1984 Top-Grossing Movies Worldwide
This chart ranks movies by their total cumulative worldwide box office earnings for movies released in 1984. Each movie is ranked by its total gross across all years it played, not just earnings during 1984.
| Rank | Movie | Worldwide Box Office | Domestic Box Office | International Box Office | Domestic Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indiana Jones and the Temple … | $333,080,271 | $179,880,271 | $153,200,000 | 54.0% |
| 2 | Beverly Hills Cop | $316,300,000 | $234,760,478 | $81,539,522 | 74.2% |
| 3 | Ghostbusters | $295,582,480 | $242,604,185 | $52,978,295 | 82.1% |
| 4 | Grand Canyon: The Hidden Secr… | $239,000,000 | $52,800,000 | $186,200,000 | 22.1% |
| 5 | Gremlins | $164,029,603 | $151,937,605 | $12,091,998 | 92.6% |
| 6 | Romancing the Stone | $115,078,260 | $75,078,260 | $40,000,000 | 65.2% |
| 7 | The Karate Kid | $90,858,381 | $90,815,558 | $42,823 | 100.0% |
| 8 | Star Trek III: The Search for… | $87,000,000 | $76,471,046 | $10,528,954 | 87.9% |
| 9 | Police Academy | $81,198,894 | $81,198,894 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 10 | Footloose | $80,009,427 | $80,000,000 | $9,427 | 100.0% |
| 11 | The Terminator | $78,019,031 | $38,019,031 | $40,000,000 | 48.7% |
| 12 | Purple Rain | $71,232,525 | $71,227,916 | $4,609 | 100.0% |
| 13 | Splash | $62,599,495 | $62,599,495 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 14 | Amadeus | $52,441,698 | $51,973,029 | $468,669 | 99.1% |
| 15 | Tightrope | $48,100,000 | $48,100,000 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 16 | The Natural | $47,951,979 | $47,951,979 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 17 | Greystoke: The Legend of Tarz… | $45,900,000 | $45,900,000 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 18 | 2010 | $41,000,000 | $41,000,000 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 19 | Revenge of the Nerds | $40,874,452 | $40,874,452 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 20 | Red Dawn | $38,900,000 | $38,900,000 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 21 | Bachelor Party | $38,435,947 | $38,435,947 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 22 | City Heat | $38,348,988 | $38,348,988 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 23 | Breakin' | $36,100,000 | $36,100,000 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 24 | All of Me | $35,243,581 | $35,243,581 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 25 | Places in the Heart | $34,900,814 | $34,900,814 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 26 | The Killing Fields | $34,609,720 | $34,609,720 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 27 | The Gods Must Be Crazy | $34,331,783 | $30,031,783 | $4,300,000 | 87.5% |
| 28 | A Passage to India | $32,998,925 | $27,187,653 | $5,811,272 | 82.4% |
| 29 | Friday the 13th Part IV: The … | $32,982,177 | $32,980,880 | $1,297 | 100.0% |
| 30 | Starman | $28,700,000 | $28,700,000 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 31 | Dune | $28,418,200 | $28,361,001 | $57,199 | 99.8% |
| 32 | Cannonball Run II | $28,100,000 | $28,100,000 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 33 | A Nightmare on Elm Street | $27,944,959 | $25,804,893 | $2,140,066 | 92.3% |
| 34 | Teachers | $27,700,000 | $27,700,000 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 35 | Conan the Destroyer | $26,400,000 | $26,400,000 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 36 | Protocol | $26,300,000 | $26,300,000 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 37 | Micki + Maude | $26,200,000 | $26,200,000 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 38 | The Cotton Club | $25,928,721 | $25,928,721 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 39 | The Muppets Take Manhattan | $25,534,703 | $25,534,703 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 40 | The Woman in Red | $25,308,147 | $25,308,147 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 41 | Moscow on the Hudson | $25,100,000 | $25,100,000 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 42 | Against All Odds | $25,100,000 | $25,100,000 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 43 | The Flamingo Kid | $23,859,382 | $23,859,382 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 44 | Sixteen Candles | $23,686,027 | $23,686,027 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 45 | Missing in Action | $22,812,411 | $22,812,411 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 46 | The Last Starfighter | $22,200,789 | $22,200,789 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 47 | A Soldier’s Story | $22,100,000 | $22,100,000 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 48 | Oh God, You Devil! | $21,538,850 | $21,538,850 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 49 | The Neverending Story | $21,454,405 | $21,300,000 | $154,405 | 99.3% |
