Weekend Domestic Box Office September 25, 1981
| Rank | Prev | Title | Daily Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (7) | Mommie Dearest | $4,667,761 | +415% | 930 | $5,019 | $5,580,619 | 10 | |
| 2 | (new) | Only When I Laugh | $3,880,870 | 758 | $5,120 | $3,983,269 | 5 | ||
| 3 | (new) | So Fine | $2,591,730 | 1,031 | $2,514 | $2,591,730 | 3 | ||
| 4 | (3) | Arthur | $2,396,551 | -18% | 925 | $2,591 | $50,053,029 | 73 | |
| 5 | (2) | Body Heat | $2,186,458 | -28% | 814 | $2,686 | $8,629,339 | 31 | |
| 6 | (1) | Continental Divide | $2,000,000 | -38% | 831 | $2,407 | $6,086,063 | 10 | |
| 7 | (4) | Raiders of the Lost Ark | $1,871,521 | -20% | 621 | $3,014 | $134,396,731 | 108 | |
| 8 | (new) | Carbon Copy | $1,451,286 | 450 | $3,225 | $1,451,286 | 3 | ||
| 9 | (5) | Stripes | $1,388,529 | -10% | 848 | $1,637 | $78,271,428 | 94 | |
| 10 | (6) | An American Werewolf in London | $641,105 | -54% | 305 | $2,102 | $20,445,527 | 38 | |
| 11 | (9) | Private Lessons | $248,919 | -24% | 107 | $2,326 | $5,850,000 | 31 | |
| 12 | (new) | True Confessions | $154,923 | 4 | $38,731 | $154,923 | 3 | ||
| 13 | (10) | Raggedy Man | $150,000 | -48% | 101 | $1,485 | $511,115 | 10 | |
| 14 | (14) | Prince of the City | $144,873 | +69% | 13 | $11,144 | $0 | 40 | |
| 15 | (13) | The French Lieutenant's Woman | $136,187 | +10% | 5 | $27,237 | $335,497 | 10 | |
| 16 | (new) | Southern Comfort | $116,943 | 17 | $6,879 | $116,943 | 3 | ||
| 17 | (new) | Chariots of Fire | $68,907 | 3 | $22,969 | $68,907 | 3 | ||
| 18 | (12) | Gallipoli | $0 | -100% | 20 | $0 | $922,146 | 31 | |
| Reporting movies: 18 | $24,096,563 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mommie Dearest | $4,667,761 | 930 | $5,580,619 |
| 2 | Only When I Laugh | $3,880,870 | 758 | $3,983,269 |
| 3 | So Fine | $2,591,730 | 1,031 | $2,591,730 |
| 4 | Arthur | $2,396,551 | 925 | $50,053,029 |
| 5 | Body Heat | $2,186,458 | 814 | $8,629,339 |
| 6 | Continental Divide | $2,000,000 | 831 | $6,086,063 |
| 7 | Raiders of the Lost Ark | $1,871,521 | 621 | $134,396,731 |
| 8 | Carbon Copy | $1,451,286 | 450 | $1,451,286 |
| 9 | Stripes | $1,388,529 | 848 | $78,271,428 |
| 10 | An American Werewolf in London | $641,105 | 305 | $20,445,527 |
| 11 | Private Lessons | $248,919 | 107 | $5,850,000 |
| 12 | True Confessions | $154,923 | 4 | $154,923 |
| 13 | Raggedy Man | $150,000 | 101 | $511,115 |
| 14 | Prince of the City | $144,873 | 13 | $0 |
| 15 | The French Lieutenant's Woman | $136,187 | 5 | $335,497 |
| 16 | Southern Comfort | $116,943 | 17 | $116,943 |
| 17 | Chariots of Fire | $68,907 | 3 | $68,907 |
| 18 | Gallipoli | $0 | 20 | $922,146 |
| Reporting: 18 | $24,096,563 | total | ||