Weekly (Fri-Thu) Domestic Chart Starting on August 21, 1981
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| Movie Title | Distributor | Gross | %LW | Theaters | Theaters Change | Per Theater | Total Gross | Weeks In Release | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (2) | Raiders of the Lost Ark | Paramount Pi… | $6,911,381 | -9% | 1,180 | -130 | $5,857 | $113,461,205 | 11 |
| 2 | N | An American Werewolf in London | Universal | $5,486,245 | 870 | $6,306 | $5,486,245 | 1 | ||
| 3 | (3) | Arthur | Warner Bros. | $5,123,906 | +6% | 774 | +113 | $6,620 | $28,759,245 | 6 |
| 4 | (4) | Stripes | Columbia | $4,047,404 | -15% | 1,015 | -29 | $3,988 | $64,618,830 | 9 |
| 5 | N | First Monday in October | Paramount Pi… | $3,650,651 | 525 | $6,954 | $3,650,651 | 1 | ||
| 6 | (-) | Comin' at Ya! | Filmways Pic… | $3,289,304 | 105 | $31,327 | $2,157,304 | 5 | ||
| 7 | (5) | Heavy Metal | Columbia | $2,962,927 | -30% | 752 | +14 | $3,940 | $12,439,537 | 3 |
| 8 | (6) | Under the Rainbow | Warner Bros. | $2,709,558 | -34% | 792 | +21 | $3,421 | $13,529,222 | 4 |
| 9 | (8) | Superman II | Warner Bros. | $2,484,386 | -9% | 821 | +142 | $3,026 | $93,926,538 | 10 |
| 10 | (-) | Prince of the City | Warner Bros. | $126,112 | 3 | $42,037 | $161,917 | 2 | ||
| 10 | $36,791,874 |