List of 1984 box office number-one films in the United States explained

This is a list of films which have placed number one at the weekend box office in the United States during 1984.^[1]

Number-one films

	Weekend end date	Film	Gross	Notes
1		Terms of Endearment	$6,234,421		^[2]
2			$5,211,394		^[3]
3			$3,466,172		^[4]
4		Silkwood	$3,547,122	Silkwood reached #1 in its seventh weekend of release.	^[5]
5		Terms of Endearment	$3,045,877	Terms of Endearment reclaimed #1 in its eleventh weekend of release.	^[6]
6		Unfaithfully Yours	$3,774,126		^[7]
7	^4-day weekend	Footloose	$8,556,935		^[8]
8			$6,617,737		^[9]
9			$6,300,641		^[10]
10		Splash	$6,174,059		^[11]
11			$6,452,183		^[12]
12		Police Academy	$8,570,007		^[13]
13			$8,061,398		^[14]
14			$7,403,955		^[15]
15			$11,183,148	Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter broke Friday the 13th Part IIIs record ($9,40 million) for highest weekend debut for a slasher film & its record for highest weekend debut for a film released during the Friday the 13th weekend.	^[16]
16		Police Academy	$6,101,974	Police Academy reclaimed #1 in its fifth weekend of release.	^[17]
17			$4,733,389		^[18]
18		Breakin'	$6,047,686		^[19]
19		The Natural	$5,088,381		^[20]
20			$5,423,233		^[21]
21	^4-day weekend	Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom	$33,936,113	Indiana Jones and the Temple of Dooms Memorial Day weekend was the biggest weekend of all-time surpassing Return of the Jedi.	^[22]
22			$16,673,295	Star Trek III: The Search for Spock had the highest non-holiday opening of all-time surpassing s $14.3 million.	^[23] ^[24]
23		Ghostbusters	$13,578,151	Ghostbusters had Columbia Pictures' biggest weekend of all-time, surpassing Tootsies $11.2 million.	^[25] ^[26]
24			$15,093,905	Ghostbusters set another record for Columbia Pictures' biggest weekend of all-time.	^[27]
25			$13,059,428		^[28]
26			$11,148,617		^[29]
27			$11,136,134		^[30]
28			$9,761,392		^[31]
29			$8,493,861		^[32]
30		Purple Rain	$7,766,201		^[33]
31		Ghostbusters	$6,443,646	Ghostbusters reclaimed #1 in ninth weekend of release.	^[34]
32		Red Dawn	$8,230,381		^[35]
33		Tightrope	$9,156,545		^[36]
34			$7,198,635		^[37]
35	^4-day weekend		$7,130,891		^[38]
36			$4,018,355		^[39]
37		Ghostbusters	$3,457,626	Ghostbusters reclaimed #1 in its fifteenth weekend of release.	^[40]
38		All of Me	$5,803,848		^[41]
39			$5,258,421		^[42]
40	^4-day weekend	Teachers	$7,013,366		^[43]
41			$4,579,286		^[44]
42			$3,448,610		^[45]
43		The Terminator	$4,020,663		^[46]
44			$4,219,463		^[47]
45		Oh, God! You Devil	$5,560,001		^[48]
46		Missing in Action	$6,101,460		^[49]
47		Supergirl	$5,738,249		^[50]
48		Missing in Action	$3,021,220	Missing in Action reclaimed #1 in its third weekend of release.	^[51]
49		Beverly Hills Cop	$15,214,805	Beverly Hills Cop broke The Best Little Whorehouse in Texass record ($11.8 million) for highest weekend debut for an R-rated film and s record ($11.9 million) for the highest weekend debut in December.	^[52]
50			$11,514,444		^[53]
51	^5-day weekend		$15,697,159		^[54]
52	^5-day weekend		$20,064,790		^[55]

Highest-grossing films

Calendar Gross

Highest-grossing films of 1984 by Calendar Gross^[56]

Rank	Title	Studio(s)	Actor(s)	Director(s)	Gross
1.	Ghostbusters	Columbia Pictures	Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver, Harold Ramis, Rick Moranis, Ernie Hudson, William Atherton and Annie Potts	Ivan Reitman	$220,919,997
2.	Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom	Paramount Pictures	Harrison Ford, Kate Capshaw, Amrish Puri, Roshan Seth, Philip Stone and Ke Huy Quan	Steven Spielberg	$179,870,271
3.	Gremlins	Warner Bros. Pictures	Zach Galligan, Phoebe Cates, Hoyt Axton, Polly Holliday and Frances Lee McCain	Joe Dante	$148,168,459
4.	The Karate Kid	Columbia Pictures	Ralph Macchio, Noriyuki "Pat" Morita, Elisabeth Shue, William Zabka, Martin Kove and Randee Heller	John G. Avildsen	$90,815,558
5.	Police Academy	Warner Bros. Pictures	Steve Guttenberg, Kim Cattrall, Bubba Smith and George Gaynes	Hugh Wilson	$81,198,894
6.	Footloose	Paramount Pictures	Kevin Bacon, Lori Singer, Dianne Wiest and John Lithgow	Herbert Ross	$80,035,402
7.	Beverly Hills Cop		Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, John Ashton, Lisa Eilbacher, Steven Berkoff, Ronny Cox, Paul Reiser and Jonathan Banks	Martin Brest	$77,455,497
8.			William Shatner, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, George Takei, Walter Koenig, Nichelle Nichols, Merritt Butrick and Christopher Lloyd	Leonard Nimoy	$76,471,046
9.	Terms of Endearment		Shirley MacLaine, Debra Winger, Jack Nicholson, Danny DeVito, Jeff Daniels and John Lithgow	James L. Brooks	$74,420,269
10.	Romancing the Stone	20th Century Fox	Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, Danny DeVito, Alfonso Arau and Manuel Ojeda	Robert Zemeckis	$74,348,839

