Movie Index - 1983

Note: If the exact release date of the movie is not known, it is recorded as January 1st.

Release Date		Movie	Distributor	Budget	Total US Gross	Worldwide Gross
January, 1983
January, 1		Tough Enough		-	$2,433,722	-
January, 1		Joysticks		-	$3,952,000	-
January, 1		Getting It On		-	$975,000	-
January, 1		Eddie Murphy Delirious		-	-	-
January, 7		Enigma (1983)	Avco Embassy	-	-	-
January, 18		Lianna	United Artists	-	$1,500,000	-
January, 21		Threshold	Fox International Classics	-	-	-
January, 21		Night of the Shooting Stars	MGM/UA Classics	-	-	-
January, 21		The Year of Living Dangerously	MGM/UA	-	$8,601,065	-
January, 21		The House on Sorority Row	Film Ventures	-	$8,184,633	-
January, 21		Independence Day	Warner Bros.	-	$151,462	-
January, 21		Muddy River	Kimura Motoyasu Prod.	-	-	-
February, 1983
February, 4		Without a Trace	20th Century Fox	-	$9,632,062	-
February, 4		The Entity	20th Century Fox	-	$13,277,558	-
February, 4		Videodrome	Universal	$5,952,000	$2,120,439	-
February, 11		Let's Spend the Night Together	Avco Embassy	-	$3,282,561	-
February, 18		The Pirates of Penzance	Universal	-	$694,497	-
February, 18		Local Hero	Warner Bros.	-	$5,767,363	-
February, 18		Twilight Time	MGM/UA	-	-	-
February, 18		The Lords of Discipline	Paramount Pictures	-	$11,721,041	-
February, 18		Table for Five	Warner Bros.	-	$2,400,000	-
February, 18		The Sting II	Universal	-	$6,347,072	-
February, 18		The King of Comedy	20th Century Fox	-	$2,536,242	-
February, 18		Lovesick	Warner Bros.	-	$10,143,618	-
February, 25		Betrayal	TLC Films	-	-	-
February, 25		The Girl with Red Hair	MGM/UA Classics	-	-	-
February, 27		Private Life	International Film Exchange	-	-	-
March, 1983
March, 1		E tu vivrai nel terrore - L'aldilà	Cow	-	$126,387	-
March, 4		Britannia Hospital	MGM/UA Classics	-	-	-
March, 4		Vigilante	Film Ventures	-	$5,091,888	-
March, 4		Baby It's You	Paramount Pictures	-	$1,312,473	-
March, 4		Tender Mercies	Universal	-	$8,443,124	-
March, 4		My Tutor	Crown. Int.	-	$22,587,000	-
March, 11		10 to Midnight	Cannon	-	$7,175,592	-
March, 11		Say Amen, Somebody	MGM/UA Classics	-	-	-
March, 11		Trenchcoat	Buena Vista	-	$4,304,286	-
March, 18		High Road to China	Warner Bros.	-	$28,416,459	-
March, 18		Twice Upon a Time	Warner Bros.	-	-	-
March, 18		The Grey Fox	MGM/UA Classics	-	-	-
March, 25		Max Dugan Returns	20th Century Fox	-	$17,613,720	-
March, 25		The Outsiders	Warner Bros.	$10,000,000	$25,697,647	-
March, 25		Eddie Macon's Run	Universal	-	$1,300,000	-
March, 25		Spring Break	Columbia	-	$24,071,666	-
March, 25		The Black Stallion Returns	MGM/UA	-	$9,851,679	-
March, 25		Bad Boys	Universal	-	$9,200,000	-
March, 31		The Meaning of Life	Universal	-	$14,929,552	-
April, 1983
April, 1		Man, Woman and Child	Paramount Pictures	-	$2,300,000	-
April, 1		Screwballs		-	$2,082,000	-
April, 1		To Begin Again	20th Century Fox	-	-	-
April, 1		Heart Like a Wheel	20th Century Fox	-	-	-
April, 8		Losin' It	Avco Embassy	$7,000,000	$1,246,141	-
April, 8		The Flight of the Eagle	Summit Feature Distribution	-	-	-
April, 15		Lone Wolf McQuade	Orion	$5,000,000	$12,232,628	-
April, 15		Better Late Than Never	Warner Bros.	-	$24,164	-
April, 15		Rock & Rule	MGM/UA	-	-	-
April, 15		Flashdance	Paramount Pictures	$7,000,000	$90,463,574	$201,463,574
April, 15		The Evil Dead		$375,000	$2,400,000	$29,400,000
April, 22		Exposed	MGM/UA	-	$1,352,083	-
April, 22		La traviata	Universal Classics	-	$3,594,000	-
April, 29		The Hunger	MGM/UA	-	$4,800,000	-
April, 29		Valley Girl	Atlantic	-	$16,800,000	-
