The Top Movies, Weekend of September 23, 1983

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Mr. Mom	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$3,207,199	-16.91%	1,341	$2,392	$46,754,021	66
2	(2)	Risky Business	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$2,430,800	-15.17%	1,137	$2,138	$48,665,872	52
3	(4)	National Lampoon's Summer Vacation	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$1,502,252	-16.57%	1,104	$1,361	$56,991,352	59
4	(new)	Eddie and the Cruisers	Embassy	Drama	$1,444,886		475	$3,042	$1,444,886	3
5	(3)	Revenge of the Ninja	Cannon	Action	$1,239,293	-41.38%	426	$2,909	$4,767,853	19
6	(7)	Flashdance	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$1,186,594	-13.08%	838	$1,416	$87,014,585	164
7	(20)	Zelig	Orion Pictures	Comedy	$1,148,576	+218.96%	210	$5,469	$6,763,952	73
8	(5)	Easy Money	Orion Pictures	Comedy	$1,132,067	-26.95%	778	$1,455	$26,325,369	38
9	(8)	Return of the Jedi	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$1,093,199	-18.80%	496	$2,204	$237,883,852	124
10	(9)	Trading Places	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$1,038,479	-11.58%	698	$1,488	$85,285,760	110
11	(10)	Staying Alive	Paramount Pictures	Musical	$733,168	-22.25%	581	$1,262	$62,021,021	73
12	(6)	Nightmares	Universal	Horror	$715,680	-51.44%	504	$1,420	$6,670,680	24
13	(11)	WarGames	MGM	Thriller/Suspense	$710,786	-13.53%	745	$954	$71,654,691	115
14	(new)	Pieces	Film Ventures International	Horror	$604,510		104	$5,813	$604,510	3
15	(14)	DeathStalker	New World	Action	$518,732	-7.93%	209	$2,482	$2,181,951	24
16	(12)	Who Dares Wins	MGM/UA Classics	Action	$451,378	-39.84%	296	$1,525	$1,462,099	10
17	(19)	Class	Orion Pictures	Comedy	$374,039	+0.39%	413	$906	$21,269,114	66
18	(13)	Strange Invaders	Orion Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$338,134	-48.41%	196	$1,725	$1,185,620	10
19	(17)	The Adventures of Bob & Doug McKenzie: Strange Brew	MGM	Comedy	$334,076	-28.88%	325	$1,028	$7,035,618	38
20	(16)	Cujo	Warner Bros.	Horror	$319,671	-34.59%	397	$805	$21,156,152	45
21	(21)	Octopussy	MGM	Action	$296,741	-12.15%	417	$712	$62,440,579	108
22	(18)	Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence	Universal	Drama	$291,970	-32.24%	70	$4,171	$1,284,970	31
23	(15)	Hercules	Cannon	Adventure	$246,264	-51.43%	336	$733	$9,466,655	31
24	(27)	The Golden Seal	Samuel Goldwyn Films	Adventure	$169,460	+63.84%	175	$968	$2,205,460	38
25	(23)	Turkey Shoot	New World	Action	$156,397	-14.81%	140	$1,117	$918,159	24
26	(25)	The Return of Martin Guerre	European International	Drama	$135,522	+14.36%	23	$5,892	$1,134,795	115
27	(35)	Daniel	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$127,614	+768.60%	18	$7,090	$276,814	31
28	(new)	Last Plane Out	New World		$115,475		78	$1,480	$115,475	3
29	(26)	Fanny and Alexander	Embassy	Drama	$100,377	-13.90%	34	$2,952	$3,357,334	101
30	(new)	Educating Rita	Columbia	Drama	$73,518		3	$24,506	$128,096	5
31	(29)	La traviata	Universal	Musical	$54,000	-10.00%	32	$1,688	$3,425,000	157
32	(31)	Lonely Hearts	Samuel Goldwyn Films	Drama	$41,231	-15.03%	8	$5,154	$235,741	24
33	(28)	Valley Girl	Atlantic	Comedy	$37,000	-55.03%	35	$1,057	$16,440,467	150
34	(32)	Heat and Dust	Universal	Drama	$25,000	-30.71%	1	$25,000	$80,000	11
35	(33)	The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez	Embassy	Western	$17,305	-13.13%	4	$4,326	$170,081	38
36	(new)	Cross Creek	Universal	Drama	$16,551		1	$16,551	$22,254	5
37	(34)	Puberty Blues	Universal	Comedy	$12,000	-20.00%	7	$1,714	$237,000	73