The Top Movies, Weekend of August 26, 1983

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(3)	Mr. Mom	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$6,445,106	+50.61%	1,235	$5,219	$20,412,413	38
2	(2)	Risky Business	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$4,820,197	-8.22%	1,089	$4,426	$28,060,723	24
3	(1)	Easy Money	Orion Pictures	Comedy	$4,554,729	-22.07%	1,171	$3,890	$13,694,908	10
4	(new)	Hercules	Cannon	Adventure	$3,473,635		1,001	$3,470	$3,473,635	3
5	(4)	National Lampoon's Summer Vacation	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$3,410,591	-15.34%	1,246	$2,737	$43,924,299	31
6	(6)	Return of the Jedi	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$2,563,071	-15.51%	1,178	$2,176	$227,100,205	96
7	(5)	Cujo	Warner Bros.	Horror	$1,944,372	-45.88%	1,025	$1,897	$16,359,902	17
8	(re-entry)	The Adventures of Bob & Doug McKenzie: Strange Brew	MGM	Comedy	$1,913,389		849	$2,254	$1,938,896	10
9	(9)	Trading Places	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$1,589,421	-15.34%	732	$2,171	$77,922,508	82
10	(11)	Flashdance	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$1,569,817	+3.54%	658	$2,386	$78,530,724	136
11	(10)	Staying Alive	Paramount Pictures	Musical	$1,347,108	-26.66%	761	$1,770	$55,863,942	45
12	(8)	Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn	Universal	Adventure	$1,274,000	-36.90%	784	$1,625	$4,065,000	10
13	(12)	WarGames	MGM	Thriller/Suspense	$1,256,949	-10.27%	816	$1,540	$65,833,815	87
14	(20)	Zelig	Orion Pictures	Comedy	$653,236	-3.90%	62	$10,536	$3,182,068	45
15	(17)	Class	Orion Pictures	Comedy	$590,359	-20.40%	394	$1,498	$18,529,150	38
16	(18)	Private School	Universal	Comedy	$462,480	-32.27%	423	$1,093	$13,443,480	31
17	(15)	Jaws 3-D	Universal	Horror	$456,015	-42.63%	303	$1,505	$41,708,015	38
18	(21)	The Golden Seal	Samuel Goldwyn Films	Adventure	$403,000	-5.80%	135	$2,985	$958,589	10
19	(new)	Fire and Ice	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$263,238		89	$2,958	$263,238	3
20	(re-entry)	The Return of Martin Guerre	European International	Drama	$261,868		25	$10,475	$261,868	87
21	(22)	Porky's II: The Next Day	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$233,764	-43.89%	287	$815	$33,759,266	66
22	(25)	Valley Girl	Atlantic	Comedy	$227,430	+19.06%	114	$1,995	$15,973,325	122
23	(14)	Smokey and the Bandit III	Universal	Comedy	$218,988	-73.64%	198	$1,106	$3,686,988	17
24	(26)	Fanny and Alexander	Embassy	Drama	$183,915	-1.37%	41	$4,486	$2,494,392	73
25	(23)	The Star Chamber	20th Century Fox	Action	$163,836	-54.24%	104	$1,575	$5,555,305	24
26	(27)	La traviata	Universal	Musical	$105,696	-9.44%	32	$3,303	$2,931,000	129
27	(new)	Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence	Universal	Drama	$99,221		4	$24,805	$99,221	3
28	(new)	Young Warriors	Cannon	Action	$93,021		33	$2,819	$93,021	3
29	(new)	Daniel	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$27,859		1	$27,859	$27,859	3
30	(29)	The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez	Embassy	Western	$22,543	+45.65%	4	$5,636	$44,653	10
31	(28)	Puberty Blues	Universal	Comedy	$16,000	-15.79%	7	$2,286	$138,000	45