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Domestic Box Office For September 1983
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In-month releases
Calendar grosses
All releases
Wide releases
Limited releases
Rank
Release
Genre
Budget
Running Time
Gross
Max Th
Opening
% of Total
Open Th
Open
Close
Distributor
Estimated
1
The Big Chill
-
-
-
$56,342,711
832
$3,662,152
6.5%
722
Sep 30
-
Columbia Pictures
false
2
Educating Rita
-
-
-
$14,648,076
407
$73,518
0.5%
3
Sep 23
-
Columbia Pictures
false
3
Revenge of the Ninja
-
-
-
$13,168,027
504
-
-
-
Sep 9
-
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
false
4
Deathstalker
-
-
-
$11,919,250
250
$456,700
3.8%
166
Sep 2
-
New World Pictures
false
5
Brainstorm
-
-
-
$10,219,460
498
$1,196,965
11.7%
169
Sep 30
-
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
false
6
Rear Window
1983 Re-release
-
-
-
$9,084,420
-
-
-
-
Sep 30
-
Universal Pictures
false
7
Nightmares
-
-
-
$6,670,680
1,025
-
-
-
Sep 2
-
Universal Pictures
false
8
Beyond the Limit
-
-
-
$5,997,566
707
$2,208,976
36.8%
700
Sep 30
-
Paramount Pictures
false
9
Eddie and the Cruisers
-
-
-
$4,786,789
475
$1,444,886
30.2%
475
Sep 23
-
Embassy Pictures
false
10
Mortuary
-
-
-
$4,319,001
146
$763,184
17.7%
146
Sep 2
-
Film Ventures International (FVI)
false
11
The Final Option
-
-
-
$2,666,873
338
$750,259
28.1%
338
Sep 16
-
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
false
12
Pieces
-
-
-
$2,032,311
104
$604,510
29.7%
104
Sep 23
-
Film Ventures International (FVI)
false
13
Heat and Dust
-
-
-
$1,741,435
-
-
-
-
Sep 15
-
Universal Pictures
false
14
Stryker
-
-
-
$1,723,487
-
-
-
-
Sep 2
-
New World Pictures
false
15
Strange Invaders
-
-
-
$1,362,303
274
$655,461
48.1%
274
Sep 16
-
Orion Pictures
false
16
The Lonely Lady
-
-
-
$1,223,200
703
$1,223,220
100%
703
Sep 30
-
Universal Pictures
false
17
Lonely Hearts
-
-
-
$777,087
-
-
-
-
Sep 4
-
The Samuel Goldwyn Company
false
18
Boarding School
-
-
-
$306,061
-
-
-
-
Sep 9
-
Atlantic Releasing Corporation
false