The Top Movies, Weekend of August 21, 1981

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Raiders of the Lost Ark	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$4,183,784	-18.88%	1,180	$3,546	$110,733,608	73
2	(new)	An American Werewolf in London	Universal	Horror	$3,786,512		870	$4,352	$3,786,512	3
3	(3)	Arthur	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$3,088,798	+5.37%	774	$3,991	$26,724,137	38
4	(new)	First Monday in October			$2,714,682		525	$5,171	$2,714,682	3
5	(2)	Stripes	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$2,219,592	-27.04%	1,015	$2,187	$62,791,018	59
6	(6)	Heavy Metal	Columbia	Adventure	$1,836,386	-31.83%	752	$2,442	$11,312,996	17
7	(5)	Under the Rainbow	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$1,768,675	-34.91%	792	$2,233	$12,588,339	24
8	(9)	Eye for an Eye (1981)	Avco Embassy		$1,604,914	-11.05%	593	$2,706	$7,496,681	17
9	(10)	Superman II	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$1,570,081	-7.53%	821	$1,912	$96,712,603	66
10	(8)	Tarzan, The Ape Man	MGM	Action	$1,414,686	-31.28%	690	$2,050	$26,785,103	31
11	(20)	Comin' at Ya!			$1,132,000	+689.15%	105	$10,781		10
12	(new)	Honky Tonk Freeway	Universal	Comedy	$939,423		629	$1,494	$939,423	3
13	(new)	Prince of the City	Orion Pictures	Drama	$64,713		3	$21,571	$100,518	5