List of 1984 box office number-one films in the United States
Appearance
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 |
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1 | January 8, 1984 | Terms of Endearment | $6,234,421 | [2] | |
2 | January 15, 1984 | $5,211,394 | [3] | ||
3 | January 22, 1984 | $3,466,172 | [4] | ||
4 | January 29, 1984 | Silkwood | $3,547,122 | Silkwood reached #1 in its seventh weekend of release. | [5] |
5 | February 5, 1984 | Terms of Endearment | $3,045,877 | Terms of Endearment reclaimed #1 in its eleventh weekend of release. | [6] |
6 | February 12, 1984 | Unfaithfully Yours | $3,774,126 | [7] | |
7 | February 20, 19844-day weekend | Footloose | $8,556,935 | [8] | |
8 | February 26, 1984 | $6,617,737 | [9] | ||
9 | March 4, 1984 | $6,300,641 | [10] | ||
10 | March 11, 1984 | Splash | $6,174,059 | [11] | |
11 | March 18, 1984 | $6,452,183 | [12] | ||
12 | March 25, 1984 | Police Academy | $8,570,007 | [13] | |
13 | April 1, 1984 | $8,061,398 | [14] | ||
14 | April 8, 1984 | $7,403,955 | [15] | ||
15 | April 15, 1984 | Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter | $11,183,148 | Friday 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] |
16 | April 22, 1984 | Police Academy | $6,101,974 | Police Academy reclaimed #1 in its fifth weekend of release. | [17] |
17 | April 29, 1984 | $4,733,389 | [18] | ||
18 | May 6, 1984 | Breakin' | $6,047,686 | [19] | |
19 | May 13, 1984 | The Natural | $5,088,381 | [20] | |
20 | May 20, 1984 | $5,423,233 | [21] | ||
21 | May 28, 19844-day weekend | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | $33,936,113 | Indiana 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] |
22 | June 3, 1984 | Star Trek III: The Search for Spock | $16,673,295 | [23] | |
23 | June 10, 1984 | Ghostbusters | $13,578,151 | Columbia Pictures' biggest weekend of all-time surpassing Tootsie. | [24] |
24 | June 17, 1984 | $15,093,905 | Columbia Pictures' biggest weekend of all-time. | [25] | |
25 | June 24, 1984 | $13,059,428 | [26] | ||
26 | July 1, 1984 | $11,148,617 | [27] | ||
27 | July 8, 1984 | $11,136,134 | [28] | ||
28 | July 15, 1984 | $9,761,392 | [29] | ||
29 | July 22, 1984 | $8,493,861 | [30] | ||
30 | July 29, 1984 | Purple Rain | $7,766,201 | [31] | |
31 | August 5, 1984 | Ghostbusters | $6,443,646 | Ghostbusters reclaimed #1 in ninth weekend of release. | [32] |
32 | August 12, 1984 | Red Dawn | $8,230,381 | [33] | |
33 | August 19, 1984 | Tightrope | $9,156,545 | [34] | |
34 | August 26, 1984 | $7,198,635 | [35] | ||
35 | September 3, 19844-day weekend | $7,130,891 | [36] | ||
36 | September 9, 1984 | $4,018,355 | [37] | ||
37 | September 16, 1984 | Ghostbusters | $3,457,626 | Ghostbusters reclaimed #1 in its fifteenth weekend of release. | [38] |
38 | September 23, 1984 | All of Me | $5,803,848 | [39] | |
39 | September 30, 1984 | $5,258,421 | [40] | ||
40 | October 8, 19844-day weekend | Teachers | $7,013,366 | [41] | |
41 | October 14, 1984 | $4,579,286 | [42] | ||
42 | October 21, 1984 | $3,448,610 | [43] | ||
43 | October 28, 1984 | The Terminator | $4,020,663 | [44] | |
44 | November 4, 1984 | $4,219,463 | [45] | ||
45 | November 11, 1984 | Oh, God! You Devil | $5,560,001 | [46] | |
46 | November 18, 1984 | Missing in Action | $6,101,460 | [47] | |
47 | November 25, 1984 | Supergirl | $5,738,249 | Supergirl held the record for a film featuring a female protagonist. | [48] |
48 | December 2, 1984 | Missing in Action | $3,021,220 | Missing in Action reclaimed #1 in its third weekend of release. | [49] |
49 | December 9, 1984 | Beverly Hills Cop | $15,214,805 | Beverly 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] |
50 | December 16, 1984 | $11,514,444 | [51] | ||
51 | December 25, 19845-day weekend | $15,697,159 | [52] | ||
52 | January 1, 19855-day weekend | $20,064,790 | [53] |
Highest-grossing films
Calendar Gross
Highest-grossing films of 1984 by Calendar Gross[54]
In-Year Release
Rank | Title | Distributor | Domestic gross |
---|---|---|---|
1. | Beverly Hills Cop | Paramount | $234,760,478 |
2. | Ghostbusters | Columbia | $229,242,989 |
3. | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | Paramount | $179,870,271 |
4. | Gremlins | Warner Bros. | $148,168,459 |
5. | The Karate Kid | Columbia | $90,815,558 |
6. | Police Academy | Warner Bros. | $81,198,894 |
7. | Footloose | Paramount | $80,035,402 |
8. | Romancing the Stone | Fox | $76,572,238 |
9. | Star Trek III: The Search for Spock | Paramount | $76,471,046 |
10. | Splash | Disney | $69,821,334 |
G | Pinocchio (1984 Re-issue) |
PG | Ghostbusters |
PG-13 | Red Dawn |
R | Beverly Hills Cop |
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See also
- List of American films — American films by year
- Lists of box office number-one films