Domestic 1982 Week 3
January 15-21, 1982
| Rank | Release | Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Absence of Malice | $5,321,343 | $3,290,111 | 61.8% | $2,031,232 | 38.2% | 994 | 9 | Columbia Pictures |
| 2 | Taps | $3,325,686 | $2,627,241 | 79% | $698,445 | 21% | 689 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 3 | Sharky's Machine | $3,001,366 | $2,261,513 | 75.4% | $739,853 | 24.6% | 1,109 | 5 | Warner Bros. |
| 4 | Reds | $2,723,766 | $2,181,946 | 80.1% | $541,820 | 19.9% | 626 | 7 | Paramount Pictures |
| 5 | Modern Problems | $2,600,917 | $2,106,471 | 81% | $494,446 | 19% | 1,006 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 6 | Raiders of the Lost Ark | $2,033,963 | $1,629,191 | 80.1% | $404,772 | 19.9% | 796 | 32 | Paramount Pictures |
| 7 | Ragtime | $1,756,199 | $1,403,534 | 79.9% | $352,665 | 20.1% | 419 | 9 | Paramount Pictures |
| 8 | Neighbors | $1,665,978 | $1,259,688 | 75.6% | $406,290 | 24.4% | 910 | 5 | Columbia Pictures |
| 9 | Cinderella 1981 Re-release | $1,235,249 | $1,235,249 | 100% | $0 | - | 940 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 10 | Ghost Story | $1,195,540 | $1,195,540 | 100% | $0 | - | 558 | 6 | Universal Pictures |
| 11 | Arthur | $768,176 | $586,812 | 76.4% | $181,364 | 23.6% | 381 | 27 | Warner Bros. |
| 12 | Rollover | $722,561 | $532,471 | 73.7% | $190,090 | 26.3% | 443 | 6 | Warner Bros. |
| 13 | Pennies from Heaven | $702,703 | $520,000 | 74% | $182,703 | 26% | 315 | 6 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 14 | Time Bandits | $627,136 | $627,136 | 100% | $0 | - | 40 | 11 | Embassy Pictures |
| 15 | Chariots of Fire | $478,312 | $359,516 | 75.2% | $118,796 | 24.8% | 36 | 17 | Columbia Pictures |
| 16 | On Golden Pond | $21,959 | $98,793 | 449.9% | $-76,834 | - | 3 | 7 | Universal Pictures |
| - | Whose Life Is It Anyway? | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| - | Buddy Buddy | - | $189,000 | - | - | - | - | 6 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| - | Private Lessons | - | - | - | - | - | - | 21 | Jensen Farley Pictures |
