Weekend Domestic Box Office August 21, 1981
| Rank | Prev | Title | Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (1) | Raiders of the Lost Ark | $4,183,784 | -19% | 1,180 | $3,546 | $110,733,608 | 73 | |
| 2 | (new) | An American Werewolf in London | $3,786,512 | 870 | $4,352 | $3,786,512 | 3 | ||
| 3 | (3) | Arthur | $3,088,798 | +5% | 774 | $3,991 | $26,724,137 | 38 | |
| 4 | (new) | First Monday in October | $2,714,682 | 525 | $5,171 | $2,714,682 | 3 | ||
| 5 | (2) | Stripes | $2,219,592 | -27% | 1,015 | $2,187 | $62,791,018 | 59 | |
| 6 | (6) | Heavy Metal | $1,836,386 | -32% | 752 | $2,442 | $11,312,996 | 17 | |
| 7 | (5) | Under the Rainbow | $1,768,675 | -35% | 792 | $2,233 | $12,588,339 | 24 | |
| 8 | (9) | An Eye for an Eye | $1,604,914 | -11% | 593 | $2,706 | $7,496,681 | 17 | |
| 9 | (10) | Superman II | $1,570,081 | -8% | 821 | $1,912 | $93,012,233 | 66 | |
| 10 | (8) | Tarzan, The Ape Man | $1,414,686 | -31% | 690 | $2,050 | $26,785,103 | 31 | |
| 11 | (20) | Comin' at Ya! | $1,132,000 | 105 | $10,781 | $0 | 31 | ||
| 12 | (new) | Honky Tonk Freeway | $939,423 | 629 | $1,494 | $939,423 | 3 | ||
| 13 | (new) | Prince of the City | $64,713 | 3 | $21,571 | $100,518 | 5 | ||
| Reporting movies: 13 | $26,324,246 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Raiders of the Lost Ark | $4,183,784 | 1,180 | $110,733,608 |
| 2 | An American Werewolf in London | $3,786,512 | 870 | $3,786,512 |
| 3 | Arthur | $3,088,798 | 774 | $26,724,137 |
| 4 | First Monday in October | $2,714,682 | 525 | $2,714,682 |
| 5 | Stripes | $2,219,592 | 1,015 | $62,791,018 |
| 6 | Heavy Metal | $1,836,386 | 752 | $11,312,996 |
| 7 | Under the Rainbow | $1,768,675 | 792 | $12,588,339 |
| 8 | An Eye for an Eye | $1,604,914 | 593 | $7,496,681 |
| 9 | Superman II | $1,570,081 | 821 | $93,012,233 |
| 10 | Tarzan, The Ape Man | $1,414,686 | 690 | $26,785,103 |
| 11 | Comin' at Ya! | $1,132,000 | 105 | $0 |
| 12 | Honky Tonk Freeway | $939,423 | 629 | $939,423 |
| 13 | Prince of the City | $64,713 | 3 | $100,518 |
| Reporting: 13 | $26,324,246 | total | ||