Weekend Domestic Box Office January 15, 1982
| Rank | Prev | Title | Daily Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (1) | Absence of Malice | $3,290,111 | +12% | 994 | $3,310 | $10,942,677 | 60 | |
| 2 | (3) | Taps | $2,627,241 | -6% | 689 | $3,813 | $22,423,520 | 40 | |
| 3 | (2) | Sharky's Machine | $2,261,513 | -21% | 1,109 | $2,039 | $26,501,387 | 31 | |
| 4 | (5) | Reds | $2,181,946 | -8% | 626 | $3,486 | $23,760,547 | 45 | |
| 5 | (4) | Modern Problems | $2,106,471 | -22% | 1,006 | $2,094 | $12,220,771 | 24 | |
| 6 | (6) | Raiders of the Lost Ark | $1,629,191 | -15% | 796 | $2,047 | $173,949,058 | 220 | |
| 7 | (9) | Ragtime | $1,403,534 | -7% | 419 | $3,350 | $12,631,335 | 59 | |
| 8 | (7) | Neighbors | $1,259,688 | -30% | 910 | $1,384 | $26,784,800 | 31 | |
| 9 | (8) | Cinderella | $1,235,249 | -30% | 940 | $1,314 | $50,860,449 | 11,660 | |
| 10 | (10) | Ghost Story | $1,195,540 | -20% | 558 | $2,143 | $6,500,724 | 31 | |
| 11 | (11) | Time Bandits | $627,136 | -46% | 640 | $980 | $37,400,000 | 73 | |
| 12 | (-) | Arthur | $586,812 | 381 | $1,540 | $80,803,852 | 185 | ||
| 13 | (12) | Rollover | $532,471 | -20% | 443 | $1,202 | $9,532,502 | 38 | |
| 14 | (-) | Pennies from Heaven | $520,000 | 315 | $1,651 | $6,200,000 | 38 | ||
| 15 | (13) | Chariots of Fire | $359,516 | +9% | 36 | $9,987 | $7,275,538 | 115 | |
| 16 | (14) | On Golden Pond | $98,793 | -4% | 3 | $32,931 | $1,000,846 | 45 | |
| Reporting movies: 16 | $21,915,212 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Absence of Malice | $3,290,111 | 994 | $10,942,677 |
| 2 | Taps | $2,627,241 | 689 | $22,423,520 |
| 3 | Sharky's Machine | $2,261,513 | 1,109 | $26,501,387 |
| 4 | Reds | $2,181,946 | 626 | $23,760,547 |
| 5 | Modern Problems | $2,106,471 | 1,006 | $12,220,771 |
| 6 | Raiders of the Lost Ark | $1,629,191 | 796 | $173,949,058 |
| 7 | Ragtime | $1,403,534 | 419 | $12,631,335 |
| 8 | Neighbors | $1,259,688 | 910 | $26,784,800 |
| 9 | Cinderella | $1,235,249 | 940 | $50,860,449 |
| 10 | Ghost Story | $1,195,540 | 558 | $6,500,724 |
| 11 | Time Bandits | $627,136 | 640 | $37,400,000 |
| 12 | Arthur | $586,812 | 381 | $80,803,852 |
| 13 | Rollover | $532,471 | 443 | $9,532,502 |
| 14 | Pennies from Heaven | $520,000 | 315 | $6,200,000 |
| 15 | Chariots of Fire | $359,516 | 36 | $7,275,538 |
| 16 | On Golden Pond | $98,793 | 3 | $1,000,846 |
| Reporting: 16 | $21,915,212 | total | ||