$389.9M
ROI 21.66x
Yearly chart
1981 Box Office Rankings
Year-specific reference chart with worldwide gross, reported budgets, openings and ROI where available.
About the 1981 chart
This 1981 box office chart highlights films released in 1981, using available worldwide gross, budget, gross-minus-budget and ROI data. Some titles may have richer financial detail than others, depending on source coverage and later corrections.
Year gross$2.88Bvisible records
Avg budget$9.1Mbudgeted titles
Top opening—不该凋谢的玫瑰
Releases138available for year
1981 quick chart highlights
Additional ways to explore the year’s highest-performing titles.Top gross
Raiders of the Lost Ark$389.9M For Your Eyes Only$195.3M Porky's$160.0M On Golden Pond$119.3M Arthur$95.5MBest ROI
Porky's40.00x Raiders of the Lost Ark21.66x The Howling17.99x Friday the 13th Part 217.38x Arthur13.64xGross-minus-budget leaders
Raiders of the Lost Ark$371.9M For Your Eyes Only$167.3M Porky's$156.0M On Golden Pond$104.3M Arthur$88.5M1981 movie chart
Sorted by worldwide gross.| # | Movie | Year | Worldwide | Budget | Gross - budget | ROI | Studio / Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Raiders of the Lost Ark
WW
Financial
|
1981 | $389.9M | $18.0M | $371.9M | 21.66x | Paramount Pictures |
| 2 |
For Your Eyes Only
WW
Financial
|
1981 | $195.3M | $28.0M | $167.3M | 6.98x | Eon Productions |
| 3 |
Porky's
WW
Financial
|
1981 | $160.0M | $4.0M | $156.0M | 40.00x | Astral Bellevue Pathé |
| 4 |
On Golden Pond
WW
Financial
|
1981 | $119.3M | $15.0M | $104.3M | 7.95x | Ipc Films |
| 5 |
Arthur
WW
Financial
|
1981 | $95.5M | $7.0M | $88.5M | 13.64x | Orion Pictures |
| 6 |
Stripes
WW
Financial
|
1981 | $85.3M | $10.0M | $75.3M | 8.53x | Columbia Pictures |
| 7 |
Das Boot
WW
Financial
|
1981 | $85.0M | $14.0M | $71.0M | 6.07x | Radiant Film |
| 8 |
The Cannonball Run
WW
Financial
|
1981 | $72.2M | $18.0M | $54.2M | 4.01x | Orange Sky Golden Harvest |
| 9 |
Fort Apache, the Bronx
WW
Financial
|
1981 | $65.2M | $10.0M | $55.2M | 6.52x | The Producer Circle Co. |
| 10 |
Chariots of Fire
WW
Financial
|
1981 | $59.0M | $5.5M | $53.5M | 10.72x | Enigma Productions |
| 11 |
Quest for Fire
WW
Financial
|
1981 | $55.3M | $12.0M | $43.3M | 4.61x | Belstar Productions |
| 12 |
The Four Seasons
WW
Financial
No budget
|
1981 | $50.4M | — | — | — | Universal Pictures |
| 13 |
Escape from New York
WW
Financial
|
1981 | $50.2M | $6.0M | $44.2M | 8.37x | Avco Embassy Pictures |
| 14 |
Time Bandits
WW
Financial
|
1981 | $42.4M | $5.0M | $37.4M | 8.47x | Handmade Films |
| 15 |
Clash of the Titans
WW
Financial
|
1981 | $41.1M | $12.0M | $29.1M | 3.42x | Peerford Ltd.. |
| 16 |
Absence of Malice
WW
Financial
|
1981 | $40.7M | $12.0M | $28.7M | 3.39x | Mirage Enterprises |
| 17 |
Reds
WW
Financial
|
1981 | $40.4M | $35.0M | $5.4M | 1.15x | Jrs Productions |
| 18 |
Nice Dreams
WW
Financial
No budget
|
1981 | $37.0M | — | — | — | Columbia Pictures |
| 19 |
Tarzan the Ape Man
WW
Financial
No budget
|
1981 | $36.6M | — | — | — | Metro Goldwyn Mayer |
| 20 |
Taps
WW
Financial
|
1981 | $35.9M | $14.0M | $21.9M | 2.56x | 20th Century Fox |
| 21 |
Sharky's Machine
WW
Financial
|
1981 | $35.6M | $17.5M | $18.1M | 2.03x | Deliverance Productions |
| 22 |
Excalibur
WW
Financial
|
1981 | $35.0M | $11.0M | $24.0M | 3.18x | Orion Pictures |
| 23 |
Endless Love
WW
Financial
No budget
|
1981 | $32.5M | — | — | — | Universal Pictures |
| 24 |
An American Werewolf in London
WW
Financial
|
