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Contemporary Fiction Movies Released in 1984
This list shows all Contemporary Fiction films released in 1984, including films that went direct-to-video, or only got an international theatrical release. For each film, we use the first date on which it was made available to the public, which might include international theatrical or domestic video releases that were a few days, or sometimes more, earlier than the domestic (US/Canada) theatrical release.
The revenue listed is the worldwide box office combined with the domestic home market revenue to date.
Domestic Analysis for Contemporary Fiction Movies for 1984
Release Date | Movie | Genre | Release Type | Revenue to Date | Trailer |
January, 1984 |
January 1 |
Ordeal by Innocence |
Thriller/Suspense |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
|
January 2 |
Violated |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
|
January 5 |
El Sur |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$96,224 |
|
|
January 11 |
El Norte |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
|
Prénom Carmen |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
|
January 13 |
Angel |
Thriller/Suspense |
Theatrical |
$17,567,955 |
|
|
Covergirl |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
|
Hot Dog… The Movie |
Comedy |
Theatrical |
$17,540,166 |
|
|
Surf II |
Comedy |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
|
January 20 |
The Buddy System |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$1,820,049 |
|
|
The Loveless |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
|
Scandalous |
Comedy |
Theatrical |
$526,805 |
|
|
January 27 |
The Lonely Guy |
Romantic Comedy |
Theatrical |
$4,800,000 |
|
|
Slayground |
Action |
Theatrical |
$108,128 |
|
February, 1984 |
February 3 |
Reckless |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$6,731,602 |
|
|
Weekend Pass |
Comedy |
Theatrical |
$21,058,033 |
|
|
February 10 |
Unfaithfully Yours |
Romantic Comedy |
Theatrical |
$19,928,200 |
|
|
February 17 |
Blame it on Rio |
Romantic Comedy |
Theatrical |
$18,600,000 |
|
|
Crackers |
Action |
Theatrical |
$58,689 |
|
|
Footloose |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$80,008,940 |
|
March, 1984 |
March 2 |
Against All Odds |
Thriller/Suspense |
Theatrical |
$25,100,000 |
|
|
Harry & Son |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$4,900,000 |
|
|
Over the Brooklyn Bridge |
Comedy |
Theatrical |
$592,448 |
|
|
Sahara |
Adventure |
Theatrical |
$1,025,015 |
|
|
This is Spinal Tap |
Comedy |
Theatrical |
$4,736,270 |
|
|
March 9 |
Children of the Corn |
Horror |
Theatrical |
$14,600,000 |
|
|
Mike's Murder |
Thriller/Suspense |
Theatrical |
$1,100,000 |
|
|
Roman Za’ir |
Romantic Comedy |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
|
March 16 |
Tank |
Action |
Theatrical |
$11,131,530 |
|
|
March 23 |
Police Academy |
Comedy |
Theatrical |
$81,198,894 |
|
|
March 30 |
Misunderstood |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$1,500,000 |
|
|
Romancing the Stone |
Adventure |
Theatrical |
$115,078,260 |
|
April, 1984 |
April 6 |
Hard To Hold |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$8,853,155 |
|
|
Moscow on the Hudson |
Comedy |
Theatrical |
$25,100,000 |
|
|
Up the Creek |
Comedy |
Theatrical |
$11,708,269 |
|
|
Where the Boys Are '84 |
Comedy |
Theatrical |
$10,531,133 |
|
|
April 13 |
Friday the 13th Part IV: The Final Ch… |
Horror |
Theatrical |
$32,981,717 |
|
|
April 20 |
Murderock—Uccide a passo di danza |
Horror |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
|
April 25 |
Bajo en nicotina |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
|
April 27 |
Love Letters |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$5,278,795 |
|
|
|
Apr, 1984 TBD |
They’re Playing with Fire |
Horror |
Theatrical |
$92,522 |
|
May, 1984 |
May 4 |
Alphabet City |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$7,000,000 |
|
|
Breakin' |
Musical |
Theatrical |
$36,100,000 |
|
|
Hardbodies |
Comedy |
Theatrical |
$7,152,916 |
|
|
Sixteen Candles |
Romantic Comedy |
Theatrical |
$23,686,027 |
|
|
May 11 |
La Femme de l'Aviateur |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$12,415 |
|
|
May 18 |
Finders Keepers |
Comedy |
Theatrical |
$1,531,156 |
|
|
Making the Grade |
Comedy |
Theatrical |
$4,561,000 |
|
|
May 25 |
Chattanooga Choo Choo |
Comedy |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
June, 1984 |
June 1 |
Streets of Fire |
Action |
Theatrical |
$5,600,382 |
|
|
June 8 |
Beat Street |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$16,595,791 |
|
|
Ghostbusters |
Comedy |
Theatrical |
$295,582,480 |
Play |
|
June 15 |
Careful, He Might Hear You |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
|
June 22 |
A Breed Apart |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$51,101 |
|
|
Identificazione di una donna |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$2,752 |
|
|
The Karate Kid |
Action |
Theatrical |
$90,858,381 |
|
|
The Pope of Greenwich Village |
Black Comedy |
Theatrical |
$6,139,896 |
|
|
Rhinestone |
Comedy |
Theatrical |
$21,400,000 |
|
|
Top Secret! |
Comedy |
Theatrical |
$21,100,000 |
|
|
June 29 |
Bachelor Party |
Comedy |
Theatrical |
$38,767,969 |
|
|
Cannonball Run II |
Comedy |
Theatrical |
$28,100,000 |
|
July, 1984 |
July 9 |
The Gods Must Be Crazy |
Comedy |
Theatrical |
$34,331,783 |
|
|
July 13 |
The Muppets Take Manhattan |
Comedy |
Theatrical |
$25,534,703 |
|
|
