Week Domestic Box Office August 28, 1981
| Rank | Prev | Title | Daily Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (1) | Raiders of the Lost Ark | $6,387,165 | -8% | 1,110 | $5,754 | $119,848,370 | 84 | |
| 2 | (2) | An American Werewolf in London | $5,452,295 | -1% | 750 | $7,270 | $10,938,540 | 14 | |
| 3 | (3) | Arthur | $4,902,797 | -4% | 854 | $5,741 | $33,662,042 | 49 | |
| 4 | (4) | Stripes | $3,895,432 | -4% | 1,117 | $3,487 | $68,514,262 | 70 | |
| 5 | (5) | First Monday in October | $2,497,493 | -32% | 525 | $4,757 | $6,148,144 | 14 | |
| 6 | (7) | Heavy Metal | $2,368,564 | -20% | 701 | $3,379 | $14,808,101 | 28 | |
| 7 | (6) | Comin' at Ya! | $2,288,071 | -30% | 197 | $11,615 | $4,445,375 | 42 | |
| 8 | (9) | Superman II | $2,110,542 | -15% | 763 | $2,766 | $96,037,080 | 77 | |
| 9 | (new) | Private Lessons | $1,822,888 | 134 | $13,604 | $1,822,888 | 7 | ||
| 10 | (8) | Under the Rainbow | $1,584,679 | -42% | 610 | $2,598 | $15,113,901 | 35 | |
| 11 | (-) | Endless Love | $968,319 | 250 | $3,873 | $22,626,700 | 49 | ||
| 12 | (new) | Body Heat | $872,789 | 34 | $25,670 | $872,789 | 7 | ||
| 13 | (10) | Prince of the City | $224,436 | +78% | 5 | $44,887 | $386,353 | 16 | |
| 14 | (new) | Gallipoli | $105,638 | 2 | $52,819 | $105,638 | 7 | ||
| Reporting movies: 14 | $35,481,108 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Raiders of the Lost Ark | $6,387,165 | 1,110 | $119,848,370 |
| 2 | An American Werewolf in London | $5,452,295 | 750 | $10,938,540 |
| 3 | Arthur | $4,902,797 | 854 | $33,662,042 |
| 4 | Stripes | $3,895,432 | 1,117 | $68,514,262 |
| 5 | First Monday in October | $2,497,493 | 525 | $6,148,144 |
| 6 | Heavy Metal | $2,368,564 | 701 | $14,808,101 |
| 7 | Comin' at Ya! | $2,288,071 | 197 | $4,445,375 |
| 8 | Superman II | $2,110,542 | 763 | $96,037,080 |
| 9 | Private Lessons | $1,822,888 | 134 | $1,822,888 |
| 10 | Under the Rainbow | $1,584,679 | 610 | $15,113,901 |
| 11 | Endless Love | $968,319 | 250 | $22,626,700 |
| 12 | Body Heat | $872,789 | 34 | $872,789 |
| 13 | Prince of the City | $224,436 | 5 | $386,353 |
| 14 | Gallipoli | $105,638 | 2 | $105,638 |
| Reporting: 14 | $35,481,108 | total | ||