The Top Movies, Weekend of March 4, 1983

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Tootsie	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$4,349,058	-16.94%	1,221	$3,562	$128,631,608	80
2	(2)	Gandhi	Sony Pictures	Drama	$2,349,892	-14.44%	766	$3,068	$25,259,056	89
3	(6)	48 Hrs.	Paramount Pictures	Action	$1,807,448	-4.24%	800	$2,259	$62,219,679	89
4	(3)	The Lords of Discipline	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$1,727,582	-29.39%	800	$2,159	$8,366,467	17
5	(new)	Vigilante	Artists Releasing Corporation	Action	$1,588,464		250	$6,354	$1,588,464	3
6	(4)	Lovesick	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$1,532,301	-23.08%	712	$2,152	$7,539,812	17
7	(9)	The Verdict	20th Century Fox	Drama	$1,124,537	-13.49%	626	$1,796	$47,005,480	89
8	(8)	ET: The Extra-Terrestrial	Universal	Drama	$1,003,629	-27.54%	605	$1,659	$340,545,629	269
9	(10)	The Year of Living Dangerously	MGM	Drama	$932,370	-25.66%	290	$3,215	$4,790,260	45
10	(14)	The Man From Snowy River	20th Century Fox	Drama	$886,012	+88.94%	500	$1,772	$14,779,354	124
11	(20)	They Call Me Bruce	Artists Releasing Corporation	Comedy	$769,404	+317.78%	291	$2,644	$11,215,366	115
12	(7)	The Sting II	Universal	Comedy	$694,070	-61.55%	548	$1,267	$6,347,072	17
13	(13)	An Officer and a Gentleman	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$681,632	-21.27%	441	$1,546	$120,244,700	222
14	(11)	Without a Trace	20th Century Fox	Drama	$660,477	-37.90%	388	$1,702	$8,313,726	31
15	(12)	The Entity	20th Century Fox	Horror	$595,815	-40.54%	395	$1,508	$11,762,278	31
16	(16)	The House on Sorority Row	Artists Releasing Corporation	Horror	$541,314	+76.74%	184	$2,942	$5,451,422	45
17	(new)	My Tutor	Crown	Comedy	$435,188		96	$4,533	$435,188	3
18	(18)	Table for Five	Warner Bros.	Drama	$339,133	+60.76%	81	$4,187	$788,691	17
19	(15)	Best Friends	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$274,152	-20.83%	333	$823	$36,102,783	80
20	(21)	Kiss Me Goodbye	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$129,003	-3.63%	177	$729	$15,782,759	75
21	(19)	The Pirates of Penzance	Universal	Musical	$126,497	-37.72%	42	$3,012	$694,497	17
22	(17)	Let's Spend the Night Together	Embassy	Concert	$114,973	-59.62%	139	$827	$3,282,561	24
23	(22)	The King of Comedy	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$77,461	-14.86%	14	$5,533	$385,503	17
24	(new)	Tender Mercies	Universal	Drama	$46,977		3	$15,659	$46,977	3