Movies Released in 1983
| Release Date | Movie | Genre | Production Budget | Domestic Box Office to Date | Trailer |
January, 1983 |
| January 1 |
E tu vivrai nel terrore - L'aldilà |
Horror |
|
$126,387 |
|
|
Getting It On |
|
|
$975,000 |
|
|
Joysticks |
|
|
$3,952,000 |
|
|
Tough Enough |
Drama |
|
$2,433,722 |
|
| |
| January 7 |
Enigma (1983) |
|
|
$0 |
|
| |
| January 18 |
Lianna |
|
|
$1,500,000 |
|
| |
| January 21 |
The House on Sorority Row |
Horror |
|
$8,184,633 |
|
|
Independence Day |
Drama |
|
$151,462 |
|
|
Muddy River |
|
|
$0 |
|
|
Night of the Shooting Stars |
|
|
$0 |
|
|
Threshold |
|
|
$0 |
|
|
The Year of Living Dangerously |
Drama |
|
$8,601,065 |
|
February, 1983 |
| February 4 |
The Entity |
Horror |
|
$13,277,558 |
|
|
Videodrome |
Horror |
$5,952,000 |
$2,120,439 |
|
|
Without a Trace |
Drama |
|
$9,632,062 |
|
| |
| February 11 |
Let's Spend the Night Together |
Concert/Performance |
|
$3,282,561 |
|
| |
| February 18 |
The King of Comedy |
Comedy |
|
$2,536,242 |
|
|
Local Hero |
Comedy |
|
$5,767,363 |
|
|
The Lords of Discipline |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$11,721,041 |
|
|
Lovesick |
Comedy |
|
$10,143,618 |
|
|
The Pirates of Penzance |
Musical |
|
$694,497 |
|
|
The Sting II |
Comedy |
|
$6,347,072 |
|
|
Table for Five |
Drama |
|
$2,400,000 |
|
|
Twilight Time |
|
|
$0 |
|
| |
| February 25 |
Betrayal |
Drama |
|
$0 |
|
|
The Girl with Red Hair |
|
|
$0 |
|
| |
| February 27 |
Private Life |
|
|
$0 |
|
March, 1983 |
| March 4 |
Baby It's You |
Comedy |
|
$1,312,473 |
|
|
Britannia Hospital |
Drama |
|
$0 |
|
|
My Tutor |
Comedy |
|
$22,587,000 |
|
|
Tender Mercies |
Drama |
|
$8,443,124 |
|
|
Vigilante |
Action |
|
$5,091,888 |
|
| |
| March 11 |
10 to Midnight |
Action |
|
$7,175,592 |
|
|
Say Amen, Somebody |
|
|
$0 |
|
|
Trenchcoat |
Comedy |
|
$4,304,286 |
|
| |
| March 18 |
The Grey Fox |
|
|
$0 |
|
|
High Road to China |
Adventure |
|
$28,416,459 |
|
|
Twice Upon a Time |
|
|
$0 |
|
| |
| March 23 |
Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles |
Drama |
|
$19,858 |
|
| |
| March 25 |
Bad Boys |
Drama |
|
$9,200,000 |
|
|
The Black Stallion Returns |
Adventure |
|
$9,851,679 |
|
|
Eddie Macon's Run |
Action |
|
$1,300,000 |
|
|
Max Dugan Returns |
Comedy |
|
$17,613,720 |
|
|
The Outsiders |
Drama |
$10,000,000 |
$25,697,647 |
|
|
Spring Break |
Comedy |
|
$24,071,666 |
|
| |
| March 31 |
The Meaning of Life |
Comedy |
|
$14,929,552 |
|
April, 1983 |
| April 1 |
Heart Like a Wheel |
|
|
$0 |
|
|
Man, Woman and Child |
Drama |
|
$2,300,000 |
|
|
Screwballs |
|
|
$2,082,000 |
|
|
To Begin Again |
|
|
$0 |
|
| |
| April 8 |
The Flight of the Eagle |
|
|
$0 |
|
|
Losin' It |
|
$7,000,000 |
$1,246,141 |
|
| |
| April 15 |
Better Late Than Never |
Comedy |
|
$24,164 |
|
|
The Evil Dead |
Horror |
$375,000 |
$2,400,000 |
|
|
Flashdance |
Drama |
$7,000,000 |
$90,463,574 |
|
|
Lone Wolf McQuade |
Action |
$5,000,000 |
$12,232,628 |
|
|
Rock & Rule |
|
|
$0 |
|
| |
| April 22 |
Exposed |
Drama |
|
$1,352,083 |
|
|
La traviata |
Musical |
|
$3,594,000 |
|
| |
| April 29 |
Blue Skies Again |
Comedy |
|
$46,603 |
|
|
The Draughtsman's Contract |
|
|
$0 |
|
|
The Hunger |
Horror |
|
$4,800,000 |
|
|
Koyaanisqatsi |
|
|
$0 |
|
|
Something Wicked This Way Comes |
