Week Domestic Box Office November 27, 1981
| Rank | Prev | Title | Daily Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (1) | Time Bandits | $5,130,422 | -4% | 1,046 | $4,905 | $23,595,000 | 28 | |
| 2 | (2) | Raiders of the Lost Ark | $4,625,013 | -12% | 1,251 | $3,697 | $158,514,434 | 175 | |
| 3 | (3) | Arthur | $2,505,285 | +3% | 821 | $3,052 | $73,482,189 | 140 | |
| 4 | (5) | Only When I Laugh | $1,334,782 | -8% | 604 | $2,210 | $25,262,749 | 72 | |
| 5 | (6) | Body Heat | $901,739 | +1% | 348 | $2,591 | $23,007,579 | 98 | |
| 6 | (7) | Prince of the City | $580,642 | -19% | 226 | $2,569 | $7,591,568 | 107 | |
| 7 | (8) | Chariots of Fire | $284,263 | +3% | 11 | $25,842 | $2,020,081 | 70 | |
| 8 | (9) | Ragtime | $233,463 | -9% | 4 | $58,366 | $490,938 | 14 | |
| 9 | (11) | Absence of Malice | $200,707 | +65% | 2 | $100,354 | $331,481 | 15 | |
| Reporting movies: 9 | $15,796,316 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Time Bandits | $5,130,422 | 1,046 | $23,595,000 |
| 2 | Raiders of the Lost Ark | $4,625,013 | 1,251 | $158,514,434 |
| 3 | Arthur | $2,505,285 | 821 | $73,482,189 |
| 4 | Only When I Laugh | $1,334,782 | 604 | $25,262,749 |
| 5 | Body Heat | $901,739 | 348 | $23,007,579 |
| 6 | Prince of the City | $580,642 | 226 | $7,591,568 |
| 7 | Chariots of Fire | $284,263 | 11 | $2,020,081 |
| 8 | Ragtime | $233,463 | 4 | $490,938 |
| 9 | Absence of Malice | $200,707 | 2 | $331,481 |
| Reporting: 9 | $15,796,316 | total | ||