April, 29		The Draughtsman's Contract	MGM/UA Classics	-	-	-
April, 29		Something Wicked This Way Comes	Buena Vista	-	$5,656,087	-
April, 29		Koyaanisqatsi	Island/Alive	-	-	-
April, 29		Blue Skies Again	Warner Bros.	-	$46,603	-
May, 1983
May, 6		Doctor Detroit	Universal	-	$10,400,000	-
May, 6		Alsino y el cóndor	Nicaraguan Film Institute	-	-	-
May, 6		Still Smokin	Paramount Pictures	-	$15,543,000	-
May, 13		Blue Thunder	Columbia	-	$42,313,354	-
May, 13		Breathless	Orion	-	$19,604,731	-
May, 20		Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone	Columbia	-	$16,478,265	-
May, 25		Star Wars Ep. VI: Return of the Jedi	20th Century Fox	$32,500,000	$309,205,079	$572,700,000
May, 27		Chained Heat	Jensen/Farley	-	$6,149,983	-
June, 1983
June, 3		Psycho II	Universal	-	$32,000,000	-
June, 3		War Games	MGM/UA	$12,000,000	$74,433,837	-
June, 3		The Man with Two Brains	Warner Bros.	-	$10,353,438	-
June, 3		Le retour de Martin Guerre	Euro Classics	-	$2,522,881	-
June, 8		Trading Places	Paramount Pictures	-	$90,400,000	-
June, 10		Octopussy	MGM/UA	$27,500,000	$67,900,000	$187,500,000
June, 17		Superman III	Warner Bros.	$39,000,000	$59,950,623	-
June, 17		Fanny och Alexander	Avco Embassy	-	$4,971,340	-
June, 17		Etoile du Nord, L'	MGM/UA Classics	-	-	-
June, 22		The Survivors	Columbia	-	$14,000,000	-
June, 24		Twilight Zone: The Movie	Warner Bros.	$10,000,000	$29,500,000	-
June, 24		Yellowbeard	Orion	-	$4,300,000	-
June, 24		Porky's II: The Next Day	20th Century Fox	-	$33,759,266	-
July, 1983
July, 1		Stroker Ace	Universal	-	$13,000,000	-
July, 15		Zelig	Orion	-	$11,798,616	-
July, 15		Puberty Blues	Universal Classics	-	$237,000	-
July, 15		Deadly Force	Avco Embassy	-	$294,316	-
July, 15		Staying Alive	Paramount Pictures	-	$63,841,474	$126,041,474
July, 22		Mr. Mom	20th Century Fox	-	$64,800,000	-
July, 22		Class	Orion	-	$21,667,789	-
July, 22		Jaws 3-D	Universal	-	$42,245,180	-
July, 29		National Lampoon's Summer Vacation	Warner Bros.	-	$61,400,000	-
July, 29		Pauline at the Beach	Orion Classics	-	-	-
July, 29		Private School	Universal	-	$14,049,540	-
July, 29		Krull	Columbia	-	$16,519,460	-
August, 1983
August, 5		Get Crazy	Avco Embassy	-	$1,168,364	-
August, 5		The Star Chamber	20th Century Fox	-	$5,600,000	-
August, 5		Risky Business	Warner Bros.	-	$63,541,777	-
August, 12		The Man Who Wasn't There	Paramount Pictures	-	$2,315,505	-
August, 12		Cujo	Warner Bros.	-	$21,156,152	-
August, 12		Smokey and the Bandit III	Universal	-	$7,000,000	-
August, 12		Curse of the Pink Panther	MGM/UA	-	$3,374,312	-
August, 19		The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez	Avco Embassy	$1,305,000	$909,000	-
August, 19		Yor: Hunter From the Future	Columbia	-	$2,810,199	-
August, 19		The Golden Seal	Goldwyn	-	$6,609,870	-
August, 19		Easy Money	Warner Bros.	-	$29,309,766	-
August, 19		Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn	Universal	-	$5,301,085	-
August, 19		The Adventures of Bob & Doug McKenzie: Strange Brew	MGM/UA	-	$7,035,618	-
August, 26		Daniel	Paramount Pictures	-	$484,068	-
August, 26		Young Warriors	Cannon	-	$238,534	-
August, 26		Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence	Universal	-	$2,306,560	-
August, 26		Fire and Ice	20th Century Fox	-	$760,883	-
August, 26		Hercules	MGM/UA	-	$9,466,655	-
September, 1983
September, 2		Turkey Shoot	New World	-	$1,233,657	-
September, 2		Nightmares	Universal	-	$6,670,680	-
September, 2		Stryker	New World	-	$887,080	-
September, 2		DeathStalker	New World	-	$8,890,685	-
