List of 1983 box office number-one films in the United States
This is a list of films which have placed number one at the weekend box office in the United States during 1983 .[ 1]
Number-one films
#
Weekend end date
Film
Gross
Notes
Ref
1
January 9, 1983
Tootsie
$10,553,448
[ 2]
2
January 16, 1983
$9,487,210
[ 3]
3
January 23, 1983
$8,407,104
[ 4]
4
January 30, 1983
$7,325,537
[ 5]
5
February 6, 1983
$6,523,267
[ 6]
6
February 13, 1983
$4,747,425
[ 7]
7
February 21, 1983 4-day weekend
$7,524,261
[ 8]
8
February 27, 1983
$5,236,117
[ 9]
9
March 6, 1983
$4,349,058
[ 10]
10
March 13, 1983
$4,044,440
[ 11]
11
March 20, 1983
High Road to China
$6,156,049
[ 12]
12
March 27, 1983
Spring Break
$5,908,574
[ 13]
13
April 3, 1983
$4,448,821
[ 14]
14
April 10, 1983
Tootsie
$3,430,963
Tootsie reclaimed #1 in seventeenth weekend of release and became Columbia Pictures highest-grossing film in the US and Canada, surpassing Close Encounters of the Third Kind .
[ 15]
15
April 17, 1983
Lone Wolf McQuade
$4,295,300
[ 16]
16
April 24, 1983
Flashdance
$4,085,494
Flashdance reached No. 1 in its second weekend of release.
[ 17]
17
May 1, 1983
$4,095,000
[ 18]
18
May 8, 1983
$3,385,578
[ 19]
19
May 15, 1983
Blue Thunder
$8,258,149
[ 20]
20
May 22, 1983
Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone
$7,053,016
[ 21]
21
May 30, 1983 4-day weekend
Return of the Jedi
$30,490,619
Return of the Jedi had the highest weekend of all-time beating E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial ' s 4th weekend gross of $17.3 million, Rocky III ' s 4-day opening weekend gross of $16.0 million and Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan ' s 3-day opening weekend gross of $14.3 million.
[ 22]
22
June 5, 1983
$17,229,694
Return of the Jedi also claimed the record for highest second weekend beating E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial .
[ 23]
23
June 12, 1983
$11,995,064
[ 24]
24
June 19, 1983
Superman III
$13,352,357
[ 25]
25
June 26, 1983
Return of the Jedi
$11,127,915
Return of the Jedi reclaimed #1 in fifth weekend of release.
[ 26]
26
July 4, 1983 4-day weekend
$12,038,626
[ 27]
27
July 10, 1983
$7,337,926
[ 28]
28
July 17, 1983
Staying Alive
$12,146,143
[ 29]
29
July 24, 1983
Jaws 3-D
$13,422,500
Jaws 3-D broke Friday the 13th Part III ' s ($9.40 million) record for highest weekend debut for a 3-D film.
[ 30]
30
July 31, 1983
National Lampoon's Vacation
$8,333,358
[ 31]
31
August 7, 1983
$7,191,832
[ 32]
32
August 14, 1983
$6,161,649
[ 33]
33
August 21, 1983
Easy Money
$5,844,974
[ 34]
34
August 28, 1983
Mr. Mom
$6,445,106
Mr. Mom reached No. 1 in its second weekend of release.
[ 35]
35
September 5, 1983 4-day weekend
$8,221,715
[ 36]
36
September 11, 1983
$4,686,652
[ 37]
37
September 18, 1983
$3,860,064
[ 38]
38
September 25, 1983
$3,207,199
[ 39]
39
October 2, 1983
The Big Chill
$3,662,152
[ 40]
40
October 10, 1983 4-day weekend
Never Say Never Again
$10,958,157
Never Say Never Again sets a record weekend debut for October over the Columbus Day weekend.
[ 41]
41
October 16, 1983
$7,233,884
[ 42]
42
October 23, 1983
$6,011,610
[ 43]
43
October 30, 1983
$3,781,141
[ 44]
44
November 6, 1983
Deal of the Century
$3,520,605
[ 45]
45
November 13, 1983
The Big Chill
$2,929,243
The Big Chill reclaimed #1 in seventh weekend of release.
[ 46]
46
November 20, 1983
Amityville 3-D
$2,366,472
[ 47]
47
November 27, 1983
A Christmas Story
$3,935,944
A Christmas Story reached No. 1 in its second weekend of release.
[ 48]
48
December 4, 1983
Terms of Endearment
$3,125,453
Terms of Endearment reached No. 1 in its second weekend of release.
[ 49]
49
December 11, 1983
Sudden Impact
$9,688,561
[ 50]
50
December 18, 1983
$7,143,953
[ 51]
51
December 26, 1983 4-day weekend
$5,957,766
[ 52]
52
January 2, 1984 4-day weekend
Terms of Endearment
$9,058,537
Terms of Endearment reclaimed #1 in sixth weekend of release.
[ 53]
Highest-grossing films
Calendar Gross
Highest-grossing films of 1983 by Calendar Gross[ 54]
Rank
Title
Studio(s)
Actor(s)
Director(s)
Gross
1.
Return of the Jedi
20th Century Fox
Mark Hamill , Harrison Ford , Carrie Fisher , Billy Dee Williams , Anthony Daniels , David Prowse , Kenny Baker , Peter Mayhew and Frank Oz
Richard Marquand
$247,371,242
2.
Tootsie
Columbia Pictures
Dustin Hoffman , Jessica Lange , Teri Garr , Dabney Coleman and Charles Durning
Sydney Pollack
$146,259,321
3.
Flashdance
Paramount Pictures
Jennifer Beals and Michael Nouri
Adrian Lyne
$92,921,203
4.
Trading Places
Dan Aykroyd , Eddie Murphy , Ralph Bellamy , Don Ameche , Denholm Elliott and Jamie Lee Curtis
John Landis
$90,404,800
5.
WarGames
United Artists
Matthew Broderick , Dabney Coleman , John Wood and Ally Sheedy
John Badham
$79,567,667
6.
Octopussy
Roger Moore , Maud Adams , Louis Jourdan , Kristina Wayborn , Kabir Bedi and Steven Berkoff
John Glen
$67,893,619
7.
Staying Alive
Paramount Pictures
John Travolta , Cynthia Rhodes , Finola Hughes and Steve Inwood
Sylvester Stallone
$64,892,670
8.
Risky Business
Warner Bros. Pictures
Tom Cruise and Rebecca De Mornay
Paul Brickman
$63,541,777
9.
Mr. Mom
20th Century Fox
Michael Keaton , Teri Garr , Martin Mull , Ann Jillian and Christopher Lloyd
Stan Dragoti
$63,090,965
10.
National Lampoon's Vacation
Warner Bros. Pictures
Chevy Chase , Beverly D'Angelo , Imogene Coca , Randy Quaid , John Candy and Christie Brinkley
Harold Ramis
$61,399,552
In-Year Release
Highest-grossing films of 1983 by In-year release[ 55]
Rank
Title
Distributor
Domestic gross
1.
Return of the Jedi
20th Century Fox
$309,306,177
2.
Terms of Endearment
Paramount
$108,423,489
3.
Flashdance
$92,921,203
4.
Trading Places
$90,404,800
5.
WarGames
United Artists
$79,567,667
6.
Octopussy
$67,893,619
7.
Sudden Impact
Warner Bros.
$67,642,693
8.
Staying Alive
Paramount
$64,892,670
9.
Mr. Mom
20th Century Fox
$64,783,827
10.
Risky Business
Warner Bros.
$63,541,777
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