Week Domestic Box Office July 17, 1981
| Rank | Prev | Title | Daily Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (1) | Raiders of the Lost Ark | $10,716,228 | +10% | 1,100 | $9,742 | $72,697,307 | 42 | |
| 2 | (2) | Stripes | $8,473,896 | -5% | 1,113 | $7,614 | $38,160,329 | 28 | |
| 3 | (7) | Superman II | $8,361,441 | -35% | 1,227 | $6,815 | $74,725,879 | 35 | |
| 4 | (3) | The Fox and the Hound | $7,064,603 | -7% | 1,030 | $6,859 | $14,658,056 | 14 | |
| 5 | (new) | Arthur | $4,669,227 | 701 | $6,661 | $4,669,227 | 7 | ||
| 6 | (4) | For Your Eyes Only | $4,095,997 | -36% | 1,049 | $3,905 | $30,895,997 | 28 | |
| 7 | (5) | Escape from New York | $3,187,680 | -49% | 579 | $5,505 | $9,455,061 | 14 | |
| 8 | (8) | The Great Muppet Caper | $2,394,223 | -41% | 589 | $4,065 | $18,641,046 | 28 | |
| 9 | (12) | Cheech & Chong's Nice Dreams | $0 | -100% | 0 | – | $31,750,278 | 0 | |
| Reporting movies: 9 | $48,963,295 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Raiders of the Lost Ark | $10,716,228 | 1,100 | $72,697,307 |
| 2 | Stripes | $8,473,896 | 1,113 | $38,160,329 |
| 3 | Superman II | $8,361,441 | 1,227 | $74,725,879 |
| 4 | The Fox and the Hound | $7,064,603 | 1,030 | $14,658,056 |
| 5 | Arthur | $4,669,227 | 701 | $4,669,227 |
| 6 | For Your Eyes Only | $4,095,997 | 1,049 | $30,895,997 |
| 7 | Escape from New York | $3,187,680 | 579 | $9,455,061 |
| 8 | The Great Muppet Caper | $2,394,223 | 589 | $18,641,046 |
| 9 | Cheech & Chong's Nice Dreams | $0 | 0 | $31,750,278 |
| Reporting: 9 | $48,963,295 | total | ||