Weekend Domestic Box Office August 28, 1981
| Rank | Prev | Title | Daily Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (1) | Raiders of the Lost Ark | $3,909,879 | -7% | 1,110 | $3,522 | $117,371,084 | 80 | |
| 2 | (2) | An American Werewolf in London | $3,500,000 | -8% | 750 | $4,667 | $8,986,245 | 10 | |
| 3 | (3) | Arthur | $3,214,004 | +4% | 854 | $3,763 | $31,973,249 | 45 | |
| 4 | (5) | Stripes | $2,634,512 | +19% | 1,117 | $2,359 | $67,253,342 | 66 | |
| 5 | (4) | First Monday in October | $2,003,856 | -26% | 525 | $3,817 | $5,654,507 | 10 | |
| 6 | (11) | Comin' at Ya! | $1,586,315 | +40% | 197 | $8,052 | $3,743,619 | 38 | |
| 7 | (6) | Heavy Metal | $1,511,442 | -18% | 701 | $2,156 | $13,950,979 | 24 | |
| 8 | (9) | Superman II | $1,440,684 | -8% | 763 | $1,888 | $95,367,222 | 73 | |
| 9 | (new) | Private Lessons | $1,177,841 | 134 | $8,790 | $1,177,841 | 3 | ||
| 10 | (7) | Under the Rainbow | $1,128,903 | -36% | 610 | $1,851 | $14,658,125 | 31 | |
| 11 | (new) | Body Heat | $564,593 | 34 | $16,606 | $564,593 | 3 | ||
| 12 | (-) | Endless Love | $531,827 | 250 | $2,127 | $22,190,208 | 45 | ||
| 13 | (-) | Blow Out | $522,000 | 242 | $2,157 | $13,747,234 | 38 | ||
| 14 | (-) | On the Right Track | $191,320 | 36 | $5,314 | $9,667,137 | 178 | ||
| 15 | (13) | Prince of the City | $124,602 | +93% | 5 | $24,920 | $286,519 | 12 | |
| 16 | (new) | Gallipoli | $59,757 | 2 | $29,879 | $59,757 | 3 | ||
| Reporting movies: 16 | $24,101,535 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Raiders of the Lost Ark | $3,909,879 | 1,110 | $117,371,084 |
| 2 | An American Werewolf in London | $3,500,000 | 750 | $8,986,245 |
| 3 | Arthur | $3,214,004 | 854 | $31,973,249 |
| 4 | Stripes | $2,634,512 | 1,117 | $67,253,342 |
| 5 | First Monday in October | $2,003,856 | 525 | $5,654,507 |
| 6 | Comin' at Ya! | $1,586,315 | 197 | $3,743,619 |
| 7 | Heavy Metal | $1,511,442 | 701 | $13,950,979 |
| 8 | Superman II | $1,440,684 | 763 | $95,367,222 |
| 9 | Private Lessons | $1,177,841 | 134 | $1,177,841 |
| 10 | Under the Rainbow | $1,128,903 | 610 | $14,658,125 |
| 11 | Body Heat | $564,593 | 34 | $564,593 |
| 12 | Endless Love | $531,827 | 250 | $22,190,208 |
| 13 | Blow Out | $522,000 | 242 | $13,747,234 |
| 14 | On the Right Track | $191,320 | 36 | $9,667,137 |
| 15 | Prince of the City | $124,602 | 5 | $286,519 |
| 16 | Gallipoli | $59,757 | 2 | $59,757 |
| Reporting: 16 | $24,101,535 | total | ||