782,762 | 77 | |
| 14 | (11) | Gremlins | $957,735 | -31% | 621 | $1,542 | $143,427,449 | 119 | |
| 15 | (13) | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | $863,145 | -21% | 454 | $1,901 | $172,581,621 | 135 | |
| 16 | (14) | Amadeus | $856,813 | +14% | 25 | $34,273 | $1,759,960 | 16 | |
| 17 | (new) | Body Rock | $817,580 | 240 | $3,407 | $817,580 | 7 | ||
| 18 | (12) | Red Dawn | $624,076 | -46% | 504 | $1,238 | $36,490,494 | 56 | |
| 19 | (21) | A Soldier's Story | $564,454 | +110% | 19 | $29,708 | $1,084,246 | 21 | |
| 20 | (19) | Places in the Heart | $332,848 | -18% | 14 | $23,775 | $739,956 | 14 | |
| 21 | (24) | The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension | $274,305 | +175% | 58 | $4,729 | $2,898,243 | 56 | |
| 22 | (20) | Bachelor Party | $168,637 | -51% | 176 | $958 | $38,347,971 | 98 | |
| 23 | (17) | Exterminator 2 | $100,333 | -80% | 101 | $993 | $2,156,847 | 21 | |
| 24 | (23) | Windy City | $92,479 | -34% | 28 | $3,303 | $231,822 | 14 | |
| 25 | (22) | Under the Volcano | $91,000 | -41% | 32 | $2,844 | $2,392,725 | 114 | |
| 26 | (25) | Choose Me | $43,456 | -25% | 3 | $14,485 | $393,358 | 37 | |
| Reporting movies: 26 | $39,869,619 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | All of Me | $6,578,403 | 1,197 | $14,114,836 |
| 2 | The Wild Life | $4,811,921 | 1,140 | $4,811,921 |
| 3 | Irreconcilable Differences | $3,834,893 | 902 | $3,834,893 |
| 4 | The Evil That Men Do | $3,551,296 | 1,464 | $9,457,891 |
| 5 | Ghostbusters | $2,946,557 | 1,263 | $204,653,187 |
| 6 | Purple Rain | $2,312,788 | 914 | $58,564,290 |
| 7 | The Karate Kid | $1,963,334 | 961 | $80,504,331 |
| 8 | Tightrope | $1,617,542 | 830 | $45,794,767 |
| 9 | The Bear | $1,542,222 | 750 | $1,542,222 |
| 10 | Impulse | $1,324,560 | 376 | $1,324,560 |
| 11 | Until September | $1,306,356 | 863 | $3,870,157 |
| 12 | The Woman in Red | $1,158,189 | 660 | $23,381,063 |
| 13 | Revenge of the Nerds | $1,134,697 | 670 | $37,782,762 |
| 14 | Gremlins | $957,735 | 621 | $143,427,449 |
| 15 | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | $863,145 | 454 | $172,581,621 |
| 16 | Amadeus | $856,813 | 25 | $1,759,960 |
| 17 | Body Rock | $817,580 | 240 | $817,580 |
| 18 | Red Dawn | $624,076 | 504 | $36,490,494 |
| 19 | A Soldier's Story | $564,454 | 19 | $1,084,246 |
| 20 | Places in the Heart | $332,848 | 14 | $739,956 |
| 21 | The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension | $274,305 | 58 | $2,898,243 |
| 22 | Bachelor Party | $168,637 | 176 | $38,347,971 |
| 23 | Exterminator 2 | $100,333 | 101 | $2,156,847 |
| 24 | Windy City | $92,479 | 28 | $231,822 |
| 25 | Under the Volcano | $91,000 | 32 | $2,392,725 |
| 26 | Choose Me | $43,456 | 3 | $393,358 |
| Reporting: 26 | $39,869,619 | total | ||