Weekend Domestic Box Office May 13, 1983
| Rank | Prev | Title | Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (new) | Blue Thunder | $8,258,149 | 1,539 | $5,366 | $8,258,149 | 3 | ||
| 2 | (new) | Breathless | $4,384,369 | 1,161 | $3,776 | $4,384,369 | 3 | ||
| 3 | (1) | Flashdance | $3,452,991 | +2% | 1,055 | $3,273 | $25,276,725 | 31 | |
| 4 | (2) | Doctor Detroit | $2,425,577 | -26% | 1,309 | $1,853 | $6,891,943 | 10 | |
| 5 | (3) | Still Smokin | $1,966,748 | -36% | 694 | $2,834 | $6,111,358 | 10 | |
| 6 | (4) | Tootsie | $1,559,536 | +1% | 759 | $2,055 | $165,339,970 | 150 | |
| 7 | (6) | Valley Girl | $1,140,574 | -14% | 227 | $5,025 | $5,533,324 | 17 | |
| 8 | (8) | Gandhi | $837,843 | +2% | 390 | $2,148 | $49,729,399 | 159 | |
| 9 | (5) | Something Wicked This Way Comes | $760,462 | -44% | 786 | $968 | $5,656,087 | 17 | |
| 10 | (12) | ET: The Extra-Terrestrial | $616,452 | +7% | 410 | $1,504 | $354,394,452 | 339 | |
| 11 | (9) | The Outsiders | $526,245 | -25% | 502 | $1,048 | $24,342,688 | 52 | |
| 12 | (17) | Local Hero | $516,292 | +6% | 207 | $2,494 | $4,388,008 | 87 | |
| 13 | (14) | High Road to China | $458,033 | -18% | 465 | $985 | $27,348,238 | 59 | |
| 14 | (13) | Monty Python's The Meaning of Life | $449,100 | -21% | 300 | $1,497 | $13,837,819 | 46 | |
| 15 | (15) | Max Dugan Returns | $425,216 | -15% | 455 | $935 | $17,148,562 | 52 | |
| 16 | (18) | 48 Hrs. | $409,986 | +5% | 315 | $1,302 | $74,653,424 | 159 | |
| 17 | (10) | My Tutor | $403,645 | -42% | 319 | $1,265 | $10,589,339 | 73 | |
| 18 | (7) | The Hunger | $371,791 | -60% | 762 | $488 | $4,353,590 | 17 | |
| 19 | (22) | Exposed | $209,272 | +66% | 145 | $1,443 | $1,017,333 | 24 | |
| 20 | (19) | An Officer and a Gentleman | $191,458 | -35% | 166 | $1,153 | $126,332,585 | 292 | |
| 21 | (21) | The Man From Snowy River | $158,438 | 0% | 173 | $916 | $19,828,641 | 194 | |
| 22 | (24) | Baby It's You | $111,658 | +38% | 22 | $5,075 | $549,127 | 73 | |
| 23 | (23) | La traviata | $95,000 | +16% | 12 | $7,917 | $327,000 | 24 | |
| Reporting movies: 23 | $29,728,835 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blue Thunder | $8,258,149 | 1,539 | $8,258,149 |
| 2 | Breathless | $4,384,369 | 1,161 | $4,384,369 |
| 3 | Flashdance | $3,452,991 | 1,055 | $25,276,725 |
| 4 | Doctor Detroit | $2,425,577 | 1,309 | $6,891,943 |
| 5 | Still Smokin | $1,966,748 | 694 | $6,111,358 |
| 6 | Tootsie | $1,559,536 | 759 | $165,339,970 |
| 7 | Valley Girl | $1,140,574 | 227 | $5,533,324 |
| 8 | Gandhi | $837,843 | 390 | $49,729,399 |
| 9 | Something Wicked This Way Comes | $760,462 | 786 | $5,656,087 |
| 10 | ET: The Extra-Terrestrial | $616,452 | 410 | $354,394,452 |
| 11 | The Outsiders | $526,245 | 502 | $24,342,688 |
| 12 | Local Hero | $516,292 | 207 | $4,388,008 |
| 13 | High Road to China | $458,033 | 465 | $27,348,238 |
| 14 | Monty Python's The Meaning of Life | $449,100 | 300 | $13,837,819 |
| 15 | Max Dugan Returns | $425,216 | 455 | $17,148,562 |
| 16 | 48 Hrs. | $409,986 | 315 | $74,653,424 |
| 17 | My Tutor | $403,645 | 319 | $10,589,339 |
| 18 | The Hunger | $371,791 | 762 | $4,353,590 |
| 19 | Exposed | $209,272 | 145 | $1,017,333 |
| 20 | An Officer and a Gentleman | $191,458 | 166 | $126,332,585 |
| 21 | The Man From Snowy River | $158,438 | 173 | $19,828,641 |
| 22 | Baby It's You | $111,658 | 22 | $549,127 |
| 23 | La traviata | $95,000 | 12 | $327,000 |
| Reporting: 23 | $29,728,835 | total | ||