September, 2		Lonely Hearts	Goldwyn	-	$683,534	-
September, 2		Mortuary	Film Ventures	-	$1,722,738	-
September, 7		Revenge of the Ninja	MGM/UA	-	$10,325,628	-
September, 9		Leidenschaftliche Blümchen	Atlantic	-	$131,396	-
September, 15		Heat and Dust	Universal	-	$903,037	-
September, 16		Strange Invaders	Orion	-	$1,362,303	-
September, 16		Who Dares Wins	MGM/UA	-	$2,108,197	-
September, 21		Cross Creek	Universal	-	$205,970	-
September, 21		Educating Rita	Columbia	-	$14,688,000	-
September, 23		Pieces	Film Ventures	-	$1,198,346	-
September, 23		Last Plane Out	New World	-	$115,475	-
September, 23		Eddie and the Cruisers	Avco Embassy	-	$4,685,097	-
September, 28		The Big Chill	Sony	-	$56,077,501	-
September, 30		The Honorary Consul	Paramount Pictures	-	$4,800,000	-
September, 30		Hanna K.	Universal	-	$110,000	-
September, 30		The Lonely Lady	Universal	-	$1,223,220	-
September, 30		Brainstorm	MGM/UA	$15,000,000	$8,921,050	-
October, 1983
October, 7		Never Cry Wolf	Buena Vista	-	$27,668,764	-
October, 7		Romantic Comedy	MGM/UA	-	$5,140,538	-
October, 7		Rumble Fish	Universal	-	$2,500,000	-
October, 7		La flûte à six schtroumpfs	Atlantic	-	$11,234,220	-
October, 7		Never Say Never Again	Warner Bros.	$36,000,000	$55,500,000	$160,000,000
October, 7		The Prey	New World	-	$49,677	-
October, 12		Passion	MGM/UA Classics	-	-	-
October, 14		Streamers	MGM/UA Classics	-	-	-
October, 14		Possession	Limelight International	-	$1,113,538	-
October, 21		The Right Stuff	Warner Bros.	$27,000,000	$21,500,000	-
October, 21		Under Fire	Orion	-	$5,700,000	-
October, 21		The Dead Zone	Paramount Pictures	$10,000,000	$20,766,000	-
October, 21		All the Right Moves	20th Century Fox	-	$17,200,000	-
October, 21		The Osterman Weekend	20th Century Fox	-	$6,500,000	-
October, 28		Going Berserk	Universal	-	$234,950	-
October, 28		Richard Pryor Here and Now	Columbia	-	$16,156,776	-
October, 28		The Wicked Lady	MGM/UA	-	$589,308	-
November, 1983
November, 4		Experience Preferred	Goldwyn	-	$822,650	-
November, 4		Running Brave	Buena Vista	-	$1,204,595	-
November, 4		Deal of the Century	Warner Bros.	-	$10,400,000	-
November, 4		Testament	Paramount Pictures	-	$1,537,122	-
November, 10		Star 80	Warner Bros.	-	$6,472,990	-
November, 18		A Christmas Story	MGM/UA	$3,250,000	$20,605,209	-
November, 18		Yentl	MGM/UA	$12,000,000	$39,012,241	-
November, 18		Amityville 3-D	Orion	-	$6,333,135	-
November, 18		Cross Country	New World	-	$113,880	-
November, 18		A Night in Heaven	20th Century Fox	-	$5,563,663	-
November, 18		Nate and Hayes	Paramount Pictures	-	$1,643,022	-
November, 23		Terms of Endearment	Paramount Pictures	-	$108,423,489	-
November, 23		Of Unknown Origin	Warner Bros.	-	$1,080,470	-
December, 1983
December, 6		The Dresser	Columbia	-	$5,310,748	-
December, 9		Scarface	Universal	$25,000,000	$44,942,821	-
December, 9		Sudden Impact	Warner Bros.	-	$67,642,693	-
December, 9		Christine	Columbia	-	$21,200,000	-
December, 14		Silkwood	20th Century Fox	-	$35,615,609	-
December, 16		Reuben, Reuben	20th Century Fox	-	-	-
December, 16		D.C. Cab	Universal	-	$16,134,000	-
December, 16		The Keep	Paramount Pictures	-	$3,661,757	-
December, 16		Gorky Park	Orion	-	$15,900,000	-
December, 16		The Man Who Loved Women	Columbia	-	$11,000,000	-
December, 16		To Be or Not to Be	20th Century Fox	-	$13,030,214	-
December, 16		Two of a Kind	20th Century Fox	-	$23,700,000	-
December, 16		Uncommon Valor	Paramount Pictures	-	$27,900,000	-

Total Movies Released: 180
Total Combined Gross: $2,547,914,258