The Top Movies, Weekend of February 17, 1984

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Footloose	Paramount Pictures	Musical	$8,556,935		1,384	$6,183	$8,556,935	3
2	(new)	Lassiter	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$5,072,583		945	$5,368	$5,072,583	3
3	(2)	Terms of Endearment	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$4,492,865	+97.23%	1,259	$3,569	$77,951,723	89
4	(new)	Blame it on Rio	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$3,437,660		1,201	$2,862	$3,437,660	3
5	(1)	Unfaithfully Yours	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$3,007,508	-19.67%	831	$3,619	$7,910,385	10
6	(15)	Broadway Danny Rose	Orion Pictures	Comedy	$2,083,455	+185.50%	613	$3,399	$5,481,308	24
7	(3)	Silkwood	20th Century Fox	Drama	$1,740,167	-8.00%	791	$2,200	$30,022,652	68
8	(4)	Never Cry Wolf	Buena Vista	Drama	$1,695,542	+3.71%	540	$3,140	$20,900,687	136
9	(6)	Angel	New World	Thriller/Suspense	$1,642,567	+24.32%	498	$3,298	$10,486,653	38
10	(21)	The Right Stuff	Warner Bros.	Action	$1,608,243	+721.30%	627	$2,565	$17,413,836	122
11	(10)	Scarface	Universal	Drama	$988,824	-3.13%	336	$2,943	$38,502,378	73
12	(11)	Yentl	MGM/UA Classics	Musical	$945,257	-6.05%	516	$1,832	$35,637,439	94
13	(5)	Reckless	MGM/UA Classics	Drama	$935,812	-42.29%	569	$1,645	$6,128,567	17
14	(9)	Weekend Pass	Crown	Comedy	$932,190	-9.59%	386	$2,415	$4,651,521	17
15	(7)	Sudden Impact	Warner Bros.	Action	$881,987	-20.66%	568	$1,553	$64,930,406	73
16	(14)	The Big Chill	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$760,766	+3.40%	463	$1,643	$53,441,236	145
17	(8)	Hot Dog� The Movie	MGM/UA Classics	Comedy	$612,600	-43.73%	530	$1,156	$17,038,346	38
18	(25)	The Dresser	Columbia	Drama	$556,526	+1,970.64%	76	$7,323	$1,128,776	76
19	(12)	Star 80	Warner Bros.	Drama	$445,140	-52.81%	256	$1,739	$5,826,596	102
20	(20)	Educating Rita	Columbia	Drama	$244,664	-13.44%	150	$1,631	$13,305,288	152
21	(19)	Two of a Kind	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$210,159	-34.60%	226	$930	$23,284,022	66
22	(17)	Gorky Park	Orion Pictures	Drama	$180,208	-61.12%	160	$1,126	$15,372,507	66
23	(22)	To Be or Not to Be	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$132,628	-31.98%	165	$804	$12,881,322	66
24	(23)	Return of the Jedi	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$104,768	-9.05%	70	$1,497	$252,120,895	271
25	(new)	Crackers	Universal	Action	$58,689		21	$2,795	$58,689	3
26	(24)	The Buddy System	20th Century Fox	Drama	$24,774	-74.72%	21	$1,180	$1,545,916	31