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Top 1983 Movies at the Worldwide Box Office
See also: Top 1983 Domestic - Top 1983 International
Other Worldwide Cumulative records: All Time Worldwide - All Time Single Market - All Time Animated Worldwide - All Time Sequel Worldwide - All Time Non-Sequel Worldwide - Top 2024 Worldwide - Top 2025 Worldwide
This chart contains the total worldwide box office for the movies released in 1983.
| ←Top 1982 Worldwide | Top 1984 Worldwide→ |
| Rank | Movie | Worldwide Box Office | Domestic Box Office | International Box Office | Domestic Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Star Wars Ep. VI: Return of the Jedi | $482,365,284 | $316,465,003 | $165,900,281 | 65.61% |
| 2 | Flashdance | $201,463,574 | $90,463,574 | $111,000,000 | 44.90% |
| 3 | Octopussy | $187,500,000 | $67,900,000 | $119,600,000 | 36.21% |
| 4 | Never Say Never Again | $160,000,000 | $55,500,000 | $104,500,000 | 34.69% |
| 5 | Staying Alive | $126,041,474 | $63,841,474 | $62,200,000 | 50.65% |
| 6 | Terms of Endearment | $108,423,749 | $108,423,489 | $260 | 100.00% |
| 7 | Trading Places | $90,400,000 | $90,400,000 | 100.00% | |
| 8 | Jaws 3-D | $84,715,180 | $42,245,180 | $42,470,000 | 49.87% |
| 9 | Superman III | $80,200,000 | $59,950,623 | $20,249,377 | 74.75% |
| 10 | WarGames | $74,433,837 | $74,433,837 | 100.00% | |
| 11 | Sudden Impact | $67,642,693 | $67,642,693 | 100.00% | |
| 12 | Scarface | $65,703,398 | $45,227,398 | $20,476,000 | 68.84% |
| 13 | Mr. Mom | $64,800,000 | $64,800,000 | 100.00% | |
| 14 | Risky Business | $63,541,777 | $63,541,777 | 100.00% | |
| 15 | National Lampoon’s Vacation | $61,400,000 | $61,400,000 | 100.00% | |
| 16 | The Big Chill | $56,077,875 | $56,077,501 | $374 | 100.00% |
| 17 | Blue Thunder | $42,313,354 | $42,313,354 | 100.00% | |
| 18 | Yentl | $39,012,241 | $39,012,241 | 100.00% | |
| 19 | Silkwood | $35,615,609 | $35,615,609 | 100.00% | |
| 20 | Porky's II: The Next Day | $33,759,266 | $33,759,266 | 100.00% | |
| 21 | Psycho II | $32,000,000 | $32,000,000 | 100.00% | |
| 22 | Twilight Zone: The Movie | $29,500,000 | $29,500,000 | 100.00% | |
| 23 | The Evil Dead | $29,400,000 | $2,400,000 | $27,000,000 | 8.16% |
| 24 | Easy Money | $29,309,766 | $29,309,766 | 100.00% | |
| 25 | High Road to China | $28,416,459 | $28,416,459 | 100.00% | |
| 26 | Uncommon Valor | $27,900,000 | $27,900,000 | 100.00% | |
| 27 | Never Cry Wolf | $27,668,764 | $27,668,764 | 100.00% | |
| 28 | The Outsiders | $25,779,857 | $25,750,528 | $29,329 | 99.89% |
| 29 | Spring Break | $24,071,666 | $24,071,666 | 100.00% | |
| 30 | Two of a Kind | $23,700,000 | $23,700,000 | 100.00% | |
| 31 | My Tutor | $22,587,000 | $22,587,000 | 100.00% | |
| 32 | Class | $21,667,789 | $21,667,789 | 100.00% | |
| 33 | The Right Stuff | $21,500,213 | $21,500,000 | $213 | 100.00% |
| 34 | Christine | $21,228,951 | $21,200,000 | $28,951 | 99.86% |
| 35 | Cujo | $21,156,152 | $21,156,152 | 100.00% | |
| 36 | A Christmas Story | $20,825,467 | $20,825,395 | $72 | 100.00% |
| 37 | The Dead Zone | $20,766,000 | $20,766,000 | 100.00% | |
| 38 | Breathless | $19,910,002 | $19,910,002 | 100.00% | |
| 39 | Max Dugan Returns | $17,613,720 | $17,613,720 | 100.00% | |
| 40 | All the Right Moves | $17,200,000 | $17,200,000 | 100.00% | |
| 41 | Valley Girl | $16,800,549 | $16,800,000 | $549 | 100.00% |
| 42 | Krull | $16,519,460 | $16,519,460 | 100.00% | |
| 43 | Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone | $16,478,265 | $16,478,265 | 100.00% | |
| 44 | Richard Pryor Here and Now | $16,156,776 | $16,156,776 | 100.00% | |
| 45 | D.C. Cab | $16,134,000 | $16,134,000 | 100.00% | |
| 46 | Gorky Park | $15,900,000 | $15,900,000 | 100.00% | |
| 47 | Still Smokin | $15,543,000 | $15,543,000 | 100.00% | |
| 48 | Monty Python's The Meaning of Life | $14,929,552 | $14,929,552 | 100.00% | |
| 49 | Educating Rita | $14,688,000 | $14,688,000 | 100.00% | |
| 50 | Private School | $14,049,540 | $14,049,540 | 100.00% | |
| 51 | The Survivors | $14,000,000 | $14,000,000 | 100.00% | |
| 52 | The Entity | $13,277,558 | $13,277,558 | 100.00% | |
| 53 | To Be or Not to Be | $13,030,214 | $13,030,214 | 100.00% | |
| 54 | Stroker Ace | $13,000,000 | $13,000,000 | 100.00% | |
| 55 | Lone Wolf McQuade | $12,232,628 | $12,232,628 | 100.00% | |
| 56 | Zelig | $11,798,616 | $11,798,616 | 100.00% | |
| 57 | The Lords of Discipline | $11,721,041 | $11,721,041 | 100.00% | |
| 58 | The Smurfs and the Magic Flute | $11,234,220 | $11,234,220 | 100.00% | |
| 59 | The Man Who Loved Women | $11,000,000 | $11,000,000 | 100.00% | |
| 60 | Deal of the Century | $10,400,000 | $10,400,000 | 100.00% | |
| 61 | Doctor Detroit | $10,400,000 | $10,400,000 | 100.00% | |
| 62 | The Man with Two Brains | $10,353,438 | $10,353,438 | 100.00% | |
| 63 | Revenge of the Ninja | $10,325,628 | $10,325,628 | 100.00% | |
| 64 | The Year of Living Dangerously | $10,278,575 | $10,278,575 | 100.00% | |
| 65 | Lovesick | $10,143,618 | $10,143,618 | 100.00% |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.