Box Office Flashback: 1984

claws · April 23, 2011, 11:31:36 AM

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.

akiratubo · April 23, 2011, 11:56:18 AM

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

Jack · April 23, 2011, 01:16:36 PM

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

Rev. Powell · April 23, 2011, 06:23:43 PM

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.

akiratubo · April 23, 2011, 06:33:00 PM

Quote from: Rev. Powell on April 23, 2011, 06:23:43 PMSome real losers there: BEVERLY HILLS COP, POLICE ACADEMY, FOOTLOOSE, GREYSTOKE, BREAKIN'....

What?!?!?!

Rev. Powell · April 23, 2011, 06:41:24 PM

Quote from: akiratubo on April 23, 2011, 06:33:00 PM
Quote from: Rev. Powell on April 23, 2011, 06:23:43 PMSome real losers there: BEVERLY HILLS COP, POLICE ACADEMY, FOOTLOOSE, GREYSTOKE, BREAKIN'....

What?!?!?!

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

lester1/2jr · April 23, 2011, 06:46:04 PM

QuoteWhat?!?!?!

yeah I was gonna say...

JaseSF · April 23, 2011, 07:26:27 PM

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

Rev. Powell · April 23, 2011, 08:16:23 PM

Quote from: lester1/2jr on April 23, 2011, 06:46:04 PM
QuoteWhat?!?!?!

yeah I was gonna say...

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?

akiratubo · April 23, 2011, 08:35:11 PM

Quote from: Rev. Powell on April 23, 2011, 08:16:23 PMYou liked FOOTLOOSE & BEVERLY HILLS COP too?

I love Beverly Hills Cop!

lester1/2jr · April 24, 2011, 09:56:25 AM

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

everybody cut everybody cut

RD · April 24, 2011, 09:59:16 AM

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

Flick James · April 26, 2011, 02:01:14 PM

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)

hudders · April 26, 2011, 02:17:58 PM

Quote from: RD on April 24, 2011, 09:59:16 AM
Something else awesome happened in '84. I was born.

Me too.

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

JaseSF · April 26, 2011, 04:49:32 PM

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)

Box Office Flashback: 1984

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