Week Domestic Box Office August 7, 1981
| Rank | Prev | Title | Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (2) | Raiders of the Lost Ark | $7,802,988 | -7% | 1,091 | $7,152 | $98,931,134 | 63 | |
| 2 | (1) | Star Wars Ep. V: The Empire Strikes Back | $6,207,434 | -45% | 1,382 | $4,492 | $198,799,605 | 450 | |
| 3 | (new) | Heavy Metal | $5,273,112 | 620 | $8,505 | $5,273,112 | 7 | ||
| 4 | (3) | Tarzan, The Ape Man | $5,160,325 | -25% | 1,113 | $4,636 | $22,216,306 | 21 | |
| 5 | (6) | Arthur | $5,109,748 | +23% | 605 | $8,446 | $18,812,583 | 28 | |
| 6 | (4) | Stripes | $4,884,209 | -15% | 991 | $4,929 | $55,783,684 | 49 | |
| 7 | (5) | Superman II | $3,516,329 | -23% | 780 | $4,508 | $88,698,501 | 56 | |
| 8 | (8) | Under the Rainbow | $3,117,123 | -13% | 621 | $5,020 | $6,701,033 | 14 | |
| 9 | (7) | Endless Love | $2,829,246 | -30% | 550 | $5,144 | $18,230,610 | 28 | |
| 10 | (13) | Blow Out | $2,750,000 | +53% | 500 | $5,500 | $8,550,000 | 21 | |
| 11 | (9) | Victory | $2,424,318 | -28% | 644 | $3,764 | $5,800,000 | 14 | |
| 12 | (10) | Wolfen | $1,311,882 | -49% | 305 | $4,301 | $8,257,814 | 21 | |
| 13 | (11) | The Cannonball Run | $1,208,901 | -44% | 547 | $2,210 | $56,820,958 | 56 | |
| 14 | (-) | Cheech & Chong's Nice Dreams | $614,949 | 343 | $1,793 | $33,982,504 | 70 | ||
| Reporting movies: 14 | $52,210,564 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Raiders of the Lost Ark | $7,802,988 | 1,091 | $98,931,134 |
| 2 | Star Wars Ep. V: The Empire Strikes Back | $6,207,434 | 1,382 | $198,799,605 |
| 3 | Heavy Metal | $5,273,112 | 620 | $5,273,112 |
| 4 | Tarzan, The Ape Man | $5,160,325 | 1,113 | $22,216,306 |
| 5 | Arthur | $5,109,748 | 605 | $18,812,583 |
| 6 | Stripes | $4,884,209 | 991 | $55,783,684 |
| 7 | Superman II | $3,516,329 | 780 | $88,698,501 |
| 8 | Under the Rainbow | $3,117,123 | 621 | $6,701,033 |
| 9 | Endless Love | $2,829,246 | 550 | $18,230,610 |
| 10 | Blow Out | $2,750,000 | 500 | $8,550,000 |
| 11 | Victory | $2,424,318 | 644 | $5,800,000 |
| 12 | Wolfen | $1,311,882 | 305 | $8,257,814 |
| 13 | The Cannonball Run | $1,208,901 | 547 | $56,820,958 |
| 14 | Cheech & Chong's Nice Dreams | $614,949 | 343 | $33,982,504 |
| Reporting: 14 | $52,210,564 | total | ||