Week Domestic Box Office January 28, 1983
| Rank | Prev | Title | Daily Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (1) | Tootsie | $9,579,065 | -17% | 1,222 | $7,839 | $93,874,933 | 49 | |
| 2 | (2) | 48 Hrs. | $4,107,137 | -17% | 1,050 | $3,912 | $47,731,674 | 58 | |
| 3 | (3) | The Verdict | $3,692,744 | -17% | 904 | $4,085 | $37,341,107 | 58 | |
| 4 | (4) | Gandhi | $3,473,669 | +3% | 357 | $9,730 | $9,317,920 | 58 | |
| 5 | (5) | The Dark Crystal | $2,218,000 | -23% | 816 | $2,718 | $38,377,000 | 49 | |
| 6 | (6) | Sophie's Choice | $2,207,000 | -14% | 213 | $10,362 | $6,922,000 | 56 | |
| 7 | (7) | The Toy | $2,022,564 | -15% | 967 | $2,092 | $44,107,235 | 56 | |
| 8 | (8) | Best Friends | $1,716,482 | -21% | 851 | $2,017 | $32,821,806 | 49 | |
| 9 | (9) | ET: The Extra-Terrestrial | $1,687,000 | -11% | 475 | $3,552 | $332,893,000 | 238 | |
| 10 | (10) | The Man From Snowy River | $1,661,564 | +7% | 517 | $3,214 | $10,391,765 | 93 | |
| 11 | (11) | They Call Me Bruce | $1,076,548 | -26% | 300 | $3,588 | $8,379,548 | 84 | |
| 12 | (12) | Kiss Me Goodbye | $953,173 | -12% | 490 | $1,945 | $14,472,315 | 44 | |
| 13 | (13) | An Officer and a Gentleman | $647,754 | -35% | 356 | $1,820 | $115,956,295 | 191 | |
| 14 | (14) | The House on Sorority Row | $642,932 | -22% | 155 | $4,148 | $1,466,480 | 14 | |
| 15 | (15) | First Blood | $531,721 | -24% | 534 | $996 | $46,958,462 | 105 | |
| 16 | (17) | Independence Day | $47,635 | -14% | 8 | $5,954 | $103,056 | 14 | |
| 17 | (18) | The Year of Living Dangerously | $42,809 | -17% | 1 | $42,809 | $94,467 | 14 | |
| Reporting movies: 17 | $36,307,797 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tootsie | $9,579,065 | 1,222 | $93,874,933 |
| 2 | 48 Hrs. | $4,107,137 | 1,050 | $47,731,674 |
| 3 | The Verdict | $3,692,744 | 904 | $37,341,107 |
| 4 | Gandhi | $3,473,669 | 357 | $9,317,920 |
| 5 | The Dark Crystal | $2,218,000 | 816 | $38,377,000 |
| 6 | Sophie's Choice | $2,207,000 | 213 | $6,922,000 |
| 7 | The Toy | $2,022,564 | 967 | $44,107,235 |
| 8 | Best Friends | $1,716,482 | 851 | $32,821,806 |
| 9 | ET: The Extra-Terrestrial | $1,687,000 | 475 | $332,893,000 |
| 10 | The Man From Snowy River | $1,661,564 | 517 | $10,391,765 |
| 11 | They Call Me Bruce | $1,076,548 | 300 | $8,379,548 |
| 12 | Kiss Me Goodbye | $953,173 | 490 | $14,472,315 |
| 13 | An Officer and a Gentleman | $647,754 | 356 | $115,956,295 |
| 14 | The House on Sorority Row | $642,932 | 155 | $1,466,480 |
| 15 | First Blood | $531,721 | 534 | $46,958,462 |
| 16 | Independence Day | $47,635 | 8 | $103,056 |
| 17 | The Year of Living Dangerously | $42,809 | 1 | $94,467 |
| Reporting: 17 | $36,307,797 | total | ||