The Top Movies, Weekend of September 2, 1983

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Mr. Mom	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$8,221,715	+27.57%	1,362	$6,037	$31,517,392	45
2	(2)	Risky Business	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$6,327,382	+31.27%	1,119	$5,654	$36,813,213	31
3	(3)	Easy Money	Orion Pictures	Comedy	$4,073,606	-10.56%	1,112	$3,663	$19,667,232	17
4	(5)	National Lampoon's Summer Vacation	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$4,008,514	+17.53%	1,248	$3,212	$49,398,171	38
5	(6)	Return of the Jedi	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$3,509,131	+36.91%	957	$3,667	$232,256,663	103
6	(4)	Hercules	Cannon	Adventure	$2,507,262	-27.82%	1,014	$2,473	$7,082,398	10
7	(10)	Flashdance	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$2,144,957	+36.64%	792	$2,708	$81,493,245	143
8	(9)	Trading Places	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$2,066,175	+30.00%	750	$2,755	$80,625,915	89
9	(11)	Staying Alive	Paramount Pictures	Musical	$1,766,165	+31.11%	755	$2,339	$58,290,017	52
10	(13)	WarGames	MGM	Thriller/Suspense	$1,754,088	+39.55%	821	$2,137	$68,221,054	94
11	(8)	The Adventures of Bob & Doug McKenzie: Strange Brew	MGM	Comedy	$1,752,156	-8.43%	722	$2,427	$4,637,408	17
12	(7)	Cujo	Warner Bros.	Horror	$1,644,494	-15.42%	813	$2,023	$18,841,274	24
13	(23)	Smokey and the Bandit III	Universal	Comedy	$1,301,800	+494.46%	460	$2,830	$5,019,800	24
14	(14)	Zelig	Orion Pictures	Comedy	$789,180	+20.81%	63	$12,527	$4,297,806	52
15	(12)	Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn	Universal	Adventure	$770,085	-39.55%	471	$1,635	$5,301,085	17
16	(15)	Class	Orion Pictures	Comedy	$767,880	+30.07%	434	$1,769	$19,588,647	45
17	(new)	Mortuary	Artists Releasing Corporation	Horror	$763,184		146	$5,227	$763,184	3
18	(new)	Nightmares	Universal	Horror	$590,616		104	$5,679	$590,616	3
19	(16)	Private School	Universal	Comedy	$496,540	+7.36%	328	$1,514	$14,049,540	38
20	(new)	DeathStalker	New World	Action	$456,700		166	$2,751	$456,700	3
21	(17)	Jaws 3-D	Universal	Horror	$450,180	-1.28%	244	$1,845	$42,245,180	45
22	(new)	Stryker	New World	Action	$447,986		131	$3,420	$447,986	3
23	(18)	The Golden Seal	Samuel Goldwyn Films	Adventure	$305,650	-24.16%	90	$3,396	$1,400,000	17
24	(new)	Turkey Shoot	New World	Action	$269,748		133	$2,028	$269,748	3
25	(24)	Fanny and Alexander	Embassy	Drama	$249,942	+35.90%	41	$6,096	$2,844,220	80
26	(20)	The Return of Martin Guerre	European International	Drama	$244,212	-6.74%	23	$10,618	$593,370	94
27	(19)	Fire and Ice	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$241,722	-8.17%	69	$3,503	$616,271	10
28	(22)	Valley Girl	Atlantic	Comedy	$164,835	-27.52%	81	$2,035	$16,198,544	129
29	(28)	Young Warriors	Cannon	Action	$117,728	+26.56%	30	$3,924	$238,534	10
30	(27)	Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence	Universal	Drama	$112,114	+12.99%	4	$28,029	$277,579	10
31	(26)	La traviata	Universal	Musical	$110,000	+4.07%	34	$3,235	$3,112,000	136
32	(30)	The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez	Embassy	Western	$35,457	+57.29%	4	$8,864	$92,089	17
33	(29)	Daniel	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$32,497	+16.65%	1	$32,497	$83,322	10
34	(new)	Lonely Hearts	Samuel Goldwyn Films	Drama	$32,115		3	$10,705	$32,115	3
35	(31)	Puberty Blues	Universal	Comedy	$22,000	+37.50%	7	$3,143	$169,000	52