Weekend Domestic Box Office November 13, 1981
| Rank | Prev | Title | Daily Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (1) | Time Bandits | $5,500,000 | -15% | 832 | $6,611 | $12,939,284 | 10 | |
| 2 | (2) | Halloween II | $2,255,317 | -49% | 1,010 | $2,233 | $17,615,968 | 17 | |
| 3 | (3) | Arthur | $1,655,733 | -5% | 803 | $2,062 | $68,088,640 | 122 | |
| 4 | (-) | The French Lieutenant's Woman | $1,650,000 | 510 | $3,235 | $14,000,000 | 59 | ||
| 5 | (new) | The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper | $1,124,671 | 842 | $1,336 | $1,124,671 | 3 | ||
| 6 | (4) | Only When I Laugh | $1,122,494 | -22% | 639 | $1,757 | $21,941,566 | 54 | |
| 7 | (5) | Raiders of the Lost Ark | $1,113,624 | -12% | 410 | $2,716 | $148,244,536 | 157 | |
| 8 | (-) | True Confessions | $850,000 | 400 | $2,125 | $11,000,000 | 52 | ||
| 9 | (6) | Paternity | $830,078 | -26% | 561 | $1,480 | $16,118,801 | 45 | |
| 10 | (-) | Private Lessons | $756,833 | 108 | $7,008 | $8,231,180 | 80 | ||
| 11 | (-) | Rich and Famous | $750,000 | 400 | $1,875 | $11,000,000 | 38 | ||
| 12 | (8) | Body Heat | $700,294 | -20% | 451 | $1,553 | $20,963,171 | 80 | |
| 13 | (10) | Mommie Dearest | $446,530 | -12% | 370 | $1,207 | $17,988,509 | 59 | |
| 14 | (9) | Prince of the City | $432,211 | -25% | 176 | $2,456 | $6,147,769 | 89 | |
| 15 | (12) | Gallipoli | $234,714 | -24% | 115 | $2,041 | $3,623,994 | 80 | |
| 16 | (new) | Dead and Buried | $216,166 | 83 | $2,604 | $216,166 | 3 | ||
| 17 | (13) | Chariots of Fire | $189,720 | -5% | 11 | $17,247 | $1,789,851 | 52 | |
| Reporting movies: 17 | $19,828,385 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Time Bandits | $5,500,000 | 832 | $12,939,284 |
| 2 | Halloween II | $2,255,317 | 1,010 | $17,615,968 |
| 3 | Arthur | $1,655,733 | 803 | $68,088,640 |
| 4 | The French Lieutenant's Woman | $1,650,000 | 510 | $14,000,000 |
| 5 | The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper | $1,124,671 | 842 | $1,124,671 |
| 6 | Only When I Laugh | $1,122,494 | 639 | $21,941,566 |
| 7 | Raiders of the Lost Ark | $1,113,624 | 410 | $148,244,536 |
| 8 | True Confessions | $850,000 | 400 | $11,000,000 |
| 9 | Paternity | $830,078 | 561 | $16,118,801 |
| 10 | Private Lessons | $756,833 | 108 | $8,231,180 |
| 11 | Rich and Famous | $750,000 | 400 | $11,000,000 |
| 12 | Body Heat | $700,294 | 451 | $20,963,171 |
| 13 | Mommie Dearest | $446,530 | 370 | $17,988,509 |
| 14 | Prince of the City | $432,211 | 176 | $6,147,769 |
| 15 | Gallipoli | $234,714 | 115 | $3,623,994 |
| 16 | Dead and Buried | $216,166 | 83 | $216,166 |
| 17 | Chariots of Fire | $189,720 | 11 | $1,789,851 |
| Reporting: 17 | $19,828,385 | total | ||