Week Domestic Box Office January 1, 1982
| Rank | Prev | Title | Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (-) | Reds | $22,260,637 | 665 | $33,475 | $18,532,637 | 35 | ||
| 2 | (-) | Sharky's Machine | $6,778,676 | 1,442 | $4,701 | $20,498,454 | 21 | ||
| 3 | (1) | Modern Problems | $6,548,435 | -29% | 1,184 | $5,531 | $15,727,954 | 14 | |
| 4 | (-) | Taps | $5,847,421 | 610 | $9,586 | $16,187,020 | 30 | ||
| 5 | (-) | Cinderella | $5,659,890 | 1,073 | $5,275 | $47,746,890 | 11,650 | ||
| 6 | (-) | Absence of Malice | $5,570,891 | 849 | $6,562 | $17,390,518 | 50 | ||
| 7 | (2) | Raiders of the Lost Ark | $5,275,094 | -15% | 1,094 | $4,822 | $169,965,217 | 210 | |
| 8 | (-) | Neighbors | $5,172,946 | 1,415 | $3,656 | $23,984,013 | 21 | ||
| 9 | (-) | Chariots of Fire | $4,421,439 | 35 | $126,327 | $6,441,520 | 105 | ||
| 10 | (-) | Ghost Story | $4,115,311 | 550 | $7,482 | $12,984,553 | 21 | ||
| 11 | (-) | Ragtime | $2,895,830 | 444 | $6,522 | $9,233,033 | 49 | ||
| 12 | (-) | Time Bandits | $2,641,607 | 890 | $2,968 | $33,854,418 | 63 | ||
| 13 | (-) | Rollover | $1,550,220 | 560 | $2,768 | $8,113,349 | 28 | ||
| 14 | (3) | On Golden Pond | $141,277 | -25% | 2 | $70,639 | $706,101 | 35 | |
| Reporting movies: 14 | $78,879,674 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Reds | $22,260,637 | 665 | $18,532,637 |
| 2 | Sharky's Machine | $6,778,676 | 1,442 | $20,498,454 |
| 3 | Modern Problems | $6,548,435 | 1,184 | $15,727,954 |
| 4 | Taps | $5,847,421 | 610 | $16,187,020 |
| 5 | Cinderella | $5,659,890 | 1,073 | $47,746,890 |
| 6 | Absence of Malice | $5,570,891 | 849 | $17,390,518 |
| 7 | Raiders of the Lost Ark | $5,275,094 | 1,094 | $169,965,217 |
| 8 | Neighbors | $5,172,946 | 1,415 | $23,984,013 |
| 9 | Chariots of Fire | $4,421,439 | 35 | $6,441,520 |
| 10 | Ghost Story | $4,115,311 | 550 | $12,984,553 |
| 11 | Ragtime | $2,895,830 | 444 | $9,233,033 |
| 12 | Time Bandits | $2,641,607 | 890 | $33,854,418 |
| 13 | Rollover | $1,550,220 | 560 | $8,113,349 |
| 14 | On Golden Pond | $141,277 | 2 | $706,101 |
| Reporting: 14 | $78,879,674 | total | ||