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