The Top Movies, Weekend of May 6, 1983

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Flashdance	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$3,385,578	-17.32%	1,140	$2,970	$20,325,125	24
2	(new)	Doctor Detroit	Universal	Comedy	$3,295,722		1,343	$2,454	$3,295,722	3
3	(new)	Still Smokin	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$3,085,705		710	$4,346	$3,085,705	3
4	(3)	Tootsie	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$1,546,976	-20.73%	805	$1,922	$163,485,230	143
5	(2)	Something Wicked This Way Comes	Buena Vista	Horror	$1,361,279	-43.83%	817	$1,666	$4,465,128	10
6	(4)	Valley Girl	Atlantic	Comedy	$1,326,884	-28.54%	385	$3,446	$3,910,095	10
7	(5)	The Hunger	MGM	Horror	$920,638	-49.77%	775	$1,188	$3,462,447	10
8	(7)	Gandhi	Sony Pictures	Drama	$823,234	-36.82%	411	$2,003	$48,601,351	152
9	(9)	The Outsiders	Warner Bros.	Drama	$701,670	-36.59%	604	$1,162	$23,562,558	45
10	(14)	My Tutor	Crown	Comedy	$692,230	-5.77%	462	$1,498	$9,889,024	66
11	(6)	Lone Wolf McQuade	Orion Pictures	Action	$691,521	-55.17%	884	$782	$12,232,628	24
12	(12)	ET: The Extra-Terrestrial	Universal	Drama	$574,740	-37.83%	407	$1,412	$353,568,740	332
13	(8)	The Meaning of Life	Universal	Comedy	$569,681	-55.72%	380	$1,499	$13,184,709	39
14	(13)	High Road to China	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$556,510	-35.91%	519	$1,072	$26,685,827	52
15	(10)	Max Dugan Returns	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$501,597	-50.50%	386	$1,299	$16,564,257	45
16	(11)	Spring Break	Columbia	Comedy	$494,273	-46.84%	412	$1,200	$24,071,666	45
17	(16)	Local Hero	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$485,616	-21.45%	184	$2,639	$3,703,178	80
18	(15)	48 Hrs.	Paramount Pictures	Action	$389,548	-42.38%	350	$1,113	$74,075,122	152
19	(17)	An Officer and a Gentleman	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$295,680	-32.64%	270	$1,095	$125,993,799	285
20	(18)	The Verdict	20th Century Fox	Drama	$174,585	-49.65%	210	$831	$53,977,250	152
21	(19)	The Man From Snowy River	20th Century Fox	Drama	$158,716	-45.96%	189	$840	$19,602,611	187
22	(21)	Exposed	MGM/UA Classics	Drama	$125,694	+0.69%	23	$5,465	$657,564	17
23	(27)	La traviata	Universal	Musical	$81,900	+114.47%	7	$11,700	$196,900	17
24	(23)	Baby It's You	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$80,947	-11.53%	13	$6,227	$399,350	66
25	(24)	The King of Comedy	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$65,693	-26.36%	51	$1,288	$2,536,242	80
26	(20)	Tough Enough	20th Century Fox	Drama	$36,606	-80.45%	48	$763	$2,433,722	128