The Top Movies, Weekend of December 16, 1983

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Sudden Impact	Warner Bros.	Action	$7,143,953	-26.26%	1,577	$4,530	$20,881,502	10
2	(2)	Scarface	Universal	Drama	$3,487,680	-24.14%	1,008	$3,460	$10,245,680	10
3	(3)	Terms of Endearment	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$3,421,389	-19.41%	945	$3,621	$19,498,971	26
4	(new)	Two of a Kind	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$3,344,942		1,244	$2,689	$3,344,942	3
5	(new)	Uncommon Valor	Paramount Pictures	Action	$3,144,367		989	$3,179	$3,144,367	3
6	(5)	Yentl	MGM/UA Classics	Musical	$2,184,771	-28.37%	504	$4,335	$8,068,933	31
7	(re-entry)	The Rescuers	Buena Vista	Adventure	$2,111,582		862	$2,450	$2,111,582	2,371
8	(4)	Christine	Sony Pictures	Horror	$2,058,517	-39.61%	1,041	$1,977	$6,454,823	10
9	(new)	D.C. Cab	Universal	Comedy	$1,564,530		862	$1,815	$1,564,530	3
10	(new)	The Man Who Loved Women	Columbia	Comedy	$1,347,032		802	$1,680	$1,347,032	3
11	(new)	Gorky Park	Orion Pictures	Drama	$1,290,754		629	$2,052	$1,290,754	3
12	(new)	Silkwood	20th Century Fox	Drama	$1,218,322		257	$4,741	$1,608,498	5
13	(new)	The Keep	Paramount Pictures	Horror	$1,032,295		508	$2,032	$1,032,295	3
14	(new)	To Be or Not to Be	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$1,020,958		638	$1,600	$1,020,958	3
15	(9)	The Smurfs and the Magic Flute	Atlantic	Adventure	$843,495	+33.65%	265	$3,183	$6,357,831	73
16	(6)	A Christmas Story	MGM	Comedy	$580,589	-67.27%	552	$1,052	$13,823,559	31
17	(7)	The Big Chill	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$452,378	-58.97%	393	$1,151	$40,926,131	82
18	(8)	Never Say Never Again	Warner Bros.	Action	$262,584	-60.59%	346	$759	$51,789,645	73
19	(17)	Return of the Jedi	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$188,698	+19.06%	106	$1,780	$244,816,955	208
20	(12)	The Right Stuff	Warner Bros.	Action	$171,079	-53.54%	91	$1,880	$12,211,256	59
21	(13)	Never Cry Wolf	Buena Vista	Drama	$166,798	-50.08%	47	$3,549	$6,302,789	73
22	(11)	Educating Rita	Columbia	Drama	$145,149	-63.41%	146	$994	$9,562,007	89
23	(10)	All the Right Moves	20th Century Fox	Drama	$100,118	-77.26%	232	$432	$16,927,805	59
24	(18)	Rear Window	USA Films	Thriller/Suspense	$78,000	-47.47%	42	$1,857	$4,107,652	10,701
25	(15)	Mr. Mom	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$77,108	-68.63%	145	$532	$64,736,362	150
26	(20)	Star 80	Warner Bros.	Drama	$45,643	-34.77%	17	$2,685	$1,235,908	39
27	(23)	The Dresser	Columbia	Drama	$32,129	-25.51%	3	$10,710	$120,615	13
28	(22)	The Return of Martin Guerre	European International	Drama	$29,137	-39.29%	10	$2,914	$2,418,448	199
29	(19)	The Golden Seal	Samuel Goldwyn Films	Adventure	$21,150	-82.72%	30	$705	$6,571,710	122
30	(27)	Experience Preferred	Samuel Goldwyn Films	Drama	$11,387	-18.21%	6	$1,898	$224,952	45
31	(24)	Fanny and Alexander	Embassy	Drama	$5,115	-76.42%	4	$1,279	$4,842,110	185
32	(26)	Lonely Hearts	Samuel Goldwyn Films	Drama	$3,313	-76.32%	4	$828	$665,857	108
33	(28)	The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez	Embassy	Western	$2,417	-69.21%	4	$604	$777,530	122