Week Domestic Box Office May 20, 1983
| Rank | Prev | Title | Daily Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (new) | Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone | $8,771,612 | 1,338 | $6,556 | $8,771,612 | 7 | ||
| 2 | (1) | Blue Thunder | $8,377,703 | -26% | 1,539 | $5,444 | $19,702,710 | 14 | |
| 3 | (3) | Flashdance | $5,087,787 | +2% | 970 | $5,245 | $31,920,450 | 42 | |
| 4 | (2) | Breathless | $4,987,809 | -19% | 1,166 | $4,278 | $11,119,871 | 14 | |
| 5 | (9) | My Tutor | $3,193,157 | +278% | 500 | $6,386 | $14,222,766 | 84 | |
| 6 | (7) | Valley Girl | $2,047,186 | +20% | 342 | $5,986 | $8,150,387 | 28 | |
| 7 | (5) | Still Smokin | $1,975,726 | -23% | 663 | $2,980 | $8,679,466 | 21 | |
| 8 | (6) | Tootsie | $1,752,518 | -8% | 689 | $2,544 | $167,445,555 | 161 | |
| 9 | (4) | Doctor Detroit | $1,650,000 | -49% | 795 | $2,075 | $9,348,000 | 21 | |
| 10 | (10) | ET: The Extra-Terrestrial | $1,160,000 | +41% | 476 | $2,437 | $355,760,000 | 350 | |
| 11 | (8) | Gandhi | $926,380 | -10% | 346 | $2,677 | $50,842,490 | 170 | |
| 12 | (15) | 48 Hrs. | $651,598 | +15% | 325 | $2,005 | $75,459,735 | 170 | |
| 13 | (11) | The Outsiders | $638,061 | -9% | 482 | $1,324 | $25,156,163 | 63 | |
| 14 | (12) | Local Hero | $635,430 | -7% | 198 | $3,209 | $5,191,596 | 98 | |
| 15 | (13) | Monty Python's The Meaning of Life | $520,144 | -15% | 232 | $2,242 | $14,521,952 | 57 | |
| 16 | (14) | High Road to China | $500,327 | -18% | 426 | $1,174 | $28,001,285 | 70 | |
| 17 | (19) | An Officer and a Gentleman | $474,437 | +68% | 287 | $1,653 | $126,897,395 | 303 | |
| 18 | (21) | Baby It's You | $172,758 | +7% | 30 | $5,759 | $771,023 | 84 | |
| 19 | (20) | The Man From Snowy River | $168,321 | -23% | 160 | $1,052 | $20,055,940 | 205 | |
| 20 | (22) | La traviata | $139,771 | -7% | 16 | $8,736 | $522,771 | 35 | |
| Reporting movies: 20 | $43,830,725 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone | $8,771,612 | 1,338 | $8,771,612 |
| 2 | Blue Thunder | $8,377,703 | 1,539 | $19,702,710 |
| 3 | Flashdance | $5,087,787 | 970 | $31,920,450 |
| 4 | Breathless | $4,987,809 | 1,166 | $11,119,871 |
| 5 | My Tutor | $3,193,157 | 500 | $14,222,766 |
| 6 | Valley Girl | $2,047,186 | 342 | $8,150,387 |
| 7 | Still Smokin | $1,975,726 | 663 | $8,679,466 |
| 8 | Tootsie | $1,752,518 | 689 | $167,445,555 |
| 9 | Doctor Detroit | $1,650,000 | 795 | $9,348,000 |
| 10 | ET: The Extra-Terrestrial | $1,160,000 | 476 | $355,760,000 |
| 11 | Gandhi | $926,380 | 346 | $50,842,490 |
| 12 | 48 Hrs. | $651,598 | 325 | $75,459,735 |
| 13 | The Outsiders | $638,061 | 482 | $25,156,163 |
| 14 | Local Hero | $635,430 | 198 | $5,191,596 |
| 15 | Monty Python's The Meaning of Life | $520,144 | 232 | $14,521,952 |
| 16 | High Road to China | $500,327 | 426 | $28,001,285 |
| 17 | An Officer and a Gentleman | $474,437 | 287 | $126,897,395 |
| 18 | Baby It's You | $172,758 | 30 | $771,023 |
| 19 | The Man From Snowy River | $168,321 | 160 | $20,055,940 |
| 20 | La traviata | $139,771 | 16 | $522,771 |
| Reporting: 20 | $43,830,725 | total | ||