Movies Released in 1981
| Release Date | Movie | Genre | Production
Budget | Domestic
Box Office
to Date | Trailer |
|---|
January, 1981 |
| January 1 |
Death Hunt |
|
|
$5,000,000 |
|
|
The Devil and Max Devlin |
|
|
$16,000,000 |
|
|
Fort Apache, The Bronx |
|
|
$29,200,000 |
|
|
My Dinner With Andre (1981) |
|
|
$5,250,000 |
|
|
The Private Eyes |
|
|
$18,000,000 |
|
|
Roar |
|
$17,000,000 |
$2,000,000 |
|
|
Scanners |
|
|
$14,200,000 |
|
| |
| January 30 |
The Incredible Shrinking Woman |
Comedy |
|
$20,259,000 |
|
February, 1981 |
| February 11 |
Le dernier métro |
Drama |
|
$3,000,000 |
|
|
Sphinx |
Thriller/Suspense |
$10,000,000 |
$2,000,000 |
|
| |
| February 13 |
American Pop |
Drama |
|
$6,000,000 |
|
|
The Dogs of War |
|
|
$0 |
|
|
Eyewitness |
|
|
$6,400,000 |
|
|
Sunday Lovers |
|
|
$0 |
|
March, 1981 |
| March 6 |
All Night Long |
Comedy |
|
$7,800,000 |
|
|
On the Right Track |
|
|
$13,000,000 |
|
| |
| March 13 |
Back Roads |
Comedy |
|
$11,809,387 |
|
|
The Funhouse |
Horror |
|
$7,000,000 |
|
|
Modern Romance |
Romantic Comedy |
|
$29,137 |
|
| |
| March 15 |
Confidence (1981) |
|
|
$0 |
|
| |
| March 20 |
Amy |
Drama |
|
$0 |
|
|
Cutter's Way |
|
|
$0 |
|
|
The Final Conflict |
Horror |
|
$20,471,000 |
|
|
Kelly |
|
|
$0 |
|
|
The Postman Always Rings Twice |
Drama |
$12,000,000 |
$12,200,000 |
|
| |
| March 27 |
Eyes of a Stranger |
Horror |
|
$546,724 |
|
|
Thief |
|
|
$4,300,000 |
|
April, 1981 |
| April 10 |
Excalibur |
Adventure |
|
$34,200,000 |
|
|
From Mao to Mozart |
Documentary |
|
$0 |
|
|
Going Ape! |
|
|
$0 |
|
|
The Howling |
|
$1,000,000 |
$17,985,000 |
|
|
Nighthawks |
Action |
$5,000,000 |
$14,600,000 |
|
|
This is Elvis |
Documentary |
|
$429,146 |
|
| |
| April 17 |
Caveman |
Comedy |
|
$15,965,000 |
|
|
Improper Channels |
|
|
$0 |
|
| |
| April 24 |
Beyond the Reef |
|
|
$547,525 |
|
|
Cattle Annie and Little Britches |
Drama |
|
$115,679 |
|
|
The Hand |
Horror |
|
$2,000,000 |
|
|
Second-Hand Hearts |
|
|
$0 |
|
| |
| April 30 |
Friday the 13th Part 2 |
Horror |
$1,250,000 |
$21,722,776 |
|
May, 1981 |
| May 1 |
Graduation Day |
Thriller/Suspense |
$250,000 |
$23,894,000 |
|
|
Hard Country |
|
|
$0 |
|
|
The Jazz Singer |
|
|
$27,118,000 |
|
|
King of the Mountain |
Drama |
|
$958,637 |
|
| |
| May 15 |
Happy Birthday To Me |
|
|
$10,609,514 |
|
|
Take This Job and Shove It |
|
|
$17,569,000 |
|
| |
| May 22 |
Bustin' Loose |
Comedy |
|
$31,261,000 |
|
|
The Four Seasons |
Comedy |
$6,500,000 |
$42,488,161 |
|
|
Glen or Glenda |
|
|
$0 |
|
|
The Legend of the Lone Ranger |
Western |
$18,000,000 |
$13,400,000 |
|
|
Outland |
Action |
|
$20,000,000 |
|
June, 1981 |
| June 5 |
Cheech & Chong's Nice Dreams |
|
|
$37,000,000 |
|
|
The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia |
|
|
$14,000,000 |
|
| |
| June 12 |
Clash of the Titans |
Adventure |
$15,000,000 |
$30,000,000 |
|
|
History of the World: Part I |
Comedy |
$11,000,000 |
$31,672,000 |
|
|
Raiders of the Lost Ark |
Adventure |
$20,000,000 |
$248,159,971 |
|
| |
| June 19 |
The Cannonball Run |
Action |
|
$57,498,710 |
|
|
Superman II |
Adventure |
$54,000,000 |
$108,185,706 |
|
| |
| June 26 |
Dragonslayer |
Action |
$18,000,000 |
$6,000,000 |
|
|
For Your Eyes Only |
Action |
$28,000,000 |
$54,800,000 |
|
|
Force: Five |
|
|
$8,000,000 |
|
|
The Great Muppet Caper |
Comedy |
|
$31,206,251 |
|
|
Stripes |
Comedy |
$10,000,000 |
$85,300,000 |
|
July, 1981 |
| July 1 |
S.O.B. |
Comedy |
|
$14,867,086 |
|
| |
| July 10 |
Escape from New York |
Action |
$6,000,000 |
$25,244,700 |
|
|
The Fox and the Hound |
Comedy |
|
$43,899,231 |
|
| |
| July 17 |
Arthur |
Comedy |
|
$81,464,486 |
|
|
Endless Love |
Drama |
|
$33,000,000 |
|
| |
| July 23 |
Gas |
|
|
$0 |
|
