Box Office Game — October 26, 2026 Answer

Here is the Box Office Game answer for Monday, October 26, 2026 (day #1698 of the game): the weekend of November 2, 1984 — a 1984 box office chart. The clues the game gives you (distributor, last week’s rank, weeks in release and the grosses) are shown for all five films; the titles and posters stay blurred until you tap reveal.

Top 5 answer · Day #1698
The weekend to guessNovember 2, 1984Friday — top 5 at the US box office
1
Poster of the #1 movie
The Terminator
Orion PicturesLast week #1Week 2 in release+4.9% vs last week
Weekend$4,219,463Total$9,780,393
2
Poster of the #2 movie
Places in the Heart
TriStarLast week #4Week 7 in release-9.2% vs last week
Weekend$2,532,800Total$19,679,440
3
Poster of the #3 movie
Body Double
Columbia PicturesLast week #3Week 2 in release-15.9% vs last week
Weekend$2,387,024Total$6,048,310
4
Poster of the #4 movie
Terror in the Aisles
UniversalLast week #2Week 2 in release-45.8% vs last week
Weekend$2,171,747Total$7,128,747
5
Poster of the #5 movie
A Soldier's Story
Columbia PicturesLast week #11Week 8 in release+62.2% vs last week
Weekend$2,140,140Total$11,546,133

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About the five films

The Terminator poster

#1 The Terminator IMDb →

“Your future is in its hands.”

In the post-apocalyptic future, reigning tyrannical supercomputers teleport a cyborg assassin known as the "Terminator" back to 1984 to kill Sarah Connor, whose unborn son is destined to lead insurgents against 21st century mechanical hegemony. Meanwhile, the human-resistance movement dispatches a lone warrior to safeguard Sarah. Can he stop the virtually indestructible killing machine?

Director: James Cameron · Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Biehn, Linda Hamilton · Genre: Action, Thriller, Science Fiction · Budget: $6,400,000 · Worldwide: $78,371,200 · Domestic total: $38,371,200
Places in the Heart poster

#2 Places in the Heart IMDb →

“The story of a woman fighting for her children, for her land, for the greatest dream there is... the future.”

In 1935 rural Texas, recently widowed Edna Spaulding struggles to survive with two small children, a farm to run, and very little money in the bank - not to mention a deadly tornado and the unwelcome presence of the Ku Klux Klan. Edna is aided by her beautician sister, Margaret; a blind boarder, Mr. Will; and a would-be thief, Moze, who decides to teach Edna how to plant and harvest cotton.

Director: Robert Benton · Starring: Sally Field, Lindsay Crouse, John Malkovich · Genre: Drama · Budget: $9,500,000 · Worldwide: $34,901,614 · Domestic total: $34,901,614
Body Double poster

#3 Body Double IMDb →

“You can't believe everything you see.”

After losing an acting role and his girlfriend, Jake Scully finally catches a break: he gets offered a gig house-sitting in the Hollywood Hills. While peering through the beautiful home's telescope one night, he spies a gorgeous woman dancing in her window. But when he witnesses the girl's murder, it leads Scully through the netherworld of the adult entertainment industry on a search for answers—with porn actress Holly Body as his guide.

Director: Brian De Palma · Starring: Craig Wasson, Melanie Griffith, Gregg Henry · Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller · Budget: $10,000,000 · Worldwide: $8,801,940 · Domestic total: $8,801,940
Terror in the Aisles poster

#4 Terror in the Aisles IMDb →

“It's a cut above the rest.”

A non-stop roller coaster ride through the scariest moments of the greatest terror films of all time.

Director: Andrew J. Kuehn · Starring: Donald Pleasence, Nancy Allen, Fred Asparagus · Genre: Horror, Documentary · Budget: $0 · Worldwide: $8,316,206 · Domestic total: $10,004,817
A Soldier's Story poster

#5 A Soldier's Story IMDb →

“Alone, far from home, and far from justice, he has three days to learn the truth about a murder... and the truth is a story you won't forget.”

In a rural town in Louisiana, a black Master Sergeant is found shot to death just outside the local Army Base. Military lawyer, Captain Davenport—also a black man—is sent from Washington to conduct an investigation. Facing an uncooperative chain of command and fearful black troops, Davenport must battle with deceit and prejudice in order to find out exactly who really did kill the Master Sergeant.

Director: Norman Jewison · Starring: Howard Rollins, Adolph Caesar, Art Evans · Genre: Mystery, Crime, Drama · Budget: $6,000,000 · Worldwide: $21,821,347 · Domestic total: $21,821,347

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Box Office Game (boxofficega.me) hands you one weekend from box office history and asks you to name the five highest-grossing films from that weekend, in order. You start with only the weekend date and each film’s weekend gross; every clue you buy (distributor, last week’s rank, total gross, budget, director, cast and so on) costs points off your score. The page above lists exactly those clues for each slot so you can match your own guesses before revealing. This page is part of our complete daily archive, updated every morning.

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