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Domestic Box Office For Summer 1983
Summer 1983 is May 6-September 5.
Rank
Release
Genre
Budget
Running Time
Gross
Theaters
Total Gross
Release Date
Distributor
Estimated
1
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
-
-
-
$231,117,020
1,764
$252,583,617
May 25
Twentieth Century Fox
false
2
Trading Places
-
-
-
$79,945,396
1,389
$90,404,800
Jun 10
Paramount Pictures
false
3
Octopussy
-
-
-
$67,893,619
1,339
$67,893,619
Jun 10
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
false
4
WarGames
-
-
-
$67,662,494
977
$79,567,667
Jun 3
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
false
5
Flashdance
-
-
-
$63,907,425
1,140
$92,921,203
Apr 15
Paramount Pictures
false
6
Superman III
-
-
-
$59,950,623
1,763
$59,950,623
Jun 17
Warner Bros.
false
7
Staying Alive
-
-
-
$57,734,260
1,747
$64,892,670
Jul 15
Paramount Pictures
false
8
Vacation
-
-
-
$48,109,785
1,253
$61,399,552
Jul 29
Warner Bros.
false
9
Jaws 3-D
-
-
-
$45,517,055
1,311
$45,517,055
Jul 22
Universal Pictures
false
10
Blue Thunder
-
-
-
$42,313,354
1,555
$42,313,354
May 13
Columbia Pictures
false
11
Risky Business
-
-
-
$34,813,567
1,137
$63,541,777
Aug 5
Warner Bros.
false
12
Psycho II
-
-
-
$34,725,000
1,488
$34,725,000
Jun 3
Universal Pictures
false
13
Porky's II: The Next Day
-
-
-
$33,759,266
1,564
$33,759,266
Jun 24
Twentieth Century Fox
false
14
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
1983 Re-release
-
-
-
$30,100,000
1,362
$30,100,000
Jul 15
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
false
15
Twilight Zone: The Movie
-
-
-
$29,450,919
1,288
$29,450,919
Jun 24
Warner Bros.
false
16
Mr. Mom
-
-
-
$27,067,367
1,362
$64,783,827
Jul 22
Twentieth Century Fox
false
17
Class
-
-
-
$21,667,789
844
$21,667,789
Jul 22
Orion Pictures
false
18
Breathless
-
-
-
$19,910,002
1,166
$19,910,002
May 13
Orion Pictures
false
19
Easy Money
-
-
-
$18,371,574
1,171
$29,309,766
Aug 19
Orion Pictures
false
20
Cujo
-
-
-
$18,326,392
1,293
$21,156,152
Aug 12
Warner Bros.
false
21
Krull
-
-
-
$16,519,460
1,289
$16,519,460
Jul 29
Columbia Pictures
false
22
Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone
-
-
-
$16,478,265
1,344
$16,478,265
May 20
Columbia Pictures
false
23
Still Smokin
-
-
-
$15,543,710
730
$15,543,710
May 6
Paramount Pictures
false
24
Tootsie
-
-
-
$15,261,746
1,222
$177,200,000
Dec 17
Columbia Pictures
false
25
Valley Girl
-
-
-
$14,760,385
442
$17,343,596
Apr 29
Atlantic Releasing Corporation
false
26
Private School
-
-
-
$14,049,540
1,024
$14,049,540
Jul 29
Universal Pictures
false
27
The Survivors
-
-
-
$14,000,000
1,014
$14,000,000
Jun 24
Columbia Pictures
false
28
My Tutor
-
-
-
$13,391,040
500
$22,587,834
Mar 4
Crown
false
29
Stroker Ace
-
-
-
$13,000,000
1,385
$13,000,000
Jul 1
Universal Pictures
false
30
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
-
-
-
$11,915,602
1,778
$359,197,037
Jun 11
Universal Pictures
false
31
Doctor Detroit
-
-
-
$10,375,893
1,343
$10,375,893
May 6
Universal Pictures
false
32
The Man with Two Brains
-
-
-
$10,353,438
1,203
$10,353,438
Jun 3
Warner Bros.