1981 | $32.0M | $10.0M | $22.0M | 3.20x | Lyncanthrope Films |
| 25 |
History of the World: Part I
WW
Financial
|
1981 | $31.7M | $10.0M | $21.7M | 3.17x | Brooksfilms |
| 26 |
Bustin' Loose
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1981 | $31.3M | $11.0M | $20.3M | 2.85x | Universal Pictures |
| 27 |
The Great Muppet Caper
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1981 | $31.2M | $14.0M | $17.2M | 2.23x | Itc Entertainment |
| 28 |
Neighbors
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1981 | $29.9M | $8.5M | $21.4M | 3.52x | Columbia Pictures |
| 29 |
The Fox and the Hound
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1981 | $29.8M | $12.0M | $17.8M | 2.48x | Walt Disney Productions |
| 30 |
The Evil Dead
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1981 | $29.6M | $350,000 | $29.3M | 84.61x | Renaissance Pictures |
| 31 |
Escape to Victory
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1981 | $27.5M | $10.0M | $17.5M | 2.75x | Victory Company |
| 32 |
Doraemon: The Record of Nobita, Spaceblazer
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
1981 | $27.3M | — | — | — | Shin Ei Animation |
| 33 |
Private Lessons
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1981 | $26.3M | $2.8M | $23.5M | 9.39x | Jensen Farley Pictures |
| 34 |
Modern Problems
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1981 | $26.2M | $8.0M | $18.2M | 3.27x | 20th Century Fox |
| 35 |
Halloween II
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1981 | $25.5M | $2.5M | $23.0M | 10.21x | The De Laurentiis Company |
| 36 |
Mad Max 2
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1981 | $24.6M | $2.0M | $22.6M | 12.30x | Kennedy Miller Productions |
| 37 |
Body Heat
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1981 | $24.1M | $9.0M | $15.1M | 2.67x | The Ladd Company |
| 38 |
Friday the 13th Part 2
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1981 | $21.7M | $1.3M | $20.5M | 17.38x | Georgetown Productions |
| 39 |
The Final Conflict
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1981 | $20.5M | $5.0M | $15.5M | 4.09x | 20th Century Fox |
| 40 |
Heavy Metal
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1981 | $20.1M | $9.3M | $10.8M | 2.16x | Canadian Film Development Corporation |
| 41 |
Nighthawks
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1981 | $19.9M | $5.0M | $14.9M | 3.98x | Martin Poll Productions |
| 42 |
Mommie Dearest
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1981 | $19.0M | $5.0M | $14.0M | 3.81x | Paramount Pictures |
| 43 |
Paternity
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1981 | $18.8M | $9.0M | $9.8M | 2.09x | Paramount Pictures |
| 44 |
Eye of the Needle
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
1981 | $18.0M | — | — | — | Kings Road Entertainment |
| 45 |
The Howling
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1981 | $18.0M | $1.0M | $17.0M | 17.99x | Avco Embassy Pictures |
| 46 |
Gallipoli
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1981 | $17.4M | $2.6M | $14.8M | 6.69x | R & R Films |
| 47 |
Outland
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1981 | $17.4M | $18.0M | -$625,405 | 0.97x | The Ladd Company |
| 48 |
The Devil and Max Devlin
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
1981 | $16.0M | — | — | — | Walt Disney Productions |
| 49 |
Caveman
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
1981 | $16.0M | — | — | — | The Turman Foster Company |
| 50 |