| |
| July 24 |
Blow Out |
Thriller/Suspense |
$18,000,000 |
$13,747,234 |
|
|
Comin' at Ya! |
|
|
$6,704,127 |
|
|
Eye of the Needle |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$17,583,000 |
|
|
Nobody's Perfekt |
|
|
$995 |
|
|
Tarzan, The Ape Man |
Action |
|
$36,565,000 |
|
|
Wolfen |
Horror |
|
$11,000,000 |
|
|
Zorro, The Gay Blade |
Comedy |
|
$10,000,000 |
|
| |
| July 31 |
Under the Rainbow |
Comedy |
$20,000,000 |
$18,826,490 |
|
|
Victory |
Action |
|
$10,853,000 |
|
August, 1981 |
| August 7 |
Condorman |
|
|
$0 |
|
|
An Eye for an Eye |
Action |
|
$7,496,681 |
|
|
Heavy Metal |
Adventure |
$9,300,000 |
$19,571,091 |
|
|
Hell Night |
Horror |
|
$2,300,000 |
|
|
Soggy Bottom, U.S.A. |
Comedy |
|
$19,225 |
|
|
Student Bodies |
Comedy |
|
$1,582,148 |
|
| |
| August 14 |
Chu Chu and the Philly Flash |
|
|
$221,898 |
|
|
Deadly Blessing |
|
|
$2,800,000 |
|
| |
| August 19 |
Prince of the City |
Drama |
|
$9,000,000 |
|
| |
| August 21 |
An American Werewolf in London |
Horror |
|
$31,973,249 |
|
|
First Monday in October |
|
|
$12,000,000 |
|
|
Heartland |
Drama |
|
$0 |
|
|
Honky Tonk Freeway |
Comedy |
|
$939,423 |
|
| |
| August 28 |
Body Heat |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$24,058,000 |
|
|
Gallipoli |
|
$3,000,000 |
$5,732,587 |
|
|
Private Lessons |
Comedy |
|
$18,064,851 |
|
September, 1981 |
| September 17 |
Tim |
|
|
$0 |
|
| |
| September 18 |
Continental Divide |
Romantic Comedy |
|
$15,578,000 |
|
|
The French Lieutenant's Woman |
Drama |
|
$22,600,000 |
|
|
Mommie Dearest |
Drama |
$5,000,000 |
$19,032,000 |
|
|
Raggedy Man |
Drama |
|
$11,000,000 |
|
| |
| September 23 |
Only When I Laugh |
|
|
$25,782,304 |
|
| |
| September 25 |
Carbon Copy |
Comedy |
|
$8,400,000 |
|
|
Chariots of Fire |
Drama |
$5,500,000 |
$57,159,946 |
|
|
So Fine |
|
|
$10,000,000 |
|
|
Southern Comfort |
|
|
$2,939,174 |
|
|
True Confessions |
|
|
$12,200,000 |
|
October, 1981 |
| October 2 |
Paternity |
|
|
$18,838,000 |
|
|
Zoot Suit |
Drama |
|
$380,302 |
|
| |
| October 9 |
Rich and Famous |
|
|
$13,000,000 |
|
|
Tattoo |
|
|
$860,472 |
|
| |
| October 16 |
All the Marbles |
|
|
$4,300,000 |
|
| |
| October 23 |
Das boot ist voll |
Drama |
|
$1,016 |
|
|
Enter the Ninja |
|
|
$0 |
|
|
Silence of the North |
Drama |
|
$344,837 |
|
| |
| October 30 |
Halloween II |
Horror |
$2,500,000 |
$25,533,818 |
|
|
Looker |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$3,281,232 |
|
November, 1981 |
| November 6 |
Time Bandits |
Adventure |
$12,000,000 |
$37,400,000 |
|
| |
| November 13 |
Dead and Buried |
|
|
$216,166 |
|
|
The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper |
Adventure |
$12,000,000 |
$2,104,164 |
|
| |
| November 19 |
Absence of Malice |
Drama |
|
$33,312,129 |
|
| |
| November 20 |
Man of Iron |
|
|
$0 |
|
|
Ragtime |
Drama |
|
$17,468,158 |
|
December, 1981 |
| December 2 |
Whose Life is it Anyway? |
Drama |
|
$6,100,000 |
|
| |
| December 4 |
On Golden Pond |
Drama |
|
$119,285,432 |
|
|
Reds |
Drama |
$33,500,000 |
$50,000,000 |
|
| |
| December 9 |
Taps |
Drama |
$14,000,000 |
$35,856,053 |
|
| |
| December 11 |
Buddy Buddy |
Comedy |
|
$5,299,037 |
|
|
Four Friends |
Drama |
|
$0 |
|
|
Pennies from Heaven |
Musical |
|
$6,200,000 |
|
|
Rollover |
Drama |
|
$10,217,873 |
|
| |
| December 18 |
Ghost Story |
Horror |
|
$16,202,210 |
|
|
Heartbeeps |
Comedy |
$10,000,000 |
$6,000,000 |
|
|
Neighbors |
Comedy |
|
$29,916,207 |
|
|
Sharky's Machine |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$32,984,898 |
|
| |
| December 25 |
Modern Problems |
Comedy |
$8,000,000 |
$24,474,312 |
|
| |
| December 31 |
Clash of the Titans |
Action |
|
$0 |
|
|
Pick-up Summer |
|
|
$28,756 |
|
|
Wednesday, May 22, 2013