Domestic Box Office For Q1 1983
Q1 1983 is January 1-March 31.
| Rank | Release | Gross | Max Th | Opening | % of Total | Open Th | Open | Close | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | High Road to China | $28,445,927 | 1,508 | $6,156,049 | 21.6% | 1,508 | Mar 18 | - | Warner Bros. |
| 2 | The Outsiders | $25,697,647 | 1,002 | $5,068,165 | 19.7% | 829 | Mar 25 | - | Warner Bros. |
| 3 | Spring Break | $24,071,666 | 1,531 | $5,908,574 | 24.5% | 1,493 | Mar 25 | - | Columbia Pictures |
| 4 | My Tutor | $22,587,834 | 500 | $435,188 | 1.9% | 96 | Mar 4 | - | Crown |
| 5 | Max Dugan Returns | $17,613,720 | 801 | $2,791,002 | 15.8% | 790 | Mar 25 | - | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 6 | The Entity | $13,277,558 | 1,035 | $3,685,654 | 27.8% | 1,031 | Feb 4 | - | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 7 | The Black Stallion Returns | $12,049,108 | 1,376 | $2,923,297 | 24.3% | 1,370 | Mar 25 | - | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 8 | The Sword in the Stone | $12,000,000 | 741 | $2,230,614 | 18.6% | 487 | Mar 25 | - | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 9 | The Lords of Discipline | $11,787,127 | 800 | $3,011,932 | 25.6% | 800 | Feb 18 | - | Paramount Pictures |
| 10 | Raiders of the Lost Ark 1983 Re-release | $11,374,454 | 628 | $1,327,451 | 11.7% | 628 | Mar 25 | - | Paramount Pictures |
| 11 | The House on Sorority Row | $10,604,986 | 153 | $617,661 | 5.8% | 153 | Jan 21 | - | Film Ventures International (FVI) |
| 12 | The Year of Living Dangerously | $10,278,575 | 690 | $35,000 | 0.3% | 1 | Jan 21 | - | Warner Bros. |
| 13 | Lovesick | $10,171,304 | 744 | $3,093,281 | 30.4% | 718 | Feb 18 | - | Warner Bros. |
| 14 | Without a Trace | $9,632,062 | 721 | $1,609,448 | 16.7% | 721 | Feb 4 | - | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 15 | Bad Boys | $9,190,819 | 535 | $2,171,197 | 23.6% | 468 | Mar 25 | - | Universal Pictures |
| 16 | Tender Mercies | $8,443,124 | 37 | $46,977 | 0.6% | 3 | Mar 4 | - | Universal Pictures |
| 17 | 10 to Midnight | $7,175,592 | 595 | $3,050,225 | 42.5% | 595 | Mar 11 | - | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 18 | The Sting II | $6,347,072 | 1,294 | $3,106,108 | 48.9% | 1,294 | Feb 18 | - | Universal Pictures |
| 19 | Local Hero | $5,895,761 | 207 | $23,567 | 0.4% | 1 | Feb 18 | Jun 2 | Warner Bros. |
| 20 | The Grey Fox | $5,516,140 | - | - | - | - | Mar 13 | - | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 21 | Vigilante | $5,091,888 | 250 | $1,588,464 | 31.2% | 250 | Mar 4 | - | Film Ventures International (FVI) |
| 22 | Trenchcoat | $4,304,286 | 723 | $2,192,621 | 50.9% | 723 | Mar 11 | - | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 23 | Joysticks | $3,952,448 | 310 | $1,431,065 | 36.2% | 310 | Mar 4 | - | Jensen Farley Pictures |
| 24 | Let's Spend the Night Together | $3,821,199 | 475 | $1,319,050 | 34.5% | 475 | Feb 11 | - | Embassy Pictures |
| 25 | The King of Comedy | $2,536,242 | 76 | $137,624 | 5.4% | 14 | Feb 18 | May 12 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 26 | Table for Five | $2,439,705 | 181 | $148,208 | 6.1% | 40 | Feb 18 | - | Warner Bros. |
| 27 | Tough Enough | $2,433,722 | 538 | $725,117 | 29.8% | 538 | Mar 25 | - | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 28 | The Evil Dead | $2,400,000 | 128 | - | - | - | Jan 1 | - | New Line Cinema |
| 29 | The Night of the Shooting Stars | $2,251,121 | - | - | - | - | Jan 21 | - | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 30 | Videodrome | $2,120,439 | 600 | $1,194,175 | 56.3% | 600 | Feb 4 | - | Universal Pictures |
| 31 | Baby It's You | $1,867,792 | 30 | $12,420 | 0.7% | 1 | Mar 4 | - | Paramount Pictures |
| 32 | Lianna | $1,530,839 | - | - | - | - | Jan 18 | - | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 33 | Say Amen, Somebody | $1,108,299 | - | - | - | - | Mar 11 | - | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 34 | The Pirates of Penzance | $694,497 | 91 | $255,496 | 36.8% | 91 | Feb 18 | - | Universal Pictures |
| 35 | Britannia Hospital | $375,713 | - | - | - | - | Mar 4 | - | United Artists |
| 36 | The Girl with the Red Hair | $39,001 | - | - | - | - | Feb 25 | - | United Artists |
