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Rank Film Title Distributor Genre Weekend B.O. % Change Engmts. Eng. Avg. B.O. Cume Days
1. Star Wars: Ep. VI - Return Of The Jedi 20th Century Fox Fantasy $30,490,619 0 1002 $30,430 $52,810,693 1
2. Blue Thunder Columbia Action $6,239,999 1 1555 $4,013 $27,211,806 15
3. Flashdance Paramount Drama $4,665,930 32 1015 $4,597 $37,801,701 43
4. Spacehunter: Adventures Forbidden Zone Columbia Science Fiction $4,576,732 -35 1344 $3,405 $13,982,811 8
5. Breathless Orion Action $3,367,492 -11 1073 $3,138 $15,244,792 15
6. Tootsie Columbia Romantic Comedy $2,439,315 100 835 $2,921 $170,262,037 162
7. Chained Heat Jensen-Farley Drama $2,252,682 0 404 $5,576 $3,571,172 1
8. Cheech & Chong's Still Smokin' Paramount Comedy $2,139,772 44 730 $2,931 $11,295,476 22
9. E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982) Universal Family $2,061,108 113 786 $2,622 $357,956,000 351
10. My Tutor Crown Comedy $1,411,824 -40 493 $2,864 $17,399,372 85
11. Valley Girl (1983) Atlantic Romantic Comedy $1,180,006 -27 364 $3,242 $9,625,395 29
12. Doctor Detroit Universal Comedy $1,027,893 -28 539 $1,907 $10,375,893 22
13. Gandhi Columbia Drama $827,377 42 305 $2,713 $51,857,880 169
14. Local Hero Warner Bros. Comedy $575,767 26 173 $3,328 $5,895,761 99
15. 48 Hrs. Paramount Action $476,530 2 262 $1,819 $76,095,108 169
16. Outsiders, The Warner Bros. Drama $428,517 -9 352 $1,217 $25,697,647 64
17. High Road To China Warner Bros. Adventure $415,174 9 363 $1,144 $28,445,927 71
18. Officer And A Gentleman, An Paramount Drama $414,492 27 235 $1,764 $127,489,527 302
19. Monty Python's The Meaning Of Life Universal Comedy $407,600 9 220 $1,853 $14,929,552 57
20. Traviata, La (1983) Universal Classics Drama $165,578 146 20 $8,279 $748,070 36
21. Baby It's You Paramount Romantic Comedy $155,982 23 26 $5,999 $959,023 85
22. Man From Snowy River, The 20th Century Fox Drama $146,325 23 137 $1,068 $20,239,242 204


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