Top Movies of 1984 - Best Box Office Performers

Rank	Title	Language	Genre(s)	Domestic	Worldwide
1	Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom	UK	Action Adventure	$179,870,271	$333,107,271
2	Beverly Hills Cop	UK	Action Drama Thriller	$234,760,478	$316,360,478
3	Ghostbusters	UK	Sci-Fi Fantasy Comedy	$243,578,797	$296,578,797
4	Gremlins	UK	Fantasy Horror Comedy	$153,642,180	$153,908,485
5	The Karate Kid	UK	Action Drama Sport	$91,077,276	$91,133,062
6	Romancing the Stone	UK	Action Adventure Comedy	$76,572,238	$86,572,238
7	Police Academy	UK	Comedy Crime	$81,198,894	$81,198,894
8	Footloose	UK	Drama Romance Music	$80,035,402	$80,047,589
9	The Terminator	UK	Action Sci-Fi Thriller	$38,371,200	$78,371,200
10	Star Trek III: The Search for Spock	UK	Action Adventure Sci-Fi	$76,471,046	$76,551,989
11	Purple Rain	UK	Drama Romance Music	$70,261,052	$70,273,498
12	Splash	UK	Fantasy Comedy Romance	$69,821,334	$69,821,334
13	Tightrope	UK	Mystery Thriller Crime	$48,143,579	$48,143,579
14	The Natural	DE	Drama Sport	$47,951,979	$47,951,979
15	Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes	UK	Adventure Drama	$45,858,563	$45,858,563
16	Revenge of the Nerds	UK	Comedy	$40,874,452	$40,874,452
17	Yentl	UK	Drama Romance Musical	$40,218,899	$40,219,251
18	Breakin'	UK	Drama Comedy Romance	$38,682,707	$38,682,707
19	Bachelor Party	ML	Comedy	$38,435,947	$38,435,947
20	Red Dawn	UK	Action Drama	$38,376,497	$38,376,497
21	City Heat	UK	Action Comedy Crime	$38,348,988	$38,348,988
22	All of Me	ES	Fantasy Comedy Romance	$36,403,064	$36,403,064
23	Places in the Heart	UK	Drama	$34,901,614	$34,901,614
24	Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter	UK	Thriller Horror	$32,980,880	$32,982,894
25	Conan the Destroyer	UK	Action Adventure Fantasy	$31,042,035	$31,042,035
26	Dune	UK	Action Adventure Sci-Fi	$30,925,690	$30,985,338
27	Starman	IT	Adventure Sci-Fi Drama	$28,744,356	$28,744,356
28	The Last Starfighter	UK	Action Adventure Sci-Fi	$28,733,290	$28,736,154
29	Cannonball Run II	UK	Action Comedy	$28,078,073	$28,078,073
30	Teachers	UK	Drama Comedy	$27,774,237	$27,774,237
31	Protocol	UK	Comedy	$26,186,631	$26,186,631
32	Micki + Maude	UK	Comedy Romance	$26,080,861	$26,080,861
33	The Cotton Club	UK	Drama Crime Music	$25,928,721	$25,928,721
34	A Nightmare on Elm Street	UK	Horror	$25,624,448	$25,858,216
35	The Muppets Take Manhattan	UK	Adventure Drama Comedy	$25,534,703	$25,535,432
36	The Woman in Red	UK	Comedy Romance	$25,308,147	$25,349,388
37	Moscow on the Hudson	UK	Drama Comedy Romance	$25,068,724	$25,068,724
38	The Flamingo Kid	UK	Drama Comedy Romance	$23,859,382	$23,859,382
39	Sixteen Candles	UK	Comedy Romance	$23,686,027	$23,686,027
40	Missing in Action	UK	Action Adventure Drama	$22,812,411	$22,812,411
41	A Soldier's Story	UK	Drama Mystery Crime	$21,821,347	$21,821,347
42	Against All Odds	UK	Action Adventure Drama	$21,689,062	$21,689,062
43	Oh, God! You Devil	UK	Fantasy Comedy	$21,538,850	$21,538,850
44	Rhinestone	UK	Comedy Music	$21,435,321	$21,435,321
45	Top Secret!	UK	Comedy	$20,458,340	$20,458,340
46	Hot Dog... The Movie	UK	Sport Comedy Romance	$20,307,325	$20,307,325
47	The NeverEnding Story	UK	Adventure Drama Fantasy	$20,192,381	$20,288,595
48	Unfaithfully Yours	CN	Comedy Romance Music	$19,928,200	$19,928,200
49	Best Defense	UK	Comedy War	$19,265,302	$19,265,302
50	Blame It on Rio	UK	Comedy Romance	$18,644,570	$18,644,570

Top Grossing Movies in 1984

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