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Date

Number 1

Highest debut

Longest run

Top total gross

Weekend total

30th Dec
1983

Trading Places
(4th week)

National Lampoons Vacation
(11 weeks)

Never Say Never Again
(£3,590,741)

£507,063

23rd Dec
1983

Trading Places
(3rd week)

Class
(10 weeks)

Never Say Never Again
(£3,458,498)

£833,364

16th Dec
1983

Trading Places
(2nd week)

Jaws 3D
(@2)

Staying Alive
(13 weeks)

Never Say Never Again
(£3,316,223)

£1,195,457

9th Dec
1983

Trading Places
(1st week)

Trading Places
(@1)

WarGames
(17 weeks)

National Lampoons Vacation
(£2,985,933)

£1,114,466

2nd Dec
1983

Never Say Never Again
(4th week)

No cover art for Curse of the Pink Panther

Curse of the Pink Panther
(@2)

WarGames
(16 weeks)

National Lampoons Vacation
(£2,924,563)

£790,231

25th Nov
1983

Never Say Never Again
(3rd week)

Videodrome
(@6)

Superman III
(19 weeks)

Superman III
(£3,124,929)

£792,767

18th Nov
1983

Never Say Never Again
(2nd week)

Octopussy
(24 weeks)

Octopussy
(£5,564,500)

£1,070,691

11th Nov
1983

Never Say Never Again
(1st week)

Never Say Never Again
(@1)

Octopussy
(23 weeks)

Octopussy
(£5,563,900)

£1,396,462

4th Nov
1983

National Lampoons Vacation
(3rd week)

The Osterman Weekend
(@3)

Octopussy
(22 weeks)

Octopussy
(£5,562,200)

£1,052,598

28th Oct
1983

National Lampoons Vacation
(2nd week)

Star Wars: Return of the Jedi
(22 weeks)

Star Wars: Return of the Jedi
(£8,559,800)

£1,755,077

21st Oct
1983

National Lampoons Vacation
(1st week)

National Lampoons Vacation
(@1)

Star Wars: Return of the Jedi
(21 weeks)

Star Wars: Return of the Jedi
(£8,559,150)

£2,246,242

14th Oct
1983

Staying Alive
(4th week)

Star Wars: Return of the Jedi
(20 weeks)

Star Wars: Return of the Jedi
(£8,558,000)

£335,649

7th Oct
1983

Staying Alive
(3rd week)

Zelig
(@2)

Star Wars: Return of the Jedi
(19 weeks)

Star Wars: Return of the Jedi
(£8,556,500)

£654,714

30th Sep
1983

Staying Alive
(2nd week)

Star Wars: Return of the Jedi
(18 weeks)

Star Wars: Return of the Jedi
(£8,553,000)

£718,471

23rd Sep
1983

Staying Alive
(1st week)

Staying Alive
(@1)

Star Wars: Return of the Jedi
(17 weeks)

Star Wars: Return of the Jedi
(£8,550,800)

£888,076

16th Sep
1983

WarGames
(3rd week)

Star Wars: Return of the Jedi
(16 weeks)

Star Wars: Return of the Jedi
(£8,546,970)

£320,222

9th Sep
1983

WarGames
(2nd week)

Porky's II: The Next Day
(@2)

Star Wars: Return of the Jedi
(15 weeks)

Star Wars: Return of the Jedi
(£8,545,236)

£619,419

2nd Sep
1983

Blue Thunder
(2nd week)

Star Wars: Return of the Jedi
(14 weeks)

Star Wars: Return of the Jedi
(£8,543,254)

£668,797

26th Aug
1983

Blue Thunder
(1st week)

Blue Thunder
(@1)

Star Wars: Return of the Jedi
(13 weeks)

Star Wars: Return of the Jedi
(£8,536,504)

£1,212,233

19th Aug
1983

WarGames
(1st week)

WarGames
(@1)

Star Wars: Return of the Jedi
(12 weeks)

Star Wars: Return of the Jedi
(£8,520,793)

£837,028

12th Aug
1983

Superman III
(4th week)

Star Wars: Return of the Jedi
(11 weeks)

Star Wars: Return of the Jedi
(£8,442,650)

£349,838

5th Aug
1983

Superman III
(3rd week)

Tootsie
(15 weeks)

Star Wars: Return of the Jedi
(£8,377,592)

£627,259

29th Jul
1983

Superman III
(2nd week)

Tootsie
(14 weeks)

Star Wars: Return of the Jedi
(£8,232,685)

£1,227,625

22nd Jul
1983

Superman III
(1st week)

Superman III
(@1)

Sophie's Choice
(15 weeks)

Star Wars: Return of the Jedi
(£7,951,815)

£2,033,936

15th Jul
1983

Star Wars: Return of the Jedi
(6th week)

Sophie's Choice
(14 weeks)

Star Wars: Return of the Jedi
(£7,509,641)

£1,732,882

8th Jul
1983

Star Wars: Return of the Jedi
(5th week)

Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
(@2)

Sophie's Choice
(13 weeks)

Star Wars: Return of the Jedi
(£6,813,252)

£1,868,456

1st Jul
1983

Star Wars: Return of the Jedi
(4th week)

