The Top Movies, Weekend of August 19, 1983

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Easy Money	Orion Pictures	Comedy	$5,844,974		1,130	$5,173	$5,844,974	3
2	(3)	Risky Business	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$5,252,090	+14.73%	891	$5,895	$20,322,398	17
3	(13)	Mr. Mom	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$4,279,384	+220.00%	734	$5,830	$11,199,896	31
4	(1)	National Lampoon's Summer Vacation	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$4,028,780	-34.62%	1,252	$3,218	$38,365,442	24
5	(2)	Cujo	Warner Bros.	Horror	$3,592,620	-41.25%	1,293	$2,779	$12,693,430	10
6	(4)	Return of the Jedi	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$3,033,669	-19.30%	1,284	$2,363	$222,489,243	89
7	(new)	Yor: Hunter From the Future	Columbia	Action	$2,810,199		1,425	$1,972	$2,810,199	3
8	(new)	Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn	Universal	Adventure	$2,019,000		549	$3,678	$2,019,000	3
9	(6)	Trading Places	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$1,877,435	-21.07%	785	$2,392	$75,420,736	75
10	(5)	Staying Alive	Paramount Pictures	Musical	$1,836,786	-26.95%	818	$2,245	$53,455,638	38
11	(14)	Flashdance	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$1,516,078	+14.17%	590	$2,570	$76,021,471	129
12	(8)	WarGames	MGM	Thriller/Suspense	$1,400,815	-20.13%	842	$1,664	$63,702,257	80
13	(11)	Curse of the Pink Panther	MGM/UA Classics	Comedy	$840,878	-48.76%	812	$1,036	$3,374,312	10
14	(10)	Smokey and the Bandit III	Universal	Comedy	$830,796	-51.92%	493	$1,685	$3,162,730	10
15	(7)	Jaws 3-D	Universal	Horror	$794,868	-63.97%	424	$1,875	$40,852,894	31
16	(18)	Octopussy	MGM	Action	$782,805	-21.75%	611	$1,281	$60,795,157	73
17	(15)	Class	Orion Pictures	Comedy	$741,615	-40.29%	459	$1,616	$17,516,720	31
18	(17)	Private School	Universal	Comedy	$682,866	-39.48%	531	$1,286	$12,577,931	24
19	(9)	Krull	Columbia	Adventure	$679,716	-61.13%	431	$1,577	$16,519,460	24
20	(19)	Zelig	Orion Pictures	Comedy	$679,716	+24.67%	431	$1,577	$2,219,658	38
21	(new)	The Golden Seal	Samuel Goldwyn Films	Adventure	$427,804		142	$3,013	$427,804	3
22	(20)	Porky's II: The Next Day	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$416,612	-22.79%	404	$1,031	$33,317,553	59
23	(16)	The Star Chamber	20th Century Fox	Action	$358,018	-70.07%	180	$1,989	$5,230,263	17
24	(12)	The Man Who Wasn't There	USA Films	Comedy	$250,605	-81.83%	250	$1,002	$2,315,505	10
25	(22)	Valley Girl	Atlantic	Comedy	$191,015	+36.97%	98	$1,949	$15,671,422	115
26	(21)	Fanny and Alexander	Embassy	Drama	$186,470	+2.31%	38	$4,907	$2,193,169	66
27	(23)	La traviata	Universal	Musical	$116,715	+3.25%	32	$3,647	$2,675,019	122
28	(24)	Puberty Blues	Universal	Comedy	$19,000	-22.03%	6	$3,167	$106,800	38
29	(new)	The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez	Embassy	Western	$15,477		1	$15,477	$15,477	3