Weekend Domestic Box Office November 6, 1981
| Rank | Prev | Title | Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (new) | Time Bandits | $6,507,356 | 821 | $7,926 | $6,507,356 | 3 | ||
| 2 | (1) | Halloween II | $4,400,000 | -43% | 1,208 | $3,642 | $14,200,000 | 10 | |
| 3 | (3) | Arthur | $1,734,076 | +38% | 838 | $2,069 | $65,752,970 | 115 | |
| 4 | (4) | Only When I Laugh | $1,434,164 | +19% | 700 | $2,049 | $20,703,608 | 47 | |
| 5 | (8) | Raiders of the Lost Ark | $1,268,973 | +31% | 440 | $2,884 | $146,648,104 | 150 | |
| 6 | (6) | Paternity | $1,117,973 | +6% | 658 | $1,699 | $15,241,005 | 38 | |
| 7 | (-) | $985,630 | 450 | $2,190 | $2,939,174 | 45 | |||
| 8 | (10) | Body Heat | $876,546 | +30% | 532 | $1,648 | $19,889,623 | 73 | |
| 9 | (11) | Prince of the City | $574,993 | +14% | 227 | $2,533 | $5,366,987 | 82 | |
| 10 | (13) | Mommie Dearest | $506,081 | +3% | 430 | $1,177 | $17,387,968 | 52 | |
| 11 | (-) | Stripes | $356,011 | 257 | $1,385 | $83,339,362 | 136 | ||
| 12 | (14) | Gallipoli | $308,289 | +48% | 132 | $2,336 | $3,302,995 | 73 | |
| 13 | (15) | Chariots of Fire | $199,730 | +14% | 11 | $18,157 | $1,501,442 | 45 | |
| Reporting movies: 13 | $20,269,822 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Time Bandits | $6,507,356 | 821 | $6,507,356 |
| 2 | Halloween II | $4,400,000 | 1,208 | $14,200,000 |
| 3 | Arthur | $1,734,076 | 838 | $65,752,970 |
| 4 | Only When I Laugh | $1,434,164 | 700 | $20,703,608 |
| 5 | Raiders of the Lost Ark | $1,268,973 | 440 | $146,648,104 |
| 6 | Paternity | $1,117,973 | 658 | $15,241,005 |
| 7 | $985,630 | 450 | $2,939,174 | |
| 8 | Body Heat | $876,546 | 532 | $19,889,623 |
| 9 | Prince of the City | $574,993 | 227 | $5,366,987 |
| 10 | Mommie Dearest | $506,081 | 430 | $17,387,968 |
| 11 | Stripes | $356,011 | 257 | $83,339,362 |
| 12 | Gallipoli | $308,289 | 132 | $3,302,995 |
| 13 | Chariots of Fire | $199,730 | 11 | $1,501,442 |
| Reporting: 13 | $20,269,822 | total | ||