The Top Movies, Weekend of December 4, 1981

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(2)	Raiders of the Lost Ark	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$2,441,000	-42.28%	981	$2,488	$160,955,434	178
2	(new)	Reds	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$2,411,083		389	$6,198	$2,411,083	3
3	(1)	Time Bandits	Avco Embassy	Adventure	$2,155,000	-56.90%	1,000	$2,155	$25,750,000	31
4	(3)	Arthur	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$1,169,415	-44.98%	817	$1,431	$74,651,604	143
5	(re-entry)	The French Lieutenant's Woman	MGM	Drama	$966,000		500	$1,932	$19,400,000	80
6	(4)	Only When I Laugh			$519,555	-49.41%	494	$1,052	$25,782,304	75
7	(re-entry)	Rich and Famous			$500,000		350	$1,429	$13,000,000	59
8	(6)	Body Heat	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$488,921	-31.60%	436	$1,121	$23,496,500	101
9	(re-entry)	True Confessions			$420,000		349	$1,203	$12,200,000	73
10	(re-entry)	Private Lessons	Jensen Farley Pictures	Comedy	$406,531		165	$2,464	$11,454,417	101
11	(7)	Prince of the City	Orion Pictures	Drama	$248,704	-46.87%	192	$1,295	$7,840,272	110
12	(8)	Chariots of Fire	Sony Pictures	Drama	$133,092	-42.23%	11	$12,099	$2,351,759	73
13	(9)	Ragtime	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$103,955	-35.39%	5	$20,791	$594,893	17
14	(new)	On Golden Pond	Universal	Drama	$89,213		2	$44,607	$89,213	3
15	(10)	Absence of Malice	Sony Pictures	Drama	$57,055	-17.02%	2	$28,528	$388,536	18
16	(new)	Whose Life is it Anyway?	MGM	Drama	$51,988		4	$12,997	$51,988	5