Week Domestic Box Office May 6, 1983
| Rank | Prev | Title | Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (1) | Flashdance | $4,884,187 | -14% | 1,140 | $4,284 | $21,823,734 | 28 | |
| 2 | (new) | Doctor Detroit | $4,466,366 | 1,343 | $3,326 | $4,466,366 | 7 | ||
| 3 | (new) | Still Smokin | $4,144,610 | 710 | $5,837 | $4,144,610 | 7 | ||
| 4 | (5) | Tootsie | $1,842,180 | -26% | 805 | $2,288 | $163,780,434 | 147 | |
| 5 | (3) | Valley Girl | $1,809,539 | -30% | 385 | $4,700 | $4,392,750 | 14 | |
| 6 | (2) | Something Wicked This Way Comes | $1,791,776 | -42% | 817 | $2,193 | $4,895,625 | 14 | |
| 7 | (4) | The Hunger | $1,439,990 | -43% | 775 | $1,858 | $3,981,799 | 14 | |
| 8 | (8) | Gandhi | $1,113,439 | -33% | 411 | $2,709 | $48,891,556 | 156 | |
| 9 | (10) | My Tutor | $988,900 | -23% | 462 | $2,140 | $10,185,694 | 70 | |
| 10 | (9) | The Outsiders | $955,555 | -32% | 604 | $1,582 | $23,816,443 | 49 | |
| 11 | (12) | ET: The Extra-Terrestrial | $784,000 | -33% | 407 | $1,926 | $353,778,000 | 336 | |
| 12 | (7) | Monty Python's The Meaning of Life | $773,691 | -56% | 380 | $2,036 | $13,388,719 | 43 | |
| 13 | (13) | High Road to China | $760,888 | -33% | 519 | $1,466 | $26,890,205 | 56 | |
| 14 | (11) | Max Dugan Returns | $660,686 | -47% | 386 | $1,712 | $16,723,346 | 49 | |
| 15 | (16) | Local Hero | $654,154 | -18% | 184 | $3,555 | $3,871,716 | 84 | |
| 16 | (15) | 48 Hrs. | $557,864 | -41% | 350 | $1,594 | $74,243,438 | 156 | |
| 17 | (17) | An Officer and a Gentleman | $443,008 | -28% | 270 | $1,641 | $126,141,127 | 289 | |
| 18 | (20) | Exposed | $276,191 | +6% | 23 | $12,008 | $808,061 | 21 | |
| 19 | (19) | The Man From Snowy River | $226,308 | -41% | 189 | $1,197 | $19,670,203 | 191 | |
| 20 | (22) | Baby It's You | $119,066 | -12% | 13 | $9,159 | $437,469 | 70 | |
| 21 | (24) | La traviata | $117,000 | +76% | 7 | $16,714 | $232,000 | 21 | |
| Reporting movies: 21 | $28,809,398 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Flashdance | $4,884,187 | 1,140 | $21,823,734 |
| 2 | Doctor Detroit | $4,466,366 | 1,343 | $4,466,366 |
| 3 | Still Smokin | $4,144,610 | 710 | $4,144,610 |
| 4 | Tootsie | $1,842,180 | 805 | $163,780,434 |
| 5 | Valley Girl | $1,809,539 | 385 | $4,392,750 |
| 6 | Something Wicked This Way Comes | $1,791,776 | 817 | $4,895,625 |
| 7 | The Hunger | $1,439,990 | 775 | $3,981,799 |
| 8 | Gandhi | $1,113,439 | 411 | $48,891,556 |
| 9 | My Tutor | $988,900 | 462 | $10,185,694 |
| 10 | The Outsiders | $955,555 | 604 | $23,816,443 |
| 11 | ET: The Extra-Terrestrial | $784,000 | 407 | $353,778,000 |
| 12 | Monty Python's The Meaning of Life | $773,691 | 380 | $13,388,719 |
| 13 | High Road to China | $760,888 | 519 | $26,890,205 |
| 14 | Max Dugan Returns | $660,686 | 386 | $16,723,346 |
| 15 | Local Hero | $654,154 | 184 | $3,871,716 |
| 16 | 48 Hrs. | $557,864 | 350 | $74,243,438 |
| 17 | An Officer and a Gentleman | $443,008 | 270 | $126,141,127 |
| 18 | Exposed | $276,191 | 23 | $808,061 |
| 19 | The Man From Snowy River | $226,308 | 189 | $19,670,203 |
| 20 | Baby It's You | $119,066 | 13 | $437,469 |
| 21 | La traviata | $117,000 | 7 | $232,000 |
| Reporting: 21 | $28,809,398 | total | ||