Month-To-Date Box Office For May 1983

Data as of May 28, 2:01 PDT
Rank Release GrossMax TheatersTotal Gross% of TotalRelease DateDistributor
1Blue Thunder$20,775,4381,555$42,313,35449.1%May 13, 1983Columbia Pictures
2Flashdance$19,878,1051,140$92,921,20321.4%Apr 15, 1983Paramount Pictures
3Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi$17,077,7851,764$252,583,6176.8%May 25, 1983Twentieth Century Fox
4Breathless$11,709,1451,166$19,910,00258.8%May 13, 1983Orion Pictures
5Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone$9,516,0691,344$16,478,26557.7%May 20, 1983Columbia Pictures
6Doctor Detroit$9,494,8411,343$10,375,89391.5%May 6, 1983Universal Pictures
7Still Smokin$9,053,181730$15,543,71058.2%May 6, 1983Paramount Pictures
8Tender Mercies$7,978,90337$8,443,12494.5%Mar 4, 1983Universal Pictures
9Tootsie$7,677,4651,222$177,200,0004.3%Dec 17, 1982Columbia Pictures
10Valley Girl$7,623,041442$17,343,59644%Apr 29, 1983Atlantic Releasing Corporation
11Something Wicked This Way Comes$7,513,186817$8,400,00089.4%Apr 29, 1983Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
12My Tutor$6,397,942500$22,587,83428.3%Mar 4, 1983Crown
13Porky's
1983 Re-release
$5,797,1901,192$5,797,190100%May 6, 1983Twentieth Century Fox
14The Hunger$5,253,058775$5,979,29287.9%Apr 29, 1983Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
15Gandhi$4,397,108825$52,767,8898.3%Dec 10, 1982Columbia Pictures
16The Meaning of Life$3,587,599554$14,929,55224%Apr 1, 1983Universal Pictures
17E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial$3,347,3351,778$359,197,0370.9%Jun 11, 1982Universal Pictures
18The Outsiders$2,836,7591,002$25,697,64711%Mar 25, 1983Warner Bros.
19Local Hero$2,546,789207$5,895,76143.2%Feb 18, 1983Warner Bros.
20Max Dugan Returns$2,441,665801$17,613,72013.9%Mar 25, 1983Twentieth Century Fox
21Lone Wolf McQuade$2,124,8311,221$12,232,62817.4%Apr 15, 1983Orion Pictures
22Friday the 13th: Part 3
1983 Re-release
$2,108,548520$2,108,548100%May 13, 1983Paramount Pictures
23The Verdict$1,933,772904$53,977,2503.6%Dec 10, 1982Twentieth Century Fox
24Baby It's You$1,850,04830$1,867,79299.1%Mar 4, 1983Paramount Pictures
25Spring Break$1,204,9731,531$24,071,6665%Mar 25, 1983Columbia Pictures
26Rocky III
1983 Re-release
$902,2281,071$902,228100%May 6, 1983Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
27Poltergeist
1983 Re-release
$536,108593$536,108100%May 20, 1983Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
28Chained Heat$510,167417$6,149,9838.3%May 27, 1983-