The Top Movies, Weekend of December 21, 1984

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Beverly Hills Cop	Paramount Pictures	Action	$15,697,159	+36.33%	2,006	$7,825	$57,490,987	19
2	(2)	Dune	Universal	Action	$4,769,713	-20.84%	944	$5,053	$13,062,174	10
3	(3)	City Heat	Warner Bros.	Action	$4,653,118	+7.88%	1,627	$2,860	$18,845,880	17
4	(4)	2010	MGM	Thriller/Suspense	$4,198,890	+1.46%	1,194	$3,517	$19,506,563	17
5	(re-entry)	Pinocchio	Buena Vista	Adventure	$3,769,251		1,217	$3,097	$3,769,251	16,390
6	(6)	Starman	Columbia	Adventure	$3,477,196	+21.07%	1,271	$2,736	$7,517,385	10
7	(new)	Protocol	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$3,427,840		893	$3,839	$3,427,840	3
8	(5)	The Cotton Club	Orion Pictures	Drama	$3,159,832	+8.82%	808	$3,911	$7,373,481	10
9	(new)	Johnny Dangerously	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$2,947,746		1,086	$2,714	$2,947,746	3
10	(new)	Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo	Cannon	Musical	$2,921,030		707	$4,132	$3,539,242	5
11	(new)	Micki + Maude	Columbia	Comedy	$2,742,458		794	$3,454	$2,742,458	3
12	(new)	The Flamingo Kid	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$2,015,076		531	$3,795	$2,015,076	3
13	(7)	Runaway	Sony/TriStar	Thriller/Suspense	$1,211,730	+1.12%	717	$1,690	$2,621,470	10
14	(8)	The Terminator	Orion Pictures	Action	$722,260	-24.45%	551	$1,311	$34,004,606	59
15	(9)	Falling in Love	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$649,690	-16.96%	807	$805	$8,205,825	33
16	(12)	Amadeus	Warner Bros.	Drama	$438,959	+9.93%	124	$3,540	$17,374,467	96
17	(11)	Supergirl	Sony/TriStar	Adventure	$315,462	-21.56%	406	$777	$13,133,088	33
18	(10)	Missing in Action	Cannon	Action	$301,275	-60.48%	285	$1,057	$21,931,283	38
19	(17)	Ghost Busters	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$285,952	+28.10%	229	$1,249	$220,095,070	199
20	(15)	Oh God, You Devil!	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$257,845	-18.09%	378	$682	$20,608,106	45
21	(20)	The Gods Must Be Crazy	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$189,161	+42.23%	38	$4,978	$2,387,738	168
22	(22)	A Passage to India	Columbia	Drama	$186,442	+120.43%	3	$62,147	$316,153	10
23	(16)	Places in the Heart	Sony/TriStar	Drama	$184,402	-34.12%	201	$917	$29,103,706	94
24	(28)	The Killing Fields	Warner Bros.	Drama	$182,242	+443.52%	12	$15,187	$833,217	52
25	(13)	Night of the Comet	Atlantic	Horror	$166,675	-54.23%	104	$1,603	$14,115,353	38
26	(18)	A Soldier's Story	Columbia	Drama	$134,407	-13.08%	52	$2,585	$19,758,558	101
27	(21)	The Karate Kid	Sony Pictures	Action	$119,799	+2.89%	132	$908	$90,578,763	185
28	(25)	The Brother from Another Planet	Cinecom	Comedy	$118,301	+95.39%	23	$5,144	$1,088,369	108
29	(24)	Stop Making Sense	Cinecom	Concert	$80,770	+8.98%	16	$5,048	$1,205,899	66
30	(29)	A Sunday in the Park	MGM/UA Classics	Drama	$56,562	+284.83%	6	$9,427	$248,509	38
31	(26)	Choose Me	Island/Alive	Comedy	$54,173	-10.06%	21	$2,580	$2,377,885	117
32	(new)	The River	Universal	Drama	$30,027		3	$10,009	$40,540	7
33	(new)	Birdy	Sony/TriStar	Drama	$13,720		1	$13,720	$13,720	3