Week Domestic Box Office September 11, 1981
| Rank | Prev | Title | Daily Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (2) | Arthur | $4,151,890 | -31% | 948 | $4,380 | $43,796,263 | 63 | |
| 2 | (1) | Raiders of the Lost Ark | $3,340,268 | -47% | 900 | $3,711 | $129,483,737 | 98 | |
| 3 | (4) | Stripes | $2,579,958 | -33% | 1,100 | $2,345 | $74,935,486 | 84 | |
| 4 | (3) | An American Werewolf in London | $2,562,962 | -41% | 767 | $3,342 | $17,823,249 | 28 | |
| 5 | (-) | Prince of the City | $857,743 | 5 | $171,549 | $768,059 | 30 | ||
| 6 | (7) | Comin' at Ya! | $589,056 | -59% | 180 | $3,273 | $6,465,615 | 56 | |
| 7 | (8) | Body Heat | $552,841 | -37% | 34 | $16,260 | $2,299,294 | 21 | |
| 8 | (9) | Gallipoli | $170,741 | -13% | 6 | $28,457 | $472,661 | 21 | |
| Reporting movies: 8 | $14,805,459 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arthur | $4,151,890 | 948 | $43,796,263 |
| 2 | Raiders of the Lost Ark | $3,340,268 | 900 | $129,483,737 |
| 3 | Stripes | $2,579,958 | 1,100 | $74,935,486 |
| 4 | An American Werewolf in London | $2,562,962 | 767 | $17,823,249 |
| 5 | Prince of the City | $857,743 | 5 | $768,059 |
| 6 | Comin' at Ya! | $589,056 | 180 | $6,465,615 |
| 7 | Body Heat | $552,841 | 34 | $2,299,294 |
| 8 | Gallipoli | $170,741 | 6 | $472,661 |
| Reporting: 8 | $14,805,459 | total | ||