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DOMESTIC GROSSES #1–20

01. $234,760,478 - Beverly Hills Cop
02. $229,242,989 - Ghostbusters
03. $179,870,271 - Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
04. $148,168,459 - Gremlins
05. $090,815,558 - The Karate Kid
06. $081,198,894 - Police Academy
07. $080,035,402 - Footloose
08. $076,572,238 - Romancing the Stone
09. $076,471,046 - Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
10. $069,821,334 - Splash

11. $068,392,977 - Purple Rain
12. $051,564,280 - Amadeus
13. $048,143,579 - Tightrope
14. $047,951,979 - The Natural
15. $045,858,563 - Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan
16. $040,874,452 - Revenge of the Nerds
17. $040,400,657 - 2010
18. $038,682,707 - Breakin'
19. $038,435,947 - Bachelor Party
20. $038,376,497 - Red Dawn

Seen every movie except The Natural and Tightrope. Great year in my opinion.

Wow.  A lot of good movies came out in 1984!

Wow, I think I've seen 15 out of those 20.  Really should pick up 2010 on Blu ray one of these days.

AMADEUS was great, GHOSTBUSTERS was very good.  A few of the other movies were good but I can't say that it was a really great year.  Some real losers there: BEVERLY HILLS COP, POLICE ACADEMY, FOOTLOOSE, GREYSTOKE, BREAKIN'....

Here's some (IMO) more interesting movies from 1984: NIGHT OF THE COMET, BLOOD SIMPLE, THE COMPANY OF WOLVES, REPO MAN, THIS IS SPINAL TAP.

What?!?!?!

You liked all those? To me, they're just typical boring Hollywood.  To each his own. 

yeah I was gonna say...

I liked all of those too, well all the ones I've seen that is...

You liked FOOTLOOSE & BEVERLY HILLS COP too?

I honestly had no idea those were so popular around here.  I guess I should put them on the "movies other people love that you hate" thread.

Is this some kind of nostalgia thing?

I love Beverly Hills Cop!

you got to turn it around and put your feet on the ground

everybody cut everybody cut

Something else awesome happened in '84. I was born.

01. $234,760,478 - Beverly Hills Cop (very good)
02. $229,242,989 - Ghostbusters (awesome)
03. $179,870,271 - Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (entertaining but not great)
04. $148,168,459 - Gremlins (I loved it at the time)
05. $090,815,558 - The Karate Kid (a bigtime piece of nostalgia for me)
06. $081,198,894 - Police Academy (what a great, stupid, goofy movie)
07. $080,035,402 - Footloose (myeh)
08. $076,572,238 - Romancing the Stone (liked it)
09. $076,471,046 - Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (liked it)
10. $069,821,334 - Splash (liked it)

11. $068,392,977 - Purple Rain (I've actually never seen it other than bits and pieces)
12. $051,564,280 - Amadeus (I love this film)
13. $048,143,579 - Tightrope (I think I remember this one. wasn't Clint's character a bit of a sleezball?)
14. $047,951,979 - The Natural (I love this film)
15. $045,858,563 - Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan (myeh)
16. $040,874,452 - Revenge of the Nerds (classic)
17. $040,400,657 - 2010 (never actually saw it)
18. $038,682,707 - Breakin' (cheese cheese cheese)
19. $038,435,947 - Bachelor Party (classic)
20. $038,376,497 - Red Dawn (not bad for a propaganda film)

Me too.  :cheers:

I could have sworn Back to the Future was '84, but it's '85. More fool me.

Going through the list...

