| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi | - | - | - | $45,311,004 | 1,764 | $252,583,617 | May 25 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 2 | Blue Thunder | - | - | - | $25,066,350 | 1,555 | $42,313,354 | May 13 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 3 | Flashdance | - | - | - | $23,239,957 | 1,140 | $92,921,203 | Apr 15 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 4 | Breathless | - | - | - | $14,066,241 | 1,166 | $19,910,002 | May 13 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 5 | Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone | - | - | - | $12,493,897 | 1,344 | $16,478,265 | May 20 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 6 | Still Smokin | - | - | - | $10,548,041 | 730 | $15,543,710 | May 6 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 7 | Doctor Detroit | - | - | - | $10,082,205 | 1,343 | $10,375,893 | May 6 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 8 | Tootsie | - | - | - | $9,286,881 | 1,222 | $177,200,000 | Dec 17 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 9 | Valley Girl | - | - | - | $8,465,901 | 442 | $17,343,596 | Apr 29 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | false |
| 10 | My Tutor | - | - | - | $8,213,142 | 500 | $22,587,834 | Mar 4 | Crown | false |
| 11 | Tender Mercies | - | - | - | $7,978,903 | 37 | $8,443,124 | Mar 4 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 12 | Something Wicked This Way Comes | - | - | - | $7,513,186 | 817 | $8,400,000 | Apr 29 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 13 | Porky's 1983 Re-release | - | - | - | $5,797,190 | 1,192 | $5,797,190 | May 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 14 | The Hunger | - | - | - | $5,253,058 | 775 | $5,979,292 | Apr 29 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 15 | Gandhi | - | - | - | $4,977,328 | 825 | $52,767,889 | Dec 10 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 16 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | - | - | - | $4,849,251 | 1,778 | $359,197,037 | Jun 11 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 17 | The Meaning of Life | - | - | - | $3,587,599 | 554 | $14,929,552 | Apr 1 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 18 | The Outsiders | - | - | - | $2,836,759 | 1,002 | $25,697,647 | Mar 25 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 19 | Chained Heat | - | - | - | $2,550,835 | 417 | $6,149,983 | May 27 | - | false |
| 20 | Max Dugan Returns | - | - | - | $2,441,665 | 801 | $17,613,720 | Mar 25 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 21 | Lone Wolf McQuade | - | - | - | $2,124,831 | 1,221 | $12,232,628 | Apr 15 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 22 | Friday the 13th: Part 3 1983 Re-release | - | - | - | $2,108,548 | 520 | $2,108,548 | May 13 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 23 | Local Hero | - | - | - | $2,102,432 | 207 | $5,895,761 | Feb 18 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 24 | The Verdict | - | - | - | $1,933,772 | 904 | $53,977,250 | Dec 10 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 25 | Baby It's You | - | - | - | $1,850,048 | 30 | $1,867,792 | Mar 4 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 26 | Spring Break | - | - | - | $1,204,973 | 1,531 | $24,071,666 | Mar 25 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 27 | Rocky III 1983 Re-release | - | - | - | $902,228 | 1,071 | $902,228 | May 6 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 28 | Poltergeist 1983 Re-release | - | - | - | $536,108 | 593 | $536,108 | May 20 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
