Week Domestic Box Office November 6, 1981
| Rank | Prev | Title | Daily Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (new) | Time Bandits | $7,439,284 | 821 | $9,061 | $7,439,284 | 7 | ||
| 2 | (1) | Halloween II | $5,560,651 | -42% | 1,208 | $4,603 | $15,360,651 | 14 | |
| 3 | (3) | Arthur | $2,414,013 | +32% | 838 | $2,881 | $66,432,907 | 119 | |
| 4 | (4) | Raiders of the Lost Ark | $1,751,781 | +27% | 440 | $3,981 | $147,130,912 | 154 | |
| 5 | (2) | Only When I Laugh | $1,549,628 | -16% | 700 | $2,214 | $20,819,072 | 51 | |
| 6 | (6) | Body Heat | $1,249,800 | +23% | 532 | $2,349 | $20,262,877 | 77 | |
| 7 | (5) | Paternity | $1,165,691 | -5% | 658 | $1,772 | $15,288,723 | 42 | |
| 8 | (8) | Prince of the City | $923,564 | +39% | 227 | $4,069 | $5,715,558 | 86 | |
| 9 | (7) | Mommie Dearest | $660,092 | -12% | 430 | $1,535 | $17,541,979 | 56 | |
| 10 | (9) | Gallipoli | $394,574 | +27% | 132 | $2,989 | $3,389,280 | 77 | |
| 11 | (10) | Chariots of Fire | $298,419 | +15% | 11 | $27,129 | $1,202,895 | 49 | |
| Reporting movies: 11 | $23,407,497 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Time Bandits | $7,439,284 | 821 | $7,439,284 |
| 2 | Halloween II | $5,560,651 | 1,208 | $15,360,651 |
| 3 | Arthur | $2,414,013 | 838 | $66,432,907 |
| 4 | Raiders of the Lost Ark | $1,751,781 | 440 | $147,130,912 |
| 5 | Only When I Laugh | $1,549,628 | 700 | $20,819,072 |
| 6 | Body Heat | $1,249,800 | 532 | $20,262,877 |
| 7 | Paternity | $1,165,691 | 658 | $15,288,723 |
| 8 | Prince of the City | $923,564 | 227 | $5,715,558 |
| 9 | Mommie Dearest | $660,092 | 430 | $17,541,979 |
| 10 | Gallipoli | $394,574 | 132 | $3,389,280 |
| 11 | Chariots of Fire | $298,419 | 11 | $1,202,895 |
| Reporting: 11 | $23,407,497 | total | ||