Domestic 1983 Week 18
May 6-12, 1983
Key:New This Week
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Flashdance | $4,884,187 | -14% | 1,085 | -55 | $4,501 | $21,823,734 | 4 | Paramount Pictures |
| 2 | - | Doctor Detroit | $4,466,366 | - | 1,343 | - | $3,325 | $4,466,366 | 1 | Universal Pictures |
| 3 | - | Still Smokin | $4,144,610 | - | 710 | - | $5,837 | $4,144,610 | 1 | Paramount Pictures |
| 4 | - | Porky's 1983 Re-release | $2,990,570 | - | 1,192 | - | $2,508 | $2,990,570 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 5 | 5 | Tootsie | $1,842,180 | -25.6% | 805 | -60 | $2,288 | $163,780,434 | 21 | Columbia Pictures |
| 6 | 3 | Valley Girl | $1,809,539 | -30% | 395 | -47 | $4,581 | $4,392,750 | 2 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation |
| 7 | 2 | Something Wicked This Way Comes | $1,791,776 | -42.3% | 793 | -24 | $2,259 | $4,895,625 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 8 | 4 | The Hunger | $1,439,990 | -43.3% | 762 | -13 | $1,889 | $3,981,799 | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 9 | 8 | Gandhi | $1,113,439 | -33% | 411 | -168 | $2,709 | $48,891,556 | 22 | Columbia Pictures |
| 10 | 10 | My Tutor | $988,900 | -23.1% | 462 | -13 | $2,140 | $10,185,694 | 10 | Crown |
| 11 | 9 | The Outsiders | $955,555 | -32.1% | 604 | -102 | $1,582 | $23,816,443 | 7 | Warner Bros. |
| 12 | - | Rocky III 1983 Re-release | $902,228 | - | 1,071 | - | $842 | $902,228 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 13 | 12 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | $708,336 | -35.1% | 413 | -89 | $1,715 | $347,989,771 | 48 | Universal Pictures |
| 14 | 6 | Lone Wolf McQuade | $691,526 | -65.5% | 560 | -324 | $1,234 | $12,232,628 | 4 | Orion Pictures |
| 15 | 14 | Local Hero | $654,154 | -18.4% | 184 | -6 | $3,555 | $3,871,716 | 12 | Warner Bros. |
