Week Domestic Box Office October 2, 1981
| Rank | Prev | Title | Daily Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (new) | Paternity | $4,387,889 | 1,072 | $4,093 | $4,387,889 | 7 | ||
| 2 | (2) | Only When I Laugh | $4,336,180 | -16% | 794 | $5,461 | $9,587,121 | 16 | |
| 3 | (1) | Mommie Dearest | $3,998,256 | -38% | 930 | $4,299 | $11,327,357 | 21 | |
| 4 | (4) | Arthur | $3,167,280 | +0% | 910 | $3,481 | $53,978,030 | 84 | |
| 5 | (5) | Body Heat | $3,048,903 | +1% | 747 | $4,082 | $12,519,107 | 42 | |
| 6 | (7) | Raiders of the Lost Ark | $2,748,625 | +14% | 550 | $4,998 | $137,674,692 | 119 | |
| 7 | (3) | So Fine | $2,547,650 | -26% | 1,024 | $2,488 | $6,000,797 | 14 | |
| 8 | (11) | Chariots of Fire | $384,159 | +262% | 3 | $128,053 | $490,170 | 14 | |
| Reporting movies: 8 | $24,618,942 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paternity | $4,387,889 | 1,072 | $4,387,889 |
| 2 | Only When I Laugh | $4,336,180 | 794 | $9,587,121 |
| 3 | Mommie Dearest | $3,998,256 | 930 | $11,327,357 |
| 4 | Arthur | $3,167,280 | 910 | $53,978,030 |
| 5 | Body Heat | $3,048,903 | 747 | $12,519,107 |
| 6 | Raiders of the Lost Ark | $2,748,625 | 550 | $137,674,692 |
| 7 | So Fine | $2,547,650 | 1,024 | $6,000,797 |
| 8 | Chariots of Fire | $384,159 | 3 | $490,170 |
| Reporting: 8 | $24,618,942 | total | ||