Horror |
|
$5,656,087 |
|
|
Valley Girl |
Comedy |
|
$16,800,000 |
|
May, 1983 |
| May 6 |
Alsino y el cóndor |
Drama |
|
$0 |
|
|
Doctor Detroit |
Comedy |
|
$10,400,000 |
|
|
Still Smokin |
Comedy |
|
$15,543,000 |
|
| |
| May 13 |
Blue Thunder |
Action |
|
$42,313,354 |
|
|
Breathless |
Action |
|
$19,910,002 |
|
| |
| May 20 |
Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone |
Adventure |
|
$16,478,265 |
|
| |
| May 25 |
Star Wars Ep. VI: Return of the Jedi |
Adventure |
$32,500,000 |
$309,205,079 |
|
| |
| May 27 |
Chained Heat |
Drama |
|
$6,149,983 |
|
June, 1983 |
| June 3 |
The Man with Two Brains |
Comedy |
|
$10,353,438 |
|
|
Psycho II |
Horror |
|
$32,000,000 |
|
|
Le retour de Martin Guerre |
Drama |
|
$2,522,881 |
|
|
War Games |
Thriller/Suspense |
$12,000,000 |
$74,433,837 |
|
| |
| June 8 |
Trading Places |
Comedy |
|
$90,400,000 |
|
| |
| June 10 |
Octopussy |
Action |
$27,500,000 |
$67,900,000 |
|
| |
| June 17 |
Etoile du Nord, L' |
|
|
$0 |
|
|
Fanny och Alexander |
Drama |
|
$4,971,340 |
|
|
Superman III |
Adventure |
$39,000,000 |
$59,950,623 |
|
| |
| June 22 |
The Survivors |
Comedy |
|
$14,000,000 |
|
| |
| June 24 |
Porky's II: The Next Day |
Comedy |
|
$33,759,266 |
|
|
Twilight Zone: The Movie |
Horror |
$10,000,000 |
$29,500,000 |
|
|
Yellowbeard |
Comedy |
|
$4,300,000 |
|
July, 1983 |
| July 1 |
Stroker Ace |
Comedy |
|
$13,000,000 |
|
| |
| July 15 |
Deadly Force |
Action |
|
$294,316 |
|
|
Puberty Blues |
Comedy |
|
$237,000 |
|
|
Staying Alive |
Musical |
|
$63,841,474 |
|
|
Zelig |
Comedy |
|
$11,798,616 |
|
| |
| July 22 |
Class |
Comedy |
|
$21,667,789 |
|
|
Jaws 3-D |
Horror |
|
$42,245,180 |
|
|
Mr. Mom |
Comedy |
|
$64,800,000 |
|
| |
| July 29 |
Krull |
Adventure |
|
$16,519,460 |
|
|
National Lampoon's Summer Vacation |
Comedy |
|
$61,400,000 |
|
|
Pauline at the Beach |
|
|
$0 |
|
|
Private School |
Comedy |
|
$14,049,540 |
|
August, 1983 |
| August 5 |
Get Crazy |
|
|
$1,168,364 |
|
|
Risky Business |
Comedy |
|
$63,541,777 |
|
|
The Star Chamber |
Action |
|
$5,600,000 |
|
| |
| August 12 |
Cujo |
Horror |
|
$21,156,152 |
|
|
Curse of the Pink Panther |
Comedy |
|
$3,374,312 |
|
|
The Man Who Wasn't There |
Comedy |
|
$2,315,505 |
|
|
Smokey and the Bandit III |
Comedy |
|
$7,000,000 |
|
| |
| August 19 |
The Adventures of Bob & Doug McKenzie: Strange Brew |
Comedy |
|
$7,035,618 |
|
|
The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez |
Western |
$1,305,000 |
$909,000 |
|
|
Easy Money |
Comedy |
|
$29,309,766 |
|
|
The Golden Seal |
Adventure |
|
$6,609,870 |
|
|
Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn |
Adventure |
|
$5,301,085 |
|
|
Yor: Hunter From the Future |
Action |
|
$2,810,199 |
|
| |
| August 26 |
Daniel |
Drama |
|
$484,068 |
|
|
Fire and Ice |
Adventure |
|
$760,883 |
|
|
Hercules |
Adventure |
|
$9,466,655 |
|
|
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence |
Drama |
|
$2,306,560 |
|
|
Young Warriors |
Action |
|
$238,534 |
|
September, 1983 |
| September 2 |
DeathStalker |
Action |
|
$8,890,685 |
|
|
Lonely Hearts |
Drama |
|
$683,534 |
|
|
Mortuary |
Horror |
|
$1,722,738 |
|
|
Nightmares |
Horror |
|
$6,670,680 |
|
|
Stryker |
Action |
|
$887,080 |
|
|
Turkey Shoot |
Action |
|
$1,233,657 |
|
| |