In-Year Release

Highest-grossing films of 1984 by In-year release^[57]

Rank	Title	Distributor	Domestic gross
1.	Beverly Hills Cop		$234,760,478
2.	Ghostbusters		$229,242,989
3.	Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom		$179,870,271
4.	Gremlins		$148,168,459
5.	The Karate Kid		$90,815,558
6.	Police Academy		$81,198,894
7.	Footloose		$80,035,402
8.	Romancing the Stone		$76,572,238
9.			$76,471,046
10.	Splash		$69,821,334

Highest-grossing films by MPAA rating of 1984

G	Pinocchio (1984 Re-issue)
PG	Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
PG-13	Red Dawn
R	Beverly Hills Cop

See also

• List of American films — American films by year
• Lists of box office number-one films

Notes and References

1. Web site: Domestic Box Office Weekends For 1984. .
2. Web site: Domestic 1984 Weekend 1. Box Office Mojo.
3. Web site: Domestic 1984 Weekend 2. Box Office Mojo.
4. Web site: Domestic 1984 Weekend 3. Box Office Mojo.
5. Web site: Domestic 1984 Weekend 4. Box Office Mojo.
6. Web site: Domestic 1984 Weekend 5. Box Office Mojo.
7. Web site: Domestic 1984 Weekend 6. Box Office Mojo.
8. Web site: Domestic 1984 Weekend 7 (Presidents' Day weekend). Box Office Mojo.
9. Web site: Domestic 1984 Weekend 8. Box Office Mojo.
10. Web site: Domestic 1984 Weekend 9. Box Office Mojo.
11. Web site: Domestic 1984 Weekend 10. Box Office Mojo.
12. Web site: Domestic 1984 Weekend 11. Box Office Mojo.
13. Web site: Domestic 1984 Weekend 12. Box Office Mojo.
14. Web site: Domestic 1984 Weekend 13. Box Office Mojo.
15. Web site: Domestic 1984 Weekend 14. Box Office Mojo.
16. Web site: Domestic 1984 Weekend 15. Box Office Mojo.
17. Web site: Domestic 1984 Weekend 16. Box Office Mojo.
18. Web site: Domestic 1984 Weekend 17. Box Office Mojo.
19. Web site: Domestic 1984 Weekend 18. Box Office Mojo.
20. Web site: Domestic 1984 Weekend 19. Box Office Mojo.
21. Web site: Domestic 1984 Weekend 20. Box Office Mojo.
22. Web site: Domestic 1984 Weekend 21 (Memorial Day weekend). Box Office Mojo.
23. Web site: Domestic 1984 Weekend 22. Box Office Mojo.
24. Variety. 3. Greenberg. James. 'Star Trek' Sets New 3-Day Weekend High. June 6, 1984.
25. Web site: Domestic 1984 Weekend 23. Box Office Mojo.
26. Variety. 3. Greenberg. James. Boffo Weekend At National B.O.: 'Ghostbusters,' 'Gremlins,' 'Jones' And 'Trek' Grab $47.7-Mil Total. June 13, 1984.
27. Web site: Domestic 1984 Weekend 24. Box Office Mojo.
28. Web site: Domestic 1984 Weekend 25. Box Office Mojo.
29. Web site: Domestic 1984 Weekend 26. Box Office Mojo.
30. Web site: Domestic 1984 Weekend 27. Box Office Mojo.
31. Web site: Domestic 1984 Weekend 28. Box Office Mojo.
32. Web site: Domestic 1984 Weekend 29. Box Office Mojo.
33. Web site: Domestic 1984 Weekend 30. Box Office Mojo.
34. Web site: Domestic 1984 Weekend 31. Box Office Mojo.
35. Web site: Domestic 1984 Weekend 32. Box Office Mojo.
36. Web site: Domestic 1984 Weekend 33. Box Office Mojo.
37. Web site: Domestic 1984 Weekend 34. Box Office Mojo.
38. Web site: Domestic 1984 Weekend 35. Box Office Mojo.
39. Web site: Domestic 1984 Weekend 36. Box Office Mojo.
40. Web site: Domestic 1984 Weekend 37. Box Office Mojo.
41. Web site: Domestic 1984 Weekend 38. Box Office Mojo.
42. Web site: Domestic 1984 Weekend 39. Box Office Mojo.
43. Web site: Domestic 1984 Weekend 40 (Indigenous Peoples' Day Weekend). Box Office Mojo.
44. Web site: Domestic 1984 Weekend 41. Box Office Mojo.
45. Web site: Domestic 1984 Weekend 42. Box Office Mojo.
46. Web site: Domestic 1984 Weekend 43. Box Office Mojo.
47. Web site: Domestic 1984 Weekend 44. Box Office Mojo.
48. Web site: Domestic 1984 Weekend 45. Box Office Mojo.
49. Web site: Domestic 1984 Weekend 46. Box Office Mojo.
50. Web site: Domestic 1984 Weekend 47 (Thanksgiving 3-Day weekend). Box Office Mojo.
51. Web site: Domestic 1984 Weekend 48 (Post-Thanksgiving). Box Office Mojo.
52. Web site: Domestic 1984 Weekend 49. Box Office Mojo.
53. Web site: Domestic 1984 Weekend 50. Box Office Mojo.
54. Web site: Domestic 1984 Weekend 51 (Christmas long weekend). Box Office Mojo.
55. Web site: Domestic 1984 Weekend 52 (New Year's long weekend). Box Office Mojo.
56. Web site: Domestic Box Office For 1984. Box Office Mojo. January 19, 2020.
57. Web site: Domestic Box Office For 1984 (In-year release). Box Office Mojo. February 14, 2020.