Weekend Domestic Box Office May 20, 1983
| Rank | Prev | Title | Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (new) | Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone | $7,053,016 | 1,338 | $5,271 | $7,053,016 | 3 | ||
| 2 | (1) | Blue Thunder | $6,153,893 | -25% | 1,539 | $3,999 | $17,478,900 | 10 | |
| 3 | (2) | Breathless | $3,776,364 | -14% | 1,166 | $3,239 | $9,908,426 | 10 | |
| 4 | (3) | Flashdance | $3,524,875 | +2% | 970 | $3,634 | $30,357,538 | 38 | |
| 5 | (17) | My Tutor | $2,367,825 | +487% | 500 | $4,736 | $13,397,434 | 80 | |
| 6 | (7) | Valley Girl | $1,610,339 | +41% | 342 | $4,709 | $7,713,540 | 24 | |
| 7 | (5) | Still Smokin | $1,481,268 | -25% | 663 | $2,234 | $8,185,008 | 17 | |
| 8 | (4) | Doctor Detroit | $1,433,582 | -41% | 795 | $1,803 | $9,131,582 | 17 | |
| 9 | (6) | Tootsie | $1,221,666 | -22% | 689 | $1,773 | $166,914,703 | 157 | |
| 10 | (10) | ET: The Extra-Terrestrial | $966,148 | +57% | 476 | $2,030 | $355,566,148 | 346 | |
| 11 | (8) | Gandhi | $582,746 | -30% | 346 | $1,684 | $50,498,856 | 166 | |
| 12 | (11) | The Outsiders | $470,627 | -11% | 482 | $976 | $24,988,729 | 59 | |
| 13 | (16) | 48 Hrs. | $467,853 | +14% | 325 | $1,440 | $75,275,990 | 166 | |
| 14 | (12) | Local Hero | $455,611 | -12% | 198 | $2,301 | $5,011,777 | 94 | |
| 15 | (13) | High Road to China | $382,257 | -17% | 426 | $897 | $27,883,215 | 66 | |
| 16 | (14) | Monty Python's The Meaning of Life | $372,488 | -17% | 232 | $1,606 | $14,374,296 | 53 | |
| 17 | (15) | Max Dugan Returns | $337,713 | -21% | 346 | $976 | $17,613,720 | 59 | |
| 18 | (20) | An Officer and a Gentleman | $327,445 | +71% | 287 | $1,141 | $126,750,403 | 299 | |
| 19 | (18) | The Hunger | $234,162 | -37% | 227 | $1,032 | $4,774,015 | 24 | |
| 20 | (19) | Exposed | $171,915 | -18% | 198 | $868 | $1,352,083 | 31 | |
| 21 | (22) | Baby It's You | $127,008 | +14% | 30 | $4,234 | $725,273 | 80 | |
| 22 | (21) | The Man From Snowy River | $119,248 | -25% | 160 | $745 | $20,006,867 | 201 | |
| 23 | (23) | La traviata | $67,443 | -29% | 16 | $4,215 | $450,443 | 31 | |
| Reporting movies: 23 | $33,705,492 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone | $7,053,016 | 1,338 | $7,053,016 |
| 2 | Blue Thunder | $6,153,893 | 1,539 | $17,478,900 |
| 3 | Breathless | $3,776,364 | 1,166 | $9,908,426 |
| 4 | Flashdance | $3,524,875 | 970 | $30,357,538 |
| 5 | My Tutor | $2,367,825 | 500 | $13,397,434 |
| 6 | Valley Girl | $1,610,339 | 342 | $7,713,540 |
| 7 | Still Smokin | $1,481,268 | 663 | $8,185,008 |
| 8 | Doctor Detroit | $1,433,582 | 795 | $9,131,582 |
| 9 | Tootsie | $1,221,666 | 689 | $166,914,703 |
| 10 | ET: The Extra-Terrestrial | $966,148 | 476 | $355,566,148 |
| 11 | Gandhi | $582,746 | 346 | $50,498,856 |
| 12 | The Outsiders | $470,627 | 482 | $24,988,729 |
| 13 | 48 Hrs. | $467,853 | 325 | $75,275,990 |
| 14 | Local Hero | $455,611 | 198 | $5,011,777 |
| 15 | High Road to China | $382,257 | 426 | $27,883,215 |
| 16 | Monty Python's The Meaning of Life | $372,488 | 232 | $14,374,296 |
| 17 | Max Dugan Returns | $337,713 | 346 | $17,613,720 |
| 18 | An Officer and a Gentleman | $327,445 | 287 | $126,750,403 |
| 19 | The Hunger | $234,162 | 227 | $4,774,015 |
| 20 | Exposed | $171,915 | 198 | $1,352,083 |
| 21 | Baby It's You | $127,008 | 30 | $725,273 |
| 22 | The Man From Snowy River | $119,248 | 160 | $20,006,867 |
| 23 | La traviata | $67,443 | 16 | $450,443 |
| Reporting: 23 | $33,705,492 | total | ||