Weekend Domestic Box Office January 29, 1982
| Rank | Prev | Title | Daily Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (1) | On Golden Pond | $5,008,290 | +30% | 544 | $9,206 | $12,298,527 | 59 | |
| 2 | (4) | Absence of Malice | $2,166,098 | +3% | 938 | $2,309 | $30,331,624 | 74 | |
| 3 | (new) | Venom | $2,037,520 | 825 | $2,470 | $2,037,520 | 3 | ||
| 4 | (5) | Taps | $1,907,669 | -5% | 741 | $2,574 | $27,668,117 | 54 | |
| 5 | (2) | Vice Squad | $1,717,205 | -21% | 510 | $3,367 | $4,408,166 | 10 | |
| 6 | (6) | Raiders of the Lost Ark | $1,520,273 | -15% | 681 | $2,232 | $177,980,178 | 234 | |
| 7 | (3) | The Seduction | $1,503,543 | -30% | 597 | $2,518 | $4,043,460 | 10 | |
| 8 | (7) | Whose Life is it Anyway? | $1,477,521 | +10% | 600 | $2,463 | $0 | 0 | |
| 9 | (11) | Private Lessons | $1,188,236 | +13% | 219 | $5,426 | $16,970,151 | 157 | |
| 10 | (10) | Reds | $1,147,395 | -6% | 419 | $2,738 | $26,950,104 | 59 | |
| 11 | (8) | Sharky's Machine | $1,132,426 | -15% | 688 | $1,646 | $26,950,104 | 45 | |
| 12 | (9) | Modern Problems | $1,025,546 | -17% | 660 | $1,554 | $15,322,159 | 38 | |
| 13 | (12) | Ragtime | $702,905 | -17% | 250 | $2,812 | $14,751,152 | 73 | |
| 14 | (new) | The Border | $520,837 | 84 | $6,200 | $520,837 | 3 | ||
| 15 | (13) | Neighbors | $491,727 | -19% | 450 | $1,093 | $28,542,083 | 45 | |
| 16 | (16) | Chariots of Fire | $476,605 | +84% | 70 | $6,809 | $8,242,117 | 129 | |
| 17 | (15) | Arthur | $350,039 | -3% | 192 | $1,823 | $5,223,531 | 199 | |
| 18 | (17) | Rollover | $190,611 | -9% | 232 | $822 | $10,217,873 | 52 | |
| 19 | (18) | Shoot the Moon | $79,666 | -13% | 3 | $26,555 | $0 | 0 | |
| Reporting movies: 19 | $24,644,112 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | On Golden Pond | $5,008,290 | 544 | $12,298,527 |
| 2 | Absence of Malice | $2,166,098 | 938 | $30,331,624 |
| 3 | Venom | $2,037,520 | 825 | $2,037,520 |
| 4 | Taps | $1,907,669 | 741 | $27,668,117 |
| 5 | Vice Squad | $1,717,205 | 510 | $4,408,166 |
| 6 | Raiders of the Lost Ark | $1,520,273 | 681 | $177,980,178 |
| 7 | The Seduction | $1,503,543 | 597 | $4,043,460 |
| 8 | Whose Life is it Anyway? | $1,477,521 | 600 | $0 |
| 9 | Private Lessons | $1,188,236 | 219 | $16,970,151 |
| 10 | Reds | $1,147,395 | 419 | $26,950,104 |
| 11 | Sharky's Machine | $1,132,426 | 688 | $26,950,104 |
| 12 | Modern Problems | $1,025,546 | 660 | $15,322,159 |
| 13 | Ragtime | $702,905 | 250 | $14,751,152 |
| 14 | The Border | $520,837 | 84 | $520,837 |
| 15 | Neighbors | $491,727 | 450 | $28,542,083 |
| 16 | Chariots of Fire | $476,605 | 70 | $8,242,117 |
| 17 | Arthur | $350,039 | 192 | $5,223,531 |
| 18 | Rollover | $190,611 | 232 | $10,217,873 |
| 19 | Shoot the Moon | $79,666 | 3 | $0 |
| Reporting: 19 | $24,644,112 | total | ||