The Top Movies, Weekend of October 21, 1983

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Never Say Never Again	Warner Bros.	Action	$6,011,610	-16.90%	1,552	$3,873	$28,741,057	17
2	(new)	The Dead Zone	Paramount Pictures	Horror	$4,556,083		1,293	$3,524	$4,556,083	3
3	(2)	The Big Chill	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$3,194,164	-1.83%	725	$4,406	$17,798,023	26
4	(new)	Under Fire	Orion Pictures	Drama	$1,837,768		816	$2,252	$1,837,768	3
5	(3)	Mr. Mom	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$1,702,369	-4.18%	1,045	$1,629	$57,568,134	94
6	(new)	All the Right Moves	20th Century Fox	Drama	$1,625,486		442	$3,678	$1,625,486	3
7	(new)	The Right Stuff	Warner Bros.	Action	$1,601,167		229	$6,992	$1,601,167	3
8	(4)	Risky Business	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$1,305,172	-10.47%	964	$1,354	$57,711,385	80
9	(6)	Brainstorm	MGM	Thriller/Suspense	$1,128,671	+6.50%	498	$2,266	$5,670,900	24
10	(5)	Romantic Comedy	MGM/UA Classics	Comedy	$596,905	-56.87%	675	$884	$5,140,538	17
11	(10)	Return of the Jedi	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$503,212	-19.15%	234	$2,150	$241,664,222	152
12	(13)	DeathStalker	New World	Action	$496,012	-4.13%	228	$2,175	$5,197,030	52
13	(9)	National Lampoon's Summer Vacation	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$482,989	-24.07%	576	$839	$61,399,552	87
14	(21)	Rumble Fish	Universal	Drama	$478,035	+217.31%	135	$3,541	$712,035	17
15	(7)	Revenge of the Ninja	Cannon	Action	$451,621	-39.35%	433	$1,043	$10,325,628	47
16	(14)	Easy Money	Orion Pictures	Comedy	$307,518	-36.60%	378	$814	$29,309,766	66
17	(new)	The Osterman Weekend	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$301,129		125	$2,409	$301,129	3
18	(16)	WarGames	MGM	Thriller/Suspense	$299,906	-12.77%	385	$779	$74,205,090	143
19	(18)	Rear Window	USA Films	Thriller/Suspense	$261,170	+5.69%	34	$7,681	$1,279,844	10,645
20	(15)	Eddie and the Cruisers	Embassy	Drama	$169,318	-58.17%	206	$822	$4,295,982	31
21	(25)	The Golden Seal	Samuel Goldwyn Films	Adventure	$120,918	+18.55%	138	$876	$2,928,472	66
22	(23)	Educating Rita	Columbia	Drama	$120,810	-6.15%	18	$6,712	$762,666	33
23	(28)	Never Cry Wolf	Buena Vista	Drama	$119,006	+59.47%	5	$23,801	$281,161	17
24	(22)	Fanny and Alexander	Embassy	Drama	$118,571	-8.56%	60	$1,976	$4,170,239	129
25	(26)	Valley Girl	Atlantic	Comedy	$102,120	+1.10%	66	$1,547	$16,797,122	178
26	(24)	The Return of Martin Guerre	European International	Drama	$91,060	-18.62%	33	$2,759	$1,695,382	143
27	(29)	Heat and Dust	Universal	Drama	$73,658	+10.59%	14	$5,261	$400,260	39
28	(27)	The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez	Embassy	Western	$60,890	-24.68%	30	$2,030	$507,202	66
29	(34)	Turkey Shoot	New World	Action	$37,050	+236.36%	74	$501	$1,233,657	52
30	(32)	Cross Creek	Universal	Drama	$29,809	+8.55%	10	$2,981	$178,050	33
31	(19)	Possession	Limelight International	Horror	$27,912	-87.57%	21	$1,329	$327,230	10
32	(31)	Lonely Hearts	Samuel Goldwyn Films	Drama	$27,236	-19.89%	11	$2,476	$442,269	52
33	(30)	The Smurfs and the Magic Flute	Atlantic	Adventure	$25,704	-48.05%	9	$2,856	$163,140	17
34	(35)	Hanna K.	Universal	Drama	$16,000	+92.28%	5	$3,200	$91,597	24