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

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 Ref
1January 8, 1984Terms of Endearment$6,234,421[2]
2January 15, 1984$5,211,394[3]
3January 22, 1984$3,466,172[4]
4January 29, 1984Silkwood$3,547,122Silkwood reached #1 in its seventh weekend of release.[5]
5February 5, 1984Terms of Endearment$3,045,877Terms of Endearment reclaimed #1 in its eleventh weekend of release.[6]
6February 12, 1984Unfaithfully Yours$3,774,126[7]
7February 20, 19844-day weekendFootloose$8,556,935[8]
8February 26, 1984$6,617,737[9]
9March 4, 1984$6,300,641[10]
10March 11, 1984Splash$6,174,059[11]
11March 18, 1984$6,452,183[12]
12March 25, 1984Police Academy$8,570,007[13]
13April 1, 1984$8,061,398[14]
14April 8, 1984$7,403,955[15]
15April 15, 1984Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter$11,183,148Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter broke Friday the 13th Part III's 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. Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter also broke Lone Wolf McQuade's record ($4,29 million) for highest weekend debut in April.[16]
16April 22, 1984Police Academy$6,101,974Police Academy reclaimed #1 in its fifth weekend of release.[17]
17April 29, 1984$4,733,389[18]
18May 6, 1984Breakin'$6,047,686[19]
19May 13, 1984The Natural$5,088,381[20]
20May 20, 1984$5,423,233[21]
21May 28, 19844-day weekendIndiana Jones and the Temple of Doom$33,936,113Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom's Memorial Day weekend was the biggest weekend of all-time surpassing Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi.[22]
22June 3, 1984Star Trek III: The Search for Spock$16,673,295[23]
23June 10, 1984Ghostbusters$13,578,151Columbia Pictures' biggest weekend of all-time surpassing Tootsie.[24]
24June 17, 1984$15,093,905Columbia Pictures' biggest weekend of all-time.[25]
25June 24, 1984$13,059,428[26]
26July 1, 1984$11,148,617[27]
27July 8, 1984$11,136,134[28]
28July 15, 1984$9,761,392[29]
29July 22, 1984$8,493,861[30]
30July 29, 1984Purple Rain$7,766,201[31]
31August 5, 1984Ghostbusters$6,443,646Ghostbusters reclaimed #1 in ninth weekend of release.[32]
32August 12, 1984Red Dawn$8,230,381[33]
33August 19, 1984Tightrope$9,156,545[34]
34August 26, 1984$7,198,635[35]
35September 3, 19844-day weekend$7,130,891[36]
36September 9, 1984$4,018,355[37]
37September 16, 1984Ghostbusters$3,457,626Ghostbusters reclaimed #1 in its fifteenth weekend of release.[38]
38September 23, 1984All of Me$5,803,848[39]
39September 30, 1984$5,258,421[40]
40October 8, 19844-day weekendTeachers$7,013,366[41]
41October 14, 1984$4,579,286[42]
42October 21, 1984$3,448,610[43]
43October 28, 1984The Terminator$4,020,663[44]
44November 4, 1984$4,219,463[45]
45November 11, 1984Oh, God! You Devil$5,560,001[46]
46November 18, 1984Missing in Action$6,101,460[47]
47November 25, 1984Supergirl$5,738,249Supergirl held the record for a film featuring a female protagonist.[48]
48December 2, 1984Missing in Action$3,021,220Missing in Action reclaimed #1 in its third weekend of release.[49]
49December 9, 1984Beverly Hills Cop$15,214,805Beverly Hills Cop broke The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas''s record ($11.8 million) for highest weekend debut for a R-rated film and Sudden Impact's record ($9.6 million) for the highest weekend debut in December.[50]
50December 16, 1984$11,514,444[51]
51December 25, 19845-day weekend$15,697,159[52]
52January 1, 19855-day weekend$20,064,790[53]

Highest-grossing films

Calendar Gross

Highest-grossing films of 1984 by Calendar Gross[54]

RankTitleStudio(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 and Martin Kove 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 and Ronny Cox Martin Brest $77,455,497
8. Star Trek III: The Search for Spock 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[55]
Rank Title Distributor Domestic gross
1.Beverly Hills CopParamount$234,760,478
2.GhostbustersColumbia$229,242,989
3.Indiana Jones and the Temple of DoomParamount$179,870,271
4.GremlinsWarner Bros.$148,168,459
5.The Karate KidColumbia$90,815,558
6.Police AcademyWarner Bros.$81,198,894
7.FootlooseParamount$80,035,402
8.Romancing the StoneFox$76,572,238
9.Star Trek III: The Search for SpockParamount$76,471,046
10.SplashDisney$69,821,334


Highest-grossing films by MPAA rating of 1984
GPinocchio (1984 Re-issue)
PGGhostbusters
PG-13Red Dawn
RBeverly Hills Cop

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See also
Preceded by
1983		 1984 Succeeded by
1985
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