Weekend Domestic Box Office November 27, 1981
| Rank | Prev | Title | Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (1) | Time Bandits | $5,000,000 | +35% | 1,046 | $4,780 | $23,464,578 | 24 | |
| 2 | (2) | Raiders of the Lost Ark | $4,228,951 | +28% | 1,251 | $3,380 | $158,118,372 | 171 | |
| 3 | (3) | Arthur | $2,125,599 | +43% | 821 | $2,589 | $73,102,503 | 136 | |
| 4 | (5) | Only When I Laugh | $1,026,939 | +3% | 604 | $1,700 | $24,954,906 | 68 | |
| 5 | (4) | Halloween II | $790,205 | -39% | 480 | $1,646 | $20,470,309 | 31 | |
| 6 | (8) | Body Heat | $714,777 | +24% | 348 | $2,054 | $22,820,617 | 94 | |
| 7 | (9) | Prince of the City | $468,120 | -1% | 226 | $2,071 | $7,479,046 | 103 | |
| 8 | (10) | Chariots of Fire | $230,393 | +31% | 11 | $20,945 | $2,363,447 | 66 | |
| 9 | (11) | Ragtime | $160,884 | +6% | 4 | $40,221 | $418,359 | 10 | |
| 10 | (12) | Absence of Malice | $68,758 | +6% | 2 | $34,379 | $199,532 | 11 | |
| 12 | (13) | So Fine | $0 | 0 | – | $9,381,808 | 66 | ||
| 11 | (14) | Looker | $0 | 0 | – | $3,281,232 | 31 | ||
| Reporting movies: 12 | $14,814,626 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Time Bandits | $5,000,000 | 1,046 | $23,464,578 |
| 2 | Raiders of the Lost Ark | $4,228,951 | 1,251 | $158,118,372 |
| 3 | Arthur | $2,125,599 | 821 | $73,102,503 |
| 4 | Only When I Laugh | $1,026,939 | 604 | $24,954,906 |
| 5 | Halloween II | $790,205 | 480 | $20,470,309 |
| 6 | Body Heat | $714,777 | 348 | $22,820,617 |
| 7 | Prince of the City | $468,120 | 226 | $7,479,046 |
| 8 | Chariots of Fire | $230,393 | 11 | $2,363,447 |
| 9 | Ragtime | $160,884 | 4 | $418,359 |
| 10 | Absence of Malice | $68,758 | 2 | $199,532 |
| 12 | So Fine | $0 | 0 | $9,381,808 |
| 11 | Looker | $0 | 0 | $3,281,232 |
| Reporting: 12 | $14,814,626 | total | ||