Domestic 1984 Weekend 33

August 17-19, 1984

Key:New This Week

RankLWRelease Gross%± LWTheatersChangeAverageTotal GrossWeeksDistributor
1-Tightrope$9,156,545-1,535-$5,965$9,156,5451Warner Bros.
21Red Dawn$5,584,336-32.1%1,792-30$3,116$18,590,9862Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
32Ghostbusters$5,405,990-6.5%1,400-23$3,861$171,491,42011Columbia Pictures
43Purple Rain$4,002,533-16.7%853-138$4,692$34,372,4414Warner Bros.
54Revenge of the Nerds$3,666,836-16.5%971+13$3,776$18,479,7635Twentieth Century Fox
65The Karate Kid$3,420,623+7.5%1,030-81$3,320$59,595,6119Columbia Pictures
7-The Woman in Red$3,159,811-1,065-$2,966$3,159,8111Orion Pictures
8-Sheena$2,950,114-1,496-$1,972$2,950,1141Columbia Pictures
9-Dreamscape$2,257,627-816-$2,766$2,257,6271Twentieth Century Fox
106Gremlins$2,170,739-31.1%1,013-309$2,142$129,469,03511Warner Bros.
119Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom$1,619,329-23.3%730-216$2,218$161,855,84013Paramount Pictures
127Cloak and Dagger$1,589,121-44.5%951-196$1,671$5,806,0662Universal Pictures
138The Jungle Book
1984 Re-release
$1,216,037-43.2%772-337$1,575$19,918,7984Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
1416The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension$414,962-33.1%183-53$2,267$1,389,6882Twentieth Century Fox