Week Domestic Box Office January 8, 1982
| Rank | Prev | Title | Daily Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (6) | Absence of Malice | $3,755,379 | -33% | 886 | $4,239 | $7,652,566 | 57 | |
| 2 | (2) | Sharky's Machine | $3,741,420 | -45% | 1,379 | $2,713 | $24,239,874 | 28 | |
| 3 | (4) | Taps | $3,609,259 | -38% | 623 | $5,793 | $19,796,279 | 37 | |
| 4 | (3) | Modern Problems | $3,316,628 | -49% | 1,119 | $2,964 | $10,114,300 | 21 | |
| 5 | (1) | Reds | $3,045,964 | -86% | 644 | $4,730 | $21,578,601 | 42 | |
| 6 | (10) | Ghost Story | $2,022,117 | -51% | 600 | $3,370 | $5,305,184 | 28 | |
| 7 | (11) | Ragtime | $1,994,768 | -31% | 447 | $4,463 | $11,227,801 | 56 | |
| 8 | (7) | Raiders of the Lost Ark | $1,908,232 | -64% | 914 | $2,088 | $172,320,867 | 217 | |
| 9 | (5) | Cinderella | $1,878,310 | -67% | 1,050 | $1,789 | $49,625,200 | 11,657 | |
| 10 | (8) | Neighbors | $1,540,299 | -70% | 1,290 | $1,194 | $25,524,312 | 28 | |
| 11 | (12) | Time Bandits | $1,474,307 | -44% | 696 | $2,118 | $10,770,530 | 70 | |
| 12 | (13) | Rollover | $886,682 | -43% | 484 | $1,832 | $9,000,031 | 35 | |
| 13 | (9) | Chariots of Fire | $474,502 | -89% | 34 | $13,956 | $6,916,022 | 112 | |
| 14 | (14) | On Golden Pond | $195,952 | +39% | 3 | $65,317 | $902,053 | 42 | |
| Reporting movies: 14 | $29,843,819 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Absence of Malice | $3,755,379 | 886 | $7,652,566 |
| 2 | Sharky's Machine | $3,741,420 | 1,379 | $24,239,874 |
| 3 | Taps | $3,609,259 | 623 | $19,796,279 |
| 4 | Modern Problems | $3,316,628 | 1,119 | $10,114,300 |
| 5 | Reds | $3,045,964 | 644 | $21,578,601 |
| 6 | Ghost Story | $2,022,117 | 600 | $5,305,184 |
| 7 | Ragtime | $1,994,768 | 447 | $11,227,801 |
| 8 | Raiders of the Lost Ark | $1,908,232 | 914 | $172,320,867 |
| 9 | Cinderella | $1,878,310 | 1,050 | $49,625,200 |
| 10 | Neighbors | $1,540,299 | 1,290 | $25,524,312 |
| 11 | Time Bandits | $1,474,307 | 696 | $10,770,530 |
| 12 | Rollover | $886,682 | 484 | $9,000,031 |
| 13 | Chariots of Fire | $474,502 | 34 | $6,916,022 |
| 14 | On Golden Pond | $195,952 | 3 | $902,053 |
| Reporting: 14 | $29,843,819 | total | ||