Week Domestic Box Office November 20, 1981
| Rank | Prev | Title | Daily Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (1) | Time Bandits | $5,364,578 | -5% | 981 | $5,468 | $18,464,578 | 21 | |
| 2 | (5) | Raiders of the Lost Ark | $5,258,268 | +250% | 1,232 | $4,268 | $153,889,421 | 168 | |
| 3 | (3) | Arthur | $2,428,627 | +15% | 838 | $2,898 | $70,976,904 | 133 | |
| 4 | (2) | Halloween II | $1,656,085 | -38% | 815 | $2,032 | $19,680,104 | 28 | |
| 5 | (4) | Only When I Laugh | $1,455,106 | -12% | 679 | $2,143 | $23,927,967 | 65 | |
| 6 | (7) | Body Heat | $892,254 | -6% | 387 | $2,306 | $22,105,840 | 91 | |
| 7 | (9) | Prince of the City | $717,760 | +24% | 307 | $2,338 | $7,010,926 | 100 | |
| 8 | (10) | Chariots of Fire | $274,938 | +7% | 11 | $24,994 | $1,735,818 | 63 | |
| 9 | (new) | Ragtime | $257,475 | 5 | $51,495 | $257,475 | 7 | ||
| 10 | (-) | Looker | $155,901 | 0 | – | $3,281,232 | 28 | ||
| 11 | (-) | Absence of Malice | $121,996 | 2 | $60,998 | $130,774 | 8 | ||
| 12 | (-) | So Fine | $30,269 | 0 | – | $9,381,808 | 63 | ||
| Reporting movies: 12 | $18,613,257 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Time Bandits | $5,364,578 | 981 | $18,464,578 |
| 2 | Raiders of the Lost Ark | $5,258,268 | 1,232 | $153,889,421 |
| 3 | Arthur | $2,428,627 | 838 | $70,976,904 |
| 4 | Halloween II | $1,656,085 | 815 | $19,680,104 |
| 5 | Only When I Laugh | $1,455,106 | 679 | $23,927,967 |
| 6 | Body Heat | $892,254 | 387 | $22,105,840 |
| 7 | Prince of the City | $717,760 | 307 | $7,010,926 |
| 8 | Chariots of Fire | $274,938 | 11 | $1,735,818 |
| 9 | Ragtime | $257,475 | 5 | $257,475 |
| 10 | Looker | $155,901 | 0 | $3,281,232 |
| 11 | Absence of Malice | $121,996 | 2 | $130,774 |
| 12 | So Fine | $30,269 | 0 | $9,381,808 |
| Reporting: 12 | $18,613,257 | total | ||