Continental Divide
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
1981 | $15.6M | — | — | — | Universal Pictures |
| 51 |
The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
1981 | $14.9M | — | — | — | Viacom Enterprises |
| 52 |
Scanners
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1981 | $14.2M | $4.1M | $10.1M | 3.47x | Filmplan International |
| 53 |
Dragonslayer
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1981 | $14.1M | $18.0M | -$3.9M | 0.78x | Paramount Pictures |
| 54 |
First Monday in October
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
1981 | $12.5M | — | — | — | Paramount Pictures |
| 55 |
The Postman Always Rings Twice
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1981 | $12.4M | $12.0M | $376,625 | 1.03x | Cip Filmproduktion Gmb H |
| 56 |
Blow Out
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1981 | $12.0M | $18.0M | -$6.0M | 0.67x | Cinema 77 |
| 57 |
The Imperial Navy
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
1981 | $12.0M | — | — | — | Toho Pictures |
| 58 |
Back Roads
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
1981 | $11.8M | — | — | — | CBS Theatrical Films |
| 59 |
Mobile Suit Gundam I
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
1981 | $11.5M | — | — | — | Sunrise |
| 60 |
Thief
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1981 | $11.5M | $5.5M | $6.0M | 2.09x | Mann/Caan Productions |
| 61 |
Wolfen
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1981 | $10.6M | $17.0M | -$6.4M | 0.63x | King Hitzig Productions |
| 62 |
Happy Birthday to Me
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1981 | $10.6M | $3.5M | $7.1M | 3.03x | Famous Players |
| 63 |
Rollover
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
1981 | $10.2M | — | — | — | Ipc Films |
| 64 |
Zorro, The Gay Blade
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1981 | $10.2M | $12.6M | -$2.4M | 0.81x | Melvin Simon Productions |
| 65 |
All Night Long
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
1981 | $10.0M | — | — | — | Universal Pictures |
| 66 |
So Fine
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
1981 | $9.8M | — | — | — | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| 67 |
Carbon Copy
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1981 | $9.6M | $6.0M | $3.6M | 1.59x | First City Features Ltd.. |
| 68 |
Pennies from Heaven
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1981 | $9.2M | $22.0M | -$12.8M | 0.42x | Hera Productions |
| 69 |
Mobile Suit Gundam II: Soldiers of Sorrow
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
1981 | $8.8M | — | — | — | Sunrise |
| 70 |
Prince of the City
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1981 | $8.1M | $8.6M | -$475,743 | 0.94x | Orion Pictures |
| 71 |
The Funhouse
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1981 | $7.9M | $2.0M | $5.9M | 3.94x | Mace Neufeld Productions |
| 72 |
An Eye for an Eye
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
1981 | $7.7M | — | — | — | Wescom Barber International |
| 73 |
The Marquis of Grillo
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
1981 | $7.3M | — | — | — | Gaumont |
| 74 |
Buddy Buddy
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1981 | $7.3M | $10.0M | -$2.7M | 0.73x | Metro Goldwyn Mayer |
| 75 |
The Amateur
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1981 | $6.9M | $8.3M | -$1.4M | 0.83x | Balkan Productions |
| 76 |
Whose Life Is It Anyway?