01. $234,760,478 - Beverly Hills Cop (recall it being very funny...)
02. $229,242,989 - Ghostbusters (a lifelong favourite!)
03. $179,870,271 - Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (pretty good but also a little disappointing as a sequel)
04. $148,168,459 - Gremlins (Really enjoyed it)
05. $090,815,558 - The Karate Kid (loved this as a kid)
06. $081,198,894 - Police Academy (one of the comedies I recall really loving in my teen years...)
07. $080,035,402 - Footloose (recall loving it at the time it came out believe it or not)
08. $076,572,238 - Romancing the Stone (kind of fun)
09. $076,471,046 - Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (This is really good IMO)
10. $069,821,334 - Splash (Really loved it as a kid)

11. $068,392,977 - Purple Rain (Never seen it)
12. $051,564,280 - Amadeus (Never seen it)
13. $048,143,579 - Tightrope (Haven't seen it)
14. $047,951,979 - The Natural (Haven't seen it)
15. $045,858,563 - Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan (O.K. but kind dull)
16. $040,874,452 - Revenge of the Nerds (loved it in my teen years)
17. $040,400,657 - 2010 (I liked it although the Cold War plot doesn't hold up well)
18. $038,682,707 - Breakin' (Haven't seen the whole thing, just bits and pieces)
19. $038,435,947 - Bachelor Party (loved it as a teen again)
20. $038,376,497 - Red Dawn (Not half bad but nothing great)

Hey where did you get this list?  Don't misinterpret me I completely believe it's legit I just like these kinds of lists and wonder if I can look up other years.  1984 was a good year.  Amazing when you consider how crappy the top 20 of 2010 would be...

I'm guessing its Box Office Mojo, (e.g. http://boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?yr=2010&p=.htm), though The Numbers has some good stats for more recent years too, (http://www.the-numbers.com/market/2010.php).

Ah, 1984.

The year that brought us such classics as: Ghostbusters, Gremlins, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter and Amadeus.

If I remember, 1984 was when the PG-13 rating was born due to the suggestive violence found in Gremlins and Temple of Doom.

In music terms: this was the year that gave us Twisted Sister's "Stay Hungry", W.A.S.P.'s debut album, Mercyful Fate's classic "Don't Break the Oath" and Lizzy Borden's "Give 'Em the Axe" EP.

Too bad I was born in 1991. I would've loved to have been a young adult in the mid eighties.

1984. I got married.   :thumbup:

I can only assume you were 12 years old at the time?  :wink:

And quite often I still am!   :teddyr:

01. $234,760,478 - Beverly Hills Cop - Ok, not a huge fan but I see why it was popular.
02. $229,242,989 - Ghostbusters - Love this movie.  Freaking love it.
03. $179,870,271 - Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom - Liked Last Crusade better, but that's probably because the heart-ripper guy scared the bejesus out of me as a kid.  And the Asian kid is annoying as hell.
04. $148,168,459 - Gremlins - Just doesn't do it for me.
05. $090,815,558 - The Karate Kid - Ok but not a huge fan.
06. $081,198,894 - Police Academy - Gutenberg......not a fan of the series.
07. $080,035,402 - Footloose - Cheesy 80s classic, but not one I particularly enjoy.
08. $076,572,238 - Romancing the Stone - Didn't care for it.
09. $076,471,046 - Star Trek III: The Search for Spock - This was just awful, and not in the cool way that Wrath of Khan was awful.
10. $069,821,334 - Splash - Kinda liked this one.  Not sure why.  Probably mostly because early-80s Daryl Hannah was HOTT.

11. $068,392,977 - Purple Rain - No.  Just, no.
12. $051,564,280 - Amadeus - Enjoyable but I really hated the actor that played Mozart.
13. $048,143,579 - Tightrope - Sounds familiar but I haven't seen it.
14. $047,951,979 - The Natural - Pretty good.
15. $045,858,563 - Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan - Never heard of it.
16. $040,874,452 - Revenge of the Nerds - I like this one a lot.
17. $040,400,657 - 2010 - see below.
18. $038,682,707 - Breakin' - Haven't seen it, don't plan to.
19. $038,435,947 - Bachelor Party - Not a good movie by any standards, but campy fun.
20. $038,376,497 - Red Dawn - More campy bad movie fun.

2010 was interesting to me on a lot of levels.  It had a really good cast (Roy Scheider, Helen Mirren, John "Trinity" Lithgow, Prof. Yukrinsky from Spy Hard, etc.).  It had a decent plot that was pretty interesting.  The effects were ok (2001 actually had way better effects and looked much more "real" IMO).

