[Borges]

Highest grossing films of 1984:


1. Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
2. Ghost Busters (1984)
3. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
4. Gremlins (1984)
5. The Karate Kid (1984)
6. Police Academy (1984)
7. Footloose (1984)
8. Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984)
9. Romancing the Stone (1984)
10.Purple Rain (1984)

[Patrick1]

Gag..so much for 1984. Though Romancing the Stone was good.

[Grampa Dave]

Thanks for posting this list. What is interesting is my wife and I saw 8 of these films then and have watched many since then on tv.

We didn't see #4 & #7.

1. Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
2. Ghost Busters (1984)
3. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
4. Gremlins (1984)
5. The Karate Kid (1984)
6. Police Academy (1984)
7. Footloose (1984)
8. Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984)
9. Romancing the Stone (1984)
10.Purple Rain (1984)

[Betis70]

I saw every one of those in the theater, except #10.

'Course I was 14 at the time. I would guess most 14 year olds have seen just about all of the top ten on this list.

[drjimmy]

Go back another 10 years to the highest grossing films of 1974:

1. Blazing Saddles
2. Towering Inferno
3. Trial of Billy Jack
4. Young Frankenstein
5. Earthquake
6. Godfather: Part II
7. Airport 1975
8. Grizzly Adams
9. Longest Yard
10. Texas Chainsaw Massacre

I love some of these flicks, especially the two Mel Brooks entries and The Longest Yard. But except for The Godfather II, there isn't much in the way of artistic masterpieces here. Fantastic movies like Chinatown, Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, and The Conversation didn't make the top 10 list. Those who claim movies were much better "back then" either weren't alive back then or haven't really noticed that there has always been and will always be schlock, and that box office receipts are no way to judge a movie's quality.