Domestic 1983 Week 20
May 20-26, 1983
Key:New This Week
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi | $10,640,780 | - | 1,002 | - | $10,619 | $10,640,780 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 2 | - | Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone | $8,771,612 | - | 1,338 | - | $6,555 | $8,771,612 | 1 | Columbia Pictures |
| 3 | 1 | Blue Thunder | $8,377,703 | -26% | 1,539 | - | $5,443 | $19,702,710 | 2 | Columbia Pictures |
| 4 | 3 | Flashdance | $5,085,796 | +1.5% | 1,015 | +45 | $5,010 | $31,918,459 | 6 | Paramount Pictures |
| 5 | 2 | Breathless | $4,987,809 | -18.7% | 1,166 | +5 | $4,277 | $11,119,871 | 2 | Orion Pictures |
| 6 | 10 | My Tutor | $3,193,157 | +278.4% | 500 | +181 | $6,386 | $14,222,766 | 12 | Crown |
| 7 | 8 | Valley Girl | $2,047,186 | +19.7% | 342 | +115 | $5,985 | $8,150,387 | 4 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation |
| 8 | 5 | Still Smokin | $1,975,726 | -22.8% | 663 | -31 | $2,979 | $8,679,466 | 3 | Paramount Pictures |
| 9 | 7 | Tootsie | $1,752,518 | -8.4% | 689 | -70 | $2,543 | $167,445,555 | 23 | Columbia Pictures |
| 10 | 4 | Doctor Detroit | $1,650,000 | -48.9% | 795 | -514 | $2,075 | $9,348,000 | 3 | Universal Pictures |
| 11 | 12 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | $1,067,407 | +44.4% | 459 | +98 | $2,325 | $349,796,275 | 50 | Universal Pictures |
| 12 | 9 | Gandhi | $926,380 | -9.6% | 346 | -44 | $2,677 | $50,842,490 | 24 | Columbia Pictures |
| 13 | 13 | The Outsiders | $638,061 | -9.1% | 482 | -20 | $1,323 | $25,156,163 | 9 | Warner Bros. |
| 14 | 14 | Local Hero | $635,430 | -7.2% | 198 | -9 | $3,209 | $5,191,596 | 14 | Warner Bros. |
| 15 | - | Poltergeist 1983 Re-release | $536,108 | - | 593 | - | $904 | $536,108 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
