Weekend Domestic Box Office December 18, 1981
| Rank | Prev | Title | Daily Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (new) | Neighbors | $6,481,386 | 1,387 | $4,673 | $6,481,386 | 3 | |
| 2 | (new) | Sharky's Machine | $3,022,041 | 1,388 | $2,177 | $3,022,041 | 3 | |
| 3 | (-) | Absence of Malice | $2,427,365 | 816 | $2,975 | $2,590,144 | 32 | |
| 4 | (2) | Taps | $2,110,078 | +2,169% | 455 | $4,638 | $2,265,086 | 12 |
| 5 | (new) | Ghost Story | $2,105,729 | 548 | $3,843 | $2,105,729 | 3 | |
| 6 | (-) | Cinderella | $1,300,000 | 560 | $2,321 | $43,387,000 | 11,632 | |
| 7 | (new) | Heartbeeps | $407,464 | 493 | $826 | $407,464 | 3 | |
| 8 | (3) | On Golden Pond | $55,236 | -29% | 2 | $27,618 | $327,285 | 17 |
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Neighbors | $6,481,386 | 1,387 | $6,481,386 |
| 2 | Sharky's Machine | $3,022,041 | 1,388 | $3,022,041 |
| 3 | Absence of Malice | $2,427,365 | 816 | $2,590,144 |
| 4 | Taps | $2,110,078 | 455 | $2,265,086 |
| 5 | Ghost Story | $2,105,729 | 548 | $2,105,729 |
| 6 | Cinderella | $1,300,000 | 560 | $43,387,000 |
| 7 | Heartbeeps | $407,464 | 493 | $407,464 |
| 8 | On Golden Pond | $55,236 | 2 | $327,285 |