| 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 | Never Say Never Again | - | - | - | $55,432,841 | 1,560 | $10,958,157 | 19.8% | 1,550 | Oct 7 | - | Warner Bros. | false |
| 3 | Never Cry Wolf | - | - | - | $29,600,000 | 540 | - | - | - | Oct 7 | - | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 4 | The Right Stuff | - | - | - | $21,192,102 | 627 | $1,601,167 | 7.6% | 229 | Oct 21 | Mar 15 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 5 | The Dead Zone | - | - | - | $20,766,616 | 1,293 | $4,556,083 | 21.9% | 1,293 | Oct 21 | - | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 6 | All the Right Moves | - | - | - | $17,233,166 | 909 | $1,625,486 | 9.4% | 442 | Oct 21 | - | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 7 | Richard Pryor... Here and Now | - | - | - | $16,156,776 | 1,411 | $3,701,609 | 22.9% | 1,411 | Oct 28 | - | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 8 | Educating Rita | - | - | - | $14,648,076 | 407 | $73,518 | 0.5% | 3 | Sep 23 | - | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 9 | Revenge of the Ninja | - | - | - | $13,168,027 | 504 | - | - | - | Sep 9 | - | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 10 | The Smurfs and the Magic Flute | - | - | - | $11,234,220 | 432 | - | - | - | Oct 7 | - | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | false |
| 11 | Brainstorm | - | - | - | $10,219,460 | 498 | $1,196,965 | 11.7% | 169 | Sep 30 | - | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 12 | Rear Window 1983 Re-release | - | - | - | $9,084,420 | - | - | - | - | Sep 30 | - | Universal Pictures | false |
| 13 | Romantic Comedy | - | - | - | $6,857,733 | 911 | $2,366,025 | 34.5% | 911 | Oct 7 | - | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 14 | The Osterman Weekend | - | - | - | $6,486,797 | 670 | $301,129 | 4.6% | 125 | Oct 21 | - | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 15 | Beyond the Limit | - | - | - | $5,997,566 | 707 | $2,208,976 | 36.8% | 700 | Sep 30 | - | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 16 | Under Fire | - | - | - | $5,696,391 | 816 | $1,837,768 | 32.3% | 816 | Oct 21 | - | Orion Pictures | false |
| 17 | Vertigo 1983 Re-release | - | - | - | $5,343,461 | - | - | - | - | Oct 28 | - | Universal Pictures | false |
| 18 | Eddie and the Cruisers | - | - | - | $4,786,789 | 475 | $1,444,886 | 30.2% | 475 | Sep 23 | - | Embassy Pictures | false |
| 19 | The Final Option | - | - | - | $2,666,873 | 338 | $750,259 | 28.1% | 338 | Sep 16 | - | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 20 | Rumble Fish | - | - | - | $2,494,480 | 296 | $18,985 | 0.8% | 1 | Oct 8 | Nov 17 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 21 | Pieces | - | - | - | $2,032,311 | 104 | $604,510 | 29.7% | 104 | Sep 23 | - | Film Ventures International (FVI) | false |
| 22 | Heat and Dust | - | - | - | $1,741,435 | - | - | - | - | Sep 15 | - | Universal Pictures | false |
| 23 | Strange Invaders | - | - | - | $1,362,303 | 274 | $655,461 | 48.1% | 274 | Sep 16 | - | Orion Pictures | false |
| 24 | The Lonely Lady | - | - | - | $1,223,200 | 703 | $1,223,220 | 100% | 703 | Sep 30 | - | Universal Pictures | false |
| 25 | Possession | - | - | - | $1,113,538 | - | - | - | - | Oct 28 | - | Limelight International | false |
| 26 | Streamers | - | - | - | $378,452 | - | - | - | - | Oct 14 | - | United Artists | false |
| 27 | Boarding School | - | - | - | $306,061 | - | - | - | - | Sep 9 | - | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | false |
