Week Domestic Box Office September 25, 1981
| Rank | Prev | Title | Daily Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (8) | Mommie Dearest | $6,416,243 | +603% | 930 | $6,899 | $7,329,101 | 14 | |
| 2 | (12) | Only When I Laugh | $5,148,542 | +4,928% | 758 | $6,792 | $5,250,941 | 9 | |
| 3 | (new) | So Fine | $3,453,147 | 1,031 | $3,349 | $3,453,147 | 7 | ||
| 4 | (3) | Arthur | $3,154,272 | -18% | 925 | $3,410 | $50,810,750 | 77 | |
| 5 | (1) | Body Heat | $3,027,323 | -27% | 814 | $3,719 | $9,470,204 | 35 | |
| 6 | (2) | Continental Divide | $2,557,387 | -37% | 831 | $3,077 | $6,643,450 | 14 | |
| 7 | (4) | Raiders of the Lost Ark | $2,400,857 | -21% | 621 | $3,866 | $134,926,067 | 112 | |
| 8 | (6) | Stripes | $1,818,612 | -7% | 848 | $2,145 | $78,701,511 | 98 | |
| 9 | (new) | Carbon Copy | $1,743,791 | 450 | $3,875 | $1,743,791 | 7 | ||
| 10 | (-) | Prince of the City | $1,269,131 | 13 | $97,625 | $1,124,258 | 44 | ||
| 11 | (new) | Chariots of Fire | $106,011 | 3 | $35,337 | $106,011 | 7 | ||
| 12 | (9) | Gallipoli | $84,316 | -81% | 20 | $4,216 | $1,006,462 | 35 | |
| Reporting movies: 12 | $31,179,632 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mommie Dearest | $6,416,243 | 930 | $7,329,101 |
| 2 | Only When I Laugh | $5,148,542 | 758 | $5,250,941 |
| 3 | So Fine | $3,453,147 | 1,031 | $3,453,147 |
| 4 | Arthur | $3,154,272 | 925 | $50,810,750 |
| 5 | Body Heat | $3,027,323 | 814 | $9,470,204 |
| 6 | Continental Divide | $2,557,387 | 831 | $6,643,450 |
| 7 | Raiders of the Lost Ark | $2,400,857 | 621 | $134,926,067 |
| 8 | Stripes | $1,818,612 | 848 | $78,701,511 |
| 9 | Carbon Copy | $1,743,791 | 450 | $1,743,791 |
| 10 | Prince of the City | $1,269,131 | 13 | $1,124,258 |
| 11 | Chariots of Fire | $106,011 | 3 | $106,011 |
| 12 | Gallipoli | $84,316 | 20 | $1,006,462 |
| Reporting: 12 | $31,179,632 | total | ||