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Domestic Box Office For Holiday Season 1981
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In-season releases
Calendar grosses
Holiday Season 1981 is November 6-January 7, 1982.
Rank
Release
Genre
Budget
Running Time
Gross
Theaters
Total Gross
Release Date
Distributor
Estimated
1
Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
-
-
-
$155,871,921
1,078
$212,222,025
Jun 12
Paramount Pictures
false
2
Neighbors
-
-
-
$23,984,013
1,387
$29,916,207
Dec 18
Columbia Pictures
false
3
Sharky's Machine
-
-
-
$20,498,454
1,388
$35,610,100
Dec 18
Warner Bros.
false
4
Reds
-
-
-
$18,532,637
644
$40,382,659
Dec 4
Paramount Pictures
false
5
Absence of Malice
-
-
-
$16,296,026
994
$40,716,963
Nov 20
Columbia Pictures
false
6
Taps
-
-
-
$16,187,020
792
$35,856,053
Dec 9
Twentieth Century Fox
false
7
Halloween II
-
-
-
$15,959,806
1,211
$25,533,818
Oct 30
Universal Pictures
false
8
Time Bandits
-
-
-
$9,296,223
821
$42,365,581
Nov 6
Embassy Pictures
false
9
Ragtime
-
-
-
$9,233,033
447
$14,920,781
Nov 20
Paramount Pictures
false
10
Rollover
-
-
-
$8,113,349
755
$10,851,261
Dec 11
Warner Bros.
false
11
Modern Problems
-
-
-
$6,797,672
1,119
$26,154,211
Dec 25
Twentieth Century Fox
false
12
Chariots of Fire
-
-
-
$3,896,971
810
$58,972,904
Sep 25
Columbia Pictures
false
13
The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper
-
-
-
$3,702,028
867
$3,702,028
Nov 13
Universal Pictures
false
14
Ghost Story
-
-
-
$3,283,067
600
$23,371,905
Dec 16
Universal Pictures
false
15
Heartbeeps
-
-
-
$2,154,696
493
$2,154,696
Dec 18
Universal Pictures
false
16
Cinderella
1981 Re-release
-
-
-
$1,733,334
1,050
$28,040,000
Dec 18
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
false
17
On Golden Pond
-
-
-
$706,101
1,015
$119,285,432
Dec 4
Universal Pictures
false