Weekend Domestic Box Office Chart for August 14th, 1981
| | | Movie | Distributor | Genre | Gross | Change | Thtrs. | Per Thtr. | Total Gross | Days |
|---|
| 1 |
(1) |
Raiders of the Lost Ark |
Paramount Pictures |
Adventure |
$5,157,432 |
+6% |
1,310 |
$3,937 |
$104,088,566 |
66 |
| 2 |
(5) |
Stripes |
Columbia |
Comedy |
$3,042,397 |
-3% |
1,044 |
$2,914 |
$58,826,081 |
52 |
| 3 |
(6) |
Arthur |
Warner Bros. |
Comedy |
$2,931,246 |
-5% |
661 |
$4,435 |
$21,743,829 |
31 |
| 4 |
new |
Deadly Blessing |
United Artists |
|
$2,800,000 |
|
1,000 |
$2,800 |
$2,800,000 |
3 |
| 5 |
(9) |
Under the Rainbow |
Warner Bros. |
Comedy |
$2,717,447 |
+41% |
771 |
$3,525 |
$9,418,480 |
17 |
| 6 |
(4) |
Heavy Metal |
Sony Pictures |
Adventure |
$2,693,969 |
-17% |
738 |
$3,650 |
$7,967,081 |
10 |
| 7 |
(2) |
Star Wars Ep. V: The Empire Strikes Back |
20th Century Fox |
Adventure |
$2,077,984 |
-48% |
969 |
$2,144 |
$200,877,589 |
453 |
| 8 |
(3) |
Tarzan, The Ape Man |
MGM |
Action |
$2,058,645 |
-39% |
825 |
$2,495 |
$24,274,951 |
24 |
| 9 |
(10) |
An Eye for an Eye |
Avco Embassy |
Action |
$1,804,357 |
n/c |
544 |
$3,317 |
$0 |
10 |
| 10 |
(7) |
Superman II |
Warner Bros. |
Adventure |
$1,697,996 |
-22% |
679 |
$2,501 |
$94,096,867 |
59 |
| 11 |
(8) |
Blow Out |
Filmways Pictures |
Thriller/Suspense |
$1,450,000 |
-28% |
428 |
$3,388 |
$10,000,000 |
24 |
| 12 |
(11) |
Endless Love |
Universal |
Drama |
$1,255,655 |
-27% |
471 |
$2,666 |
$19,486,265 |
31 |
| 13 |
(12) |
Victory |
Paramount Pictures |
Action |
$1,000,000 |
-38% |
383 |
$2,611 |
$6,800,000 |
17 |
| 14 |
(13) |
Student Bodies |
Paramount Pictures |
Comedy |
$700,000 |
-56% |
333 |
$2,102 |
$0 |
10 |
| 15 |
(16) |
The Cannonball Run |
20th Century Fox |
Action |
$677,752 |
-11% |
426 |
$1,591 |
$57,498,710 |
59 |
| 16 |
(14) |
Wolfen |
Warner Bros. |
Horror |
$615,228 |
-28% |
300 |
$2,051 |
$8,873,042 |
24 |
| 17 |
(-) |
The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia |
Avco Embassy |
|
$282,156 |
|
75 |
$3,762 |
$8,264,117 |
73 |
| 18 |
(-) |
The Blue Lagoon |
Universal |
Drama |
$275,039 |
|
116 |
$2,371 |
$0 |
423 |
| 19 |
new |
Chu Chu and the Philly Flash |
20th Century Fox |
|
$221,898 |
|
97 |
$2,288 |
$221,898 |
3 |
| 20 |
(-) |
Comin' at Ya! |
Filmways Pictures |
|
$143,446 |
|
15 |
$9,563 |
$143,446 |
24 |
| 21 |
(20) |
Cheech & Chong's Nice Dreams |
Columbia |
|
$0 |
-100% |
0 |
|
$33,982,504 |
73 |
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Thursday, May 23, 2013