| September 7 |
Revenge of the Ninja |
Action |
|
$10,325,628 |
|
| |
| September 9 |
Leidenschaftliche Blümchen |
Comedy |
|
$131,396 |
|
| |
| September 15 |
Heat and Dust |
Drama |
|
$903,037 |
|
| |
| September 16 |
Strange Invaders |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$1,362,303 |
|
|
Who Dares Wins |
Action |
|
$2,108,197 |
|
| |
| September 21 |
Cross Creek |
Drama |
|
$205,970 |
|
|
Educating Rita |
Drama |
|
$14,688,000 |
|
| |
| September 23 |
Eddie and the Cruisers |
Drama |
|
$4,685,097 |
|
|
Last Plane Out |
|
|
$115,475 |
|
|
Pieces |
Horror |
|
$1,198,346 |
|
| |
| September 28 |
The Big Chill |
Comedy |
|
$56,077,501 |
|
| |
| September 30 |
Brainstorm |
Thriller/Suspense |
$15,000,000 |
$8,921,050 |
|
|
Hanna K. |
Drama |
|
$110,000 |
|
|
The Honorary Consul |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$4,800,000 |
|
|
The Lonely Lady |
Drama |
|
$1,223,220 |
|
October, 1983 |
| October 7 |
La flûte à six schtroumpfs |
Adventure |
|
$11,234,220 |
|
|
Never Cry Wolf |
Drama |
|
$27,668,764 |
|
|
Never Say Never Again |
Action |
$36,000,000 |
$55,500,000 |
|
|
The Prey |
Horror |
|
$49,677 |
|
|
Romantic Comedy |
Comedy |
|
$5,140,538 |
|
|
Rumble Fish |
Drama |
|
$2,500,000 |
|
| |
| October 12 |
Passion |
|
|
$0 |
|
| |
| October 14 |
Possession |
Horror |
|
$1,113,538 |
|
|
Streamers |
|
|
$0 |
|
| |
| October 21 |
All the Right Moves |
Drama |
|
$17,200,000 |
|
|
The Dead Zone |
Horror |
$10,000,000 |
$20,766,000 |
|
|
The Osterman Weekend |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$6,500,000 |
|
|
The Right Stuff |
Action |
$27,000,000 |
$21,500,000 |
|
|
Under Fire |
Drama |
|
$5,700,000 |
|
| |
| October 28 |
Going Berserk |
Comedy |
|
$234,950 |
|
|
Richard Pryor Here and Now |
Concert/Performance |
|
$16,156,776 |
|
|
The Wicked Lady |
Drama |
|
$589,308 |
|
November, 1983 |
| November 4 |
Deal of the Century |
Comedy |
|
$10,400,000 |
|
|
Experience Preferred |
Drama |
|
$822,650 |
|
|
Running Brave |
Drama |
|
$1,204,595 |
|
|
Testament |
Drama |
|
$1,537,122 |
|
| |
| November 10 |
Star 80 |
Drama |
|
$6,472,990 |
|
| |
| November 18 |
Amityville 3-D |
Horror |
|
$6,333,135 |
|
|
A Christmas Story |
Comedy |
$3,250,000 |
$20,605,209 |
|
|
Cross Country |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$113,880 |
|
|
Nate and Hayes |
Adventure |
|
$1,643,022 |
|
|
A Night in Heaven |
Drama |
|
$5,563,663 |
|
|
Yentl |
Musical |
$12,000,000 |
$39,012,241 |
|
| |
| November 23 |
Of Unknown Origin |
Horror |
|
$1,080,470 |
|
|
Terms of Endearment |
Drama |
|
$108,423,489 |
|
December, 1983 |
| December 6 |
The Dresser |
Drama |
|
$5,310,748 |
|
| |
| December 9 |
Christine |
Horror |
|
$21,200,000 |
|
|
Scarface |
Drama |
$25,000,000 |
$44,942,821 |
|
|
Sudden Impact |
Action |
|
$67,642,693 |
|
| |
| December 14 |
Silkwood |
Drama |
|
$35,615,609 |
|
| |
| December 16 |
D.C. Cab |
Comedy |
|
$16,134,000 |
|
|
Gorky Park |
Drama |
|
$15,900,000 |
|
|
The Keep |
Horror |
|
$3,661,757 |
|
|
The Man Who Loved Women |
Comedy |
|
$11,000,000 |
|
|
Reuben, Reuben |
|
|
$0 |
|
|
To Be or Not to Be |
Comedy |
|
$13,030,214 |
|
|
Two of a Kind |
Comedy |
|
$23,700,000 |
|
|
Uncommon Valor |
Action |
|
$27,900,000 |
|
| |
| December 31 |
Walking the Edge |
|
|
$0 |
|
|