The Top Movies, Weekend of November 2, 1984

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	The Terminator	Orion Pictures	Action	$4,219,463	+4.94%	1,112	$3,794	$9,780,393	10
2	(4)	Places in the Heart	Sony/TriStar	Drama	$2,532,800	-9.16%	864	$2,931	$19,679,440	45
3	(3)	Body Double	Columbia	Thriller/Suspense	$2,387,024	-15.89%	1,418	$1,683	$6,048,310	10
4	(2)	Terror in the Aisles	Universal	Multiple Genres	$2,171,747	-45.84%	1,134	$1,915	$6,894,977	10
5	(11)	A Soldier's Story	Columbia	Drama	$2,140,140	+62.17%	580	$3,690	$11,546,133	52
6	(6)	Teachers	MGM/UA Classics	Drama	$1,901,233	+9.88%	978	$1,944	$22,429,674	31
7	(7)	Firstborn	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$1,625,572	+1.21%	929	$1,750	$3,642,878	10
8	(10)	All of Me	Universal	Comedy	$1,589,021	+12.01%	924	$1,720	$29,980,021	45
9	(8)	American Dreamer	Warner Bros.	Romantic Comedy	$1,430,686	-9.51%	762	$1,878	$3,433,534	10
10	(5)	Thief of Hearts	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$1,418,301	-29.42%	880	$1,612	$8,110,245	17
11	(13)	Ghost Busters	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$1,189,173	+15.90%	780	$1,525	$214,109,334	150
12	(9)	The Little Drummer Girl	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$1,007,744	-33.52%	532	$1,894	$6,470,132	17
13	(14)	Amadeus	Warner Bros.	Drama	$887,477	+2.39%	111	$7,995	$7,519,419	47
14	(12)	The Razor's Edge	Columbia	Drama	$871,425	-30.34%	629	$1,385	$5,579,135	17
15	(17)	Purple Rain	Warner Bros.	Drama	$766,910	+43.03%	547	$1,402	$65,245,170	101
16	(15)	Country	Buena Vista	Drama	$692,711	-9.15%	231	$2,999	$3,887,935	37
17	(18)	The Karate Kid	Sony Pictures	Action	$691,667	+33.91%	625	$1,107	$86,755,762	136
18	(21)	Irreconcilable Differences	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$417,893	+21.71%	370	$1,129	$11,686,548	38
19	(16)	Give My Regards to Broad Street	20th Century Fox	Musical	$405,526	-24.98%	304	$1,334	$1,100,213	10
20	(19)	Gremlins	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$333,572	-19.90%	285	$1,170	$147,192,022	150
21	(22)	Revenge of the Nerds	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$232,496	-3.33%	369	$630	$40,272,174	108
22	(new)	Lovelines	Sony/TriStar	Comedy	$225,570		205	$1,100	$225,570	3
23	(new)	Blame it on the Night	Sony/TriStar	Comedy	$201,096		252	$798	$201,096	3
24	(24)	The Gods Must Be Crazy	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$194,857	+23.74%	30	$6,495	$433,547	119
25	(25)	The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$167,913	+24.58%	76	$2,209	$4,403,966	87
26	(28)	Choose Me	Island/Alive	Comedy	$148,037	+87.44%	20	$7,402	$816,085	68
27	(20)	Crimes of Passion	New World	Thriller/Suspense	$140,823	-66.18%	119	$1,183	$2,225,650	17
28	(29)	The Brother from Another Planet	Cinecom	Comedy	$119,927	+76.66%	28	$4,283	$216,909	59
29	(27)	Red Dawn	MGM/UA Classics	Action	$80,244	-4.42%	145	$553	$37,814,162	87
30	(31)	Stop Making Sense	Cinecom	Concert	$69,737	+145.36%	6	$11,623	$203,935	17
31	(new)	The Killing Fields	Warner Bros.	Drama	$32,181		1	$32,181	$32,181	3
32	(30)	Garbo Talks	MGM/UA Classics	Drama	$25,391	-58.38%	8	$3,174	$376,193	24
33	(32)	Impulse	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$14,694	-18.00%	31	$474	$2,766,716	38