The Top Movies, Weekend of February 18, 1983

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Tootsie	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$7,524,261	+58.49%	1,197	$6,286	$116,147,056	66
2	(4)	Gandhi	Sony Pictures	Drama	$3,408,236	+97.66%	531	$6,419	$18,321,529	75
3	(new)	The Sting II	Universal	Comedy	$3,106,108		1,294	$2,400	$3,106,108	3
4	(new)	Lovesick	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$3,093,281		718	$4,308	$3,093,281	3
5	(new)	The Lords of Discipline	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$3,011,932		800	$3,765	$3,011,932	3
6	(2)	48 Hrs.	Paramount Pictures	Action	$2,757,511	+23.24%	906	$3,044	$57,548,098	75
7	(6)	Sophie's Choice	Universal	Drama	$2,172,939	+48.37%	414	$5,249	$12,844,939	73
8	(9)	ET: The Extra-Terrestrial	Universal	Drama	$2,106,254	+146.04%	725	$2,905	$337,456,254	255
9	(5)	Without a Trace	20th Century Fox	Drama	$1,836,744	+18.07%	596	$3,082	$6,003,468	17
10	(7)	The Verdict	20th Century Fox	Drama	$1,770,154	+30.73%	579	$3,057	$43,821,008	75
11	(3)	The Entity	20th Century Fox	Horror	$1,758,961	-20.51%	581	$3,027	$9,541,762	17
12	(19)	The Year of Living Dangerously	MGM	Drama	$1,716,040	+7,682.85%	690	$2,487	$1,883,408	31
13	(17)	An Officer and a Gentleman	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$1,281,936	+324.74%	666	$1,925	$118,258,671	208
14	(8)	Let's Spend the Night Together	Embassy	Concert	$914,878	-30.64%	428	$2,138	$2,681,879	10
15	(11)	The Toy	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$704,313	-13.25%	413	$1,705	$47,118,057	73
16	(14)	The House on Sorority Row	Artists Releasing Corporation	Horror	$569,160	-2.68%	155	$3,672	$4,330,028	31
17	(12)	The Man From Snowy River	20th Century Fox	Drama	$524,569	-27.87%	285	$1,841	$13,187,775	110
18	(13)	Best Friends	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$487,799	-17.04%	427	$1,142	$35,283,405	66
19	(16)	They Call Me Bruce	Artists Releasing Corporation	Comedy	$288,827	-24.31%	121	$2,387	$10,100,273	101
20	(new)	The Pirates of Penzance	Universal	Musical	$255,496		91	$2,808	$255,496	3
21	(18)	Kiss Me Goodbye	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$184,754	-35.26%	218	$847	$15,433,656	61
22	(new)	Table for Five	Warner Bros.	Drama	$148,208		40	$3,705	$148,208	3
23	(new)	The King of Comedy	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$137,624		14	$9,830	$137,624	3
24	(new)	Local Hero	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$23,567		1	$23,567	$23,567	3