Week Domestic Box Office August 14, 1981
| Rank | Prev | Title | Daily Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (-) | An Eye for an Eye | $7,696,124 | 544 | $14,147 | $5,891,767 | 14 | ||
| 2 | (1) | Raiders of the Lost Ark | $7,618,690 | -2% | 1,310 | $5,816 | $106,549,824 | 70 | |
| 3 | (5) | Arthur | $4,822,756 | -6% | 661 | $7,296 | $23,635,339 | 35 | |
| 4 | (6) | Stripes | $4,787,742 | -2% | 1,044 | $4,586 | $60,571,426 | 56 | |
| 5 | (3) | Heavy Metal | $4,203,498 | -20% | 738 | $5,696 | $9,476,610 | 14 | |
| 6 | (8) | Under the Rainbow | $4,118,631 | +32% | 771 | $5,342 | $10,819,664 | 21 | |
| 7 | (4) | Tarzan, The Ape Man | $3,154,111 | -39% | 825 | $3,823 | $25,370,417 | 28 | |
| 8 | (7) | Superman II | $2,743,651 | -22% | 679 | $4,041 | $91,442,152 | 63 | |
| Reporting movies: 8 | $39,145,203 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | An Eye for an Eye | $7,696,124 | 544 | $5,891,767 |
| 2 | Raiders of the Lost Ark | $7,618,690 | 1,310 | $106,549,824 |
| 3 | Arthur | $4,822,756 | 661 | $23,635,339 |
| 4 | Stripes | $4,787,742 | 1,044 | $60,571,426 |
| 5 | Heavy Metal | $4,203,498 | 738 | $9,476,610 |
| 6 | Under the Rainbow | $4,118,631 | 771 | $10,819,664 |
| 7 | Tarzan, The Ape Man | $3,154,111 | 825 | $25,370,417 |
| 8 | Superman II | $2,743,651 | 679 | $91,442,152 |
| Reporting: 8 | $39,145,203 | total | ||