Top Grossing Comedy Movies in 1983
| Rank | Title | Language | Domestic | Worldwide |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Terms of Endearment |  EN | $108,423,489 | $108,423,749 |
| 2 | Trading Places | EN | $90,404,800 | $90,404,800 |
| 3 | Superman III | EN | $59,950,623 | $80,250,623 |
| 4 | Mr. Mom | EN | $64,783,827 | $64,783,827 |
| 5 | Risky Business | EN | $63,541,777 | $63,542,350 |
| 6 | National Lampoon's Vacation | EN | $61,418,063 | $61,418,362 |
| 7 | The Big Chill | EN | $56,399,659 | $56,399,792 |
| 8 | Porky's II: The Next Day | EN | $33,759,266 | $33,759,266 |
| 9 | Easy Money | EN | $29,309,766 | $29,309,766 |
| 10 | Spring Break | EN | $24,071,666 | $24,071,666 |
| 11 | Two of a Kind | $23,646,952 | $23,646,952 | |
| 12 | My Tutor |  KR | $22,587,834 | $22,587,834 |
| 13 | Class | EN | $21,667,789 | $21,667,789 |
| 14 | A Christmas Story | EN | $20,778,141 | $20,792,689 |
| 15 | Max Dugan Returns | EN | $17,613,720 | $17,613,720 |
| 16 | Valley Girl | EN | $17,343,596 | $17,344,144 |
| 17 | Richard Pryor: Here and Now | EN | $16,156,776 | $16,156,776 |
| 18 | D.C. Cab | EN | $16,134,627 | $16,134,627 |
| 19 | Still Smokin | $15,543,710 | $15,543,710 | |
| 20 | Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life | EN | $14,929,552 | $14,949,697 |
| 21 | The Meaning of Life | EN | $14,929,552 | $14,949,697 |
| 22 | Educating Rita | EN | $14,648,076 | $14,648,076 |
| 23 | Private School | EN | $14,049,540 | $14,049,540 |
| 24 | The Survivors | EN | $14,000,000 | $14,000,000 |
| 25 | To Be or Not to Be | EN | $13,030,214 | $13,030,214 |
| 26 | Stroker Ace | EN | $13,000,000 | $13,000,000 |
| 27 | Zelig | EN | $11,798,616 | $11,798,616 |
| 28 | The Man Who Loved Women | EN | $10,964,740 | $10,964,740 |
| 29 | Doctor Detroit | EN | $10,375,893 | $10,375,893 |
| 30 | Deal of the Century | EN | $10,369,581 | $10,369,581 |
| 31 | The Man with Two Brains | EN | $10,353,438 | $10,353,438 |
| 32 | Lovesick | EN | $10,171,304 | $10,171,304 |
| 33 | Strange Brew | EN | $8,571,374 | $8,571,374 |
| 34 | Romantic Comedy | EN | $6,857,733 | $6,857,733 |
| 35 | The Sting II | EN | $6,347,072 | $6,347,072 |
| 36 | Local Hero | EN | $5,895,761 | $5,998,640 |
| 37 | A Night in Heaven | EN | $5,563,663 | $5,563,663 |
| 38 | Curse of the Pink Panther | EN | $4,491,986 | $4,491,986 |
| 39 | Trenchcoat | EN | $4,304,286 | $4,304,286 |
| 40 | Yellowbeard | EN | $4,300,000 | $4,300,000 |
| 41 | Joysticks | EN | $3,952,448 | $3,952,448 |
| 42 | The King of Comedy | EN | $2,536,242 | $2,537,298 |
| 43 | The Man Who Wasn’t There | EN | $2,443,487 | $2,443,487 |
| 44 | Screwballs | EN | $2,082,215 | $2,082,215 |
| 45 | Get Crazy | EN | $1,645,711 | $1,645,711 |
| 46 | Losin' It | EN | $1,246,141 | $1,246,141 |
| 47 | Getting It On | EN | $975,414 | $975,414 |
| 48 | The Pirates of Penzance | EN | $694,497 | $694,497 |
| 49 | Midnite Spares | EN | - | $1,700 |
| 50 | Pauline at the Beach |  FR | - | $551 |
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