The Top Movies, Weekend of September 4, 1981

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Raiders of the Lost Ark	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$5,406,403	+38.28%	1,144	$4,726	$125,254,773	87
2	(3)	Arthur	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$5,001,805	+55.63%	949	$5,271	$38,663,847	52
3	(2)	An American Werewolf in London	Universal	Horror	$3,561,460	+1.76%	825	$4,317	$14,500,000	17
4	(4)	Stripes	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$3,335,861	+26.62%	110	$30,326	$71,850,123	73
5	(re-entry)	First Monday in October			$2,053,088		525	$3,911	$8,201,232	17
6	(7)	Superman II	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$1,610,179	+11.76%	714	$2,255	$101,347,629	80
7	(6)	Heavy Metal	Columbia	Adventure	$1,356,331	-10.26%	507	$2,675	$16,164,432	31
8	(8)	Private Lessons	Jensen Farley Pictures	Comedy	$1,250,730	+6.19%	166	$7,535	$3,073,618	10
9	(5)	Comin' at Ya!			$1,227,457	-22.62%	202	$6,077	$5,672,832	45
10	(9)	Under the Rainbow	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$1,074,382	-4.83%	545	$1,971	$16,188,283	38
11	(re-entry)	Hell Night		Horror	$832,000		108	$7,704	$2,300,000	31
12	(10)	Body Heat	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$712,208	+26.15%	34	$20,947	$1,584,997	10
13	(11)	Endless Love	Universal	Drama	$689,000	+29.55%	337	$2,045	$23,315,700	52
14	(re-entry)	Tarzan, The Ape Man	MGM	Action	$550,000		464	$1,185	$30,920,417	45
15	(14)	Prince of the City	Orion Pictures	Drama	$173,142	+38.96%	5	$34,628	$559,495	19
16	(15)	Gallipoli			$141,383	+136.60%	4	$35,346	$247,021	10