The Top Movies, Weekend of March 18, 1983

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	High Road to China	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$6,156,049		1,508	$4,082	$6,156,049	3
2	(1)	Tootsie	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$3,579,379	-11.50%	1,185	$3,021	$138,733,218	94
3	(2)	10 to Midnight	Cannon	Action	$2,149,672	-29.52%	595	$3,613	$5,895,197	10
4	(3)	Gandhi	Sony Pictures	Drama	$1,888,255	-16.65%	672	$2,810	$31,226,069	103
5	(5)	48 Hrs.	Paramount Pictures	Action	$1,379,770	-10.03%	750	$1,840	$65,862,723	103
6	(4)	Trenchcoat	Buena Vista	Comedy	$1,329,426	-39.37%	723	$1,839	$3,984,458	10
7	(6)	Sophie's Choice	Universal	Drama	$860,353	-28.16%	415	$2,073	$19,962,353	101
8	(13)	ET: The Extra-Terrestrial	Universal	Drama	$771,955	+2.97%	380	$2,031	$342,792,955	283
9	(8)	The Verdict	20th Century Fox	Drama	$745,111	-18.93%	478	$1,559	$49,419,748	103
10	(12)	The Year of Living Dangerously	MGM	Drama	$633,623	-21.07%	290	$2,185	$6,682,442	59
11	(10)	The Lords of Discipline	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$631,390	-29.26%	454	$1,391	$10,739,641	31
12	(11)	The Man From Snowy River	20th Century Fox	Drama	$617,558	-23.26%	408	$1,514	$16,770,089	138
13	(7)	Lovesick	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$609,919	-37.16%	535	$1,140	$9,782,482	31
14	(15)	An Officer and a Gentleman	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$576,128	+9.46%	385	$1,496	$121,660,526	236
15	(9)	Vigilante	Artists Releasing Corporation	Action	$440,348	-51.50%	145	$3,037	$3,730,169	17
16	(20)	The House on Sorority Row	Artists Releasing Corporation	Horror	$381,312	+31.58%	128	$2,979	$6,451,407	59
17	(17)	My Tutor	Crown	Comedy	$375,310	-11.53%	117	$3,208	$1,559,821	17
18	(18)	The Entity	20th Century Fox	Horror	$346,786	-17.31%	302	$1,148	$12,912,849	45
19	(16)	Without a Trace	20th Century Fox	Drama	$326,798	-23.37%	200	$1,634	$9,409,415	45
20	(22)	The King of Comedy	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$299,900	+120.97%	58	$5,171	$898,742	31
21	(19)	Table for Five	Warner Bros.	Drama	$283,270	-32.05%	122	$2,322	$1,704,596	31
22	(14)	They Call Me Bruce	Artists Releasing Corporation	Comedy	$265,104	-60.46%	144	$1,841	$12,694,788	129
23	(21)	Best Friends	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$172,301	-24.28%	278	$620	$36,670,556	94
24	(24)	Local Hero	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$62,786	+79.34%	5	$12,557	$136,080	31
25	(23)	Tender Mercies	Universal	Drama	$47,651	-6.44%	3	$15,884	$188,010	17
26	(25)	Baby It's You	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$4,892	-39.92%	1	$4,892	$33,554	17