Thread by @TSting18

The Top 10 highest-grossing movies of 1984.
A Thread.

#10 Splash - $69.821,334
Tom Hanks, Daryl Hannah, John Candy
Director - Ron Howard
Boy and Mermaid fall in love. Boy and mermaid's happiness is jeopardized by an insane mermaid hunter.
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1/10

#9 Star Trek: The Search for Spock - $76,471,046
William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, Nichelle Nichols
Director - Leonard Nimoy
Trekky regulars defy higher orders and take the Enterprise on a vigilante mission across space to resurrect their comrade.
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2/10

#8 Romancing the Stone - $76,572,238
Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, Danny DeVito
Director - Robert Zemeckis
A writer sets out on a rescue mission to the Colombian jungle, teaming up with an American fortune hunter.
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3/10

#7 Footloose - $80,035,402
Kevin Bacon, Lori Singer, Chris Penn
Director - Herbert Ross
Newcomer Ren McCormack discovers the small Midwestern town he now calls home has made dancing and rock music illegal.
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4/10

#6 Police Academy - $81,198,894
Steve Guttenberg, Kim Cattrall, Michael Winslow
Director - Hugh Wilson
Some young inexperienced cops enter the Police Academy and cause some good-hearted high jinks. Hilarity ensues.
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5/10

#5 The Karate Kid - $90,815,558
Ralph Macchio, Elisabeth Shue, Pat Morita
Director - John G. Avildsen
Daniel journeys from weedy newcomer to kick-ass martial arts champion with the physical and philosophical help of Mr Miyagi and his all-American girlfriend, Ali.
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6/10

#4 Gremlins - $148,168,459
Zach Galligan, Phoebe Cates, Corey Feldman
Director - Joe Dante
There are three rules to keeping a Mogwai - never get it wet, never feed it after midnight, and never expose it to sunlight.
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7/10

#3 Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom - $179,870,271
Harrison Ford, Kate Capshaw, Ke Huy Quan
Director - Steven Spielberg
Indiana Jones goes up against a Thuggee cult in order to retrieve magical stones and return stolen children back to their village.
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8/10

#2 Ghostbusters - $229,242,989
Bill Murray, Sigourney Weaver, Dan Aykroyd
Director - Ivan Reitman
Three professors decide to set up a firm as Ghostbusters - paranormal pest controllers, just as a demon awakes and takes control of a skyscraper.
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9/10

#1 Beverly Hills Cop - $234,760,478
Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, John Ashton
Director - Martin Brest
Detroit cop Axel Foley heads to Beverly Hills in search of a killer, and prises open a major drugs conspiracy governed by psychotic kingpin Victor Maitland.
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10/10

I don't know what this says about modern cinema, probably quite a lot. I'll leave that entirely up to you to discuss.
But it proves one thing. If you were a teenager in 1984, you had it good, you had it really good.
I hope you enjoyed this trip down memory lane.