The Top Movies, Weekend of April 15, 1983

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Lone Wolf McQuade	Orion Pictures	Action	$4,300,000		1,221	$3,522	$4,300,000	3
2	(new)	Flashdance	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$4,076,124		1,140	$3,576	$4,076,124	3
3	(1)	Tootsie	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$3,103,088	-9.56%	1,064	$2,916	$155,715,701	122
4	(6)	Gandhi	Sony Pictures	Drama	$2,891,847	+32.73%	825	$3,505	$42,512,447	131
5	(3)	The Outsiders	Warner Bros.	Drama	$2,188,897	-30.34%	922	$2,374	$18,782,682	24
6	(4)	Max Dugan Returns	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$1,940,582	-24.81%	716	$2,710	$12,438,108	24
7	(2)	Spring Break	Columbia	Comedy	$1,918,920	-42.20%	1,170	$1,640	$20,561,251	24
8	(7)	The Meaning of Life	Universal	Comedy	$1,831,717	-15.49%	394	$4,649	$7,676,546	18
9	(8)	ET: The Extra-Terrestrial	Universal	Drama	$1,668,479	+3.83%	729	$2,289	$349,628,255	311
10	(5)	High Road to China	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$1,530,168	-39.97%	849	$1,802	$23,088,247	31
11	(13)	Sophie's Choice	Universal	Drama	$1,115,140	+45.81%	457	$2,440	$23,871,317	129
12	(12)	48 Hrs.	Paramount Pictures	Action	$1,024,043	+31.83%	530	$1,932	$71,075,890	131
13	(9)	The Sword in the Stone	Buena Vista	Adventure	$1,005,674	-26.07%	614	$1,638	$9,131,576	7,054
14	(10)	Bad Boys	Universal	Drama	$735,530	-45.31%	256	$2,873	$8,032,166	24
15	(19)	An Officer and a Gentleman	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$684,803	+53.10%	403	$1,699	$124,219,522	264
16	(11)	The Black Stallion Returns	MGM/UA Classics	Adventure	$547,441	-54.99%	638	$858	$9,243,287	24
17	(14)	The Verdict	20th Century Fox	Drama	$521,208	-30.01%	325	$1,604	$52,564,686	131
18	(15)	My Tutor	Crown	Comedy	$484,881	-33.85%	153	$3,169	$4,063,722	45
19	(17)	The House on Sorority Row	Artists Releasing Corporation	Horror	$432,054	-32.22%	162	$2,667	$8,184,633	87
20	(20)	Local Hero	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$389,580	+33.69%	80	$4,870	$1,362,294	59
21	(21)	The Man From Snowy River	20th Century Fox	Drama	$325,136	+18.49%	262	$1,241	$18,526,643	166
22	(25)	Vigilante	Artists Releasing Corporation	Action	$247,440	+37.92%	120	$2,062	$5,091,888	45
23	(18)	The Year of Living Dangerously	MGM	Drama	$195,972	-56.48%	190	$1,031	$8,601,065	87
24	(16)	Man, Woman and Child	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$180,721	-72.29%	116	$1,558	$2,006,193	17
25	(23)	The King of Comedy	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$139,281	-27.33%	56	$2,487	$2,080,688	59
26	(26)	Tough Enough	20th Century Fox	Drama	$51,330	-68.79%	54	$951	$2,087,004	107
27	(27)	Table for Five	Warner Bros.	Drama	$45,268	-38.08%	51	$888	$2,378,738	59
28	(new)	Better Late Than Never	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$24,164		12	$2,014	$24,164	3
29	(28)	Baby It's You	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$16,326	+14.11%	2	$8,163	$125,471	45