Weekend Domestic Box Office Chart for September 18th, 1981

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		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	new	Continental Divide	Universal	Romantic Comedy	$3,218,347		864	$3,725	$3,218,347	3
2	(8)	Body Heat	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$3,027,895	+704%	764	$3,963	$5,327,189	24
3	(1)	Arthur	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$2,935,103	-2%	939	$3,126	$46,731,366	66
4	(2)	Raiders of the Lost Ark	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$2,326,951	-4%	750	$3,103	$131,810,688	101
5	(4)	Stripes	Columbia	Comedy	$1,550,121	-19%	901	$1,720	$76,485,607	87
6	(3)	An American Werewolf in London	Universal	Horror	$1,400,000	-29%	544	$2,574	$19,223,249	31
7	new	Mommie Dearest	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$905,920		85	$10,658	$905,920	3
8	(-)	Heavy Metal	Sony Pictures	Adventure	$602,909		435	$1,386	$18,271,347	45
9	(6)	Private Lessons	Jensen Farley Pictures	Comedy	$326,215	-41%	107	$3,049	$4,500,000	24
10	new	Raggedy Man	Universal	Drama	$287,081		189	$1,519	$287,081	3
11	(7)	Comin' at Ya!	Filmways Pictures		$238,512	-46%	99	$2,409	$6,704,127	59
12	(9)	Gallipoli	Paramount Pictures		$190,546	+90%	15	$12,703	$663,207	24
13	new	The French Lieutenant's Woman	United Artists	Drama	$124,110		4	$31,028	$124,110	3
14	(10)	Prince of the City	Warner Bros.	Drama	$85,926	-4%	5	$17,185	$853,985	33
15	(-)	Improper Channels	Crown International		$77,500		41	$1,890	$0	157

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