The Top Movies, Weekend of January 27, 1984

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(3)	Silkwood	20th Century Fox	Drama	$3,547,122	+42.94%	816	$4,347	$21,501,926	47
2	(1)	Terms of Endearment	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$3,383,539	-2.38%	903	$3,747	$65,425,742	68
3	(5)	Never Cry Wolf	Buena Vista	Drama	$2,679,108	+35.66%	491	$5,456	$13,680,149	115
4	(2)	Hot Dog� The Movie	MGM/UA Classics	Comedy	$2,415,665	-22.68%	1,173	$2,059	$12,395,099	17
5	(new)	The Lonely Guy	Universal	Comedy	$2,072,130		717	$2,890	$2,072,130	3
6	(6)	Yentl	MGM/UA Classics	Musical	$1,851,461	+4.37%	747	$2,479	$30,783,557	73
7	(4)	Sudden Impact	Warner Bros.	Action	$1,743,949	-21.61%	1,003	$1,739	$60,129,753	52
8	(7)	Scarface	Universal	Drama	$1,469,520	-4.14%	624	$2,355	$34,297,520	52
9	(8)	Uncommon Valor	Paramount Pictures	Action	$1,406,213	-8.12%	870	$1,616	$25,000,123	45
10	(9)	Angel	New World	Thriller/Suspense	$1,124,780	-22.53%	356	$3,159	$5,804,780	17
11	(10)	The Big Chill	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$1,092,163	-2.91%	692	$1,578	$50,298,180	124
12	(new)	Broadway Danny Rose	Orion Pictures	Comedy	$953,740		109	$8,750	$953,740	3
13	(12)	Gorky Park	Orion Pictures	Drama	$786,217	-11.67%	475	$1,655	$13,523,592	45
14	(13)	Christine	Sony Pictures	Horror	$696,955	-15.00%	600	$1,162	$19,689,450	52
15	(11)	Two of a Kind	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$628,196	-31.36%	576	$1,091	$21,963,373	45
16	(15)	D.C. Cab	Universal	Comedy	$553,880	-17.24%	488	$1,135	$13,023,880	45
17	(14)	To Be or Not to Be	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$453,743	-32.50%	365	$1,243	$12,040,177	45
18	(23)	Star 80	Warner Bros.	Drama	$412,566	+291.56%	94	$4,389	$2,221,336	81
19	(17)	The Man Who Loved Women	Columbia	Comedy	$376,172	-20.43%	419	$898	$10,964,231	45
20	(16)	The Buddy System	20th Century Fox	Drama	$373,069	-28.89%	186	$2,006	$1,032,987	10
21	(18)	Educating Rita	Columbia	Drama	$304,941	-1.84%	249	$1,225	$12,060,081	131
22	(20)	The Right Stuff	Warner Bros.	Action	$278,022	+3.77%	92	$3,022	$15,183,991	101
23	(22)	Never Say Never Again	Warner Bros.	Action	$192,270	-20.56%	187	$1,028	$55,230,071	115
24	(21)	Return of the Jedi	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$183,493	-28.15%	147	$1,248	$251,640,919	250
25	(19)	Scandalous	Orion Pictures	Comedy	$157,622	-42.67%	87	$1,812	$526,805	10
26	(new)	Slayground	Universal	Action	$108,128		62	$1,744	$108,128	3
27	(24)	Experience Preferred	Samuel Goldwyn Films	Drama	$33,920	-23.36%	12	$2,827	$775,925	87
28	(25)	The Dresser	Columbia	Drama	$24,441	-21.73%	3	$8,147	$483,174	55