The Breakfast Club was in the news the other day on its 30th birthday. The movie was released in 1985, but it takes places on March 24, 1984. Sites across the web paid tribute to the classic John Hughes story of the group of misfits sentenced to Saturday detention.
What about the movies actually turning 30 this year? We can all agree that 1980 was a magical decade for movies. Let’s take a look back at classic films released in 1984. We used the box office numbers from Box Office Mojo.
#1 Beverly Hills Cop $234 Million
#2 Ghostbusters $229 Million
#3 Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom $180 Million
#4 Gremlins $148 Million
#5 The Karate Kid $91 Million
#6 Police Academy $81 Million
#7 Footloose $80 Million
#8 Romancing The Stone $76.6 Million
#9 Star Trek III: The Search For Spock $76.5 million
#10 Splash $70 Million
#14 The Natural $48 Million
#16 Revenge of the Nerds $41 Million
#21 The Terminator $38 Million
#44 Sixteen Candles $23.7 Million