The Top Movies, Weekend of August 7, 1981

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(2)	Raiders of the Lost Ark	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$4,846,228	-9.75%	1,091	$4,442	$95,974,374	59
2	(1)	The Empire Strikes Back	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$4,021,024	-42.57%	1,382	$2,910	$196,613,195	446
3	(3)	Tarzan, The Ape Man	MGM	Action	$3,372,735	-23.11%	1,113	$3,030	$20,428,716	17
4	(new)	Heavy Metal	Columbia	Adventure	$3,261,186		620	$5,260	$3,261,186	3
5	(4)	Stripes	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$3,125,676	-10.02%	991	$3,154	$54,025,151	45
6	(7)	Arthur	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$3,098,055	+28.92%	605	$5,121	$16,800,890	24
7	(5)	Superman II	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$2,188,092	-22.02%	780	$2,805	$91,070,634	52
8	(10)	Blow Out	Filmways Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$2,000,000	-9.09%	500	$4,000	$7,800,000	17
9	(8)	Under the Rainbow	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$1,922,593	-15.94%	621	$3,096	$5,506,503	10
10	(new)	Eye for an Eye (1981)	Avco Embassy		$1,811,470		398	$4,551	$1,811,470	3
11	(9)	Endless Love	Universal	Drama	$1,711,316	-22.96%	550	$3,111	$17,112,680	24
12	(6)	Victory	Paramount Pictures	Action	$1,624,318	-34.74%	644	$2,522	$5,000,000	10
13	(new)	Student Bodies	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$1,582,148		628	$2,519	$1,582,148	3
14	(11)	Wolfen	Orion Pictures	Horror	$859,496	-49.45%	305	$2,818	$7,805,428	17
15	(14)	Zorro, The Gay Blade	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$831,895	-33.71%	343	$2,425	$5,116,749	17
16	(13)	The Cannonball Run	20th Century Fox	Action	$763,174	-44.88%	547	$1,395	$56,375,231	52
17	(re-entry)	The Four Seasons	Universal	Comedy	$615,679		245	$2,513	$42,488,161	80
18	(re-entry)	The Great Muppet Caper	Universal	Comedy	$504,000		258	$1,953	$22,756,670	38
19	(re-entry)	History of the World: Part I	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$282,771		175	$1,616	$23,253,349	59
20	(re-entry)	Nice Dreams			$239,000		343	$697	$33,606,555	59
21	(new)	Soggy Bottom, U.S.A.		Comedy	$19,225		2	$9,613	$19,225	3