Week Domestic Box Office September 4, 1981
| Rank | Prev | Title | Daily Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (1) | Raiders of the Lost Ark | $6,295,099 | -1% | 1,144 | $5,503 | $126,143,469 | 91 | |
| 2 | (3) | Arthur | $5,982,331 | +22% | 949 | $6,304 | $39,644,373 | 56 | |
| 3 | (2) | An American Werewolf in London | $4,321,747 | -21% | 825 | $5,238 | $15,260,287 | 21 | |
| 4 | (4) | Stripes | $3,841,266 | -1% | 110 | $34,921 | $72,355,528 | 77 | |
| 5 | (9) | Private Lessons | $2,621,549 | +44% | 166 | $15,792 | $4,444,437 | 14 | |
| 6 | (5) | First Monday in October | $2,361,958 | -5% | 525 | $4,499 | $8,510,102 | 21 | |
| 7 | (7) | Comin' at Ya! | $1,431,184 | -37% | 202 | $7,085 | $5,876,559 | 49 | |
| 8 | (12) | Body Heat | $873,664 | +0% | 34 | $25,696 | $1,746,453 | 14 | |
| 9 | (14) | Gallipoli | $196,282 | +86% | 4 | $49,071 | $301,920 | 14 | |
| Reporting movies: 9 | $27,925,080 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Raiders of the Lost Ark | $6,295,099 | 1,144 | $126,143,469 |
| 2 | Arthur | $5,982,331 | 949 | $39,644,373 |
| 3 | An American Werewolf in London | $4,321,747 | 825 | $15,260,287 |
| 4 | Stripes | $3,841,266 | 110 | $72,355,528 |
| 5 | Private Lessons | $2,621,549 | 166 | $4,444,437 |
| 6 | First Monday in October | $2,361,958 | 525 | $8,510,102 |
| 7 | Comin' at Ya! | $1,431,184 | 202 | $5,876,559 |
| 8 | Body Heat | $873,664 | 34 | $1,746,453 |
| 9 | Gallipoli | $196,282 | 4 | $301,920 |
| Reporting: 9 | $27,925,080 | total | ||