Weekend Domestic Box Office October 16, 1981
| Rank | Prev | Title | Daily Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (1) | Paternity | $2,422,503 | -25% | 1,034 | $2,343 | $10,317,420 | 17 | |
| 2 | (2) | Only When I Laugh | $2,198,006 | -14% | 799 | $2,751 | $14,856,673 | 26 | |
| 3 | (4) | Arthur | $2,136,948 | -8% | 636 | $3,360 | $59,956,546 | 94 | |
| 4 | (3) | Rich and Famous | $2,030,946 | -13% | 650 | $3,125 | $5,290,880 | 10 | |
| 6 | (new) | All the Marbles | $1,700,000 | 925 | $1,838 | $1,700,000 | 3 | ||
| 5 | (-) | The French Lieutenant's Woman | $1,700,000 | 325 | $5,231 | $4,150,000 | 31 | ||
| 7 | (5) | Raiders of the Lost Ark | $1,533,105 | -31% | 466 | $3,290 | $141,812,813 | 129 | |
| 8 | (-) | True Confessions | $1,450,000 | 417 | $3,477 | $4,750,000 | 24 | ||
| 9 | (7) | Body Heat | $1,295,365 | -23% | 636 | $2,037 | $15,908,157 | 52 | |
| 10 | (6) | Mommie Dearest | $1,094,351 | -46% | 636 | $1,721 | $14,814,292 | 31 | |
| 11 | (-) | Stripes | $649,449 | 459 | $1,415 | $81,564,706 | 115 | ||
| 12 | (9) | Continental Divide | $647,643 | -33% | 459 | $1,411 | $10,430,647 | 31 | |
| 13 | (8) | So Fine | $565,442 | -51% | 486 | $1,163 | $7,955,146 | 24 | |
| 14 | (-) | Prince of the City | $522,834 | 146 | $3,581 | $3,391,563 | 61 | ||
| 15 | (13) | Southern Comfort | $363,701 | 101 | $3,601 | $763,694 | 24 | ||
| 16 | (-) | Gallipoli | $349,492 | 113 | $3,093 | $2,204,369 | 52 | ||
| 17 | (10) | Tattoo | $268,959 | -35% | 122 | $2,205 | $860,472 | 10 | |
| 18 | (11) | Zoot Suit | $136,248 | +10% | 27 | $5,046 | $380,302 | 17 | |
| 19 | (12) | Chariots of Fire | $119,695 | +2% | 6 | $19,949 | $764,983 | 24 | |
| 21 | (-) | Raggedy Man | $0 | 0 | – | $769,000 | 31 | ||
| 20 | (-) | Private Lessons | $0 | 0 | – | $6,424,616 | 52 | ||
| Reporting movies: 21 | $21,184,687 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paternity | $2,422,503 | 1,034 | $10,317,420 |
| 2 | Only When I Laugh | $2,198,006 | 799 | $14,856,673 |
| 3 | Arthur | $2,136,948 | 636 | $59,956,546 |
| 4 | Rich and Famous | $2,030,946 | 650 | $5,290,880 |
| 6 | All the Marbles | $1,700,000 | 925 | $1,700,000 |
| 5 | The French Lieutenant's Woman | $1,700,000 | 325 | $4,150,000 |
| 7 | Raiders of the Lost Ark | $1,533,105 | 466 | $141,812,813 |
| 8 | True Confessions | $1,450,000 | 417 | $4,750,000 |
| 9 | Body Heat | $1,295,365 | 636 | $15,908,157 |
| 10 | Mommie Dearest | $1,094,351 | 636 | $14,814,292 |
| 11 | Stripes | $649,449 | 459 | $81,564,706 |
| 12 | Continental Divide | $647,643 | 459 | $10,430,647 |
| 13 | So Fine | $565,442 | 486 | $7,955,146 |
| 14 | Prince of the City | $522,834 | 146 | $3,391,563 |
| 15 | Southern Comfort | $363,701 | 101 | $763,694 |
| 16 | Gallipoli | $349,492 | 113 | $2,204,369 |
| 17 | Tattoo | $268,959 | 122 | $860,472 |
| 18 | Zoot Suit | $136,248 | 27 | $380,302 |
| 19 | Chariots of Fire | $119,695 | 6 | $764,983 |
| 21 | Raggedy Man | $0 | 0 | $769,000 |
| 20 | Private Lessons | $0 | 0 | $6,424,616 |
| Reporting: 21 | $21,184,687 | total | ||