Weekend Domestic Box Office January 1, 1982
| Rank | Prev | Title | Daily Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (1) | Modern Problems | $5,432,125 | +14% | 1,184 | $4,588 | $14,611,644 | 10 | |
| 2 | (-) | Sharky's Machine | $5,218,574 | 1,442 | $3,619 | $18,938,352 | 17 | ||
| 3 | (-) | Cinderella | $4,691,990 | 1,073 | $4,373 | $46,778,990 | 11,646 | ||
| 4 | (-) | Taps | $4,524,683 | 610 | $7,418 | $14,864,282 | 26 | ||
| 5 | (-) | Absence of Malice | $4,205,160 | 849 | $4,953 | $16,024,787 | 46 | ||
| 6 | (-) | Neighbors | $4,101,926 | 1,415 | $2,899 | $22,912,993 | 17 | ||
| 7 | (2) | Raiders of the Lost Ark | $3,735,244 | +0% | 1,094 | $3,414 | $168,425,367 | 206 | |
| 8 | (-) | Reds | $3,728,000 | 665 | $5,606 | $0 | 31 | ||
| 9 | (-) | Ghost Story | $2,713,946 | 550 | $4,934 | $11,583,188 | 17 | ||
| 10 | (-) | Time Bandits | $2,383,593 | 890 | $2,678 | $33,596,404 | 59 | ||
| 11 | (-) | Ragtime | $2,045,298 | 444 | $4,607 | $8,382,501 | 45 | ||
| 12 | (-) | Pennies from Heaven | $1,318,740 | 450 | $2,931 | $5,227,259 | 24 | ||
| 13 | (-) | Rollover | $1,183,999 | 560 | $2,114 | $7,747,128 | 24 | ||
| 14 | (-) | Buddy Buddy | $532,389 | 400 | $1,331 | $5,299,037 | 24 | ||
| 15 | (-) | Chariots of Fire | $418,457 | 35 | $11,956 | $2,770,216 | 101 | ||
| 16 | (-) | Private Lessons | $277,150 | 65 | $4,264 | $12,900,000 | 129 | ||
| 17 | (3) | On Golden Pond | $129,706 | +49% | 3 | $43,235 | $819,365 | 31 | |
| 18 | (-) | Whose Life is it Anyway? | $122,780 | 16 | $7,674 | $0 | 33 | ||
| Reporting movies: 18 | $46,763,760 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Modern Problems | $5,432,125 | 1,184 | $14,611,644 |
| 2 | Sharky's Machine | $5,218,574 | 1,442 | $18,938,352 |
| 3 | Cinderella | $4,691,990 | 1,073 | $46,778,990 |
| 4 | Taps | $4,524,683 | 610 | $14,864,282 |
| 5 | Absence of Malice | $4,205,160 | 849 | $16,024,787 |
| 6 | Neighbors | $4,101,926 | 1,415 | $22,912,993 |
| 7 | Raiders of the Lost Ark | $3,735,244 | 1,094 | $168,425,367 |
| 8 | Reds | $3,728,000 | 665 | $0 |
| 9 | Ghost Story | $2,713,946 | 550 | $11,583,188 |
| 10 | Time Bandits | $2,383,593 | 890 | $33,596,404 |
| 11 | Ragtime | $2,045,298 | 444 | $8,382,501 |
| 12 | Pennies from Heaven | $1,318,740 | 450 | $5,227,259 |
| 13 | Rollover | $1,183,999 | 560 | $7,747,128 |
| 14 | Buddy Buddy | $532,389 | 400 | $5,299,037 |
| 15 | Chariots of Fire | $418,457 | 35 | $2,770,216 |
| 16 | Private Lessons | $277,150 | 65 | $12,900,000 |
| 17 | On Golden Pond | $129,706 | 3 | $819,365 |
| 18 | Whose Life is it Anyway? | $122,780 | 16 | $0 |
| Reporting: 18 | $46,763,760 | total | ||