Week Domestic Box Office October 30, 1981
| Rank | Prev | Title | Daily Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (new) | Halloween II | $9,564,578 | 1,217 | $7,859 | $9,564,578 | 7 | ||
| 2 | (-) | Only When I Laugh | $1,845,305 | 771 | $2,393 | $19,269,444 | 44 | ||
| 3 | (-) | Arthur | $1,834,261 | 875 | $2,096 | $64,018,894 | 112 | ||
| 4 | (-) | Raiders of the Lost Ark | $1,383,144 | 431 | $3,209 | $145,379,131 | 147 | ||
| 5 | (-) | Paternity | $1,227,922 | 757 | $1,622 | $14,123,032 | 35 | ||
| 6 | (-) | Body Heat | $1,019,503 | 476 | $2,142 | $19,013,077 | 70 | ||
| 7 | (-) | Mommie Dearest | $753,332 | 541 | $1,392 | $16,881,887 | 49 | ||
| 8 | (-) | Prince of the City | $664,229 | 223 | $2,979 | $4,791,994 | 79 | ||
| 9 | (-) | Gallipoli | $310,395 | 111 | $2,796 | $2,994,706 | 70 | ||
| 10 | (-) | Chariots of Fire | $259,188 | 11 | $23,563 | $904,476 | 42 | ||
| Reporting movies: 10 | $18,861,857 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Halloween II | $9,564,578 | 1,217 | $9,564,578 |
| 2 | Only When I Laugh | $1,845,305 | 771 | $19,269,444 |
| 3 | Arthur | $1,834,261 | 875 | $64,018,894 |
| 4 | Raiders of the Lost Ark | $1,383,144 | 431 | $145,379,131 |
| 5 | Paternity | $1,227,922 | 757 | $14,123,032 |
| 6 | Body Heat | $1,019,503 | 476 | $19,013,077 |
| 7 | Mommie Dearest | $753,332 | 541 | $16,881,887 |
| 8 | Prince of the City | $664,229 | 223 | $4,791,994 |
| 9 | Gallipoli | $310,395 | 111 | $2,994,706 |
| 10 | Chariots of Fire | $259,188 | 11 | $904,476 |
| Reporting: 10 | $18,861,857 | total | ||