Weekend Domestic Box Office August 14, 1981
| Rank | Prev | Title | Daily Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (1) | Raiders of the Lost Ark | $5,157,432 | +6% | 1,310 | $3,937 | $104,088,566 | 66 | |
| 2 | (5) | Stripes | $3,042,397 | -3% | 1,044 | $2,914 | $58,826,081 | 52 | |
| 3 | (6) | Arthur | $2,931,246 | -5% | 661 | $4,435 | $21,743,829 | 31 | |
| 4 | (new) | Deadly Blessing | $2,800,000 | 1,000 | $2,800 | $2,800,000 | 3 | ||
| 5 | (9) | Under the Rainbow | $2,717,447 | +41% | 771 | $3,525 | $9,418,480 | 17 | |
| 6 | (4) | Heavy Metal | $2,693,969 | -17% | 738 | $3,650 | $7,967,081 | 10 | |
| 7 | (2) | Star Wars Ep. V: The Empire Strikes Back | $2,077,984 | -48% | 969 | $2,144 | $200,877,589 | 453 | |
| 8 | (3) | Tarzan, The Ape Man | $2,058,645 | -39% | 825 | $2,495 | $24,274,951 | 24 | |
| 9 | (10) | An Eye for an Eye | $1,804,357 | 0% | 544 | $3,317 | $0 | 10 | |
| 10 | (7) | Superman II | $1,697,996 | -22% | 679 | $2,501 | $90,396,497 | 59 | |
| 11 | (8) | Blow Out | $1,450,000 | -28% | 428 | $3,388 | $10,000,000 | 24 | |
| 12 | (11) | Endless Love | $1,255,655 | -27% | 471 | $2,666 | $19,486,265 | 31 | |
| 13 | (12) | Victory | $1,000,000 | -38% | 383 | $2,611 | $6,800,000 | 17 | |
| 14 | (13) | Student Bodies | $700,000 | -56% | 333 | $2,102 | $0 | 10 | |
| 15 | (16) | The Cannonball Run | $677,752 | -11% | 426 | $1,591 | $57,498,710 | 59 | |
| 16 | (14) | Wolfen | $615,228 | -28% | 300 | $2,051 | $8,873,042 | 24 | |
| 17 | (-) | The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia | $282,156 | 75 | $3,762 | $8,264,117 | 73 | ||
| 18 | (-) | The Blue Lagoon | $275,039 | 116 | $2,371 | $0 | 423 | ||
| 19 | (new) | Chu Chu and the Philly Flash | $221,898 | 97 | $2,288 | $221,898 | 3 | ||
| 20 | (-) | Comin' at Ya! | $143,446 | 15 | $9,563 | $143,446 | 24 | ||
| 21 | (20) | Cheech & Chong's Nice Dreams | $0 | -100% | 0 | – | $33,982,504 | 73 | |
| Reporting movies: 21 | $33,602,647 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Raiders of the Lost Ark | $5,157,432 | 1,310 | $104,088,566 |
| 2 | Stripes | $3,042,397 | 1,044 | $58,826,081 |
| 3 | Arthur | $2,931,246 | 661 | $21,743,829 |
| 4 | Deadly Blessing | $2,800,000 | 1,000 | $2,800,000 |
| 5 | Under the Rainbow | $2,717,447 | 771 | $9,418,480 |
| 6 | Heavy Metal | $2,693,969 | 738 | $7,967,081 |
| 7 | Star Wars Ep. V: The Empire Strikes Back | $2,077,984 | 969 | $200,877,589 |
| 8 | Tarzan, The Ape Man | $2,058,645 | 825 | $24,274,951 |
| 9 | An Eye for an Eye | $1,804,357 | 544 | $0 |
| 10 | Superman II | $1,697,996 | 679 | $90,396,497 |
| 11 | Blow Out | $1,450,000 | 428 | $10,000,000 |
| 12 | Endless Love | $1,255,655 | 471 | $19,486,265 |
| 13 | Victory | $1,000,000 | 383 | $6,800,000 |
| 14 | Student Bodies | $700,000 | 333 | $0 |
| 15 | The Cannonball Run | $677,752 | 426 | $57,498,710 |
| 16 | Wolfen | $615,228 | 300 | $8,873,042 |
| 17 | The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia | $282,156 | 75 | $8,264,117 |
| 18 | The Blue Lagoon | $275,039 | 116 | $0 |
| 19 | Chu Chu and the Philly Flash | $221,898 | 97 | $221,898 |
| 20 | Comin' at Ya! | $143,446 | 15 | $143,446 |
| 21 | Cheech & Chong's Nice Dreams | $0 | 0 | $33,982,504 |
| Reporting: 21 | $33,602,647 | total | ||