This is a list of films which have placed number one at the weekend box office in the United States during 1984.
Number-one films †This implies the highest-grossing movie of the year. Weekend end date Film Gross Notes 1 Terms of Endearment $6,234,421 2 $5,211,394 3 $3,466,172 4 Silkwood $3,547,122 Silkwood reached #1 in its seventh weekend of release. 5 Terms of Endearment $3,045,877 Terms of Endearment reclaimed #1 in its eleventh weekend of release. 6 Unfaithfully Yours $3,774,126 7 4-day weekend Footloose $8,556,935 8 $6,617,737 9 $6,300,641 10 Splash $6,174,059 11 $6,452,183 12 Police Academy $8,570,007 13 $8,061,398 14 $7,403,955 15 Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter $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 Police Academy $6,101,974 Police Academy reclaimed #1 in its fifth weekend of release. 17 $4,733,389 18 Breakin' $6,047,686 19 The Natural $5,088,381 20 $5,423,233 21 4-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 Return of the Jedi. || |- | 22 || || Star Trek III: The Search for Spock || $16,673,295 || Star Trek III: The Search for Spock had the highest non-holiday opening of all-time surpassing Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khans $14.3 million. || |- | 23 || || rowspan="7" style="background-color:#FFFF99" | Ghostbusters † || $13,578,151 ||Ghostbusters had Columbia Pictures' biggest weekend of all-time, surpassing Tootsies $11.2 million. || |- | 24 || || $15,093,905 ||Ghostbusters set another record for Columbia Pictures' biggest weekend of all-time. || |- | 25 || || $13,059,428 || || |- | 26 || || $11,148,617 || || |- | 27 || || $11,136,134 || || |- | 28 || || $9,761,392 || || |- | 29 || || $8,493,861 || || |- | 30 || || Purple Rain || $7,766,201 || || |- | 31 || ||style="background-color:#FFFF99"| Ghostbusters † || $6,443,646 || Ghostbusters reclaimed #1 in ninth weekend of release. || |- | 32 || || Red Dawn || $8,230,381 || || |- | 33 || || rowspan="4" | Tightrope || $9,156,545 || || |- | 34 || || $7,198,635 || || |- | 35 || 4-day weekend || $7,130,891 || || |- | 36 || || $4,018,355 || || |- | 37 || ||style="background-color:#FFFF99"| Ghostbusters † || $3,457,626 || Ghostbusters reclaimed #1 in its fifteenth weekend of release. || |- | 38 || || rowspan="2" | All of Me || $5,803,848 || || |- | 39 || || $5,258,421 || || |- | 40 || 4-day weekend || rowspan="3" | Teachers || $7,013,366 || || |- | 41 || || $4,579,286 || || |- | 42 || || $3,448,610 || || |- | 43 || || rowspan="2" | The Terminator || $4,020,663 || || |- | 44 || || $4,219,463 || || |- | 45 || || Oh, God! You Devil || $5,560,001 || || |- | 46 || || Missing in Action || $6,101,460 || || |- | 47 || || Supergirl || $5,738,249 || || |- | 48 || || Missing in Action || $3,021,220 || Missing in Action reclaimed #1 in its third weekend of release. || |- | 49 || || rowspan="4" | 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 Star Trek: The Motion Picture''s record ($11.9 million) for the highest weekend debut in December. 50 $11,514,444 51 5-day weekend $15,697,159 52 5-day weekend $20,064,790
Highest-grossing films
Calendar Gross Highest-grossing films of 1984 by Calendar Gross 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. FootlooseParamount 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. 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 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 20th Century Fox $76,572,238 9. Star Trek III: The Search for Spock Paramount $76,471,046 10. Splash Disney $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
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