Weekly (Fri-Thu) Domestic Chart Starting on August 7, 1981

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  Movie TitleDistributorGross%LWTheatersTheaters
Change
Per
Theater
Total
Gross
Weeks In
Release
1 (2) Raiders of the Lost Ark Paramount Pi… $7,802,988 -7% 1,091 -49 $7,152 $98,931,134 9
2 (1) Star Wars Ep. V: The Empire Strikes Back 20th Century… $6,207,434 -45% 1,382 +18 $4,492 $198,799,605 65
3 N Heavy Metal Columbia $5,273,112   620   $8,505 $5,273,112 1
4 (3) Tarzan, The Ape Man MGM $5,160,325 -25% 1,113 +63 $4,636 $22,216,306 3
5 (6) Arthur Warner Bros. $5,109,748 +23% 605 -25 $8,446 $18,812,583 4
6 (4) Stripes Columbia $4,884,209 -15% 991 -73 $4,929 $55,783,684 7
7 (5) Superman II Warner Bros. $3,516,329 -23% 780 -128 $4,508 $88,698,501 8
8 (8) Under the Rainbow Warner Bros. $3,117,123 -13% 621 +133 $5,020 $6,701,033 2
9 (7) Endless Love Universal $2,829,246 -30% 550 -82 $5,144 $18,230,610 4
10 (13) Blow Out Filmways Pic… $2,750,000 +53% 500 -150 $5,500 $8,550,000 3
11 (9) Victory Paramount Pi… $2,424,318 -28% 644 -48 $3,764 $5,800,000 2
12 (10) Wolfen Warner Bros. $1,311,882 -49% 305 -399 $4,301 $8,257,814 3
13 (11) The Cannonball Run 20th Century… $1,208,901 -44% 547 -204 $2,210 $56,820,958 8
14 (-) Cheech & Chong's Nice Dreams Columbia $614,949   343   $1,793 $33,982,504 10
           
14 $52,210,564
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