The Top Movies, Weekend of August 3, 1984

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(2)	Ghost Busters	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$6,529,305	-15.06%	1,439	$4,537	$152,974,574	59
2	(1)	Purple Rain	Warner Bros.	Drama	$6,280,779	-19.13%	1,007	$6,237	$18,881,638	10
3	(4)	Gremlins	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$4,147,845	-9.76%	1,431	$2,899	$120,039,032	59
4	(3)	The Jungle Book	Buena Vista	Musical	$3,807,156	-28.05%	1,463	$2,602	$12,628,938	6,137
5	(5)	The Karate Kid	Sony Pictures	Action	$3,609,460	-7.24%	1,099	$3,284	$48,346,500	45
6	(8)	Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$2,354,687	-9.16%	1,030	$2,286	$155,393,853	75
7	(6)	The Neverending Story	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$2,250,624	-31.82%	891	$2,526	$14,063,894	17
8	(new)	Grandview, U.S.A.	Warner Bros.	Drama	$2,194,293		1,069	$2,053	$2,194,293	3
9	(new)	Joy of Sex	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$1,913,001		804	$2,379	$1,913,001	3
10	(new)	The Philadelphia Experiment	New World	Adventure	$1,877,000		490	$3,831	$1,877,000	3
11	(12)	Bachelor Party	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$1,686,550	-11.22%	762	$2,213	$31,075,601	38
12	(13)	Revenge of the Nerds	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$1,592,746	-4.87%	439	$3,628	$6,670,759	17
13	(11)	The Last Starfighter	Universal	Comedy	$1,589,998	-22.31%	668	$2,380	$19,107,241	24
14	(10)	The Muppets Take Manhattan	Sony/TriStar	Comedy	$1,524,552	-33.46%	914	$1,668	$19,691,476	24
15	(7)	Best Defense	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$1,469,636	-53.72%	921	$1,596	$17,026,305	17
16	(9)	Meatballs II	Sony/TriStar	Comedy	$1,112,736	-55.76%	1,050	$1,060	$4,519,832	10
17	(15)	Conan the Destroyer	Universal	Action	$768,002	-16.44%	510	$1,506	$26,365,298	38
18	(14)	Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers	Orion Pictures	Comedy	$750,221	-55.02%	520	$1,443	$3,196,379	10
19	(17)	The Natural	Sony/TriStar	Drama	$653,000	-0.74%	350	$1,866	$45,817,000	87
20	(19)	Romancing the Stone	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$549,976	-10.20%	397	$1,385	$73,278,073	129
21	(20)	Rhinestone	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$243,705	-27.50%	301	$810	$20,983,597	45
22	(22)	Love Letters	New World	Thriller/Suspense	$214,556	-5.68%	90	$2,384	$4,721,933	101
23	(25)	Under the Volcano	Universal	Drama	$148,005	+47.81%	22	$6,728	$944,730	54