Weekly (Fri-Thu) Domestic Chart Starting on July 31, 1981

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  Movie TitleDistributorGross%LWTheatersTheaters
Change
Per
Theater
Total
Gross
Weeks In
Release
1 (-) Star Wars Ep. V: The Empire Strikes Back 20th Century… $11,238,316   1,364   $8,239 $192,592,171 64
2 (2) Raiders of the Lost Ark Paramount Pi… $8,360,093 -17% 1,140 -42 $7,333 $91,128,146 8
3 (1) Tarzan, The Ape Man MGM $6,857,626 -33% 1,050 +120 $6,531 $17,055,981 2
4 (3) Stripes Columbia $5,733,228 -20% 1,064 -22 $5,388 $50,899,475 6
5 (4) Superman II Warner Bros. $4,591,925 -22% 908 -81 $5,057 $85,182,172 7
6 (5) Arthur Warner Bros. $4,147,950 -15% 630 -75 $6,584 $13,702,835 3
7 (-) Endless Love Universal $4,019,605   632   $6,360 $15,401,364 3
8 N Under the Rainbow Warner Bros. $3,583,910   488   $7,344 $3,583,910 1
9 N Victory Paramount Pi… $3,375,682   692   $4,878 $3,375,682 1
10 (7) Wolfen Warner Bros. $2,565,006 -41% 704 -263 $3,643 $6,945,932 2
11 (-) The Cannonball Run 20th Century… $2,142,778   751   $2,853 $55,612,057 7
12 (-) Zorro, The Gay Blade 20th Century… $1,923,571   415   $4,635 $4,284,854 2
13 (8) Blow Out Filmways Pic… $1,800,000 -55% 650 -58 $2,769 $5,800,000 2
14 (-) Clash of the Titans MGM $1,000,000         $30,000,000 8
15 (-) History of the World: Part I 20th Century… $233,650         $22,970,578 8
           
15 $61,573,340
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