The Top Movies, Weekend of October 26, 1984

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	The Terminator	Orion Pictures	Action	$4,020,663		1,005	$4,001	$4,020,663	3
2	(new)	Terror in the Aisles	Universal	Multiple Genres	$4,009,866		1,127	$3,558	$4,009,866	3
3	(new)	Body Double	Columbia	Thriller/Suspense	$2,837,978		1,428	$1,987	$2,837,978	3
4	(2)	Places in the Heart	Sony/TriStar	Drama	$2,788,330	-11.02%	790	$3,530	$16,811,317	38
5	(3)	Thief of Hearts	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$2,009,585	-35.00%	1,200	$1,675	$6,117,363	10
6	(1)	Teachers	MGM/UA Classics	Drama	$1,730,224	-49.83%	1,005	$1,722	$20,068,091	24
7	(new)	Firstborn	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$1,606,214		800	$2,008	$1,606,214	3
8	(new)	American Dreamer	Warner Bros.	Romantic Comedy	$1,580,990		801	$1,974	$1,580,990	3
9	(4)	The Little Drummer Girl	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$1,515,759	-42.43%	810	$1,871	$5,029,550	10
10	(5)	All of Me	Universal	Comedy	$1,418,700	-45.38%	785	$1,807	$28,169,599	38
11	(7)	A Soldier's Story	Columbia	Drama	$1,319,685	-16.40%	316	$4,176	$9,032,228	45
12	(6)	The Razor's Edge	Columbia	Drama	$1,250,962	-48.12%	1,029	$1,216	$4,363,411	10
13	(8)	Ghost Busters	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$1,026,018	-32.22%	753	$1,363	$212,543,273	143
14	(14)	Amadeus	Warner Bros.	Drama	$866,722	-7.47%	110	$7,879	$6,224,690	40
15	(15)	Country	Buena Vista	Drama	$762,452	-7.66%	259	$2,944	$2,939,019	30
16	(new)	Give My Regards to Broad Street	20th Century Fox	Musical	$540,534		311	$1,738	$540,534	3
17	(10)	Purple Rain	Warner Bros.	Drama	$536,204	-52.32%	473	$1,134	$64,289,676	94
18	(12)	The Karate Kid	Sony Pictures	Action	$516,500	-49.88%	537	$962	$85,794,858	129
19	(16)	Gremlins	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$416,465	-37.41%	454	$917	$146,731,025	143
20	(11)	Crimes of Passion	New World	Thriller/Suspense	$416,385	-62.26%	185	$2,251	$1,935,980	10
21	(9)	Irreconcilable Differences	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$343,351	-71.76%	373	$921	$11,157,479	31
22	(21)	Revenge of the Nerds	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$240,498	-25.43%	298	$807	$39,956,785	101
23	(13)	Ninja III: The Domination	Cannon	Action	$218,430	-77.41%	170	$1,285	$7,610,785	45
24	(re-entry)	The Gods Must Be Crazy	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$157,474		26	$6,057	$178,632	112
25	(22)	The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$134,784	-46.29%	61	$2,210	$4,192,357	80
26	(23)	The Woman in Red	Orion Pictures	Comedy	$123,756	-48.60%	190	$651	$25,308,147	75
27	(24)	Red Dawn	MGM/UA Classics	Action	$83,952	-61.14%	298	$282	$37,699,984	80
28	(30)	Choose Me	Island/Alive	Comedy	$78,979	+89.55%	10	$7,898	$642,622	61
29	(re-entry)	The Brother from Another Planet	Cinecom	Comedy	$67,887		9	$7,543	$67,887	52
30	(29)	Garbo Talks	MGM/UA Classics	Drama	$61,003	-14.65%	42	$1,452	$333,205	17
31	(31)	Stop Making Sense	Cinecom	Concert	$28,422	+582.24%	2	$14,211	$119,017	10
32	(28)	Impulse	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$17,919	-77.59%	32	$560	$2,745,736	31