The Top Movies, Weekend of September 30, 1983

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	The Big Chill	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$3,662,152		722	$5,072	$3,821,920	5
2	(1)	Mr. Mom	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$2,678,818	-16.47%	1,306	$2,051	$50,171,375	73
3	(new)	The Honorary Consul	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$2,208,976		700	$3,156	$2,208,976	3
4	(2)	Risky Business	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$2,158,213	-11.21%	1,111	$1,943	$51,514,198	59
5	(5)	Revenge of the Ninja	Cannon	Action	$1,666,222	+34.45%	495	$3,366	$6,815,957	26
6	(new)	The Lonely Lady	Universal	Drama	$1,223,220		703	$1,740	$1,223,220	3
7	(new)	Brainstorm	MGM	Thriller/Suspense	$1,196,965		169	$7,083	$1,196,965	3
8	(10)	Trading Places	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$1,185,709	+14.18%	790	$1,501	$86,757,964	117
9	(3)	National Lampoon's Summer Vacation	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$1,080,602	-28.07%	935	$1,156	$58,526,630	66
10	(6)	Flashdance	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$936,451	-21.08%	795	$1,178	$88,347,294	171
11	(9)	Return of the Jedi	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$917,828	-16.04%	373	$2,461	$239,135,743	131
12	(4)	Eddie and the Cruisers	Embassy	Drama	$913,262	-36.79%	471	$1,939	$2,724,277	10
13	(7)	Zelig	Orion Pictures	Comedy	$905,416	-21.17%	218	$4,153	$8,060,138	80
14	(8)	Easy Money	Orion Pictures	Comedy	$770,182	-31.97%	661	$1,165	$27,427,435	45
15	(13)	WarGames	MGM	Thriller/Suspense	$673,089	-5.30%	681	$988	$72,543,805	122
16	(11)	Staying Alive	Paramount Pictures	Musical	$531,472	-27.51%	500	$1,063	$62,774,805	80
17	(15)	DeathStalker	New World	Action	$516,822	-0.37%	218	$2,371	$2,925,516	31
18	(14)	Pieces	Film Ventures International	Horror	$445,036	-26.38%	92	$4,837	$1,198,346	10
19	(22)	Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence	Universal	Drama	$309,918	+6.15%	157	$1,974	$1,695,915	38
20	(17)	Class	Orion Pictures	Comedy	$275,044	-26.47%	316	$870	$21,667,789	73
21	(re-entry)	Rear Window	USA Films	Thriller/Suspense	$234,258		21	$11,155	$234,258	10,624
22	(29)	Fanny and Alexander	Embassy	Drama	$189,205	+88.49%	62	$3,052	$3,588,754	108
23	(16)	Who Dares Wins	MGM/UA Classics	Action	$151,327	-66.47%	78	$1,940	$1,788,393	17
24	(26)	The Return of Martin Guerre	European International	Drama	$142,334	+5.03%	32	$4,448	$1,320,867	122
25	(18)	Strange Invaders	Orion Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$86,315	-74.47%	59	$1,463	$1,362,303	17
26	(24)	The Golden Seal	Samuel Goldwyn Films	Adventure	$83,158	-50.93%	107	$777	$2,368,742	45
27	(30)	Educating Rita	Columbia	Drama	$82,018	+11.56%	3	$27,339	$255,418	12
28	(27)	Daniel	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$72,828	-42.93%	19	$3,833	$394,017	38
29	(33)	Valley Girl	Atlantic	Comedy	$68,016	+83.83%	48	$1,417	$16,517,975	157
30	(35)	The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez	Embassy	Western	$64,588	+273.23%	24	$2,691	$241,678	45
31	(31)	La traviata	Universal	Musical	$61,920	+14.67%	36	$1,720	$3,493,000	164
32	(32)	Lonely Hearts	Samuel Goldwyn Films	Drama	$46,207	+12.07%	12	$3,851	$297,881	31
33	(36)	Cross Creek	Universal	Drama	$30,469	+84.09%	4	$7,617	$60,421	12
34	(34)	Heat and Dust	Universal	Drama	$20,521	-17.92%	1	$20,521	$113,904	18
35	(new)	Hanna K.	Universal	Drama	$14,336		1	$14,336	$14,336	3