The Top Movies, Weekend of October 14, 1983

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Never Say Never Again	Warner Bros.	Action	$7,233,884	-33.99%	1,560	$4,637	$20,421,961	10
2	(2)	The Big Chill	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$3,253,763	-21.55%	727	$4,476	$13,448,866	19
3	(4)	Mr. Mom	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$1,776,643	-24.89%	1,118	$1,589	$55,356,207	87
4	(5)	Risky Business	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$1,457,762	-24.92%	1,035	$1,408	$55,912,854	73
5	(3)	Romantic Comedy	MGM/UA Classics	Comedy	$1,383,887	-41.51%	899	$1,539	$4,179,537	10
6	(7)	Brainstorm	MGM	Thriller/Suspense	$1,059,768	-13.12%	276	$3,840	$4,163,445	17
7	(6)	Revenge of the Ninja	Cannon	Action	$744,682	-40.52%	504	$1,478	$9,600,197	40
8	(10)	Flashdance	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$724,676	-15.22%	620	$1,169	$90,463,574	185
9	(9)	National Lampoon's Summer Vacation	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$636,081	-34.48%	704	$904	$60,684,903	80
10	(12)	Return of the Jedi	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$622,402	-22.66%	293	$2,124	$240,962,087	145
11	(11)	Trading Places	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$542,383	-35.20%	509	$1,066	$88,621,914	131
12	(13)	Zelig	Orion Pictures	Comedy	$537,769	-29.84%	242	$2,222	$9,772,241	94
13	(15)	DeathStalker	New World	Action	$517,376	-9.08%	237	$2,183	$4,461,486	45
14	(16)	Easy Money	Orion Pictures	Comedy	$485,069	-11.24%	500	$970	$28,835,690	59
15	(17)	Eddie and the Cruisers	Embassy	Drama	$404,775	-25.64%	410	$987	$3,992,839	24
16	(14)	WarGames	MGM	Thriller/Suspense	$343,792	-42.75%	443	$776	$73,780,224	136
17	(18)	Staying Alive	Paramount Pictures	Musical	$336,618	-25.97%	346	$973	$63,841,474	94
18	(21)	Rear Window	USA Films	Thriller/Suspense	$247,099	+7.43%	21	$11,767	$906,417	10,638
19	(new)	Possession	Limelight International	Horror	$224,489		69	$3,253	$224,489	3
20	(20)	Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence	Universal	Drama	$217,560	-8.97%	196	$1,110	$2,306,560	52
21	(37)	Rumble Fish	Universal	Drama	$150,653	+693.54%	14	$10,761	$178,169	10
22	(24)	Fanny and Alexander	Embassy	Drama	$129,676	-27.35%	59	$2,198	$3,995,073	122
23	(25)	Educating Rita	Columbia	Drama	$128,729	-5.98%	18	$7,152	$588,897	26
24	(26)	The Return of Martin Guerre	European International	Drama	$111,890	-10.13%	37	$3,024	$1,578,067	136
25	(23)	The Golden Seal	Samuel Goldwyn Films	Adventure	$102,000	-44.01%	138	$739	$2,763,908	59
26	(38)	Valley Girl	Atlantic	Comedy	$101,007	+573.38%	60	$1,683	$16,672,829	171
27	(29)	The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez	Embassy	Western	$80,840	+30.24%	32	$2,526	$419,599	59
28	(33)	Never Cry Wolf	Buena Vista	Drama	$74,624	+105.10%	3	$24,875	$119,359	10
29	(30)	Heat and Dust	Universal	Drama	$66,604	+8.23%	10	$6,660	$294,748	32
30	(31)	The Smurfs and the Magic Flute	Atlantic	Adventure	$49,477	-17.44%	15	$3,298	$129,382	10
31	(32)	Lonely Hearts	Samuel Goldwyn Films	Drama	$34,000	-25.77%	11	$3,091	$403,691	45
32	(34)	Cross Creek	Universal	Drama	$27,461	-13.99%	6	$4,577	$136,000	26
33	(35)	The Prey	New World	Horror	$11,622	-59.28%	12	$969	$49,677	10
34	(22)	Turkey Shoot	New World	Action	$11,015	-94.29%	13	$847	$1,194,162	45
35	(36)	Hanna K.	Universal	Drama	$8,321	-58.90%	2	$4,161	$72,000	17