Weekly (Fri-Thu) Domestic Chart Starting on September 4, 1981
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| Movie Title | Distributor | Gross | %LW | Theaters | Theaters Change | Per Theater | Total Gross | Weeks In Release | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (1) | Raiders of the Lost Ark | Paramount Pi… | $6,295,099 | -1% | 1,144 | +34 | $5,503 | $126,143,469 | 13 |
| 2 | (3) | Arthur | Warner Bros. | $5,982,331 | +22% | 949 | +95 | $6,304 | $39,644,373 | 8 |
| 3 | (2) | An American Werewolf in London | Universal | $4,321,747 | -21% | 825 | +75 | $5,238 | $15,260,287 | 3 |
| 4 | (4) | Stripes | Columbia | $3,841,266 | -1% | 110 | -1,007 | $34,921 | $72,355,528 | 11 |
| 5 | (9) | Private Lessons | Jensen Farle… | $2,621,549 | +44% | 166 | +32 | $15,792 | $4,444,437 | 2 |
| 6 | (5) | First Monday in October | Paramount Pi… | $2,361,958 | -5% | 525 | n/c | $4,499 | $8,510,102 | 3 |
| 7 | (7) | Comin' at Ya! | Filmways Pic… | $1,431,184 | -37% | 202 | +5 | $7,085 | $5,876,559 | 7 |
| 8 | (12) | Body Heat | Warner Bros. | $873,664 | n/c | 34 | n/c | $25,696 | $1,746,453 | 2 |
| 9 | (14) | Gallipoli | Paramount Pi… | $196,282 | +86% | 4 | +2 | $49,071 | $301,920 | 2 |
| 9 | $27,925,080 |