Box Office

Top Grossing English Movies in 1983

Rank	Title	Genre(s)	Domestic	Worldwide
1	Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi	Action Adventure Sci-Fi	$316,566,101	$482,466,382
2	Terms of Endearment	Drama Comedy Romance	$108,423,489	$108,423,749
3	Flashdance	Drama Romance Music	$92,921,203	$92,921,203
4	Trading Places	Comedy	$90,404,800	$90,404,800
5	Jaws 3-D	Adventure Thriller Horror	$45,517,055	$87,987,055
6	Superman III	Action Adventure Sci-Fi	$59,950,623	$80,250,623
7	WarGames	Sci-Fi Thriller	$79,567,667	$79,567,667
8	Octopussy	Action Adventure Thriller	$67,893,619	$67,917,359
9	Sudden Impact	Action Thriller Crime	$67,642,693	$67,642,693
10	Scarface	Drama Action Crime	$45,967,303	$66,443,303
11	Mr. Mom	Drama Comedy	$64,783,827	$64,783,827
12	Risky Business	Drama Comedy	$63,541,777	$63,542,350
13	National Lampoon's Vacation	Adventure Comedy Romance	$61,418,063	$61,418,362
14	The Big Chill	Drama Comedy	$56,399,659	$56,399,792
15	Never Say Never Again	Action Adventure Thriller	$55,432,841	$55,433,185
16	Gandhi	Biography Drama History	$52,767,889	$52,768,419
17	Blue Thunder	Action Sci-Fi Drama	$42,313,354	$42,313,354
18	Silkwood	Biography Drama Thriller	$35,615,609	$35,616,970
19	Psycho II	Mystery Thriller Horror	$34,725,000	$34,725,000
20	Porky's II: The Next Day	Comedy	$33,759,266	$33,759,266
21	Uncommon Valor	Action Drama Thriller	$30,503,151	$30,503,151
22	Never Cry Wolf	Action Adventure Drama	$29,600,000	$29,600,000
23	Twilight Zone: The Movie	Sci-Fi Thriller Fantasy	$29,450,919	$29,450,919
24	Easy Money	Comedy	$29,309,766	$29,309,766
25	High Road to China	Adventure Drama Romance	$28,445,927	$28,445,927
26	The Outsiders	Drama Romance Crime	$25,837,195	$25,855,036
27	The Woman in the Room	Drama	$25,308,147	$25,349,388
28	Spring Break	Comedy Romance	$24,071,666	$24,071,666
29	Pink Floyd: The Final Cut	Music	$22,244,207	$22,278,867
30	Class	Drama Comedy Romance	$21,667,789	$21,667,789
31	The Right Stuff	Adventure Biography Drama	$21,192,102	$21,192,315
32	Cujo	Thriller Horror	$21,156,152	$21,156,152
33	Christine	Horror	$21,017,849	$21,045,763
34	A Christmas Story	Comedy Family	$20,778,141	$20,792,689
35	The Dead Zone	Drama Thriller Fantasy	$20,766,616	$20,766,616
36	Max Dugan Returns	Comedy Family Drama	$17,613,720	$17,613,720
37	Valley Girl	Comedy Romance	$17,343,596	$17,344,144
38	All the Right Moves	Drama Sport Romance	$17,233,166	$17,233,166
39	Krull	Action Adventure Fantasy	$16,916,617	$16,916,617
40	Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone	Adventure	$16,478,265	$16,478,265
41	Richard Pryor: Here and Now	Documentary Comedy	$16,156,776	$16,156,776
42	D.C. Cab	Action Comedy	$16,134,627	$16,134,627
43	Gorky Park	Drama Mystery Thriller	$15,856,028	$15,856,028
44	Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life	Comedy	$14,929,552	$14,949,697
45	The Meaning of Life	Comedy Musical	$14,929,552	$14,949,697
46	Educating Rita	Drama Comedy	$14,648,076	$14,648,076
47	Private School	Comedy Romance	$14,049,540	$14,049,540
48	The Survivors	Drama Comedy	$14,000,000	$14,000,000
49	Revenge of the Ninja	Action Drama Thriller	$13,168,027	$13,168,027
50	To Be or Not to Be	Comedy	$13,030,214	$13,030,214