Week Domestic Box Office April 22, 1983
| Rank | Prev | Title | Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (2) | Flashdance | $5,604,272 | -1% | 1,140 | $4,916 | $11,257,325 | 14 | |
| 2 | (1) | Lone Wolf McQuade | $3,753,194 | -35% | 1,221 | $3,074 | $9,534,473 | 14 | |
| 3 | (16) | My Tutor | $3,605,636 | +396% | 500 | $7,211 | $7,911,353 | 56 | |
| 4 | (3) | Tootsie | $3,008,215 | -22% | 976 | $3,082 | $159,463,320 | 133 | |
| 5 | (8) | Monty Python's The Meaning of Life | $2,708,720 | +18% | 554 | $4,889 | $10,852,720 | 29 | |
| 6 | (4) | Gandhi | $2,681,670 | -30% | 747 | $3,590 | $46,115,364 | 142 | |
| 7 | (5) | The Outsiders | $2,052,952 | -27% | 803 | $2,557 | $21,453,662 | 35 | |
| 8 | (6) | Max Dugan Returns | $1,873,088 | -23% | 643 | $2,913 | $14,815,813 | 35 | |
| 9 | (9) | ET: The Extra-Terrestrial | $1,695,000 | -22% | 657 | $2,580 | $351,832,000 | 322 | |
| 10 | (7) | Spring Break | $1,543,983 | -36% | 908 | $1,700 | $22,582,411 | 35 | |
| 11 | (10) | High Road to China | $1,437,935 | -28% | 707 | $2,034 | $25,000,754 | 42 | |
| 12 | (12) | 48 Hrs. | $1,270,759 | -11% | 560 | $2,269 | $72,745,510 | 142 | |
| 13 | (18) | Local Hero | $915,278 | +73% | 179 | $5,113 | $2,415,704 | 70 | |
| 14 | (14) | An Officer and a Gentleman | $711,875 | -15% | 340 | $2,094 | $125,087,033 | 275 | |
| 15 | (17) | The Verdict | $547,301 | -25% | 292 | $1,874 | $53,316,310 | 142 | |
| 16 | (19) | The Man From Snowy River | $412,085 | -8% | 297 | $1,387 | $19,059,825 | 177 | |
| 17 | (new) | Exposed | $272,165 | 18 | $15,120 | $272,165 | 7 | ||
| 18 | (21) | The King of Comedy | $222,635 | +21% | 56 | $3,976 | $2,348,398 | 70 | |
| 19 | (-) | Tender Mercies | $210,223 | 37 | $5,682 | $417,696 | 56 | ||
| 20 | (20) | Man, Woman and Child | $142,028 | -48% | 75 | $1,894 | $2,239,382 | 28 | |
| 21 | (23) | Baby It's You | $48,934 | +95% | 3 | $16,311 | $183,142 | 56 | |
| 22 | (new) | La traviata | $48,538 | 2 | $24,269 | $48,538 | 7 | ||
| 23 | (22) | Tough Enough | $44,395 | -35% | 47 | $945 | $2,148,413 | 118 | |
| Reporting movies: 23 | $34,810,881 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Flashdance | $5,604,272 | 1,140 | $11,257,325 |
| 2 | Lone Wolf McQuade | $3,753,194 | 1,221 | $9,534,473 |
| 3 | My Tutor | $3,605,636 | 500 | $7,911,353 |
| 4 | Tootsie | $3,008,215 | 976 | $159,463,320 |
| 5 | Monty Python's The Meaning of Life | $2,708,720 | 554 | $10,852,720 |
| 6 | Gandhi | $2,681,670 | 747 | $46,115,364 |
| 7 | The Outsiders | $2,052,952 | 803 | $21,453,662 |
| 8 | Max Dugan Returns | $1,873,088 | 643 | $14,815,813 |
| 9 | ET: The Extra-Terrestrial | $1,695,000 | 657 | $351,832,000 |
| 10 | Spring Break | $1,543,983 | 908 | $22,582,411 |
| 11 | High Road to China | $1,437,935 | 707 | $25,000,754 |
| 12 | 48 Hrs. | $1,270,759 | 560 | $72,745,510 |
| 13 | Local Hero | $915,278 | 179 | $2,415,704 |
| 14 | An Officer and a Gentleman | $711,875 | 340 | $125,087,033 |
| 15 | The Verdict | $547,301 | 292 | $53,316,310 |
| 16 | The Man From Snowy River | $412,085 | 297 | $19,059,825 |
| 17 | Exposed | $272,165 | 18 | $272,165 |
| 18 | The King of Comedy | $222,635 | 56 | $2,348,398 |
| 19 | Tender Mercies | $210,223 | 37 | $417,696 |
| 20 | Man, Woman and Child | $142,028 | 75 | $2,239,382 |
| 21 | Baby It's You | $48,934 | 3 | $183,142 |
| 22 | La traviata | $48,538 | 2 | $48,538 |
| 23 | Tough Enough | $44,395 | 47 | $2,148,413 |
| Reporting: 23 | $34,810,881 | total | ||