The Top Movies, Weekend of December 23, 1983

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Sudden Impact	Warner Bros.	Action	$5,957,766	-16.60%	1,602	$3,719	$30,107,952	17
2	(3)	Terms of Endearment	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$4,290,254	+25.40%	1,027	$4,177	$25,772,891	33
3	(2)	Scarface	Universal	Drama	$3,542,112	+1.56%	1,004	$3,528	$15,368,860	17
4	(4)	Two of a Kind	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$2,648,162	-20.83%	1,278	$2,072	$7,795,982	10
5	(6)	Yentl	MGM/UA Classics	Musical	$2,637,657	+20.73%	508	$5,192	$11,834,972	38
6	(5)	Uncommon Valor	Paramount Pictures	Action	$2,609,423	-17.01%	1,066	$2,448	$7,317,070	10
7	(7)	The Rescuers	Buena Vista	Adventure	$2,503,909	+18.58%	1,040	$2,408	$6,478,064	2,378
8	(15)	The Smurfs and the Magic Flute	Atlantic	Adventure	$1,881,360	+123.04%	420	$4,479	$8,600,748	80
9	(8)	Christine	Sony Pictures	Horror	$1,851,909	-10.04%	1,101	$1,682	$9,294,097	17
10	(9)	D.C. Cab	Universal	Comedy	$1,748,000	+11.73%	874	$2,000	$4,028,649	10
11	(14)	To Be or Not to Be	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$1,659,470	+62.54%	645	$2,573	$3,346,839	10
12	(11)	Gorky Park	Orion Pictures	Drama	$1,545,936	+19.77%	631	$2,450	$3,556,982	10
13	(12)	Silkwood	20th Century Fox	Drama	$1,431,199	+17.47%	257	$5,569	$3,699,005	12
14	(10)	The Man Who Loved Women	Columbia	Comedy	$1,358,013	+0.82%	845	$1,607	$3,379,015	10
15	(19)	Return of the Jedi	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$1,213,489	+543.09%	1,031	$1,177	$246,174,591	215
16	(16)	A Christmas Story	MGM	Comedy	$690,925	+19.00%	796	$868	$14,908,185	38
17	(17)	The Big Chill	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$562,193	+24.28%	356	$1,579	$41,727,992	89
18	(13)	The Keep	Paramount Pictures	Horror	$549,704	-46.75%	509	$1,080	$1,982,385	10
19	(18)	Never Say Never Again	Warner Bros.	Action	$412,851	+57.23%	505	$818	$52,343,016	80
20	(21)	Never Cry Wolf	Buena Vista	Drama	$279,239	+67.41%	47	$5,941	$6,685,810	80
21	(20)	The Right Stuff	Warner Bros.	Action	$277,034	+61.93%	91	$3,044	$12,595,060	66
22	(re-entry)	Vertigo	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$151,941		22	$6,906	$315,514	9,362
23	(22)	Educating Rita	Columbia	Drama	$130,567	-10.05%	84	$1,554	$9,772,199	96
24	(24)	Rear Window	USA Films	Thriller/Suspense	$129,600	+66.15%	45	$2,880	$4,245,652	10,708
25	(30)	Experience Preferred	Samuel Goldwyn Films	Drama	$53,244	+367.59%	15	$3,550	$306,771	52
26	(26)	Star 80	Warner Bros.	Drama	$51,055	+11.86%	13	$3,927	$1,307,597	46
27	(31)	Fanny and Alexander	Embassy	Drama	$40,200	+685.92%	15	$2,680	$4,884,200	192
28	(27)	The Dresser	Columbia	Drama	$39,520	+23.00%	3	$13,173	$181,493	20
29	(28)	The Return of Martin Guerre	European International	Drama	$31,807	+9.16%	11	$2,892	$2,456,650	206
30	(29)	The Golden Seal	Samuel Goldwyn Films	Adventure	$26,160	+23.69%	35	$747	$6,609,870	129
31	(32)	Lonely Hearts	Samuel Goldwyn Films	Drama	$7,070	+113.40%	2	$3,535	$674,927	115