The Top Movies, Weekend of July 31, 1981

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(re-entry)	The Empire Strikes Back	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$7,001,282		1,364	$5,133	$188,355,137	439
2	(2)	Raiders of the Lost Ark	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$5,369,898	-11.19%	1,140	$4,710	$88,137,951	52
3	(1)	Tarzan, The Ape Man	MGM	Action	$4,386,721	-34.53%	1,050	$4,178	$14,585,076	10
4	(3)	Stripes	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$3,473,898	-26.85%	1,064	$3,265	$48,640,145	38
5	(4)	Superman II	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$2,806,048	-23.98%	908	$3,090	$87,096,665	45
6	(new)	Victory	Paramount Pictures	Action	$2,488,808		692	$3,597	$2,488,808	3
7	(6)	Arthur	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$2,403,000	-21.01%	630	$3,814	$11,957,885	17
8	(new)	Under the Rainbow	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$2,287,205		488	$4,687	$2,287,205	3
9	(re-entry)	Endless Love	Universal	Drama	$2,221,402		632	$3,515	$13,603,161	17
10	(8)	Blow Out	Filmways Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$2,200,000	-26.67%	650	$3,385	$6,200,000	10
11	(7)	Wolfen	Orion Pictures	Horror	$1,700,406	-44.03%	704	$2,415	$6,081,332	10
12	(10)	Eye of the Needle	United Artists	Thriller/Suspense	$1,589,000	-13.31%	467	$3,403	$4,389,000	10
13	(re-entry)	The Cannonball Run	20th Century Fox	Action	$1,384,649		751	$1,844	$54,853,928	45
14	(re-entry)	Zorro, The Gay Blade	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$1,255,013		415	$3,024	$3,616,296	10