The Top Movies, Weekend of January 1, 1982

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Modern Problems	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$5,432,125	+14.16%	1,184	$4,588	$14,611,644	10
2	(re-entry)	Sharky's Machine	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$5,218,574		1,442	$3,619	$18,938,352	17
3	(re-entry)	Cinderella	Buena Vista	Drama	$4,691,990		1,073	$4,373	$17,223,729	11,646
4	(re-entry)	Taps	20th Century Fox	Drama	$4,524,683		610	$7,418	$14,864,282	26
5	(re-entry)	Absence of Malice	Sony Pictures	Drama	$4,205,160		849	$4,953	$16,024,787	46
6	(re-entry)	Neighbors	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$4,101,926		1,415	$2,899	$22,912,993	17
7	(re-entry)	Raiders of the Lost Ark	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$3,735,244	+0.49%	1,094	$3,414	$176,193,981	206
8	(re-entry)	Reds	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$3,728,000		665	$5,606		31
9	(re-entry)	Ghost Story	Universal	Horror	$2,713,946		550	$4,934	$11,583,188	17
10	(re-entry)	Time Bandits	Avco Embassy	Adventure	$2,383,593		890	$2,678	$33,596,404	59
11	(re-entry)	Ragtime	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$2,045,298		444	$4,607	$8,382,501	45
12	(re-entry)	Pennies from Heaven	MGM	Musical	$1,318,740		450	$2,931	$5,227,259	24
13	(re-entry)	Rollover	Warner Bros.	Drama	$1,183,999		560	$2,114	$7,747,128	24
14	(re-entry)	Buddy Buddy	United Artists	Comedy	$532,389		400	$1,331	$5,299,037	24
15	(re-entry)	Chariots of Fire	Sony Pictures	Drama	$418,457		35	$11,956		101
16	(re-entry)	Private Lessons	Jensen Farley Pictures	Comedy	$277,150		65	$4,264	$12,900,000	129
17	(2)	On Golden Pond	Universal	Drama	$129,706	+49.30%	3	$43,235	$819,365	31
18	(re-entry)	Whose Life is it Anyway?	MGM	Drama	$122,780		16	$7,674		33