The Top Movies, Weekend of April 8, 1983

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(4)	Tootsie	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$3,430,963	+16.81%	1,092	$3,142	$151,790,700	115
2	(1)	Spring Break	Columbia	Comedy	$3,319,782	-25.38%	1,463	$2,269	$17,928,595	17
3	(2)	The Outsiders	Warner Bros.	Drama	$3,142,294	-17.30%	1,002	$3,136	$15,921,672	17
4	(5)	Max Dugan Returns	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$2,581,050	+1.56%	763	$3,383	$9,996,685	17
5	(3)	High Road to China	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$2,548,852	-25.26%	1,162	$2,194	$20,927,295	24
6	(10)	Gandhi	Sony Pictures	Drama	$2,178,715	+46.78%	805	$2,706	$38,633,920	124
7	(6)	The Meaning of Life	Universal	Comedy	$2,167,389	+9.03%	330	$6,568	$5,306,672	11
8	(11)	ET: The Extra-Terrestrial	Universal	Drama	$1,606,956	+41.04%	830	$1,936	$347,339,956	304
9	(8)	The Sword in the Stone	Buena Vista	Adventure	$1,360,351	-22.35%	614	$2,216	$7,805,540	7,047
10	(9)	Bad Boys	Universal	Drama	$1,344,828	-21.98%	458	$2,936	$6,945,828	17
11	(7)	The Black Stallion Returns	MGM/UA Classics	Adventure	$1,216,151	-36.77%	1,376	$884	$8,290,463	17
12	(13)	48 Hrs.	Paramount Pictures	Action	$776,811	-0.53%	508	$1,529	$69,681,033	124
13	(16)	Sophie's Choice	Universal	Drama	$764,802	+83.17%	334	$2,290	$22,426,802	122
14	(15)	The Verdict	20th Century Fox	Drama	$744,669	+73.81%	452	$1,647	$51,771,248	124
15	(24)	My Tutor	Crown	Comedy	$733,005	+230.93%	201	$3,647	$3,235,314	38
16	(12)	Man, Woman and Child	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$652,220	-18.75%	350	$1,863	$1,716,894	10
17	(re-entry)	The House on Sorority Row	Artists Releasing Corporation	Horror	$637,439		167	$3,817	$7,504,686	80
18	(18)	The Year of Living Dangerously	MGM	Drama	$450,332	+40.63%	385	$1,170	$8,320,093	80
19	(17)	An Officer and a Gentleman	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$447,281	+39.15%	344	$1,300	$123,310,899	257
20	(28)	Local Hero	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$291,398	+1,274.71%	41	$7,107	$900,450	52
21	(20)	The Man From Snowy River	20th Century Fox	Drama	$274,405	-2.41%	242	$1,134	$18,119,379	159
22	(21)	10 to Midnight	Cannon	Action	$206,469	-24.66%	95	$2,173	$7,175,592	31
23	(23)	The King of Comedy	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$191,670	-24.73%	76	$2,522	$1,889,012	52
24	(25)	The Lords of Discipline	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$181,532	+15.94%	222	$818	$11,721,041	52
25	(22)	Vigilante	Artists Releasing Corporation	Action	$179,409	-32.85%	79	$2,271	$4,760,020	38
26	(14)	Tough Enough	20th Century Fox	Drama	$164,447	-70.33%	138	$1,192	$1,980,788	100
27	(26)	Table for Five	Warner Bros.	Drama	$73,110	-13.37%	61	$1,199	$2,304,483	52
28	(29)	Baby It's You	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$14,307	-6.52%	2	$7,154	$102,650	38