Weekend Domestic Box Office September 4, 1981
| Rank | Prev | Title | Daily Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (1) | Raiders of the Lost Ark | $5,406,403 | +38% | 1,144 | $4,726 | $125,254,773 | 87 | |
| 2 | (3) | Arthur | $5,001,805 | +56% | 949 | $5,271 | $38,663,847 | 52 | |
| 3 | (2) | An American Werewolf in London | $3,561,460 | +2% | 825 | $4,317 | $14,500,000 | 17 | |
| 4 | (4) | Stripes | $3,335,861 | +27% | 110 | $30,326 | $71,850,123 | 73 | |
| 5 | (-) | First Monday in October | $2,053,088 | +2% | 525 | $3,911 | $8,201,232 | 17 | |
| 6 | (7) | Superman II | $1,610,179 | +12% | 714 | $2,255 | $97,647,259 | 80 | |
| 7 | (6) | Heavy Metal | $1,356,331 | -10% | 507 | $2,675 | $16,164,432 | 31 | |
| 8 | (8) | Private Lessons | $1,250,730 | +6% | 166 | $7,535 | $3,073,618 | 10 | |
| 9 | (5) | Comin' at Ya! | $1,227,457 | -23% | 202 | $6,077 | $5,672,832 | 45 | |
| 10 | (9) | Under the Rainbow | $1,074,382 | -5% | 545 | $1,971 | $16,188,283 | 38 | |
| 11 | (-) | $832,000 | 108 | $7,704 | $2,300,000 | 31 | |||
| 12 | (10) | Body Heat | $712,208 | +26% | 34 | $20,947 | $1,584,997 | 10 | |
| 13 | (11) | Endless Love | $689,000 | +30% | 337 | $2,045 | $23,315,700 | 52 | |
| 14 | (-) | Tarzan, The Ape Man | $550,000 | 464 | $1,185 | $30,920,417 | 45 | ||
| 15 | (14) | Prince of the City | $173,142 | +39% | 5 | $34,628 | $559,495 | 19 | |
| 16 | (15) | Gallipoli | $141,383 | +137% | 4 | $35,346 | $247,021 | 10 | |
| Reporting movies: 16 | $28,975,429 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Raiders of the Lost Ark | $5,406,403 | 1,144 | $125,254,773 |
| 2 | Arthur | $5,001,805 | 949 | $38,663,847 |
| 3 | An American Werewolf in London | $3,561,460 | 825 | $14,500,000 |
| 4 | Stripes | $3,335,861 | 110 | $71,850,123 |
| 5 | First Monday in October | $2,053,088 | 525 | $8,201,232 |
| 6 | Superman II | $1,610,179 | 714 | $97,647,259 |
| 7 | Heavy Metal | $1,356,331 | 507 | $16,164,432 |
| 8 | Private Lessons | $1,250,730 | 166 | $3,073,618 |
| 9 | Comin' at Ya! | $1,227,457 | 202 | $5,672,832 |
| 10 | Under the Rainbow | $1,074,382 | 545 | $16,188,283 |
| 11 | $832,000 | 108 | $2,300,000 | |
| 12 | Body Heat | $712,208 | 34 | $1,584,997 |
| 13 | Endless Love | $689,000 | 337 | $23,315,700 |
| 14 | Tarzan, The Ape Man | $550,000 | 464 | $30,920,417 |
| 15 | Prince of the City | $173,142 | 5 | $559,495 |
| 16 | Gallipoli | $141,383 | 4 | $247,021 |
| Reporting: 16 | $28,975,429 | total | ||