Flashdance
(@2)

Sophie's Choice
(12 weeks)

Star Wars: Return of the Jedi
(£6,116,863)

£2,038,630

24th Jun
1983

Star Wars: Return of the Jedi
(3rd week)

Sophie's Choice
(11 weeks)

Star Wars: Return of the Jedi
(£4,899,603)

£2,580,600

17th Jun
1983

Star Wars: Return of the Jedi
(2nd week)

Educating Rita
(@3)

Sophie's Choice
(10 weeks)

Star Wars: Return of the Jedi
(£3,611,455)

£2,692,854

10th Jun
1983

Octopussy
(1st week)

Octopussy
(@1)

Sophie's Choice
(9 weeks)

Tootsie
(£2,569,926)

£2,479,198

3rd Jun
1983

Star Wars: Return of the Jedi
(1st week)

Star Wars: Return of the Jedi
(@1)

An Officer and a Gentleman
(17 weeks)

An Officer and a Gentleman
(£3,757,700)

£1,253,471

27th May
1983

Tootsie
(5th week)

An Officer and a Gentleman
(16 weeks)

An Officer and a Gentleman
(£3,757,265)

£275,019

20th May
1983

Tootsie
(4th week)

An Officer and a Gentleman
(15 weeks)

An Officer and a Gentleman
(£3,756,138)

£477,510

13th May
1983

Tootsie
(3rd week)

No cover art for Friday the 13th Part III

Friday the 13th Part III
(@4)

An Officer and a Gentleman
(14 weeks)

An Officer and a Gentleman
(£3,754,738)

£526,379

6th May
1983

Tootsie
(2nd week)

An Officer and a Gentleman
(13 weeks)

An Officer and a Gentleman
(£3,752,073)

£1,056,249

29th Apr
1983

Tootsie
(1st week)

Tootsie
(@1)

E.T. The Extra Terrestrial
(21 weeks)

E.T. The Extra Terrestrial
(£11,666,177)

£873,091

22nd Apr
1983

Sophie's Choice
(2nd week)

E.T. The Extra Terrestrial
(20 weeks)

E.T. The Extra Terrestrial
(£11,665,827)

£269,884

15th Apr
1983

Sophie's Choice
(1st week)

Sophie's Choice
(@1)

E.T. The Extra Terrestrial
(19 weeks)

E.T. The Extra Terrestrial
(£11,665,047)

£524,916

8th Apr
1983

Gandhi
(7th week)

E.T. The Extra Terrestrial
(18 weeks)

E.T. The Extra Terrestrial
(£11,663,764)

£159,350

1st Apr
1983

Gandhi
(6th week)

E.T. The Extra Terrestrial
(17 weeks)

E.T. The Extra Terrestrial
(£11,662,014)

£184,789

25th Mar
1983

Gandhi
(5th week)

E.T. The Extra Terrestrial
(16 weeks)

E.T. The Extra Terrestrial
(£11,658,514)

£239,135

18th Mar
1983

Gandhi
(4th week)

E.T. The Extra Terrestrial
(15 weeks)

E.T. The Extra Terrestrial
(£11,649,814)

£428,261

11th Mar
1983

Gandhi
(3rd week)

E.T. The Extra Terrestrial
(14 weeks)

E.T. The Extra Terrestrial
(£11,639,475)

£729,045

4th Mar
1983

Gandhi
(2nd week)

TRON
(20 weeks)

E.T. The Extra Terrestrial
(£11,627,487)

£1,571,157

25th Feb
1983

Gandhi
(1st week)

TRON
(19 weeks)

E.T. The Extra Terrestrial
(£11,421,083)

£2,655,813

18th Feb
1983

The Dark Crystal
(1st week)

The Dark Crystal
(@1)

TRON
(18 weeks)

E.T. The Extra Terrestrial
(£11,041,843)

£2,699,749

11th Feb
1983

An Officer and a Gentleman
(1st week)

An Officer and a Gentleman
(@1)

TRON
(17 weeks)

E.T. The Extra Terrestrial
(£10,635,906)

£1,410,899

4th Feb
1983

E.T. The Extra Terrestrial
(9th week)

TRON
(16 weeks)

E.T. The Extra Terrestrial
(£10,158,689)

£801,273

28th Jan
1983

E.T. The Extra Terrestrial
(8th week)

Airplane! II: The Sequel
(@2)

TRON
(15 weeks)

E.T. The Extra Terrestrial
(£9,638,221)

£1,175,702

21st Jan
1983

E.T. The Extra Terrestrial
(7th week)

The Evil Dead
(@2)

TRON
(14 weeks)

E.T. The Extra Terrestrial
(£8,694,663)

£1,080,556

14th Jan
1983

E.T. The Extra Terrestrial
(6th week)

TRON
(13 weeks)

E.T. The Extra Terrestrial
(£7,667,803)

£963,278

7th Jan
1983

E.T. The Extra Terrestrial
(5th week)

Heat and Dust
(@3)

TRON
(12 weeks)

E.T. The Extra Terrestrial
(£6,497,234)

£1,139,191

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Longest run

Top total gross

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