Week Domestic Box Office August 21, 1981
| Rank | Prev | Title | Daily Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (2) | Raiders of the Lost Ark | $6,911,381 | -9% | 1,180 | $5,857 | $113,461,205 | 77 | |
| 2 | (new) | An American Werewolf in London | $5,486,245 | 870 | $6,306 | $5,486,245 | 7 | ||
| 3 | (3) | Arthur | $5,123,906 | +6% | 774 | $6,620 | $28,759,245 | 42 | |
| 4 | (4) | Stripes | $4,047,404 | -15% | 1,015 | $3,988 | $64,618,830 | 63 | |
| 5 | (new) | First Monday in October | $3,650,651 | 525 | $6,954 | $3,650,651 | 7 | ||
| 6 | (-) | Comin' at Ya! | $3,289,304 | 105 | $31,327 | $2,157,304 | 35 | ||
| 7 | (5) | Heavy Metal | $2,962,927 | -30% | 752 | $3,940 | $12,439,537 | 21 | |
| 8 | (6) | Under the Rainbow | $2,709,558 | -34% | 792 | $3,421 | $13,529,222 | 28 | |
| 9 | (8) | Superman II | $2,484,386 | -9% | 821 | $3,026 | $93,926,538 | 70 | |
| 10 | (-) | Prince of the City | $126,112 | 3 | $42,037 | $161,917 | 9 | ||
| Reporting movies: 10 | $36,791,874 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Raiders of the Lost Ark | $6,911,381 | 1,180 | $113,461,205 |
| 2 | An American Werewolf in London | $5,486,245 | 870 | $5,486,245 |
| 3 | Arthur | $5,123,906 | 774 | $28,759,245 |
| 4 | Stripes | $4,047,404 | 1,015 | $64,618,830 |
| 5 | First Monday in October | $3,650,651 | 525 | $3,650,651 |
| 6 | Comin' at Ya! | $3,289,304 | 105 | $2,157,304 |
| 7 | Heavy Metal | $2,962,927 | 752 | $12,439,537 |
| 8 | Under the Rainbow | $2,709,558 | 792 | $13,529,222 |
| 9 | Superman II | $2,484,386 | 821 | $93,926,538 |
| 10 | Prince of the City | $126,112 | 3 | $161,917 |
| Reporting: 10 | $36,791,874 | total | ||