Weekend Domestic Box Office October 30, 1981
| Rank | Prev | Title | Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (new) | Halloween II | $7,676,836 | 1,217 | $6,308 | $7,676,836 | 3 | ||
| 2 | (-) | The French Lieutenant's Woman | $1,400,000 | 433 | $3,233 | $0 | 45 | ||
| 3 | (-) | Arthur | $1,254,295 | 875 | $1,433 | $63,438,928 | 108 | ||
| 4 | (-) | Only When I Laugh | $1,203,428 | 771 | $1,561 | $18,627,567 | 40 | ||
| 5 | (new) | Looker | $1,142,186 | 887 | $1,288 | $1,142,186 | 3 | ||
| 6 | (-) | Paternity | $1,056,385 | 757 | $1,395 | $13,951,495 | 31 | ||
| 7 | (-) | True Confessions | $1,000,000 | 458 | $2,183 | $7,650,000 | 38 | ||
| 8 | (-) | Raiders of the Lost Ark | $967,723 | 431 | $2,245 | $144,963,710 | 143 | ||
| 9 | (-) | Rich and Famous | $800,000 | 492 | $1,626 | $8,300,000 | 24 | ||
| 10 | (-) | Body Heat | $672,518 | 476 | $1,413 | $18,666,092 | 66 | ||
| 11 | (-) | Prince of the City | $505,419 | 223 | $2,266 | $4,633,184 | 75 | ||
| 12 | (-) | All the Marbles | $500,000 | 511 | $978 | $4,300,000 | 17 | ||
| 13 | (-) | Mommie Dearest | $493,189 | 541 | $912 | $16,621,744 | 45 | ||
| 14 | (-) | Gallipoli | $208,450 | 111 | $1,878 | $2,892,761 | 66 | ||
| 15 | (-) | Chariots of Fire | $174,508 | 11 | $15,864 | $1,217,032 | 38 | ||
| Reporting movies: 15 | $19,054,937 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Halloween II | $7,676,836 | 1,217 | $7,676,836 |
| 2 | The French Lieutenant's Woman | $1,400,000 | 433 | $0 |
| 3 | Arthur | $1,254,295 | 875 | $63,438,928 |
| 4 | Only When I Laugh | $1,203,428 | 771 | $18,627,567 |
| 5 | Looker | $1,142,186 | 887 | $1,142,186 |
| 6 | Paternity | $1,056,385 | 757 | $13,951,495 |
| 7 | True Confessions | $1,000,000 | 458 | $7,650,000 |
| 8 | Raiders of the Lost Ark | $967,723 | 431 | $144,963,710 |
| 9 | Rich and Famous | $800,000 | 492 | $8,300,000 |
| 10 | Body Heat | $672,518 | 476 | $18,666,092 |
| 11 | Prince of the City | $505,419 | 223 | $4,633,184 |
| 12 | All the Marbles | $500,000 | 511 | $4,300,000 |
| 13 | Mommie Dearest | $493,189 | 541 | $16,621,744 |
| 14 | Gallipoli | $208,450 | 111 | $2,892,761 |
| 15 | Chariots of Fire | $174,508 | 11 | $1,217,032 |
| Reporting: 15 | $19,054,937 | total | ||