Domestic Box Office For Memorial Day Weekend 1983
Memorial Day Weekend 1983 is May 27-30.
| Rank | Release | Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi | $30,490,619 | 1,764 | $252,583,617 | May 25 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 2 | Blue Thunder | $6,239,999 | 1,555 | $42,313,354 | May 13 | Columbia Pictures |
| 3 | Flashdance | $4,667,930 | 1,140 | $92,921,203 | Apr 15 | Paramount Pictures |
| 4 | Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone | $4,576,732 | 1,344 | $16,478,265 | May 20 | Columbia Pictures |
| 5 | Breathless | $3,367,492 | 1,166 | $19,910,002 | May 13 | Orion Pictures |
| 6 | Tootsie | $2,439,315 | 1,222 | $177,200,000 | Dec 17 | Columbia Pictures |
| 7 | Chained Heat | $2,252,682 | 417 | $6,149,983 | May 27 | Jensen Farley Pictures |
| 8 | Still Smokin | $2,139,772 | 730 | $15,543,710 | May 6 | Paramount Pictures |
| 9 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | $1,718,800 | 1,778 | $359,197,037 | Jun 11 | Universal Pictures |
| 10 | My Tutor | $1,411,824 | 500 | $22,587,834 | Mar 4 | Crown |
| 11 | Valley Girl | $1,180,006 | 442 | $17,343,596 | Apr 29 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation |
| 12 | Doctor Detroit | $1,027,893 | 1,343 | $10,375,893 | May 6 | Universal Pictures |
| 13 | Gandhi | $827,377 | 825 | $52,767,889 | Dec 10 | Columbia Pictures |
| 14 | Local Hero | $575,767 | 207 | $5,895,761 | Feb 18 | Warner Bros. |
