The Top Movies, Weekend of August 28, 1981

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Raiders of the Lost Ark	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$3,909,879	-6.55%	1,110	$3,522	$117,371,084	80
2	(2)	An American Werewolf in London	Universal	Horror	$3,500,000	-7.57%	750	$4,667	$8,986,245	10
3	(3)	Arthur	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$3,214,004	+4.05%	854	$3,763	$31,973,249	45
4	(5)	Stripes	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$2,634,512	+18.69%	1,117	$2,359	$67,253,342	66
5	(4)	First Monday in October			$2,003,856	-26.18%	525	$3,817	$5,654,507	10
6	(11)	Comin' at Ya!			$1,586,315	+40.13%	197	$8,052	$3,743,619	38
7	(6)	Heavy Metal	Sony/Columbia	Adventure	$1,511,442	-17.69%	701	$2,156	$13,950,979	24
8	(9)	Superman II	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$1,440,684	-8.24%	763	$1,888	$99,067,592	73
9	(new)	Private Lessons	Jensen Farley Pictures	Comedy	$1,177,841		134	$8,790	$1,177,841	3
10	(7)	Under the Rainbow	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$1,128,903	-36.17%	610	$1,851	$14,658,125	31
11	(new)	Body Heat	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$564,593		34	$16,606	$564,593	3
12	(re-entry)	Endless Love	Universal	Drama	$531,827		250	$2,127	$22,190,208	45
13	(re-entry)	Blow Out	Filmways Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$522,000		242	$2,157	$13,747,234	38
14	(re-entry)	On the Right Track			$191,320		36	$5,314	$9,667,137	178
15	(13)	Prince of the City	Orion Pictures	Drama	$124,602	+92.55%	5	$24,920	$286,519	12
16	(new)	Gallipoli			$59,757		2	$29,879	$59,757	3
17	(re-entry)	On the Right Track							$9,667,137	178

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