The film briefly regained the number one spot the following week before spending the next five weeks at number two, initially behind "Red Dawn" and then the thriller "Tightrope". It was again the number one film for one week in mid-September and ultimately remained one of the top three grossing films for sixteen straight weeks. It began a gradual decline and fell from the list of the top ten grossing films by late October. It left cinemas in early January 1985, after thirty weeks. "Ghostbusters" had quickly become a hit, surpassing "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" as the top-grossing film of the summer. By the time it left cinemas it had earned $229.2 million, making it the second highest-grossing film of 1984, about $5 million behind Eddie Murphy's action-comedy "Beverly Hills Cop" ($234.8 million) which released in mid-December. Its box office gross made it the highest-grossing comedy film of its time, replacing "Animal House", a title it held for six months before being replaced by "Beverly Hills Cop".