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Data as of May 28, 2:01 PDT
Rank
Release
Genre
Budget
Running Time
Gross
Max Theaters
Total Gross
% of Total
Release Date
Distributor
1
Blue Thunder
-
-
-
$20,775,438
1,555
$42,313,354
49.1%
May 13, 1983
Columbia Pictures
2
Flashdance
-
-
-
$19,878,105
1,140
$92,921,203
21.4%
Apr 15, 1983
Paramount Pictures
3
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
-
-
-
$17,077,785
1,764
$252,583,617
6.8%
May 25, 1983
Twentieth Century Fox
4
Breathless
-
-
-
$11,709,145
1,166
$19,910,002
58.8%
May 13, 1983
Orion Pictures
5
Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone
-
-
-
$9,516,069
1,344
$16,478,265
57.7%
May 20, 1983
Columbia Pictures
6
Doctor Detroit
-
-
-
$9,494,841
1,343
$10,375,893
91.5%
May 6, 1983
Universal Pictures
7
Still Smokin
-
-
-
$9,053,181
730
$15,543,710
58.2%
May 6, 1983
Paramount Pictures
8
Tender Mercies
-
-
-
$7,978,903
37
$8,443,124
94.5%
Mar 4, 1983
Universal Pictures
9
Tootsie
-
-
-
$7,677,465
1,222
$177,200,000
4.3%
Dec 17, 1982
Columbia Pictures
10
Valley Girl
-
-
-
$7,623,041
442
$17,343,596
44%
Apr 29, 1983
Atlantic Releasing Corporation
11
Something Wicked This Way Comes
-
-
-
$7,513,186
817
$8,400,000
89.4%
Apr 29, 1983
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
12
My Tutor
-
-
-
$6,397,942
500
$22,587,834
28.3%
Mar 4, 1983
Crown
13
Porky's
1983 Re-release
-
-
-
$5,797,190
1,192
$5,797,190
100%
May 6, 1983
Twentieth Century Fox
14
The Hunger
-
-
-
$5,253,058
775
$5,979,292
87.9%
Apr 29, 1983
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
15
Gandhi
-
-
-
$4,397,108
825
$52,767,889
8.3%
Dec 10, 1982
Columbia Pictures
16
The Meaning of Life
-
-
-
$3,587,599
554
$14,929,552
24%
Apr 1, 1983
Universal Pictures
17
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
-
-
-
$3,347,335
1,778
$359,197,037
0.9%
Jun 11, 1982
Universal Pictures
18
The Outsiders
-
-
-
$2,836,759
1,002
$25,697,647
11%
Mar 25, 1983
Warner Bros.
19
Local Hero
-
-
-
$2,546,789
207
$5,895,761
43.2%
Feb 18, 1983
Warner Bros.
20
Max Dugan Returns
-
-
-
$2,441,665
801
$17,613,720
13.9%
Mar 25, 1983
Twentieth Century Fox
21
Lone Wolf McQuade
-
-
-
$2,124,831
1,221
$12,232,628
17.4%
Apr 15, 1983
Orion Pictures
22
Friday the 13th: Part 3
1983 Re-release
-
-
-
$2,108,548
520
$2,108,548
100%
May 13, 1983
Paramount Pictures
23
The Verdict
-
-
-
$1,933,772
904
$53,977,250
3.6%
Dec 10, 1982
Twentieth Century Fox
24
Baby It's You
-
-
-
$1,850,048
30
$1,867,792
99.1%
Mar 4, 1983
Paramount Pictures
25
Spring Break
-
-
-
$1,204,973
1,531
$24,071,666
5%
Mar 25, 1983
Columbia Pictures
26
Rocky III
1983 Re-release
-
-
-
$902,228
1,071
$902,228
100%
May 6, 1983
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
27
Poltergeist
1983 Re-release
-
-
-
$536,108
593
$536,108
100%
May 20, 1983
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
28
Chained Heat
-
-
-
$510,167
417
$6,149,983
8.3%
May 27, 1983
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