The Top Movies, Weekend of July 20, 1984

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Ghost Busters	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$8,734,278	-12.85%	1,468	$5,950	$130,017,036	45
2	(new)	Best Defense	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$7,872,297		1,425	$5,524	$7,872,297	3
3	(2)	Gremlins	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$5,517,823	-10.60%	950	$5,808	$4,325,823	45
4	(new)	The Neverending Story	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$4,325,823		950	$4,553	$4,325,823	3
5	(4)	The Karate Kid	Sony Pictures	Action	$4,248,830	-10.80%	1,067	$3,982	$35,969,149	31
6	(3)	The Last Starfighter	Universal	Comedy	$3,659,470	-39.13%	1,286	$2,846	$12,700,134	10
7	(5)	The Muppets Take Manhattan	Sony/TriStar	Comedy	$3,647,069	-17.41%	1,261	$2,892	$11,979,757	10
8	(6)	Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$3,060,056	-25.45%	1,022	$2,994	$147,185,208	61
9	(7)	Bachelor Party	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$2,963,397	-27.21%	1,078	$2,749	$24,894,641	24
10	(9)	Conan the Destroyer	Universal	Action	$1,635,820	-36.60%	795	$2,058	$23,255,676	24
11	(new)	Revenge of the Nerds	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$1,513,090		364	$4,157	$1,513,090	3
12	(8)	Cannonball Run II	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$1,323,875	-51.74%	1,012	$1,308	$26,001,585	24
13	(10)	Star Trek III: The Search for Spock	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$1,249,119	-30.62%	711	$1,757	$69,685,529	52
14	(new)	Electric Dreams	MGM/UA Classics	Comedy	$1,009,586		920	$1,097	$1,009,586	3
15	(14)	Romancing the Stone	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$961,188	-4.26%	614	$1,565	$71,166,494	115
16	(12)	Top Secret!	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$900,518	-28.03%	538	$1,674	$17,208,898	31
17	(13)	The Natural	Sony/TriStar	Drama	$841,538	-17.04%	560	$1,503	$44,043,332	73
18	(11)	Rhinestone	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$598,993	-55.35%	513	$1,168	$19,897,513	31
19	(16)	Police Academy	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$398,124	-22.17%	340	$1,171	$81,198,894	122
20	(17)	Breakin'	Cannon	Musical	$324,540	-25.32%	385	$843	$35,644,159	80
21	(18)	Beat Street	Orion Pictures	Drama	$268,912	-29.96%	211	$1,274	$16,297,038	45
22	(19)	Love Letters	New World	Thriller/Suspense	$235,766	-3.22%	89	$2,649	$4,129,150	87
23	(21)	Under the Volcano	Universal	Drama	$110,263	-18.86%	9	$12,251	$589,725	40
24	(20)	Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$105,536	-34.60%	125	$844	$45,858,563	115