The Top Movies, Weekend of November 20, 1981

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Time Bandits	Avco Embassy	Adventure	$3,700,000	-32.73%	981	$3,772	$16,800,000	17
2	(7)	Raiders of the Lost Ark	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$3,307,347	+196.99%	1,232	$2,685	$151,938,500	164
3	(3)	Arthur	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$1,491,526	-9.92%	838	$1,780	$70,039,803	129
4	(2)	Halloween II	Universal	Horror	$1,300,000	-42.36%	815	$1,595	$19,324,019	24
5	(6)	Only When I Laugh			$996,701	-11.21%	679	$1,468	$23,469,562	61
6	(10)	Private Lessons	Jensen Farley Pictures	Comedy	$927,611	+22.56%	165	$5,622	$9,000,000	87
7	(5)	The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper	Universal	Adventure	$650,000	-42.21%	623	$1,043	$2,104,164	10
8	(12)	Body Heat	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$576,164	-17.73%	387	$1,489	$21,789,750	87
9	(14)	Prince of the City	Orion Pictures	Drama	$474,889	+9.87%	307	$1,547	$6,768,055	96
10	(17)	Chariots of Fire	Sony Pictures	Drama	$175,821	-7.33%	11	$15,984	$1,835,287	59
11	(new)	Ragtime	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$151,351		5	$30,270	$151,351	3
12	(new)	Absence of Malice	Sony Pictures	Drama	$64,775		2	$32,388	$73,553	4
13	(re-entry)	So Fine							$9,351,539	59
14	(re-entry)	Looker	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense					$3,125,331	24