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Top 1983 Movies at the Domestic Box Office


See also: Top 1983 International - Top 1983 Worldwide

Other Domestic Cumulative records: All Time Domestic - All Time Domestic (Inf. Adj.) - All Time Animated Domestic - All Time Sequel Domestic - All Time Non-Sequel Domestic - Top 2023 Domestic - Top 2024 Domestic

This chart contains the total domestic box office for movies released in 1983.

See Top Grossing Movies of 1983 for a list of movies that earned most at the domestic box office during 1983, including films released in 1982 and earlier.

Top 1982 Domestic Top 1984 Domestic
Rank Movie Distributor Domestic
Box
Office
Opening
Weekend
Box Office
Max
Theater
Count
1 Star Wars Ep. VI: Return of the Jedi 20th Cent… $316,465,003 $23,019,618 2,111
2 Terms of Endearment Paramount… $108,423,489 $3,498,813 1,259
3 Flashdance Paramount… $90,463,574 $4,076,124 1,140
4 Trading Places Paramount… $90,400,000 $7,348,200 1,387
5 WarGames MGM $74,433,837 $6,227,804 977
6 Octopussy MGM $67,900,000 $8,902,564 1,339
7 Sudden Impact Warner Bros. $67,642,693 $9,688,561 1,602
8 Mr. Mom 20th Cent… $64,800,000 $947,197 1,362
9 Staying Alive Paramount… $63,841,474 $12,146,143 1,747
10 Risky Business Warner Bros. $63,541,777 $4,275,327 1,137
11 National Lampoon’s Vacation Warner Bros. $61,400,000 $8,333,358 1,253
12 Superman III Warner Bros. $59,950,623 $13,352,357 1,763
13 The Big Chill Sony Pict… $56,077,501 $3,662,152 832
14 Never Say Never Again Warner Bros. $55,500,000 $10,958,157 1,560
15 Scarface Universal $45,227,398 $4,597,536 1,008
16 Blue Thunder Sony Pict… $42,313,354 $8,258,149 1,555
17 Jaws 3-D Universal $42,245,180 $13,422,500 1,311
18 Yentl MGM/UA Cl… $39,012,241 $341,768 747
19 Silkwood 20th Cent… $35,615,609 $1,218,322 843
20 Porky's II: The Next Day 20th Cent… $33,759,266 $7,054,988 1,564
21 Psycho II Universal $32,000,000 $8,310,244 1,448
22 Twilight Zone: The Movie Warner Bros. $29,500,000 $6,614,366 1,288
23 Easy Money Orion Pic… $29,309,766 $5,844,974 1,171
24 High Road to China Warner Bros. $28,416,459 $6,156,049 1,508
25 Uncommon Valor Paramount… $27,900,000 $3,144,367 1,076
26 Never Cry Wolf Walt Disney $27,668,764 $36,385 540
27 The Outsiders Warner Bros. $25,697,647 $5,068,165 1,002
28 Spring Break Sony Pict… $24,071,666 $5,908,574 1,531
29 Two of a Kind 20th Cent… $23,700,000 $3,344,942 1,278
30 My Tutor Crown $22,587,000 $435,188 500
31 Class Orion Pic… $21,667,789 $4,553,233 844
32 The Right Stuff Warner Bros. $21,500,000 $1,601,167 627
33 Christine Sony Pict… $21,200,000 $3,408,904 1,101
34 Cujo Warner Bros. $21,156,152 $6,114,899 1,293
35 The Dead Zone Paramount… $20,766,000 $4,556,083 1,293
36 A Christmas Story MGM $20,640,209 $2,071,473 938
37 Breathless Orion Pic… $19,910,002 $4,384,369 1,166
38 Max Dugan Returns 20th Cent… $17,613,720 $2,791,002 801
39 All the Right Moves 20th Cent… $17,200,000 $1,625,486 909
40 Valley Girl Atlantic $16,800,000 $1,856,780 442
41 Krull Sony Pict… $16,519,460 $5,469,415 1,289
42 Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone Sony Pict… $16,478,265 $7,053,016 1,344
43 Richard Pryor Here and Now Sony Pict… $16,156,776 $3,701,609 1,411
44 D.C. Cab Universal $16,134,000 $1,564,530 908
45 Gorky Park Orion Pic… $15,900,000 $1,290,754 631
46 Still Smokin Paramount… $15,543,000 $3,085,705 730
47 Monty Python's The Meaning of Life Universal $14,929,552 $1,987,853 554
48 Educating Rita Sony Pict… $14,688,000 $73,518 407
49 Private School Universal $14,049,540 $4,411,861 1,024
50 The Survivors Sony Pict… $14,000,000 $3,044,927 1,014
51 The Entity 20th Cent… $13,277,558 $3,685,654 1,035
52 To Be or Not to Be 20th Cent… $13,030,214 $1,020,958 645
53 Stroker Ace Universal $13,000,000 $4,668,135 1,385
54 Lone Wolf McQuade Orion Pic… $12,232,628 $4,300,000 1,221
55 Zelig Orion Pic… $11,798,616 $60,119 431
56 The Lords of Discipline Paramount… $11,721,041 $3,011,932 800
57 The Smurfs and the Magic Flute Atlantic $11,234,220 $59,928 432
58 The Man Who Loved Women Sony Pict… $11,000,000 $1,347,032 845
59 Doctor Detroit Universal $10,400,000 $3,295,722 1,343
60 Deal of the Century Warner Bros. $10,400,000 $3,520,605 1,226
61 The Man with Two Brains Warner Bros. $10,353,438 $3,498,931 1,203
62 Revenge of the Ninja Cannon $10,325,628 $509,106 504
63 The Year of Living Dangerously MGM $10,278,575 $35,000 690
64 Lovesick Warner Bros. $10,143,618 $3,093,281 744

The Domestic Market is defined as the North American movie territory (consisting of the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and Guam).

This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.

Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.