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marquee history quiz (no googling): what was Return of the Jedi's spot in the box office top 50 for the last wk of September in 1983?

Posted by slipping jimmy (aka chris) Jan 19 '16, 14:56

that is, six months after its May 1983 release

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3. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 19, 14:58 4
- *bzzt* lower -- nm - slipping jimmy Jan 19, 14:59 3
  - 5. -- nm - b. Jan 19, 15:00
  - 5 -- nm - JaxSean Jan 19, 14:59 1
    - :) - -- nm - b. Jan 19, 15:00
7 -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 19, 14:57 19
- correction: *ding* one cute lil Ewok star for you -- nm* - slipping jimmy Jan 19, 14:58 18
  - bonus pixie points for the rest of the top 10 (some are easy, some you'll never get) -- nm - slipping jimmy Jan 19, 15:01 17
    - was the Big Chill 1983? -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 19, 15:17 2
      - it was released on 9/28 but does not appear on that chart -- nm - slipping jimmy Jan 19, 15:19 1
        
        this shows it was released 9/30 and was number one that week. nm but: -- (link) - b. Jan 19, 15:21
    - I can remember music related to years around then more than movies for the year. - b. Jan 19, 15:13
    - From 1983? Uh.... -- nm - JaxSean Jan 19, 15:12 12
      - fine nobody wants the bonus pixie points - slipping jimmy Jan 19, 15:16 11
        
        Ooh, Eddie & The Cruisers. I think I watched that 20 times on HBO. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 19, 15:25
        
        this "pieces"? no way it was #5. what's your source? nm but: -- (link) - b. Jan 19, 15:19 9
        
        Variety -- nm - slipping jimmy Jan 19, 15:20
        
        here's bom for that week. nm but: -- (link) - b. Jan 19, 15:20 7
        
        Heh, I almost said Flashdance. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 19, 15:25
        
        Variety's numbers back in the day were different -- (link) - slipping jimmy Jan 19, 15:21 5
        
        huh, I don't see anything at bom saying they adjust anything; and they're used as a source all over the place. -- nm - b. Jan 19, 15:30 4
        
        bruce at the-numbers shows similar to bom, says the numbers are from distributors; but that probably wasn't the case for the early ones. nm but: -- (link) - b. Jan 19, 15:32 3
        
        Speaking as the original source on some of this, I went into the archives of magazines and collated what I could. - David Jan 19, 15:35
        
        I have very little trust in much that's reported before 1988 or so. -- nm - Reagen Jan 19, 15:33 1
        
        oh yah, I'm just wondering how the numbers are so different from the variety list mick. linked. -- nm - b. Jan 19, 15:37

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