Movie Index - 1981

Note: If the exact release date of the movie is not known, it is recorded as January 1st.

Release Date		Movie	Distributor	Budget	Total US Gross	Worldwide Gross
January, 1981
January, 1		Scanners		-	$14,200,000	-
January, 1		My Dinner With Andre (1981)		-	$5,250,000	-
January, 1		Death Hunt		-	$5,000,000	-
January, 1		Fort Apache, The Bronx		-	$29,200,000	$65,200,000
January, 1		The Private Eyes		-	$18,000,000	-
January, 1		Roar		$17,000,000	$2,000,000	-
January, 1		The Devil and Max Devlin		-	$16,000,000	-
January, 30		The Incredible Shrinking Woman		-	$20,259,000	-
February, 1981
February, 11		Sphinx	Warner Bros.	$10,000,000	$2,000,000	$11,400,000
February, 11		Le dernier métro	MGM/UA Classics	-	$3,000,000	-
February, 13		Sunday Lovers	MGM/UA	-	-	-
February, 13		The Dogs of War	MGM/UA	-	-	-
February, 13		Eyewitness	20th Century Fox	-	$6,400,000	-
February, 13		American Pop	Columbia	-	$6,000,000	-
March, 1981
March, 6		All Night Long	Universal	-	$7,800,000	-
March, 6		On the Right Track	20th Century Fox	-	$13,000,000	-
March, 13		The Funhouse	Universal	-	$7,000,000	-
March, 13		Modern Romance	Columbia	-	$29,137	-
March, 13		Back Roads	Warner Bros.	-	$11,809,387	-
March, 15		Confidence (1981)	New Yorker	-	-	-
March, 20		The Final Conflict	20th Century Fox	-	$20,471,000	-
March, 20		Amy	Buena Vista	-	-	-
March, 20		Kelly	Paramount Pictures	-	-	-
March, 20		Cutter's Way	MGM/UA Classics	-	-	-
March, 20		The Postman Always Rings Twice	Paramount Pictures	$12,000,000	$12,200,000	$44,200,000
March, 27		Thief	MGM/UA	-	$4,300,000	-
March, 27		Eyes of a Stranger	Warner Bros.	-	$546,724	-
April, 1981
April, 10		This is Elvis	Warner Bros.	-	$429,146	-
April, 10		From Mao to Mozart	MGM/UA Classics	-	-	-
April, 10		The Howling	Avco Embassy	$1,000,000	$17,985,000	-
April, 10		Going Ape!	Paramount Pictures	-	-	-
April, 10		Excalibur	Warner Bros.	-	$34,200,000	-
April, 10		Nighthawks	Universal	$5,000,000	$14,600,000	$19,600,000
April, 17		Improper Channels		-	-	-
April, 17		Caveman		-	$15,965,000	-
April, 24		Beyond the Reef	Universal	-	$547,525	-
April, 24		Cattle Annie and Little Britches	Universal	-	$115,679	-
April, 24		The Hand	Warner Bros.	-	$2,000,000	-
April, 24		Second-Hand Hearts	Paramount Pictures	-	-	-
April, 30		Friday the 13th Part 2	Paramount Pictures	$1,250,000	$21,722,776	-
May, 1981
May, 1		The Jazz Singer	Universal	-	$27,118,000	-
May, 1		Hard Country	Universal	-	-	-
May, 1		King of the Mountain	Universal	-	$958,637	-
May, 1		Graduation Day		$250,000	$23,894,000	-
May, 15		Take This Job and Shove It		-	$17,569,000	-
May, 15		Happy Birthday To Me		-	$10,609,514	-
May, 22		Outland	Warner Bros.	-	$20,000,000	-
May, 22		Bustin' Loose	Universal	-	$31,261,000	-
May, 22		The Four Seasons	Universal	$6,500,000	$42,488,161	-
May, 22		The Legend of the Lone Ranger	Universal	$18,000,000	$13,400,000	-
May, 22		Glen or Glenda	Paramount Pictures	-	-	-
June, 1981
June, 5		The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia	Avco Embassy	-	$14,000,000	-
June, 5		Cheech & Chong's Nice Dreams	Columbia	-	$37,000,000	-
June, 12		Clash of the Titans	MGM/UA	$15,000,000	$30,000,000	$44,400,000
June, 12		History of the World: Part I	20th Century Fox	$11,000,000	$31,672,000	-
June, 12		Raiders of the Lost Ark	Paramount Pictures	$20,000,000	$245,034,358	$386,800,358
June, 19		Superman II	Warner Bros.	$54,000,000	$108,185,706	-
June, 19		The Cannonball Run	20th Century Fox	-	$57,498,710	-
June, 26		The Great Muppet Caper	Universal	-	$31,206,251	-
June, 26		Stripes	Sony	$10,000,000	$85,300,000	-
June, 26		Force: Five		-	$8,000,000	-
June, 26		For Your Eyes Only	MGM/UA	$28,000,000	$54,800,000	$195,300,000
June, 26		Dragonslayer	Paramount Pictures	$18,000,000	$6,000,000	-
July, 1981
July, 1		S.O.B.	Paramount Pictures	-	$14,867,086	-
July, 10		The Fox and the Hound	Walt Disney Co.	-	$43,899,231	-
