Week Domestic Box Office July 24, 1981
| Rank | Prev | Title | Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (new) | Tarzan, The Ape Man | $10,198,355 | 930 | $10,966 | $10,198,355 | 7 | ||
| 2 | (1) | Raiders of the Lost Ark | $10,070,746 | -6% | 1,182 | $8,520 | $82,768,053 | 49 | |
| 3 | (2) | Stripes | $7,175,025 | -15% | 1,086 | $6,607 | $45,166,247 | 35 | |
| 4 | (3) | Superman II | $5,864,368 | -30% | 989 | $5,930 | $80,590,247 | 42 | |
| 5 | (5) | Arthur | $4,885,658 | +5% | 705 | $6,930 | $9,554,885 | 14 | |
| 6 | (6) | For Your Eyes Only | $4,884,003 | +19% | 700 | $6,977 | $35,780,000 | 35 | |
| 7 | (new) | Wolfen | $4,380,926 | 967 | $4,530 | $4,380,926 | 7 | ||
| 8 | (new) | Blow Out | $4,000,000 | 708 | $5,650 | $4,000,000 | 7 | ||
| 9 | (new) | Eye of the Needle | $2,800,000 | 458 | $6,114 | $2,800,000 | 7 | ||
| Reporting movies: 9 | $54,259,081 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tarzan, The Ape Man | $10,198,355 | 930 | $10,198,355 |
| 2 | Raiders of the Lost Ark | $10,070,746 | 1,182 | $82,768,053 |
| 3 | Stripes | $7,175,025 | 1,086 | $45,166,247 |
| 4 | Superman II | $5,864,368 | 989 | $80,590,247 |
| 5 | Arthur | $4,885,658 | 705 | $9,554,885 |
| 6 | For Your Eyes Only | $4,884,003 | 700 | $35,780,000 |
| 7 | Wolfen | $4,380,926 | 967 | $4,380,926 |
| 8 | Blow Out | $4,000,000 | 708 | $4,000,000 |
| 9 | Eye of the Needle | $2,800,000 | 458 | $2,800,000 |
| Reporting: 9 | $54,259,081 | total | ||