Week Domestic Box Office December 14, 1984
| Rank | Prev | Title | Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (1) | Beverly Hills Cop | $16,824,955 | -20% | 1,532 | $10,982 | $41,793,828 | 16 | |
| 2 | (new) | Dune | $8,292,461 | 915 | $9,063 | $8,292,461 | 7 | ||
| 3 | (3) | City Heat | $5,778,279 | -31% | 1,393 | $4,148 | $14,192,762 | 14 | |
| 4 | (2) | 2010 | $5,593,547 | -42% | 1,126 | $4,968 | $15,307,673 | 14 | |
| 5 | (new) | The Cotton Club | $4,213,649 | 808 | $5,215 | $4,213,649 | 7 | ||
| 6 | (new) | Starman | $4,040,189 | 1,261 | $3,204 | $4,040,189 | 7 | ||
| 7 | (new) | Runaway | $1,409,740 | 720 | $1,958 | $1,409,740 | 7 | ||
| 8 | (4) | The Terminator | $1,399,646 | -30% | 938 | $1,492 | $33,282,346 | 56 | |
| 9 | (5) | Missing in Action | $1,067,109 | -39% | 726 | $1,470 | $21,630,008 | 35 | |
| 10 | (10) | Falling in Love | $1,029,209 | +17% | 701 | $1,468 | $7,556,135 | 30 | |
| 11 | (9) | Amadeus | $643,477 | -29% | 244 | $2,637 | $16,935,508 | 93 | |
| 12 | (7) | Supergirl | $487,578 | -57% | 601 | $811 | $12,817,626 | 30 | |
| 13 | (8) | Oh God, You Devil! | $428,326 | -53% | 552 | $776 | $20,350,261 | 42 | |
| 14 | (6) | Night of the Comet | $418,763 | -70% | 326 | $1,285 | $13,948,678 | 35 | |
| 15 | (14) | Ghostbusters | $393,599 | -5% | 329 | $1,196 | $219,809,118 | 196 | |
| 16 | (11) | Places in the Heart | $379,887 | -44% | 450 | $844 | $28,919,304 | 91 | |
| 17 | (13) | A Soldier's Story | $228,002 | -48% | 166 | $1,374 | $19,624,151 | 98 | |
| 18 | (18) | The Gods Must Be Crazy | $193,806 | -14% | 39 | $4,969 | $2,198,577 | 165 | |
| 19 | (17) | The Karate Kid | $146,292 | -42% | 186 | $787 | $90,458,964 | 182 | |
| 20 | (21) | Stop Making Sense | $144,461 | +8% | 12 | $12,038 | $1,125,129 | 63 | |
| 21 | (new) | A Passage to India | $129,711 | 3 | $43,237 | $129,711 | 7 | ||
| 22 | (20) | Choose Me | $91,124 | -45% | 36 | $2,531 | $2,323,712 | 114 | |
| 23 | (22) | The Brother from Another Planet | $78,633 | -12% | 17 | $4,625 | $970,068 | 105 | |
| 24 | (23) | The Killing Fields | $53,146 | -35% | 3 | $17,715 | $650,975 | 49 | |
| 25 | (24) | A Sunday in the Country | $23,479 | -32% | 2 | $11,740 | $191,947 | 35 | |
| Reporting movies: 25 | $53,489,068 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beverly Hills Cop | $16,824,955 | 1,532 | $41,793,828 |
| 2 | Dune | $8,292,461 | 915 | $8,292,461 |
| 3 | City Heat | $5,778,279 | 1,393 | $14,192,762 |
| 4 | 2010 | $5,593,547 | 1,126 | $15,307,673 |
| 5 | The Cotton Club | $4,213,649 | 808 | $4,213,649 |
| 6 | Starman | $4,040,189 | 1,261 | $4,040,189 |
| 7 | Runaway | $1,409,740 | 720 | $1,409,740 |
| 8 | The Terminator | $1,399,646 | 938 | $33,282,346 |
| 9 | Missing in Action | $1,067,109 | 726 | $21,630,008 |
| 10 | Falling in Love | $1,029,209 | 701 | $7,556,135 |
| 11 | Amadeus | $643,477 | 244 | $16,935,508 |
| 12 | Supergirl | $487,578 | 601 | $12,817,626 |
| 13 | Oh God, You Devil! | $428,326 | 552 | $20,350,261 |
| 14 | Night of the Comet | $418,763 | 326 | $13,948,678 |
| 15 | Ghostbusters | $393,599 | 329 | $219,809,118 |
| 16 | Places in the Heart | $379,887 | 450 | $28,919,304 |
| 17 | A Soldier's Story | $228,002 | 166 | $19,624,151 |
| 18 | The Gods Must Be Crazy | $193,806 | 39 | $2,198,577 |
| 19 | The Karate Kid | $146,292 | 186 | $90,458,964 |
| 20 | Stop Making Sense | $144,461 | 12 | $1,125,129 |
| 21 | A Passage to India | $129,711 | 3 | $129,711 |
| 22 | Choose Me | $91,124 | 36 | $2,323,712 |
| 23 | The Brother from Another Planet | $78,633 | 17 | $970,068 |
| 24 | The Killing Fields | $53,146 | 3 | $650,975 |
| 25 | A Sunday in the Country | $23,479 | 2 | $191,947 |
| Reporting: 25 | $53,489,068 | total | ||