July, 10		Escape from New York	Avco Embassy	$6,000,000	$25,244,700	-
July, 17		Endless Love	Universal	-	$33,000,000	-
July, 17		Arthur	Warner Bros.	-	$81,464,486	-
July, 23		Gas	Paramount Pictures	-	-	-
July, 24		Eye of the Needle	MGM/UA	-	$17,583,000	-
July, 24		Blow Out	Filmways	$18,000,000	$13,747,234	-
July, 24		Tarzan, The Ape Man	MGM/UA	-	$36,565,000	-
July, 24		Pick-up Summer	Film Ventures International	-	$28,756	-
July, 24		Nobody's Perfekt	Columbia	-	$995	-
July, 24		Comin' at Ya!		-	$6,704,127	-
July, 24		Zorro, The Gay Blade		-	$10,000,000	-
July, 24		Wolfen	Warner Bros.	-	$11,000,000	-
July, 31		Victory	Paramount Pictures	-	$10,853,000	$27,453,000
July, 31		Under the Rainbow	Warner Bros.	$20,000,000	$18,826,490	-
August, 1981
August, 7		An Eye for an Eye		-	$7,496,681	-
August, 7		Student Bodies	Paramount Pictures	-	$1,582,148	-
August, 7		Hell Night		-	$2,300,000	-
August, 7		Condorman	Buena Vista	-	-	-
August, 7		Heavy Metal		$9,300,000	$19,571,091	-
August, 7		Soggy Bottom, U.S.A.		-	$19,225	-
August, 14		Deadly Blessing		-	$2,800,000	-
August, 14		Chu Chu and the Philly Flash		-	$221,898	-
August, 19		Prince of the City	Warner Bros.	-	$9,000,000	-
August, 21		Honky Tonk Freeway	Universal	-	$939,423	-
August, 21		Heartland		-	-	-
August, 21		An American Werewolf in London	Universal	-	$31,973,249	$61,973,249
August, 21		First Monday in October	Paramount Pictures	-	$12,000,000	-
August, 28		Body Heat	Warner Bros.	-	$24,058,000	-
August, 28		Gallipoli	Paramount Pictures	$3,000,000	$5,732,587	-
August, 28		Private Lessons	Ind.	-	$18,064,851	-
September, 1981
September, 17		Tim	Satori	-	-	-
September, 18		Mommie Dearest	Paramount Pictures	$5,000,000	$19,032,000	$25,032,000
September, 18		The French Lieutenant's Woman	MGM/UA	-	$22,600,000	-
September, 18		Continental Divide	Universal	-	$15,578,000	-
September, 18		Raggedy Man	Universal	-	$11,000,000	-
September, 23		Only When I Laugh	Columbia	-	$25,782,304	-
September, 25		Chariots of Fire	Sony	$5,500,000	$57,159,946	-
September, 25		Southern Comfort		-	$2,939,174	-
September, 25		Carbon Copy	Avco Embassy	-	$8,400,000	-
September, 25		So Fine		-	$10,000,000	-
September, 25		True Confessions	MGM/UA	-	$12,200,000	-
October, 1981
October, 2		Paternity	Paramount Pictures	-	$18,838,000	-
October, 2		Zoot Suit	Universal	-	$380,302	-
October, 9		Rich and Famous		-	$13,000,000	-
October, 9		Tattoo		-	$860,472	-
October, 16		All the Marbles		-	$4,300,000	-
October, 23		Das boot ist voll	Quartet Films	-	$1,016	-
October, 23		Enter the Ninja	Cannon	-	-	-
October, 23		Silence of the North	Universal	-	$344,837	-
October, 30		Halloween II	Universal	$2,500,000	$25,533,818	-
October, 30		Looker	Warner Bros.	-	$3,281,232	-
November, 1981
November, 6		Time Bandits	Embassy	$12,000,000	$37,400,000	-
November, 13		Dead and Buried		-	$216,166	-
November, 13		The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper	Universal	$12,000,000	$2,104,164	-
November, 19		Absence of Malice	Sony	-	$33,312,129	-
November, 20		Ragtime	Paramount Pictures	-	$17,468,158	-
November, 20		Man of Iron	MGM/UA Classics	-	-	-
December, 1981
December, 2		Whose Life is it Anyway?	MGM/UA	-	$6,100,000	-
December, 4		On Golden Pond	Universal	-	$119,285,432	-
December, 4		Reds	Paramount Pictures	$33,500,000	$50,000,000	-
December, 9		Taps	20th Century Fox	$14,000,000	$35,856,053	-
December, 11		Four Friends		-	-	-
December, 11		Buddy Buddy	MGM/UA	-	$5,299,037	-
December, 11		Rollover	Warner Bros.	-	$10,217,873	-
December, 11		Pennies from Heaven	MGM/UA	-	$6,200,000	-
December, 18		Neighbors	Columbia	-	$29,916,207	-
December, 18		Ghost Story	Universal	-	$16,202,210	-
December, 18		Heartbeeps	Universal	$10,000,000	$6,000,000	-
December, 18		Sharky's Machine	Warner Bros.	-	$32,984,898	-
December, 25		Modern Problems	20th Century Fox	$8,000,000	$24,474,312	-

Total Movies Released: 135
Total Combined Gross: $2,351,836,693