Week Domestic Box Office January 29, 1982
| Rank | Prev | Title | Daily Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (1) | On Golden Pond | $7,065,267 | +17% | 544 | $12,988 | $14,199,461 | 63 | |
| 2 | (-) | Sharky's Machine | $4,718,322 | 688 | $6,858 | $30,536,000 | 49 | ||
| 3 | (2) | Absence of Malice | $2,736,445 | -2% | 938 | $2,917 | $18,503,132 | 78 | |
| 4 | (new) | Venom | $2,445,211 | 900 | $2,717 | $2,445,211 | 7 | ||
| 5 | (4) | Taps | $2,376,537 | -10% | 741 | $3,207 | $28,136,985 | 58 | |
| 6 | (6) | Raiders of the Lost Ark | $1,896,067 | -10% | 681 | $2,784 | $178,355,972 | 238 | |
| 7 | (3) | Vice Squad | $1,717,205 | -36% | 510 | $3,367 | $4,408,166 | 14 | |
| 8 | (5) | The Seduction | $1,503,543 | -41% | 597 | $2,518 | $4,043,460 | 14 | |
| 9 | (8) | Reds | $1,427,682 | -5% | 419 | $3,407 | $27,230,391 | 63 | |
| 10 | (9) | Private Lessons | $1,419,700 | -5% | 219 | $6,483 | $17,201,615 | 161 | |
| 11 | (7) | Modern Problems | $1,247,417 | -21% | 660 | $1,890 | $15,544,030 | 42 | |
| 12 | (10) | Ragtime | $872,534 | -18% | 250 | $3,490 | $14,920,781 | 77 | |
| 13 | (new) | The Border | $695,940 | 84 | $8,285 | $695,940 | 7 | ||
| 14 | (11) | Neighbors | $681,701 | -21% | 450 | $1,515 | $28,732,057 | 49 | |
| 15 | (13) | Chariots of Fire | $630,904 | +70% | 70 | $9,013 | $8,396,416 | 133 | |
| 16 | (12) | Arthur | $458,851 | -4% | 192 | $2,390 | $5,332,343 | 203 | |
| Reporting movies: 16 | $31,893,326 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | On Golden Pond | $7,065,267 | 544 | $14,199,461 |
| 2 | Sharky's Machine | $4,718,322 | 688 | $30,536,000 |
| 3 | Absence of Malice | $2,736,445 | 938 | $18,503,132 |
| 4 | Venom | $2,445,211 | 900 | $2,445,211 |
| 5 | Taps | $2,376,537 | 741 | $28,136,985 |
| 6 | Raiders of the Lost Ark | $1,896,067 | 681 | $178,355,972 |
| 7 | Vice Squad | $1,717,205 | 510 | $4,408,166 |
| 8 | The Seduction | $1,503,543 | 597 | $4,043,460 |
| 9 | Reds | $1,427,682 | 419 | $27,230,391 |
| 10 | Private Lessons | $1,419,700 | 219 | $17,201,615 |
| 11 | Modern Problems | $1,247,417 | 660 | $15,544,030 |
| 12 | Ragtime | $872,534 | 250 | $14,920,781 |
| 13 | The Border | $695,940 | 84 | $695,940 |
| 14 | Neighbors | $681,701 | 450 | $28,732,057 |
| 15 | Chariots of Fire | $630,904 | 70 | $8,396,416 |
| 16 | Arthur | $458,851 | 192 | $5,332,343 |
| Reporting: 16 | $31,893,326 | total | ||