The Top Movies, Weekend of September 9, 1983

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Mr. Mom	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$4,686,652	-43.00%	1,349	$3,474	$37,545,298	52
2	(2)	Risky Business	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$3,332,184	-47.34%	1,120	$2,975	$41,391,559	38
3	(18)	Nightmares	Universal	Horror	$2,572,750	+335.60%	1,025	$2,510	$3,279,750	10
4	(4)	National Lampoon's Summer Vacation	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$2,271,155	-43.34%	1,193	$1,904	$52,421,040	45
5	(3)	Easy Money	Orion Pictures	Comedy	$2,037,526	-49.98%	1,048	$1,944	$22,492,567	24
6	(5)	Return of the Jedi	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$1,621,851	-53.78%	715	$2,268	$234,515,987	110
7	(7)	Flashdance	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$1,425,850	-33.53%	860	$1,658	$83,396,837	150
8	(8)	Trading Places	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$1,279,288	-38.08%	750	$1,706	$82,263,931	96
9	(9)	Staying Alive	Paramount Pictures	Musical	$1,018,978	-42.31%	700	$1,456	$59,661,048	59
10	(10)	WarGames	MGM	Thriller/Suspense	$964,876	-44.99%	849	$1,136	$69,524,010	101
11	(6)	Hercules	Cannon	Adventure	$880,253	-64.89%	667	$1,320	$8,327,015	17
12	(11)	The Adventures of Bob & Doug McKenzie: Strange Brew	MGM	Comedy	$851,185	-51.42%	516	$1,650	$5,836,859	24
13	(12)	Cujo	Warner Bros.	Horror	$731,462	-55.52%	650	$1,125	$19,905,066	31
14	(new)	Revenge of the Ninja	Cannon	Action	$509,106		93	$5,474	$656,897	5
15	(13)	Smokey and the Bandit III	Universal	Comedy	$508,950	-60.90%	377	$1,350	$5,678,950	31
16	(14)	Zelig	Orion Pictures	Comedy	$502,143	-36.37%	71	$7,072	$4,967,508	59
17	(16)	Class	Orion Pictures	Comedy	$471,479	-38.60%	453	$1,041	$20,229,639	52
18	(re-entry)	Octopussy	MGM	Action	$371,459		586	$634	$61,502,104	94
19	(17)	Mortuary	Artists Releasing Corporation	Horror	$367,944	-51.79%	113	$3,256	$1,307,205	10
20	(20)	DeathStalker	New World	Action	$184,000	-59.71%	141	$1,305	$695,115	10
21	(re-entry)	Deadly Force	Embassy	Action	$169,236		88	$1,923	$169,236	59
22	(23)	The Golden Seal	Samuel Goldwyn Films	Adventure	$160,512	-47.49%	100	$1,605	$1,770,785	24
23	(26)	The Return of Martin Guerre	European International	Drama	$159,136	-34.84%	21	$7,578	$813,559	101
24	(25)	Fanny and Alexander	Embassy	Drama	$137,312	-45.06%	35	$3,923	$3,038,243	87
25	(24)	Turkey Shoot	New World	Action	$126,350	-53.16%	116	$1,089	$486,690	10
26	(27)	Fire and Ice	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$94,774	-60.79%	53	$1,788	$760,883	17
27	(22)	Stryker	New World	Action	$93,034	-79.23%	45	$2,067	$667,668	10
28	(31)	La traviata	Universal	Musical	$67,000	-39.09%	35	$1,914	$3,214,000	143
29	(34)	Lonely Hearts	Samuel Goldwyn Films	Drama	$63,423	+97.49%	7	$9,060	$101,592	10
30	(30)	Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence	Universal	Drama	$58,094	-48.18%	4	$14,524	$369,501	17
31	(28)	Valley Girl	Atlantic	Comedy	$56,421	-65.77%	48	$1,175	$16,286,362	136
32	(33)	Daniel	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$19,915	-38.72%	1	$19,915	$113,534	17
33	(35)	Puberty Blues	Universal	Comedy	$19,000	-13.64%	9	$2,111	$197,000	59
34	(32)	The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez	Embassy	Western	$18,070	-49.04%	3	$6,023	$117,827	24