The Top Movies, Weekend of September 16, 1983

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Mr. Mom	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$3,860,064	-17.64%	1,317	$2,931	$42,613,396	59
2	(2)	Risky Business	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$2,865,443	-14.01%	1,121	$2,556	$45,349,156	45
3	(14)	Revenge of the Ninja	Cannon	Action	$2,114,125	+315.26%	436	$4,849	$2,925,488	12
4	(4)	National Lampoon's Summer Vacation	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$1,800,559	-20.72%	1,124	$1,602	$54,940,238	52
5	(5)	Easy Money	Orion Pictures	Comedy	$1,549,644	-23.94%	878	$1,765	$24,707,420	31
6	(3)	Nightmares	Universal	Horror	$1,473,737	-42.72%	968	$1,522	$5,451,000	17
7	(7)	Flashdance	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$1,365,163	-4.26%	860	$1,587	$85,341,609	157
8	(6)	Return of the Jedi	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$1,346,372	-16.99%	575	$2,342	$236,382,169	117
9	(8)	Trading Places	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$1,174,474	-8.19%	750	$1,566	$83,879,023	103
10	(9)	Staying Alive	Paramount Pictures	Musical	$942,960	-7.46%	700	$1,347	$60,955,012	66
11	(10)	WarGames	MGM	Thriller/Suspense	$822,012	-14.81%	800	$1,028	$70,675,750	108
12	(new)	Who Dares Wins	MGM/UA Classics	Action	$750,259		338	$2,220	$750,259	3
13	(new)	Strange Invaders	Orion Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$655,461		274	$2,392	$655,461	3
14	(20)	DeathStalker	New World	Action	$563,430	+206.21%	215	$2,621	$1,358,292	17
15	(11)	Hercules	Cannon	Adventure	$506,996	-42.40%	426	$1,190	$9,086,244	24
16	(13)	Cujo	Warner Bros.	Horror	$488,724	-33.19%	497	$983	$20,665,573	38
17	(12)	The Adventures of Bob & Doug McKenzie: Strange Brew	MGM	Comedy	$469,737	-44.81%	381	$1,233	$6,557,140	31
18	(30)	Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence	Universal	Drama	$430,885	+641.70%	74	$5,823	$830,000	24
19	(17)	Class	Orion Pictures	Comedy	$372,568	-20.98%	366	$1,018	$20,761,708	59
20	(16)	Zelig	Orion Pictures	Comedy	$360,105	-28.29%	66	$5,456	$5,493,321	66
21	(18)	Octopussy	MGM	Action	$337,776	-9.07%	537	$629	$61,999,077	101
22	(19)	Mortuary	Artists Releasing Corporation	Horror	$305,150	-17.07%	74	$4,124	$1,722,738	17
23	(25)	Turkey Shoot	New World	Action	$183,578	+45.29%	78	$2,354	$713,877	17
24	(27)	Stryker	New World	Action	$135,790	+45.96%	104	$1,306	$887,080	17
25	(23)	The Return of Martin Guerre	European International	Drama	$118,507	-25.53%	23	$5,152	$960,081	108
26	(24)	Fanny and Alexander	Embassy	Drama	$116,586	-15.09%	35	$3,331	$3,207,051	94
27	(22)	The Golden Seal	Samuel Goldwyn Films	Adventure	$103,430	-35.56%	91	$1,137	$1,962,107	31
28	(31)	Valley Girl	Atlantic	Comedy	$82,278	+45.83%	63	$1,306	$16,382,745	143
29	(28)	La traviata	Universal	Musical	$60,000	-10.45%	39	$1,538	$3,304,099	150
30	(21)	Deadly Force	Embassy	Action	$49,675	-70.65%	33	$1,505	$294,316	66
31	(29)	Lonely Hearts	Samuel Goldwyn Films	Drama	$48,523	-23.49%	8	$6,065	$165,556	17
32	(new)	Heat and Dust	Universal	Drama	$36,079		1	$36,079	$36,079	4
33	(34)	The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez	Embassy	Western	$19,920	+10.24%	4	$4,980	$145,060	31
34	(33)	Puberty Blues	Universal	Comedy	$15,000	-21.05%	11	$1,364	$220,000	66
35	(32)	Daniel	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$14,692	-26.23%	1	$14,692	$139,624	24