Week Domestic Box Office January 15, 1982
| Rank | Prev | Title | Daily Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (1) | Absence of Malice | $5,321,343 | +42% | 994 | $5,353 | $12,973,909 | 64 | |
| 2 | (3) | Taps | $3,325,686 | -8% | 689 | $4,827 | $23,121,965 | 44 | |
| 3 | (2) | Sharky's Machine | $3,001,366 | -20% | 1,109 | $2,706 | $27,241,240 | 35 | |
| 4 | (5) | Reds | $2,723,766 | -11% | 626 | $4,351 | $24,302,367 | 49 | |
| 5 | (4) | Modern Problems | $2,600,917 | -22% | 1,006 | $2,585 | $12,715,217 | 28 | |
| 6 | (8) | Raiders of the Lost Ark | $2,033,963 | +7% | 796 | $2,555 | $174,354,830 | 224 | |
| 7 | (7) | Ragtime | $1,756,199 | -12% | 419 | $4,191 | $12,984,000 | 63 | |
| 8 | (10) | Neighbors | $1,665,978 | +8% | 910 | $1,831 | $27,190,290 | 35 | |
| 9 | (-) | Arthur | $768,176 | 381 | $2,016 | $4,394,222 | 189 | ||
| 10 | (12) | Rollover | $722,561 | -19% | 443 | $1,631 | $9,722,592 | 42 | |
| 11 | (13) | Chariots of Fire | $478,312 | +1% | 36 | $13,286 | $7,394,334 | 119 | |
| 12 | (14) | On Golden Pond | $178,002 | -9% | 3 | $59,334 | $1,080,055 | 49 | |
| Reporting movies: 12 | $24,576,269 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Absence of Malice | $5,321,343 | 994 | $12,973,909 |
| 2 | Taps | $3,325,686 | 689 | $23,121,965 |
| 3 | Sharky's Machine | $3,001,366 | 1,109 | $27,241,240 |
| 4 | Reds | $2,723,766 | 626 | $24,302,367 |
| 5 | Modern Problems | $2,600,917 | 1,006 | $12,715,217 |
| 6 | Raiders of the Lost Ark | $2,033,963 | 796 | $174,354,830 |
| 7 | Ragtime | $1,756,199 | 419 | $12,984,000 |
| 8 | Neighbors | $1,665,978 | 910 | $27,190,290 |
| 9 | Arthur | $768,176 | 381 | $4,394,222 |
| 10 | Rollover | $722,561 | 443 | $9,722,592 |
| 11 | Chariots of Fire | $478,312 | 36 | $7,394,334 |
| 12 | On Golden Pond | $178,002 | 3 | $1,080,055 |
| Reporting: 12 | $24,576,269 | total | ||