The Top Movies, Weekend of December 17, 1982

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Tootsie	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$5,540,470		943	$5,875	$5,540,470	3
2	(1)	The Toy	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$4,809,838	-23.93%	1,489	$3,230	$13,145,571	10
3	(new)	The Dark Crystal	Universal	Adventure	$4,657,335		858	$5,428	$4,657,335	3
4	(new)	Best Friends	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$4,022,891		1,062	$3,788	$4,022,891	3
5	(3)	48 Hrs.	Paramount Pictures	Action	$3,328,170	-23.84%	850	$3,915	$10,318,506	12
6	(2)	Airplane II: The Sequel	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$2,930,935	-45.00%	1,150	$2,549	$9,750,132	10
7	(15)	The Verdict	20th Century Fox	Drama	$2,331,805	+2,209.13%	615	$3,792	$2,543,105	12
8	(4)	ET: The Extra-Terrestrial	Universal	Drama	$2,285,573	+23.77%	839	$2,724	$308,494,573	192
9	(new)	Trail of the Pink Panther	MGM	Comedy	$1,341,695		806	$1,665	$1,341,695	3
10	(new)	Six Weeks	Universal	Drama	$978,541		613	$1,596	$978,541	3
11	(re-entry)	Peter Pan	RKO Radio Pictures	Adventure	$957,256		465	$2,059	$957,256	10,910
12	(5)	An Officer and a Gentleman	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$771,740	-33.66%	742	$1,040	$105,328,633	145
13	(new)	Honkytonk Man	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$667,727		677	$986	$686,423	5
14	(18)	Still of the Night	MGM	Thriller/Suspense	$633,273	+1,196.63%	502	$1,262	$1,181,528	31
15	(6)	First Blood	Orion Pictures	Action	$360,402	-64.75%	312	$1,155	$41,259,924	59
16	(7)	The Empire Strikes Back	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$206,294	-63.84%	600	$344	$222,674,266	943
17	(12)	Sophie's Choice	Universal	Drama	$170,467	-15.67%	9	$18,941	$524,657	10
18	(8)	Creepshow	Warner Bros.	Horror	$165,000	-69.26%	858	$192	$19,898,203	40
19	(13)	Gandhi	Sony Pictures	Drama	$122,742	-6.41%	4	$30,686	$408,624	12
20	(11)	The Man From Snowy River	20th Century Fox	Drama	$116,630	-65.64%	110	$1,060	$5,651,372	47
21	(new)	Frances	Universal	Drama	$5,258		1	$5,258	$5,258	3