There were some things that bugged me though.  Most of them revolve around a main theme of "80s viewers don't have the patience to watch a deliberate movie like 2001, and they're too lazy/stupid to think about movies enough to understand a subtle/interprative movie like 2001".  I really see 2010 as an allegory for the decline in society's attention span and intellectual curiosity. 

Scheider's voiceover narration is exhibit A.  This is all the stuff that Kubrick made you either figure out for yourself, or interpret the way you saw fit.  2010 just tells you what is going on.  There's no mystery, no subtlety, no thought required.  The soundtrack is exhibit B.  They put the 2001 theme (I forget the name of the classical track) in a couple spots, but they sped it up because again, it takes up too much time and 80s audiences would get bored listening to classical music without things exploding or cars flipping over or people emptying machine gun banana clips at each other.

On its own, 2010 is a decent movie and I sort of enjoy it.  Next to 2001, it looks like a pile of crap.  All of the things that are great about 2001 are missing from 2010.  The sweeping, elaborate visuals accompanied by the classical score.  The illustration of future technology and society with the baffling camera, filming, and setting techniques.  The physics of everything, how the ships move and how everything works, how people move in different gravities, Kubrick took such pains and dedicated so much screen time to it and 2010 just glosses over it.  Kubrick also realized that things happening in the vacuum of space would not produce sounds, whilst 2010 has lots of whirring and buzzing and explody noises that wouldn't actually exist in space.  Again, because the audience wants noises, and in the "Just Say No" era, people can't be expected to use their imaginations or think critically.

Purple Rain made more than Amadeus ?

Its a sick, sick world we live in.


 :bluesad:

For me, all of these movies are worth watching. They're either certified classics(in my mind) or at the very least, cheesily entertaining. Greystoke and 2010 were kind of weak, but if I'm in the right mood I can overlook their problems and enjoy their good points. I'd say this was a very good year for movies.

Oh come on dude. So you'd rather watch guys in wigs play piano for 3 hours, than a midget playing a funky guitar in sleazy bars for a digestable 90mins?

 :bouncegiggle:

Well...

When you put it like that !
 :wink:

01. $234,760,478 - Beverly Hills Cop
Great movie.

02. $229,242,989 - Ghostbusters
Great movie.

03. $179,870,271 - Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
GREAT movie.  The best of the Indiana Jones movies by a longshot.

04. $148,168,459 - Gremlins
Scared the hell out of when I was little but I think it kind of sucks now.

05. $090,815,558 - The Karate Kid
Great movie.

06. $081,198,894 - Police Academy
Great movie.

07. $080,035,402 - Footloose
Meh.

08. $076,572,238 - Romancing the Stone
Great movie.

09. $076,471,046 - Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
Great movie.

10. $069,821,334 - Splash
Meh.

11. $068,392,977 - Purple Rain
Never saw.

12. $051,564,280 - Amadeus
Long and uninteresting to me.

13. $048,143,579 - Tightrope
???

14. $047,951,979 - The Natural
Is this the movie about the baseball player?

15. $045,858,563 - Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan
Pretty good, except they used orangutans to stand in for gorillas, iirc.

16. $040,874,452 - Revenge of the Nerds
Easily the best of the 80s sex comedies.

17. $040,400,657 - 2010
A whole lot better then 2001.  At least it bears some resemblance to, you know, a movie.

18. $038,682,707 - Breakin'
???

19. $038,435,947 - Bachelor Party
Sucked.

20. $038,376,497 - Red Dawn
Silly but kind of entertaining.  In spots.

Wow!  What was in the water in 1984?  Talk about a lot of great movies!

01. $234,760,478 - Beverly Hills Cop - really enjoyed this, haven't seen it in years
02. $229,242,989 - Ghostbusters - see above
03. $179,870,271 - Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom - see above
16. $040,874,452 - Revenge of the Nerds - see above

I never saw the others