Top grossing movies for 1981 in the USA

Please note that these are the top grossing films that were first released in 1981; because they may have made most of their income in a later year, they are probably not the top grossing films for calendar year 1981.

Gross		Movie
230,329,080		Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
119,200,000		On Golden Pond (1981)
88,595,661		Arthur (1981)
67,400,000		Guerre du feu, La (1981)
43,899,231		The Fox and the Hound (1981)
41,092,328		Clash of the Titans (1981)
40,716,963		Absence of Malice (1981)
36,565,280		Tarzan, the Ape Man (1981)
35,955,861		Time Bandits (1981)
35,856,053		Taps (1981)