The Top Movies, Weekend of September 14, 1984

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Tightrope	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$3,329,118	-17.15%	1,377	$2,418	$40,609,078	31
2	(2)	Ghost Busters	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$3,268,876	-15.36%	1,437	$2,275	$196,967,948	101
3	(3)	Purple Rain	Warner Bros.	Drama	$2,474,970	-3.14%	1,019	$2,429	$52,511,403	52
4	(4)	The Karate Kid	Sony Pictures	Action	$2,210,145	-10.14%	1,086	$2,035	$75,512,142	87
5	(5)	The Woman in Red	Orion Pictures	Comedy	$2,132,776	-12.70%	1,005	$2,122	$19,597,511	33
6	(6)	Revenge of the Nerds	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$1,984,597	-9.30%	908	$2,186	$34,257,675	59
7	(new)	Ninja III: The Domination	Cannon	Action	$1,727,546		530	$3,260	$1,727,546	3
8	(7)	Red Dawn	MGM/UA Classics	Action	$1,503,784	-19.81%	960	$1,566	$34,286,783	38
9	(9)	Gremlins	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$1,441,837	-10.60%	1,016	$1,419	$140,690,756	101
10	(new)	Exterminator 2	Cannon	Action	$1,204,197		535	$2,251	$1,204,197	3
11	(10)	Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$1,065,032	-6.27%	666	$1,599	$170,306,545	117
12	(13)	Dreamscape	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$753,661	-22.15%	509	$1,481	$11,251,613	31
13	(11)	Oxford Blues	MGM/UA Classics	Comedy	$661,252	-32.67%	480	$1,378	$8,112,232	24
14	(8)	Bolero	Cannon	Drama	$658,424	-63.32%	582	$1,131	$8,119,267	17
15	(15)	The Warrior and the Sorceress	New World	Action	$518,643	-9.68%	256	$2,026	$1,477,068	10
16	(16)	Bachelor Party	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$422,333	+1.01%	378	$1,117	$37,696,081	80
17	(14)	C.H.U.D.	New World	Horror	$418,646	-49.83%	210	$1,994	$3,412,497	17
18	(12)	Flashpoint	Sony/TriStar	Action	$397,000	-59.17%	397	$1,000	$3,854,833	17
19	(18)	The Natural	Sony/TriStar	Drama	$273,600	+41.18%	304	$900	$47,951,979	129
20	(22)	The Bostonians	Almi	Drama	$237,765	+389.02%	61	$3,898	$312,566	59
21	(17)	The Muppets Take Manhattan	Sony/TriStar	Comedy	$203,000	-5.84%	290	$700	$25,534,703	66
22	(new)	A Soldier's Story	Columbia	Drama	$156,383		5	$31,277	$156,383	3
23	(19)	Under the Volcano	Universal	Drama	$145,000	+25.91%	49	$2,959	$2,100,725	96
24	(20)	The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$126,558	+14.05%	60	$2,109	$2,478,962	38
25	(21)	Choose Me	Island/Alive	Comedy	$60,617	-5.52%	3	$20,206	$271,911	19