Weekend Domestic Box Office January 8, 1982
| Rank | Prev | Title | Daily Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (5) | Absence of Malice | $2,940,996 | -30% | 866 | $3,396 | $20,331,514 | 53 | |
| 2 | (2) | Sharky's Machine | $2,850,839 | -45% | 1,379 | $2,067 | $23,349,293 | 24 | |
| 3 | (4) | Taps | $2,787,655 | -38% | 623 | $4,475 | $18,974,675 | 33 | |
| 4 | (1) | Modern Problems | $2,686,452 | -51% | 1,119 | $2,401 | $18,414,406 | 17 | |
| 5 | (8) | Reds | $2,379,809 | -36% | 644 | $3,695 | $20,912,446 | 38 | |
| 6 | (7) | Raiders of the Lost Ark | $1,908,232 | -49% | 914 | $2,088 | $171,873,449 | 213 | |
| 7 | (6) | Neighbors | $1,806,242 | -56% | 1,290 | $1,400 | $25,790,255 | 24 | |
| 8 | (3) | Cinderella | $1,774,588 | -62% | 1,050 | $1,690 | $49,521,478 | 11,653 | |
| 9 | (11) | Ragtime | $1,508,236 | -26% | 447 | $3,374 | $10,741,269 | 52 | |
| 10 | (9) | Ghost Story | $1,492,999 | -45% | 600 | $2,488 | $14,477,552 | 24 | |
| 11 | (10) | Time Bandits | $1,164,201 | -51% | 696 | $1,673 | $35,018,619 | 66 | |
| 12 | (13) | Rollover | $662,219 | -44% | 484 | $1,368 | $8,775,568 | 31 | |
| 13 | (15) | Chariots of Fire | $331,010 | -21% | 34 | $9,736 | $6,772,530 | 108 | |
| 14 | (17) | On Golden Pond | $102,856 | -21% | 3 | $34,285 | $808,957 | 38 | |
| 15 | (-) | Four Friends | $29,881 | 3 | $9,960 | $0 | 31 | ||
| Reporting movies: 15 | $24,426,215 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Absence of Malice | $2,940,996 | 866 | $20,331,514 |
| 2 | Sharky's Machine | $2,850,839 | 1,379 | $23,349,293 |
| 3 | Taps | $2,787,655 | 623 | $18,974,675 |
| 4 | Modern Problems | $2,686,452 | 1,119 | $18,414,406 |
| 5 | Reds | $2,379,809 | 644 | $20,912,446 |
| 6 | Raiders of the Lost Ark | $1,908,232 | 914 | $171,873,449 |
| 7 | Neighbors | $1,806,242 | 1,290 | $25,790,255 |
| 8 | Cinderella | $1,774,588 | 1,050 | $49,521,478 |
| 9 | Ragtime | $1,508,236 | 447 | $10,741,269 |
| 10 | Ghost Story | $1,492,999 | 600 | $14,477,552 |
| 11 | Time Bandits | $1,164,201 | 696 | $35,018,619 |
| 12 | Rollover | $662,219 | 484 | $8,775,568 |
| 13 | Chariots of Fire | $331,010 | 34 | $6,772,530 |
| 14 | On Golden Pond | $102,856 | 3 | $808,957 |
| 15 | Four Friends | $29,881 | 3 | $0 |
| Reporting: 15 | $24,426,215 | total | ||