The Top Movies, Weekend of January 21, 1983

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Tootsie	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$8,407,104	-11.38%	1,214	$6,925	$81,181,848	38
2	(2)	48 Hrs.	Paramount Pictures	Action	$3,826,763	-15.84%	1,050	$3,645	$42,477,665	47
3	(3)	The Verdict	20th Century Fox	Drama	$3,262,576	-10.15%	838	$3,893	$32,482,995	47
4	(15)	Gandhi	Sony Pictures	Drama	$2,324,871	+640.25%	350	$6,642	$4,784,319	47
5	(4)	The Dark Crystal	Universal	Adventure	$2,226,613	-29.50%	905	$2,460	$35,499,613	38
6	(5)	The Toy	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$1,940,159	-34.72%	1,012	$1,917	$41,631,858	45
7	(16)	Sophie's Choice	Universal	Drama	$1,786,015	+767.38%	215	$8,307	$3,948,321	45
8	(6)	Best Friends	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$1,661,398	-28.43%	834	$1,992	$30,592,093	38
9	(7)	ET: The Extra-Terrestrial	Universal	Drama	$1,368,496	-20.47%	520	$2,632	$330,688,496	227
10	(17)	The Man From Snowy River	20th Century Fox	Drama	$1,152,191	+668.78%	477	$2,415	$8,326,412	82
11	(13)	They Call Me Bruce	Artists Releasing Corporation	Comedy	$1,086,876	+72.98%	324	$3,355	$6,943,160	73
12	(9)	An Officer and a Gentleman	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$901,957	-18.19%	555	$1,625	$115,208,541	180
13	(8)	Kiss Me Goodbye	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$851,414	-40.61%	716	$1,189	$13,283,082	33
14	(new)	The House on Sorority Row	Artists Releasing Corporation	Horror	$617,661		153	$4,037	$617,661	3
15	(10)	Airplane II: The Sequel	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$594,322	-34.85%	590	$1,007	$24,811,386	45
16	(12)	First Blood	Orion Pictures	Action	$488,071	-36.75%	574	$850	$46,210,756	94
17	(11)	Peter Pan	Buena Vista	Adventure	$410,313	-50.31%	398	$1,031	$13,176,122	10,945
18	(new)	Independence Day	Warner Bros.	Drama	$40,685		8	$5,086	$40,685	3
19	(new)	The Year of Living Dangerously	MGM	Drama	$35,000		1	$35,000	$35,000	3