Box Office Game — November 5, 2026 Answer

Here is the Box Office Game answer for Thursday, November 5, 2026 (day #1708 of the game): the weekend of April 1, 1983 — a 1983 box office chart. The clues the game gives you (distributor, last week’s rank, weeks in release and the grosses) are shown for all five films; the titles and posters stay blurred until you tap reveal.

Top 5 answer · Day #1708
The weekend to guessApril 1, 1983Friday — top 5 at the US box office
1
Poster of the #1 movie
Spring Break
Columbia PicturesLast week #1Week 2 in release-24.7% vs last week
Weekend$4,448,821Total$12,917,599
2
Poster of the #2 movie
The Outsiders
Warner Bros.Last week #2Week 2 in release-25.0% vs last week
Weekend$3,799,847Total$11,050,647
3
Poster of the #3 movie
High Road to China
Warner Bros.Last week #3Week 3 in release-16.7% vs last week
Weekend$3,410,477Total$17,135,410
4
Poster of the #4 movie
Tootsie
Columbia PicturesLast week #4Week 16 in release-6.1% vs last week
Weekend$2,937,159Total$147,185,684
5
Poster of the #5 movie
Max Dugan Returns
20th Century FoxLast week #6Week 2 in release-8.9% vs last week
Weekend$2,541,407Total$6,357,435

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About the five films

Spring Break poster

#1 Spring Break IMDb →

“Like it's really, totally, the most fun a couple of bodies can have. You know?”

Two sets of two college guys spend a spring break together in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. There they have lots of fun in and out of the sun.

Director: Sean S. Cunningham · Starring: David Knell, Perry Lang, Paul Land · Genre: Comedy, Romance · Budget: $0 · Worldwide: $24,071,666 · Domestic total: $24,071,666
The Outsiders poster

#2 The Outsiders IMDb →

“They grew up on the outside of society. They weren't looking for a fight. They were looking to belong.”

In 1960s Tulsa, class divisions ignite a violent rivalry between the working-class Greasers and the privileged Socs. When a deadly encounter forces two Greasers, Ponyboy and Johnny, to flee, their struggle for survival and redemption exposes the fragile innocence and enduring bonds of youth on the wrong side of town.

Director: Francis Ford Coppola · Starring: C. Thomas Howell, Matt Dillon, Ralph Macchio · Genre: Crime, Drama · Budget: $10,000,000 · Worldwide: $33,697,647 · Domestic total: $25,697,647
High Road to China poster

#3 High Road to China IMDb →

“Take the High Road to China... for an adventure you'll never forget.”

A biplane pilot is saddled with a spoiled industrialist's daughter on a search for her missing father through Asia that eventually involves them in a struggle against a Chinese warlord.

Director: Brian G. Hutton · Starring: Tom Selleck, Bess Armstrong, Jack Weston · Genre: Adventure, Drama, History · Budget: $0 · Worldwide: $28,400,000 · Domestic total: $28,445,927
Tootsie poster

#4 Tootsie IMDb →

“What do you get when you cross a hopelessly straight starving actor with a dynamite red sequined dress? You get America's hottest new actress.”

When struggling, out of work actor Michael Dorsey secretly adopts a female alter ego—Dorothy Michaels—in order to land a part in a daytime drama, he unwittingly becomes a feminist icon and ends up in a romantic pickle.

Director: Sydney Pollack · Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Jessica Lange, Teri Garr · Genre: Comedy, Romance · Budget: $21,000,000 · Worldwide: $177,200,000 · Domestic total: $177,200,000
Max Dugan Returns poster

#5 Max Dugan Returns IMDb →

“Prices are double. Your love life's in trouble. The car won't start. Your boss has no heart. The door squeaks. The roof leaks. Your stereo just went mono. All you need is a little Max Dugan.”

An English teacher and struggling single mother has her life disrupted when the father who abandoned her as a child comes back into her life.

Director: Herbert Ross · Starring: Marsha Mason, Jason Robards, Donald Sutherland · Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family · Budget: $0 · Worldwide: $17,613,720 · Domestic total: $17,613,720

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Box Office Game (boxofficega.me) hands you one weekend from box office history and asks you to name the five highest-grossing films from that weekend, in order. You start with only the weekend date and each film’s weekend gross; every clue you buy (distributor, last week’s rank, total gross, budget, director, cast and so on) costs points off your score. The page above lists exactly those clues for each slot so you can match your own guesses before revealing. This page is part of our complete daily archive, updated every morning.

Frequently Asked Questions

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Box Office Game is a free daily movie trivia game at boxofficega.me, based on an idea from the Blank Check podcast. Each day it picks one weekend from box office history and you have to name that weekend’s top five films, using as few clues as possible.
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