Week Domestic Box Office November 13, 1981
| Rank | Prev | Title | Daily Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (1) | Time Bandits | $5,660,716 | -24% | 832 | $6,804 | $13,100,000 | 14 | |
| 2 | (2) | Halloween II | $2,663,368 | -52% | 1,010 | $2,637 | $18,024,019 | 21 | |
| 3 | (3) | Arthur | $2,115,370 | -12% | 803 | $2,634 | $68,548,277 | 126 | |
| 4 | (5) | Only When I Laugh | $1,653,789 | +7% | 639 | $2,588 | $22,472,861 | 58 | |
| 5 | (4) | Raiders of the Lost Ark | $1,500,241 | -14% | 410 | $3,659 | $148,631,153 | 161 | |
| 6 | (new) | The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper | $1,454,164 | 842 | $1,727 | $1,454,164 | 7 | ||
| 7 | (6) | Body Heat | $950,709 | -24% | 451 | $2,108 | $21,213,586 | 84 | |
| 8 | (-) | Private Lessons | $598,042 | 108 | $5,537 | $8,072,389 | 84 | ||
| 9 | (8) | Prince of the City | $577,608 | -37% | 176 | $3,282 | $6,293,166 | 93 | |
| 10 | (11) | Chariots of Fire | $257,985 | -14% | 11 | $23,453 | $1,460,880 | 56 | |
| Reporting movies: 10 | $17,431,992 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Time Bandits | $5,660,716 | 832 | $13,100,000 |
| 2 | Halloween II | $2,663,368 | 1,010 | $18,024,019 |
| 3 | Arthur | $2,115,370 | 803 | $68,548,277 |
| 4 | Only When I Laugh | $1,653,789 | 639 | $22,472,861 |
| 5 | Raiders of the Lost Ark | $1,500,241 | 410 | $148,631,153 |
| 6 | The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper | $1,454,164 | 842 | $1,454,164 |
| 7 | Body Heat | $950,709 | 451 | $21,213,586 |
| 8 | Private Lessons | $598,042 | 108 | $8,072,389 |
| 9 | Prince of the City | $577,608 | 176 | $6,293,166 |
| 10 | Chariots of Fire | $257,985 | 11 | $1,460,880 |
| Reporting: 10 | $17,431,992 | total | ||