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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.