Weekend Domestic Box Office September 11, 1981
| Rank | Prev | Title | Daily Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (2) | Arthur | $3,002,255 | -40% | 948 | $3,167 | $42,646,628 | 59 | |
| 2 | (1) | Raiders of the Lost Ark | $2,422,842 | -55% | 900 | $2,692 | $128,566,311 | 94 | |
| 3 | (3) | An American Werewolf in London | $1,960,000 | -45% | 767 | $2,555 | $17,220,287 | 24 | |
| 4 | (4) | Stripes | $1,906,000 | -43% | 1,100 | $1,733 | $74,261,528 | 80 | |
| 5 | (5) | First Monday in October | $924,468 | -55% | 525 | $1,761 | $9,434,570 | 24 | |
| 6 | (8) | Private Lessons | $555,563 | -56% | 156 | $3,561 | $5,000,000 | 17 | |
| 7 | (9) | Comin' at Ya! | $439,117 | -64% | 180 | $2,440 | $6,315,676 | 52 | |
| 8 | (12) | Body Heat | $376,791 | -47% | 34 | $11,082 | $2,123,244 | 17 | |
| 9 | (16) | Gallipoli | $100,176 | -29% | 6 | $16,696 | $402,096 | 17 | |
| 10 | (15) | Prince of the City | $89,684 | -48% | 5 | $17,937 | $0 | 26 | |
| Reporting movies: 10 | $11,776,896 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arthur | $3,002,255 | 948 | $42,646,628 |
| 2 | Raiders of the Lost Ark | $2,422,842 | 900 | $128,566,311 |
| 3 | An American Werewolf in London | $1,960,000 | 767 | $17,220,287 |
| 4 | Stripes | $1,906,000 | 1,100 | $74,261,528 |
| 5 | First Monday in October | $924,468 | 525 | $9,434,570 |
| 6 | Private Lessons | $555,563 | 156 | $5,000,000 |
| 7 | Comin' at Ya! | $439,117 | 180 | $6,315,676 |
| 8 | Body Heat | $376,791 | 34 | $2,123,244 |
| 9 | Gallipoli | $100,176 | 6 | $402,096 |
| 10 | Prince of the City | $89,684 | 5 | $0 |
| Reporting: 10 | $11,776,896 | total | ||