Domestic 1981 Week 51
December 18-24, 1981
| Rank | Release | Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Neighbors | $9,259,122 | $6,481,386 | 70% | $2,777,736 | 30% | 1,387 | 1 | Columbia Pictures |
| 2 | Sharky's Machine | $4,317,201 | $3,022,041 | 70% | $1,295,160 | 30% | 1,388 | 1 | Warner Bros. |
| 3 | Absence of Malice | $3,734,408 | $2,427,365 | 65% | $1,307,043 | 35% | 816 | 5 | Columbia Pictures |
| 4 | Ghost Story | $3,283,067 | $2,105,729 | 64.1% | $1,177,338 | 35.9% | 548 | 2 | Universal Pictures |
| 5 | Taps | $3,246,273 | $2,110,078 | 65% | $1,136,195 | 35% | 455 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 6 | Cinderella 1981 Re-release | $1,733,334 | $1,300,000 | 75% | $433,334 | 25% | 560 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 7 | Heartbeeps | $665,266 | $407,464 | 61.2% | $257,802 | 38.8% | 493 | 1 | Universal Pictures |
| 8 | On Golden Pond | $103,761 | $55,236 | 53.2% | $48,525 | 46.8% | 2 | 3 | Universal Pictures |
| - | Being There | - | - | - | - | - | - | 105 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| - | The Electric Horseman | - | - | - | - | - | - | 105 | Columbia Pictures |
| - | The Black Hole | - | - | - | - | - | - | 105 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
