Box Office Records > Domestic > All Movies > Cumulative > Top 1984 Domestic

Top 1984 Movies at the Domestic Box Office


See also: Top 1984 International - Top 1984 Worldwide

Other Domestic Cumulative records: All Time Domestic - All Time Domestic (Inf. Adj.) - All Time Animated Domestic - All Time Sequel Domestic - All Time Non-Sequel Domestic - Top 2023 Domestic - Top 2024 Domestic

This chart contains the total domestic box office for movies released in 1984.

See Top Grossing Movies of 1984 for a list of movies that earned most at the domestic box office during 1984, including films released in 1983 and earlier.

Rank Movie Distributor Domestic
Box
Office
Opening
Weekend
Box Office
Max
Theater
Count
1 Ghostbusters Sony Pict… $242,604,185 $13,612,564 1,506
2 Beverly Hills Cop Paramount… $234,760,478 $15,214,805 2,006
3 Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Paramount… $179,880,271 $25,337,110 1,687
4 Gremlins Warner Bros. $151,661,913 $12,511,634 1,537
5 The Karate Kid Sony Pict… $90,815,558 $5,031,753 1,111
6 Police Academy Warner Bros. $81,198,894 $8,570,007 1,587
7 Footloose Paramount… $80,000,000 $8,556,935 1,384
8 Star Trek III: The Search for Spock Paramount… $76,471,046 $16,673,229 1,966
9 Romancing the Stone 20th Cent… $75,078,260 $5,105,741 1,101
10 Purple Rain Warner Bros. $68,392,977 $7,766,201 1,022
11 Splash Walt Disney $62,599,495 $6,174,059 1,186
12 Grand Canyon: The Hidden Secrets $52,800,000
13 Amadeus Warner Bros. $51,973,029 $505,276 802
14 Tightrope Warner Bros. $48,100,000 $9,156,545 1,535
15 The Natural Sony/TriStar $47,951,979 $5,088,381 1,012
16 Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes Warner Bros. $45,900,000 $6,517,732 1,175
17 2010 MGM $41,000,000 $7,393,361 1,213
18 Revenge of the Nerds 20th Cent… $40,874,452 $1,513,090 989
19 Red Dawn MGM/UA Cl… $38,900,000 $8,239,381 1,822
20 Bachelor Party 20th Cent… $38,435,947 $4,775,155 1,276
21 City Heat Warner Bros. $38,348,988 $6,301,694 1,655
22 The Terminator Orion Pic… $38,019,031 $4,020,663 1,112
23 Breakin' Cannon $36,100,000 $6,047,686 1,121
24 All of Me Universal $35,243,581 $5,803,848 1,200
25 Places in the Heart Sony/TriStar $34,900,814 $274,279 868
26 The Killing Fields Warner Bros. $34,609,720 $32,181 663
27 Friday the 13th Part IV: The Final Chapter Paramount… $32,980,880 $11,183,148 1,600
28 The Gods Must Be Crazy 20th Cent… $30,031,783 $8,788 185
29 Starman Sony Pict… $28,700,000 $2,872,022 1,271
30 Cannonball Run II Warner Bros. $28,100,000 $8,323,948 1,845
31 Teachers MGM/UA Cl… $27,700,000 $7,013,366 1,721
32 Dune Universal $27,447,471 $6,025,091 975
33 A Passage to India Sony Pict… $27,187,653 $84,580 650
34 Conan the Destroyer Universal $26,400,000 $6,876,768 1,250
35 Protocol Warner Bros. $26,300,000 $3,427,840 904
36 Micki + Maude Sony Pict… $26,200,000 $2,742,458 876
37 The Cotton Club Orion Pic… $25,928,721 $2,903,603 809
38 The Muppets Take Manhattan Sony/TriStar $25,534,703 $4,416,022 1,261
39 A Nightmare on Elm Street New Line $25,504,513 $1,271,000 274
40 The Woman in Red Orion Pic… $25,308,147 $3,165,833 1,069
41 Against All Odds Sony Pict… $25,100,000 $3,766,128 979
42 Moscow on the Hudson Sony Pict… $25,100,000 $3,536,687 721
43 The Flamingo Kid 20th Cent… $23,859,382 $2,015,076 753
44 Sixteen Candles Universal $23,686,027 $4,461,520 1,245
45 Missing in Action Cannon $22,812,411 $6,101,460 1,209
46 The Last Starfighter Universal $22,200,789 $6,011,695 1,287
47 A Soldier's Story Sony Pict… $22,100,000 $156,383 581
48 Oh God, You Devil! Warner Bros. $21,538,850 $5,560,001 1,384
49 Rhinestone 20th Cent… $21,400,000 $5,459,726 1,630
50 The Neverending Story Warner Bros. $21,300,000 $4,325,823 950
51 Top Secret! Paramount… $21,100,000 $4,406,205 1,100
52 Weekend Pass Crown $21,058,033 $1,451,676 475
53 Unfaithfully Yours 20th Cent… $19,928,200 $3,744,126 831
54 Best Defense Paramount… $19,265,302 $7,872,297 1,425
55 Blame it on Rio 20th Cent… $18,600,000 $3,437,660 1,234
56 Hot Dog… The Movie MGM/UA Cl… $17,540,166 $4,506,756 1,276
57 Lassiter Warner Bros. $17,513,452 $5,072,583 945
58 Angel New World $17,488,564 $2,214,824 499
59 Johnny Dangerously 20th Cent… $17,124,395 $2,947,746 1,086
60 Beat Street Orion Pic… $16,595,791 $5,218,040 1,380
61 Firestarter Universal $15,136,870 $4,726,660 1,374
62 Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo Cannon $15,000,000 $2,921,030 908
63 Night of the Comet Atlantic $14,600,000 $3,580,578 1,098
64 Children of the Corn New World $14,600,000 $2,042,821 653
65 Supergirl Sony/TriStar $14,296,438 $5,738,249 1,620
66 The Evil That Men Do Sony/TriStar $13,102,025 $4,538,400 1,464
67 The Ice Pirates MGM/UA Cl… $13,075,390 $4,358,022 1,175
68 Irreconcilable Differences Warner Bros. $12,400,000 $3,076,894 902
69 Dreamscape 20th Cent… $12,116,365 $2,257,627 816
70 Up the Creek Orion Pic… $11,708,269 $3,210,882 1,346
71 Tank Universal $11,131,530 $4,035,960 1,332
72 Broadway Danny Rose Orion Pic… $10,600,497 $953,740 613
73 Falling in Love Paramount… $10,600,000 $2,293,710 807
74 Where the Boys Are '84 Sony/TriStar $10,530,000 $3,665,088 1,414
75 Thief of Hearts Paramount… $10,400,000 $3,091,670 1,200

The Domestic Market is defined as the North American movie territory (consisting of the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and Guam).

This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.

Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.