List of 1983 box office number-one films in the United States

This is a list of films which have placed number one at the weekend box office in the United States during 1983.

#	Weekend end date	Film	Box office	Notes
1	January 9, 1983	Tootsie	$10,553,448
2	January 16, 1983	Tootsie	$9,487,210
3	January 23, 1983	Tootsie	$8,407,104
4	January 30, 1983	Tootsie	$7,325,537
5	February 6, 1983	Tootsie	$6,523,267
6	February 13, 1983	Tootsie	$4,747,425
7	February 21, 1983^{4-day weekend}	Tootsie	$7,524,261
8	February 27, 1983	Tootsie	$5,236,117
9	March 6, 1983	Tootsie	$4,349,058
10	March 13, 1983	Tootsie	$4,044,440
11	March 20, 1983	High Road to China	$6,156,049
12	March 27, 1983	Spring Break	$5,908,574
13	April 3, 1983	Spring Break	$4,448,821
14	April 10, 1983	Tootsie	$3,430,963	Tootsie reclaimed #1 in seventeenth weekend of release.
15	April 17, 1983	Lone Wolf McQuade	$4,295,300
16	April 24, 1983	Flashdance	$4,085,494	Flashdance reached #1 in its second weekend of release.
17	May 1, 1983	Flashdance	$4,095,000
18	May 8, 1983	Flashdance	$3,385,578
19	May 15, 1983	Blue Thunder	$8,258,149
20	May 22, 1983	Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone	$7,053,016
21	May 30, 1983^{4-day weekend}	Return of the Jedi	$30,490,619	Return of the Jedi had the highest weekend debut of 1983.
22	June 5, 1983	Return of the Jedi	$17,229,694
23	June 12, 1983	Return of the Jedi	$11,995,064
24	June 19, 1983	Superman III	$13,352,357
25	June 26, 1983	Return of the Jedi	$11,127,915	Return of the Jedi reclaimed #1 in fifth weekend of release
26	July 4, 1983^{4-day weekend}	Return of the Jedi	$12,038,626
27	July 10, 1983	Return of the Jedi	$7,337,926
28	July 17, 1983	Staying Alive	$12,146,143
29	July 24, 1983	Jaws 3-D	$13,422,500	Jaws 3-D broke Friday the 13th Part III's ($9.40 million) record for highest weekend debut for a 3-D film.
30	July 31, 1983	National Lampoon's Vacation	$8,333,358
31	August 7, 1983	National Lampoon's Vacation	$7,191,832
32	August 14, 1983	National Lampoon's Vacation	$6,161,649
33	August 21, 1983	Easy Money	$5,844,974
34	August 28, 1983	Mr. Mom	$6,445,106	Mr. Mom reached #1 in its second weekend of release.
35	September 5, 1983^{4-day weekend}	Mr. Mom	$8,221,715
36	September 11, 1983	Mr. Mom	$4,686,652
37	September 18, 1983	Mr. Mom	$3,860,064
38	September 25, 1983	Mr. Mom	$3,207,199
39	October 2, 1983	The Big Chill	$3,662,152
40	October 10, 1983^{4-day weekend}	Never Say Never Again	$10,958,157
41	October 16, 1983	Never Say Never Again	$7,233,884
42	October 23, 1983	Never Say Never Again	$6,011,610
43	October 30, 1983	Never Say Never Again	$3,781,141
44	November 6, 1983	Deal of the Century	$3,520,605
45	November 13, 1983	The Big Chill	$2,929,243	The Big Chill reclaimed #1 in seventh weekend of release.
46	November 20, 1983	Amityville 3-D	$2,366,472
47	November 27, 1983	A Christmas Story	$3,935,944	A Christmas Story reached #1 in its second weekend of release.
48	December 4, 1983	Terms of Endearment	$3,125,453	Terms of Endearment reached #1 in its second weekend of release.
49	December 11, 1983	Sudden Impact	$9,688,561	Sudden Impact broke The Toy''s record ($6.3 million) for the highest weekend debut in December.
50	December 18, 1983	Sudden Impact	$7,143,953
51	December 26, 1983^{4-day weekend}	Sudden Impact	$5,957,766
52	January 2, 1984^{4-day weekend}	Terms of Endearment	$9,058,537	Terms of Endearment reclaimed #1 in sixth weekend of release.

References

Box Office Mojo Weekend Charts for 1983, weekend 1 to 52. Retrieved 2008-06-15

List of 1983 box office number-one films in the United States

References

See also