The Top Movies, Weekend of October 7, 1983

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Never Say Never Again	Warner Bros.	Action	$10,958,157		1,550	$7,070	$10,958,157	3
2	(1)	The Big Chill	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$4,147,808	+13.26%	723	$5,737	$9,246,429	12
3	(new)	Romantic Comedy	MGM/UA Classics	Comedy	$2,366,025		911	$2,597	$2,366,025	3
4	(2)	Mr. Mom	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$2,365,314	-11.70%	1,186	$1,994	$53,184,055	80
5	(4)	Risky Business	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$1,941,579	-10.04%	1,070	$1,815	$54,065,611	66
6	(5)	Revenge of the Ninja	Cannon	Action	$1,252,014	-24.86%	504	$2,484	$8,586,178	33
7	(7)	Brainstorm	MGM	Thriller/Suspense	$1,219,755	+1.90%	178	$6,853	$2,843,590	10
8	(3)	The Honorary Consul	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$1,157,849	-47.58%	707	$1,638	$3,933,011	10
9	(9)	National Lampoon's Summer Vacation	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$970,890	-10.15%	867	$1,120	$59,840,990	73
10	(10)	Flashdance	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$854,804	-8.72%	624	$1,370	$89,539,024	178
11	(8)	Trading Places	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$837,069	-29.40%	690	$1,213	$87,914,026	124
12	(11)	Return of the Jedi	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$804,710	-12.32%	306	$2,630	$240,195,174	138
13	(13)	Zelig	Orion Pictures	Comedy	$766,451	-15.35%	245	$3,128	$9,081,637	87
14	(15)	WarGames	MGM	Thriller/Suspense	$600,555	-10.78%	571	$1,052	$73,326,418	129
15	(17)	DeathStalker	New World	Action	$569,071	+10.11%	250	$2,276	$3,664,430	38
16	(14)	Easy Money	Orion Pictures	Comedy	$546,525	-29.04%	503	$1,087	$28,215,788	52
17	(12)	Eddie and the Cruisers	Embassy	Drama	$544,325	-40.40%	328	$1,660	$3,479,802	17
18	(16)	Staying Alive	Paramount Pictures	Musical	$454,699	-14.45%	359	$1,267	$63,404,542	87
19	(23)	Who Dares Wins	MGM/UA Classics	Action	$250,162	+65.31%	391	$640	$2,108,197	24
20	(19)	Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence	Universal	Drama	$239,000	-22.88%	146	$1,637	$2,042,000	45
21	(21)	Rear Window	USA Films	Thriller/Suspense	$230,000	-1.82%	16	$14,375	$585,652	10,631
22	(re-entry)	Turkey Shoot	New World	Action	$192,803		117	$1,648	$1,143,643	38
23	(26)	The Golden Seal	Samuel Goldwyn Films	Adventure	$182,181	+119.08%	204	$893	$2,630,089	52
24	(22)	Fanny and Alexander	Embassy	Drama	$178,498	-5.66%	58	$3,078	$3,829,052	115
25	(27)	Educating Rita	Columbia	Drama	$136,912	+66.93%	14	$9,779	$430,345	19
26	(24)	The Return of Martin Guerre	European International	Drama	$124,502	-12.53%	31	$4,016	$1,454,446	129
27	(31)	La traviata	Universal	Musical	$77,000	+24.35%	38	$2,026	$3,594,000	171
28	(28)	Daniel	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$66,097	-9.24%	17	$3,888	$484,068	45
29	(30)	The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez	Embassy	Western	$62,072	-3.90%	21	$2,956	$324,699	52
30	(34)	Heat and Dust	Universal	Drama	$61,541	+199.89%	8	$7,693	$215,000	25
31	(new)	The Smurfs and the Magic Flute	Atlantic	Adventure	$59,928		15	$3,995	$59,928	3
32	(32)	Lonely Hearts	Samuel Goldwyn Films	Drama	$45,803	-0.87%	15	$3,054	$359,594	38
33	(new)	Never Cry Wolf	Buena Vista	Drama	$36,385		1	$36,385	$36,385	3
34	(33)	Cross Creek	Universal	Drama	$31,926	+4.78%	5	$6,385	$102,055	19
35	(new)	The Prey	New World	Horror	$28,541		26	$1,098	$28,541	3
36	(35)	Hanna K.	Universal	Drama	$20,244	+41.21%	2	$10,122	$46,182	10
37	(new)	Rumble Fish	Universal	Drama	$18,985		1	$18,985	$18,985	3
38	(29)	Valley Girl	Atlantic	Comedy	$15,000	-77.95%	15	$1,000	$16,567,480	164