July 20 |
Best Defense |
Comedy |
Theatrical |
$19,265,302 |
|
|
Revenge of the Nerds |
Comedy |
Theatrical |
$41,431,948 |
|
|
July 25 |
Blastfighter |
Action |
Theatrical |
$5,682 |
|
|
July 27 |
Meatballs II |
Comedy |
Theatrical |
$5,410,972 |
|
|
Purple Rain |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$68,394,225 |
|
August, 1984 |
August 3 |
Grandview, U.S.A. |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$4,743,119 |
|
|
Joy of Sex |
Comedy |
Theatrical |
$4,463,000 |
|
|
August 10 |
Cloak & Dagger |
Action |
Theatrical |
$9,719,952 |
|
|
Red Dawn |
Action |
Theatrical |
$39,015,701 |
|
|
August 15 |
The Woman in Red |
Romantic Comedy |
Theatrical |
$25,308,147 |
|
|
August 17 |
Sheena |
Adventure |
Theatrical |
$5,778,353 |
|
|
Tightrope |
Thriller/Suspense |
Theatrical |
$48,100,000 |
|
|
August 24 |
Cal |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
|
Love Streams |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
|
Oxford Blues |
Comedy |
Theatrical |
$8,793,000 |
|
|
August 29 |
Choose Me |
Comedy |
Theatrical |
$2,490,233 |
|
|
Les nuits de la pleine lune |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$18,401 |
|
|
August 31 |
Flashpoint |
Action |
Theatrical |
$3,854,833 |
|
September, 1984 |
September 14 |
Exterminator 2 |
Action |
Theatrical |
$3,739,406 |
|
|
Ninja III: The Domination |
Action |
Theatrical |
$7,921,502 |
|
|
September 21 |
The Evil That Men Do |
Action |
Theatrical |
$13,106,767 |
|
|
The River Rat |
Action |
Theatrical |
$790,254 |
|
|
Until September |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$4,097,094 |
|
|
Windy City |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$343,890 |
|
|
September 28 |
Body Rock |
Musical |
Theatrical |
$1,639,127 |
|
|
Heartbreakers |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$104,125 |
|
|
Irreconcilable Differences |
Comedy |
Theatrical |
$12,400,000 |
|
|
The Wild Life |
Comedy |
Theatrical |
$9,500,000 |
|
|
September 29 |
Country |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$8,400,000 |
|
October, 1984 |
October 3 |
Behind the Yellow Line |
Romantic Comedy |
Theatrical |
$2,069,000 |
|
|
October 5 |
The Perils of Gwendoline |
Adventure |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
|
Savage Streets |
Action |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
|
Lo Squartatore di New York |
Horror |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
|
Teachers |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$27,700,000 |
|
|
October 12 |
Garbo Talks |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$1,427,108 |
|
|
Songwriter |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$865,915 |
|
|
October 19 |
Best Revenge |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
|
Crimes of Passion |
Thriller/Suspense |
Theatrical |
$2,912,945 |
|
|
The Little Drummer Girl |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$7,828,841 |
|
|
The Razor's Edge |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$6,600,000 |
|
|
Thief of Hearts |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$10,400,265 |
|
|
October 26 |
American Dreamer |
Romantic Comedy |
Theatrical |
$5,021,751 |
|
|
Body Double |
Thriller/Suspense |
Theatrical |
$8,801,940 |
|
|
Firstborn |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$6,200,000 |
|
|
Give My Regards to Broad Street |
Musical |
Theatrical |
$1,387,440 |
|
|
Paris, Texas |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$2,230,376 |
|
|
The Times of Harvey Milk |
Documentary |
Theatrical |
$13,561 |
|
|
October 27 |
Not For Publication |
Comedy |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
November, 1984 |
November 2 |
Blame it on the Night |
Comedy |
Theatrical |
$201,096 |
|
|
Lovelines |
Comedy |
Theatrical |
$225,570 |
|
|
November 5 |
El Jardin Secreto |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
|
November 9 |
A Nightmare on Elm Street |
Horror |
Theatrical |
$25,542,906 |
|
|
No Small Affair |
Romantic Comedy |
Theatrical |
$4,994,094 |
|
|
Oh God, You Devil! |
Comedy |
Theatrical |
$21,538,850 |
|
|
Silent Night, Deadly Night |
Horror |
Theatrical |
$2,491,460 |
|
|
November 16 |
Just the Way You Are |
Comedy |
Theatrical |
$7,517,699 |
|
|
Missing in Action |
Action |
Theatrical |
$22,812,411 |
|
|
Night Patrol |
Comedy |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
|
Raw Courage |
Thriller/Suspense |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
|
November 21 |
Boy Meets Girl |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
|
Falling in Love |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$10,603,205 |
|
|
|
Nov, 1984 TBD |
Bad Manners |
Comedy |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
December, 1984 |
December 5 |
Beverly Hills Cop |
Comedy |
Theatrical |
$316,300,000 |
|
|
December 7 |
City Heat |
Action |
Theatrical |
$38,348,988 |
|
|
The Initiation |
Horror |
Theatrical |
$27,464 |
|
|
December 14 |
Mass Appeal |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$1,900,000 |
|
|
December 17 |
The River |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$8,818,672 |
|
|
December 19 |
Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo |
Musical |
Theatrical |
$15,000,000 |
|
|
December 21 |
Birdy |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$1,400,051 |
|
|
The Flamingo Kid |
Comedy |
Theatrical |
$23,938,916 |
|
|
Micki + Maude |
Romantic Comedy |
Theatrical |
$26,200,000 |
|
|
Protocol |
Comedy |
Theatrical |
$26,300,000 |
|