Domestic 1984 Week 33
August 17-23, 1984
Key:New This Week
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | Tightrope | $13,710,425 | - | 1,535 | - | $8,931 | $13,710,425 | 1 | Warner Bros. |
| 2 | 2 | Ghostbusters | $8,613,533 | -7.2% | 1,400 | -23 | $6,152 | $174,698,963 | 11 | Columbia Pictures |
| 3 | 1 | Red Dawn | $8,517,571 | -34.5% | 1,792 | -30 | $4,753 | $21,524,221 | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 4 | 3 | Purple Rain | $6,295,008 | -17.6% | 853 | -138 | $7,379 | $36,664,916 | 4 | Warner Bros. |
| 5 | 4 | Revenge of the Nerds | $5,793,016 | -17.6% | 971 | +13 | $5,966 | $20,605,943 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 6 | - | The Woman in Red | $5,790,156 | - | 1,065 | - | $5,436 | $5,790,156 | 1 | Orion Pictures |
| 7 | 5 | The Karate Kid | $5,311,454 | -0.1% | 1,030 | -81 | $5,156 | $61,486,442 | 9 | Columbia Pictures |
| 8 | - | Dreamscape | $4,391,255 | - | 816 | - | $5,381 | $4,391,255 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 9 | - | Sheena | $4,159,860 | - | 1,496 | - | $2,780 | $4,159,860 | 1 | Columbia Pictures |
| 10 | 6 | Gremlins | $3,478,598 | -30.6% | 1,013 | -309 | $3,433 | $130,776,894 | 11 | Warner Bros. |
| 11 | 9 | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | $2,634,461 | -21.6% | 730 | -216 | $3,608 | $162,870,972 | 14 | Paramount Pictures |
| 12 | 7 | Cloak and Dagger | $2,439,419 | -42.2% | 951 | -196 | $2,565 | $6,656,364 | 2 | Universal Pictures |
| 13 | 8 | The Jungle Book 1984 Re-release | $1,940,631 | -46.9% | 772 | -337 | $2,513 | $20,643,392 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 14 | 16 | The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension | $656,839 | -32.6% | 183 | -53 | $3,589 | $1,631,565 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox |
