Top Movies of 1983 - Best Box Office Performers

Rank	Title	Language	Genre(s)	Domestic	Worldwide
1	Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi	UK	Action Adventure Sci-Fi	$316,566,101	$482,466,382
2	Terms of Endearment	UK	Drama Comedy Romance	$108,423,489	$108,423,749
3	Flashdance	UK	Drama Romance Music	$92,921,203	$92,921,203
4	Trading Places	UK	Comedy	$90,404,800	$90,404,800
5	Jaws 3-D	UK	Adventure Thriller Horror	$45,517,055	$87,987,055
6	Superman III	UK	Action Adventure Sci-Fi	$59,950,623	$80,250,623
7	WarGames	UK	Sci-Fi Thriller	$79,567,667	$79,567,667
8	Octopussy	UK	Action Adventure Thriller	$67,893,619	$67,917,359
9	Sudden Impact	UK	Action Thriller Crime	$67,642,693	$67,642,693
10	Staying Alive	IN	Drama Music	$64,892,670	$64,893,329
11	Mr. Mom	UK	Drama Comedy	$64,783,827	$64,783,827
12	Risky Business	UK	Drama Comedy	$63,541,777	$63,542,350
13	National Lampoon's Vacation	UK	Adventure Comedy Romance	$61,418,063	$61,418,362
14	The Big Chill	UK	Drama Comedy	$56,399,659	$56,399,735
15	Never Say Never Again	UK	Action Adventure Thriller	$55,432,841	$55,433,185
16	Gandhi	UK	Biography Drama History	$52,767,889	$52,768,419
17	Blue Thunder	UK	Action Sci-Fi Drama	$42,313,354	$42,313,354
18	Silkwood	UK	Biography Drama Thriller	$35,615,609	$35,616,970
19	Psycho II	UK	Mystery Thriller Horror	$34,725,000	$34,725,000
20	Porky's II: The Next Day	UK	Comedy	$33,759,266	$33,759,266
21	Uncommon Valor	UK	Action Drama Thriller	$30,503,151	$30,503,151
22	Twilight Zone: The Movie	UK	Sci-Fi Thriller Fantasy	$29,450,919	$29,450,919
23	Easy Money	UK	Comedy	$29,309,766	$29,309,766
24	High Road to China	UK	Adventure Drama Romance	$28,445,927	$28,445,927
25	The Outsiders	UK	Drama Romance Crime	$25,837,195	$25,839,182
26	Spring Break	UK	Comedy Romance	$24,071,666	$24,071,666
27	Two of a Kind		Fantasy Comedy Romance	$23,646,952	$23,646,952
28	My Tutor	KR	Comedy	$22,587,834	$22,587,834
29	Class	UK	Drama Comedy Romance	$21,667,789	$21,667,789
30	The Right Stuff	UK	Adventure Biography Drama	$21,192,102	$21,192,315
31	Cujo	UK	Thriller Horror	$21,156,152	$21,156,152
32	Christine	UK	Horror	$21,017,849	$21,045,763
33	A Christmas Story	UK	Comedy Family	$20,778,141	$20,792,689
34	The Dead Zone	UK	Drama Thriller Fantasy	$20,766,616	$20,766,616
35	The Evil Dead		Horror	$20,766,616	$20,766,616
36	Breathless	ES	Action Drama Thriller	$19,910,002	$19,910,002
37	Valley Girl	UK	Comedy Romance	$17,343,596	$17,344,144
38	All the Right Moves	UK	Drama Sport Romance	$17,233,166	$17,233,166
39	Krull	UK	Action Adventure Fantasy	$16,916,617	$16,916,617
40	D.C. Cab	UK	Action Comedy	$16,134,627	$16,134,627
41	Gorky Park	UK	Drama Mystery Thriller	$15,856,028	$15,856,028
42	Still Smokin		Comedy Music	$15,543,710	$15,543,710
43	The Meaning of Life	UK	Comedy Musical	$14,929,552	$14,949,697
44	Educating Rita	UK	Drama Comedy	$14,648,076	$14,648,076
45	Private School	UK	Comedy Romance	$14,049,540	$14,049,540
46	The Entity		Biography Drama Horror	$13,277,558	$13,277,558
47	Revenge of the Ninja	UK	Action Drama Thriller	$13,168,027	$13,168,027
48	To Be or Not to Be	UK	Comedy	$13,030,214	$13,030,214
49	Stroker Ace	UK	Action Sport Comedy	$13,000,000	$13,000,000
50	Lone Wolf McQuade	UK	Action Drama Thriller	$12,232,628	$12,232,628

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