Week Domestic Box Office April 29, 1983
| Rank | Prev | Title | Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (1) | Flashdance | $5,682,222 | +1% | 1,140 | $4,984 | $16,939,547 | 21 | |
| 2 | (new) | Something Wicked This Way Comes | $3,103,849 | 817 | $3,799 | $3,103,849 | 7 | ||
| 3 | (new) | Valley Girl | $2,583,211 | 442 | $5,844 | $2,583,211 | 7 | ||
| 4 | (new) | The Hunger | $2,541,809 | 775 | $3,280 | $2,541,809 | 7 | ||
| 5 | (4) | Tootsie | $2,474,934 | -18% | 865 | $2,861 | $161,938,254 | 140 | |
| 6 | (2) | Lone Wolf McQuade | $2,006,634 | -47% | 884 | $2,270 | $11,541,107 | 21 | |
| 7 | (5) | Monty Python's The Meaning of Life | $1,762,308 | -35% | 541 | $3,258 | $12,615,028 | 36 | |
| 8 | (6) | Gandhi | $1,662,753 | -38% | 579 | $2,872 | $47,778,117 | 149 | |
| 9 | (7) | The Outsiders | $1,407,226 | -31% | 706 | $1,993 | $22,860,888 | 42 | |
| 10 | (3) | My Tutor | $1,285,441 | -64% | 475 | $2,706 | $9,196,794 | 63 | |
| 11 | (8) | Max Dugan Returns | $1,246,847 | -33% | 546 | $2,284 | $16,062,660 | 42 | |
| 12 | (9) | ET: The Extra-Terrestrial | $1,162,000 | -31% | 529 | $2,197 | $352,994,000 | 329 | |
| 13 | (11) | High Road to China | $1,128,563 | -22% | 607 | $1,859 | $26,129,317 | 49 | |
| 14 | (10) | Spring Break | $994,982 | -36% | 683 | $1,457 | $23,577,393 | 42 | |
| 15 | (12) | 48 Hrs. | $940,064 | -26% | 468 | $2,009 | $73,685,574 | 149 | |
| 16 | (13) | Local Hero | $801,858 | -12% | 190 | $4,220 | $3,217,562 | 77 | |
| 17 | (14) | An Officer and a Gentleman | $611,086 | -14% | 308 | $1,984 | $125,698,119 | 282 | |
| 18 | (15) | The Verdict | $486,355 | -11% | 272 | $1,788 | $53,802,665 | 149 | |
| 19 | (16) | The Man From Snowy River | $384,070 | -7% | 243 | $1,581 | $19,443,895 | 184 | |
| 20 | (17) | Exposed | $259,705 | -5% | 23 | $11,292 | $531,870 | 14 | |
| 21 | (23) | Tough Enough | $248,703 | +460% | 197 | $1,262 | $2,397,116 | 125 | |
| 22 | (21) | Baby It's You | $135,261 | +176% | 13 | $10,405 | $318,403 | 63 | |
| 23 | (18) | The King of Comedy | $122,151 | -45% | 75 | $1,629 | $2,470,549 | 77 | |
| 24 | (22) | La traviata | $66,462 | +37% | 2 | $33,231 | $115,000 | 14 | |
| Reporting movies: 24 | $33,098,494 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Flashdance | $5,682,222 | 1,140 | $16,939,547 |
| 2 | Something Wicked This Way Comes | $3,103,849 | 817 | $3,103,849 |
| 3 | Valley Girl | $2,583,211 | 442 | $2,583,211 |
| 4 | The Hunger | $2,541,809 | 775 | $2,541,809 |
| 5 | Tootsie | $2,474,934 | 865 | $161,938,254 |
| 6 | Lone Wolf McQuade | $2,006,634 | 884 | $11,541,107 |
| 7 | Monty Python's The Meaning of Life | $1,762,308 | 541 | $12,615,028 |
| 8 | Gandhi | $1,662,753 | 579 | $47,778,117 |
| 9 | The Outsiders | $1,407,226 | 706 | $22,860,888 |
| 10 | My Tutor | $1,285,441 | 475 | $9,196,794 |
| 11 | Max Dugan Returns | $1,246,847 | 546 | $16,062,660 |
| 12 | ET: The Extra-Terrestrial | $1,162,000 | 529 | $352,994,000 |
| 13 | High Road to China | $1,128,563 | 607 | $26,129,317 |
| 14 | Spring Break | $994,982 | 683 | $23,577,393 |
| 15 | 48 Hrs. | $940,064 | 468 | $73,685,574 |
| 16 | Local Hero | $801,858 | 190 | $3,217,562 |
| 17 | An Officer and a Gentleman | $611,086 | 308 | $125,698,119 |
| 18 | The Verdict | $486,355 | 272 | $53,802,665 |
| 19 | The Man From Snowy River | $384,070 | 243 | $19,443,895 |
| 20 | Exposed | $259,705 | 23 | $531,870 |
| 21 | Tough Enough | $248,703 | 197 | $2,397,116 |
| 22 | Baby It's You | $135,261 | 13 | $318,403 |
| 23 | The King of Comedy | $122,151 | 75 | $2,470,549 |
| 24 | La traviata | $66,462 | 2 | $115,000 |
| Reporting: 24 | $33,098,494 | total | ||