List of 1981 box office number-one films in the United States

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This is a list of films which have placed number one at the weekend box office in the United States during 1981.

# Week ending Film Gross Notes Ref
1January 4, 19819 to 5$7,111,919[1][2]
2January 11, 1981$6,388,982[3]
3January 18, 1981$6,014,902[4]
4January 25, 1981Stir CrazyTBD[5]
5February 1, 1981The Incredible Shrinking Woman$4,279,264[6]
6February 8, 1981Fort Apache, The Bronx$4,565,000[7]
7February 15, 1981$4,000,000[8][9]
8February 22, 1981TBD[10]
9March 1, 1981TBD[11]
10March 8, 1981TBD[12]
11March 15, 1981Back Roads$3,046,339[13]
12March 22, 1981Omen III: The Final Conflict$5,571,675[14][15]
13March 29, 1981TBD[16]
14April 5, 1981Hardly Working$4,160,193[17]
15April 12, 1981Star Wars (reissue)$6,549,751[18][19]
16April 19, 1981$4,564,616[19]
17April 26, 1981Excalibur$3,144,818[20]
18May 3, 1981Friday the 13th Part 2$6,420,784[21][22]
19May 10, 1981TBD[23]
20May 17, 1981Happy Birthday to Me$3,712,597[24][25]
21May 25, 19814-day weekendBustin' Loose$6,622,753[26]
22May 31, 1981The Four Seasons$4,355,238[27]
23June 7, 1981Cheech and Chong's Nice Dreams$8,153,738[28][29]
24June 14, 1981Raiders of the Lost Ark$8,305,823[30][31]
25June 21, 1981Superman II$14,100,523Superman II had the highest weekend debut of all-time beating the record of $11.9 million set by Star Trek: The Motion Picture.[32][33]
26June 28, 1981$10,765,687Superman II becomes the first film to have more than one weekend with a gross over $10 million.[34][35]
27July 5, 1981$10,905,892[36][35]
28July 12, 1981$6,745,678[37][35]
29July 19, 1981Raiders of the Lost Ark$6,450,189Raiders of the Lost Ark reclaimed number 1 in its sixth weekend of release.[38][35]
30July 26, 1981Tarzan, the Ape Man$6,700,809[39]
31August 2, 1981The Empire Strikes Back (reissue)$7,001,282[40]
32August 9, 1981Raiders of the Lost Ark$4,046,228Raiders of the Lost Ark reclaimed number 1 in its ninth weekend of release.[41]
33August 16, 1981$5,157,432[42]
34August 23, 1981$4,183,784[43]
35August 30, 1981$3,909,879[44][45]
36September 7, 19814-day weekend$5,406,403[46][47]
37September 13, 1981Arthur$3,002,255[48][49]
38September 20, 1981Continental Divide$3,218,347[50]
39September 27, 1981Mommie Dearest$4,667,761[51]
40October 4, 1981Paternity$3,610,147[52][53]
41October 11, 1981$3,227,174[54]
42October 18, 1981$2,442,503[55]
43October 25, 1981The French Lieutenant's WomanTBD[56]
44November 1, 1981Halloween II$7,676,836[57][58]
45November 8, 1981Time Bandits$6,507,356[59][60]
46November 15, 1981$5,336,032[61]
47November 22, 1981$3,700,000[62][63]
48November 29, 1981$5,000,000[64][65]
49December 6, 1981Raiders of the Lost Ark$2,441,000Raiders of the Lost Ark reclaimed number 1 in its 26th weekend of release.[66][67]
50December 13, 1981Rollover$2,260,889[68][69]
51December 20, 1981Neighbors$6,481,386[70]
52December 27, 1981$5,821,835[71]

Highest-grossing films

The top ten films released in 1981 by box office gross in the United States and Canada are as follows:

Highest-grossing films of 1981 based on year of release[72]
RankTitleDistributorDomestic gross
1 Raiders of the Lost Ark Paramount $212,222,025
2 On Golden Pond Universal $119,285,432
3 Superman II Warner Bros. $108,185,706
4 Arthur $95,461,682
5 Stripes Columbia $85,297,000
6 The Cannonball Run 20th Century Fox $72,179,579
7 Chariots of Fire Warner Bros. $58,972,904
8 For Your Eyes Only United Artists $54,812,802
9 The Four Seasons Universal $50,427,646
10 Time Bandits Embassy $42,365,581

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