The Top Movies, Weekend of August 14, 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	+6.42%	1,310	$3,937	$104,088,566	66
2	(5)	Stripes	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$3,042,397	-2.66%	1,044	$2,914	$58,826,081	52
3	(6)	Arthur	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$2,931,246	-5.38%	661	$4,435	$21,743,829	31
4	(new)	Deadly Blessing	Polygram		$2,800,000		1,000	$2,800	$2,800,000	3
5	(9)	Under the Rainbow	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$2,717,447	+41.34%	771	$3,525	$9,418,480	17
6	(4)	Heavy Metal	Columbia	Adventure	$2,693,969	-17.39%	738	$3,650	$7,967,081	10
7	(2)	The Empire Strikes Back	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$2,077,984	-48.32%	969	$2,144	$200,877,589	453
8	(3)	Tarzan, The Ape Man	MGM	Action	$2,058,645	-38.96%	825	$2,495	$24,274,951	24
9	(10)	Eye for an Eye (1981)	Avco Embassy		$1,804,357	-0.39%	544	$3,317		10
10	(7)	Superman II	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$1,697,996	-22.40%	679	$2,501	$94,096,867	59
11	(8)	Blow Out	Filmways Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$1,450,000	-27.50%	428	$3,388	$10,000,000	24
12	(11)	Endless Love	Universal	Drama	$1,255,655	-26.63%	471	$2,666	$19,486,265	31
13	(12)	Victory	Paramount Pictures	Action	$1,000,000	-38.44%	383	$2,611	$6,800,000	17
14	(13)	Student Bodies	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$700,000	-55.76%	333	$2,102		10
15	(16)	The Cannonball Run	20th Century Fox	Action	$677,752	-11.19%	426	$1,591	$57,498,710	59
16	(14)	Wolfen	Orion Pictures	Horror	$615,228	-28.42%	300	$2,051	$8,873,042	24
17	(re-entry)	The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia			$282,156				$8,264,117	73
18	(re-entry)	The Blue Lagoon	Universal	Drama	$275,039		116	$2,371		423
19	(new)	Chu Chu and the Philly Flash	20th Century Fox		$221,898		97	$2,288	$221,898	3
20	(new)	Comin' at Ya!			$143,446		15	$9,563	$143,446	3