Week Domestic Box Office March 4, 1983
| Rank | Prev | Title | Daily Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (1) | Tootsie | $5,649,174 | -15% | 1,221 | $4,627 | $129,931,724 | 84 | |
| 2 | (2) | Gandhi | $3,254,649 | -11% | 766 | $4,249 | $26,163,813 | 93 | |
| 3 | (3) | The Lords of Discipline | $2,322,057 | -22% | 800 | $2,903 | $8,960,942 | 21 | |
| 4 | (5) | 48 Hrs. | $2,149,056 | -10% | 800 | $2,686 | $62,561,287 | 93 | |
| 5 | (new) | Vigilante | $2,062,940 | 250 | $8,252 | $2,062,940 | 7 | ||
| 6 | (4) | Lovesick | $1,924,850 | -20% | 712 | $2,703 | $7,932,361 | 21 | |
| 7 | (8) | The Verdict | $1,531,425 | -9% | 626 | $2,446 | $47,412,368 | 93 | |
| 8 | (7) | ET: The Extra-Terrestrial | $1,414,000 | -25% | 605 | $2,337 | $340,956,000 | 273 | |
| 9 | (9) | The Year of Living Dangerously | $1,199,284 | -27% | 290 | $4,135 | $5,057,174 | 49 | |
| 10 | (13) | The Man From Snowy River | $1,173,402 | +95% | 500 | $2,347 | $15,066,744 | 128 | |
| 11 | (18) | They Call Me Bruce | $1,025,842 | +295% | 291 | $3,525 | $11,471,804 | 119 | |
| 12 | (10) | Without a Trace | $860,340 | -34% | 388 | $2,217 | $8,513,589 | 35 | |
| 13 | (11) | The Entity | $817,272 | -37% | 395 | $2,069 | $11,983,735 | 35 | |
| 14 | (12) | An Officer and a Gentleman | $804,054 | -28% | 441 | $1,823 | $120,367,122 | 226 | |
| 15 | (15) | The House on Sorority Row | $751,825 | +79% | 184 | $4,086 | $5,661,933 | 49 | |
| 16 | (new) | My Tutor | $601,927 | 96 | $6,270 | $601,927 | 7 | ||
| 17 | (17) | Table for Five | $431,408 | +65% | 81 | $5,326 | $880,966 | 21 | |
| 18 | (14) | Best Friends | $369,805 | -16% | 333 | $1,111 | $36,198,436 | 84 | |
| 19 | (21) | The King of Comedy | $111,215 | -14% | 14 | $7,944 | $419,257 | 21 | |
| 20 | (new) | Tender Mercies | $67,096 | 3 | $22,365 | $67,096 | 7 | ||
| Reporting movies: 20 | $28,521,621 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tootsie | $5,649,174 | 1,221 | $129,931,724 |
| 2 | Gandhi | $3,254,649 | 766 | $26,163,813 |
| 3 | The Lords of Discipline | $2,322,057 | 800 | $8,960,942 |
| 4 | 48 Hrs. | $2,149,056 | 800 | $62,561,287 |
| 5 | Vigilante | $2,062,940 | 250 | $2,062,940 |
| 6 | Lovesick | $1,924,850 | 712 | $7,932,361 |
| 7 | The Verdict | $1,531,425 | 626 | $47,412,368 |
| 8 | ET: The Extra-Terrestrial | $1,414,000 | 605 | $340,956,000 |
| 9 | The Year of Living Dangerously | $1,199,284 | 290 | $5,057,174 |
| 10 | The Man From Snowy River | $1,173,402 | 500 | $15,066,744 |
| 11 | They Call Me Bruce | $1,025,842 | 291 | $11,471,804 |
| 12 | Without a Trace | $860,340 | 388 | $8,513,589 |
| 13 | The Entity | $817,272 | 395 | $11,983,735 |
| 14 | An Officer and a Gentleman | $804,054 | 441 | $120,367,122 |
| 15 | The House on Sorority Row | $751,825 | 184 | $5,661,933 |
| 16 | My Tutor | $601,927 | 96 | $601,927 |
| 17 | Table for Five | $431,408 | 81 | $880,966 |
| 18 | Best Friends | $369,805 | 333 | $36,198,436 |
| 19 | The King of Comedy | $111,215 | 14 | $419,257 |
| 20 | Tender Mercies | $67,096 | 3 | $67,096 |
| Reporting: 20 | $28,521,621 | total | ||