Weekend Domestic Box Office July 24, 1981
| Rank | Prev | Title | Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (new) | Tarzan, The Ape Man | $6,700,809 | 930 | $7,205 | $6,700,809 | 3 | ||
| 2 | (1) | Raiders of the Lost Ark | $6,046,274 | -6% | 1,182 | $5,115 | $78,743,581 | 45 | |
| 3 | (2) | Stripes | $4,748,819 | -10% | 1,086 | $4,373 | $42,740,041 | 31 | |
| 4 | (3) | Superman II | $3,691,244 | -30% | 989 | $3,732 | $78,417,123 | 38 | |
| 5 | (5) | The Fox and the Hound | $3,106,456 | -25% | 912 | $3,406 | $17,764,512 | 17 | |
| 6 | (9) | Arthur | $3,041,995 | +12% | 705 | $4,315 | $7,711,222 | 10 | |
| 7 | (new) | Wolfen | $3,037,911 | 967 | $3,142 | $3,037,911 | 3 | ||
| 8 | (new) | Blow Out | $3,000,000 | 708 | $4,237 | $3,000,000 | 3 | ||
| 9 | (8) | Escape from New York | $1,926,035 | -32% | 476 | $4,046 | $11,381,096 | 17 | |
| 10 | (new) | Eye of the Needle | $1,832,928 | 458 | $4,002 | $1,832,928 | 3 | ||
| 11 | (6) | For Your Eyes Only | $1,800,000 | -44% | 700 | $2,571 | $32,695,997 | 31 | |
| 12 | (10) | The Great Muppet Caper | $1,593,954 | 0% | 0 | – | $20,235,000 | 31 | |
| 13 | (-) | Cheech & Chong's Nice Dreams | $359,461 | 378 | $951 | $33,647,006 | 45 | ||
| 14 | (new) | $28,756 | 3 | $9,585 | $28,756 | 3 | |||
| Reporting movies: 14 | $40,914,642 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tarzan, The Ape Man | $6,700,809 | 930 | $6,700,809 |
| 2 | Raiders of the Lost Ark | $6,046,274 | 1,182 | $78,743,581 |
| 3 | Stripes | $4,748,819 | 1,086 | $42,740,041 |
| 4 | Superman II | $3,691,244 | 989 | $78,417,123 |
| 5 | The Fox and the Hound | $3,106,456 | 912 | $17,764,512 |
| 6 | Arthur | $3,041,995 | 705 | $7,711,222 |
| 7 | Wolfen | $3,037,911 | 967 | $3,037,911 |
| 8 | Blow Out | $3,000,000 | 708 | $3,000,000 |
| 9 | Escape from New York | $1,926,035 | 476 | $11,381,096 |
| 10 | Eye of the Needle | $1,832,928 | 458 | $1,832,928 |
| 11 | For Your Eyes Only | $1,800,000 | 700 | $32,695,997 |
| 12 | The Great Muppet Caper | $1,593,954 | 0 | $20,235,000 |
| 13 | Cheech & Chong's Nice Dreams | $359,461 | 378 | $33,647,006 |
| 14 | $28,756 | 3 | $28,756 | |
| Reporting: 14 | $40,914,642 | total | ||