false
33
Tender Mercies
-
-
-
$7,862,598
37
$8,443,124
Mar 4
Universal Pictures
false
34
Hercules
-
-
-
$6,216,064
1,014
$10,676,194
Aug 26
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
false
35
Chained Heat
-
-
-
$6,149,983
417
$6,149,983
May 27
-
false
36
Porky's
1983 Re-release
-
-
-
$5,797,190
1,192
$5,797,190
May 6
Twentieth Century Fox
false
37
The Star Chamber
-
-
-
$5,555,305
796
$5,555,305
Aug 5
Twentieth Century Fox
false
38
Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn
-
-
-
$5,301,085
784
$5,301,085
Aug 19
Universal Pictures
false
39
Something Wicked This Way Comes
-
-
-
$5,296,151
817
$8,400,000
Apr 29
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
false
40
Gandhi
-
-
-
$4,989,772
825
$52,767,889
Dec 10
Columbia Pictures
false
41
Smokey and the Bandit Part 3
-
-
-
$4,547,712
1,119
$5,678,950
Aug 12
Universal Pictures
false
42
Curse of the Pink Panther
-
-
-
$4,491,986
812
$4,491,986
Aug 12
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
false
43
Yellowbeard
-
-
-
$4,300,000
761
$4,300,000
Jun 24
Orion Pictures
false
44
Strange Brew
-
-
-
$4,085,492
849
$8,571,374
Aug 26
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
false
45
The Hunger
-
-
-
$3,437,483
775
$5,979,292
Apr 29
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
false
46
The Outsiders
-
-
-
$2,836,759
1,002
$25,697,647
Mar 25
Warner Bros.
false
47
Yor: The Hunter from the Future
-
-
-
$2,810,199
1,425
$2,810,199
Aug 19
Columbia Pictures
false
48
Local Hero
-
-
-
$2,678,199
207
$5,895,761
Feb 18
Warner Bros.
false
49
The Man Who Wasn't There
-
-
-
$2,443,487
980
$2,443,487
Aug 12
Paramount Pictures
false
50
The Meaning of Life
-
-
-
$2,364,524
554
$14,929,552
Apr 1
Universal Pictures
false
51
Friday the 13th: Part 3
1983 Re-release
-
-
-
$2,108,548
520
$2,108,548
May 13
Paramount Pictures
false
52
The Verdict
-
-
-
$1,933,772
904
$53,977,250
Dec 10
Twentieth Century Fox
false
53
Baby It's You
-
-
-
$1,850,048
30
$1,867,792
Mar 4
Paramount Pictures
false
54
Max Dugan Returns
-
-
-
$1,551,060
801
$17,613,720
Mar 25
Twentieth Century Fox
false
55
Getting It On
-
-
-
$975,414
350
$975,414
Aug 19
-
false
56
Rocky III
1983 Re-release
-
-
-
$902,228
1,071
$902,228
May 6
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
false
57
Mortuary
-
-
-
$763,184
146
$4,319,001
Sep 2
-
false
58
Fire and Ice
-
-
-
$760,883
89
$760,883
Aug 26
Twentieth Century Fox
false
59
Lone Wolf McQuade
-
-
-
$691,526
1,221
$12,232,628
Apr 15
Orion Pictures
false
60
Poltergeist
1983 Re-release
-
-
-
$536,108
593
$536,108
May 20
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
false
61
Spring Break
-
-
-
$494,273
1,531
$24,071,666
Mar 25
Columbia Pictures
false
62
Deathstalker
-
-
-
$292,064
250
$11,919,250
Sep 2
New World Pictures
false
63
Puberty Blues
-
-
-
$237,000
1
$237,000
Jul 15
Universal Classics
false
64
Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence
-
-
-
$165,465
196
$2,306,560
Aug 26
Universal Pictures
false
65
Zelig
-
-
-
$129,912
245
$11,798,616
Jul 15
Warner Bros.
false
66
American Playhouse: The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez
-
-
-
$22,110
32
$804,963
Aug 19
Embassy Pictures
false