| 50 | Rhinestone | $21,400,000 | $21,400,000 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 51 | Top Secret! | $21,100,000 | $21,100,000 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 52 | Weekend Pass | $21,058,033 | $21,058,033 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 53 | Unfaithfully Yours | $19,928,200 | $19,928,200 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 54 | Best Defense | $19,265,302 | $19,265,302 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 55 | Blame it on Rio | $18,600,000 | $18,600,000 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 56 | Hot Dog… The Movie | $17,540,166 | $17,540,166 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 57 | Lassiter | $17,513,452 | $17,513,452 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 58 | Angel | $17,488,564 | $17,488,564 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 59 | Johnny Dangerously | $17,124,395 | $17,124,395 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 60 | Beat Street | $16,595,791 | $16,595,791 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 61 | Firestarter | $15,136,870 | $15,136,870 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 62 | Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo | $15,000,000 | $15,000,000 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 63 | Children of the Corn | $14,600,000 | $14,600,000 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 64 | Night of the Comet | $14,600,000 | $14,600,000 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 65 | Supergirl | $14,296,438 | $14,296,438 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 66 | The Evil That Men Do | $13,106,767 | $13,102,025 | $4,742 | 100.0% |
| 67 | The Ice Pirates | $13,075,390 | $13,075,390 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 68 | Irreconcilable Differences | $12,400,000 | $12,400,000 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 69 | Dreamscape | $12,116,365 | $12,116,365 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 70 | Up the Creek | $11,708,269 | $11,708,269 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 71 | Tank | $11,131,530 | $11,131,530 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 72 | Falling in Love | $10,603,205 | $10,600,000 | $3,205 | 100.0% |
| 73 | Broadway Danny Rose | $10,600,592 | $10,600,497 | $95 | 100.0% |
| 74 | Where the Boys Are '84 | $10,531,133 | $10,530,000 | $1,133 | 100.0% |
| 75 | Thief of Hearts | $10,400,265 | $10,400,000 | $265 | 100.0% |
| 76 | Cloak & Dagger | $9,719,952 | $9,719,952 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 77 | The Wild Life | $9,500,000 | $9,500,000 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 78 | Bolero | $9,000,000 | $9,000,000 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 79 | Hard To Hold | $8,853,155 | $8,853,155 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 80 | The River | $8,818,672 | $8,818,672 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 81 | Body Double | $8,802,428 | $8,801,940 | $488 | 100.0% |
| 82 | Oxford Blues | $8,793,000 | $8,793,000 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 83 | The Bounty | $8,613,462 | $8,613,462 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 84 | Country | $8,400,000 | $8,400,000 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 85 | Nineteen Eighty-Four | $8,368,371 | $8,368,371 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 86 | Terror in the Aisles | $8,316,206 | $8,316,206 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 87 | The Philadelphia Experiment | $8,103,330 | $8,103,330 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 88 | The Little Drummer Girl | $7,828,841 | $7,828,841 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 89 | Ninja III: The Domination | $7,610,785 | $7,610,785 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 90 | Just the Way You Are | $7,517,699 | $7,517,699 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 91 | Stop Making Sense | $7,375,544 | $5,066,072 | $2,309,472 | 68.7% |
| 92 | Iceman | $7,343,032 | $7,343,032 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 93 | Hardbodies | $7,121,000 | $7,121,000 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 94 | Alphabet City | $7,000,000 | $7,000,000 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 95 | Runaway | $6,800,000 | $6,800,000 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 96 | Reckless | $6,731,602 | $6,731,602 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 97 | Swing Shift | $6,700,000 | $6,700,000 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 98 | The Razor's Edge | $6,600,000 | $6,600,000 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 99 | The Adventures of Buckaroo Ba… | $6,300,459 | $6,300,000 | $459 | 100.0% |
| 100 | Firstborn | $6,200,000 | $6,200,000 | $0 | 100.0% |