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1981 | $6.1M | $11.5M | -$5.4M | 0.53x | Slm Production Group |
| 77 |
American Pop
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1981 | $6.0M | $1.5M | $4.5M | 4.00x | Bakshi Productions |
| 78 |
My Bloody Valentine
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1981 | $5.7M | $2.2M | $3.5M | 2.58x | Secret Films |
| 79 |
My Dinner with Andre
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1981 | $5.3M | $475,000 | $4.8M | 11.05x | The Andre Company |
| 80 |
Inchon
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1981 | $5.2M | $46.0M | -$40.8M | 0.11x | Unification Church |
| 81 |
Student Bodies
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
1981 | $5.2M | — | — | — | Paramount Pictures |
| 82 |
Rich and Famous
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1981 | $5.1M | $11.5M | -$6.4M | 0.44x | Metro Goldwyn Mayer |
| 83 |
Death Hunt
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1981 | $5.0M | $10.0M | -$5.0M | 0.50x | Orange Sky Golden Harvest |
| 84 |
Eyewitness
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1981 | $4.5M | $8.5M | -$4.0M | 0.53x | 20th Century Fox |
| 85 |
Green Ice
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1981 | $4.0M | $14.0M | -$10.0M | 0.29x | Jack Wiener Production |
| 86 |
Fracchia The Human Beast
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
1981 | $3.8M | — | — | — | Capital Film |
| 87 |
Looker
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
1981 | $3.3M | — | — | — | The Ladd Company |
| 88 |
Zoot Suit
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
1981 | $3.3M | — | — | — | Universal Pictures |
| 89 |
Naseeb
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
1981 | $3.2M | — | — | — | M.k.d. Films |
| 90 |
Lady Chatterley's Lover
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1981 | $3.1M | $3.0M | $100,000 | 1.03x | Cine Artist Film Gmb H |
| 91 |
The Fan
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1981 | $3.1M | $10.0M | -$6.9M | 0.31x | Paramount Pictures |
| 92 |
Fear No Evil
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1981 | $3.0M | $1.5M | $1.5M | 2.00x | La Loggia Productions |
| 93 |
Final Exam
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1981 | $3.0M | $374,000 | $2.6M | 8.02x | Motion Picture Marketing (Mpm) |
| 94 |
The Legend of the Lone Ranger
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1981 | $2.9M | $18.0M | -$15.1M | 0.16x | Itc Entertainment |
| 95 |
Diva
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
1981 | $2.9M | — | — | — | Les Films Galaxie |
| 96 |
Hum Se Badkar Kaun
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
1981 | $2.8M | — | — | — | — |
| 97 |
The French Lieutenant's Woman
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
1981 | $2.7M | — | — | — | Juniper Films |
| 98 |
Umrao Jaan
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1981 | $2.4M | $60,430 | $2.3M | 39.04x | Integrated Films |
| 99 |
Under the Rainbow
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1981 | $2.3M | $20.0M | -$17.7M | 0.11x | Orion Pictures |
| 100 |
Heartbeeps
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1981 | $2.2M | $12.0M | -$9.8M | 0.18x | Universal Pictures |
| 101 |
This Is Elvis
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1981 | $2.0M | $5.0M | -$3.0M | 0.41x | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| 102 |
Sphinx
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1981 | $2.0M | $14.0M | -$12.0M | 0.14x | Orion Pictures |
| 103 |
Roar
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1981 | $2.0M | $17.0M | -$15.0M | 0.12x | American Filmworks |
| 104 |
Raggedy Man
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
1981 | $2.0M | — | — | — | Universal Pictures |
| 105 |
The House by the Cemetery
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1981 | $1.8M | $785,000 | $1.1M | 2.35x | Fulvia Film |
| 106 |
Lion of the Desert
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1981 | $1.5M | $35.0M | -$33.5M | 0.04x | Falcon International Productions |
| 107 |
Goodbye Pork Pie
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1981 | $1.4M | $300,000 | $1.1M | 4.67x | Pork Pie Productions |
| 108 |
Possession
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1981 | $1.2M | $2.4M | -$1.2M | 0.50x | Gaumont |
| 109 |
Polyester
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1981 | $1.1M | $300,000 | $820,000 | 3.73x | New Line Cinema |
| 110 |
Eyes of a Stranger
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1981 | $1.1M | $800,000 | $318,634 | 1.40x | Georgetown Productions |
| 111 |
Scream
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
1981 | $1.1M | — | — | — | Cougar Films, Limited |
| 112 |
King of the Mountain
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1981 | $958,000 | $2.0M | -$1.0M | 0.48x | Polygram Pictures |
| 113 |
Peter-No-Tail
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1981 | $955,401 | $48,740 | $906,661 | 19.60x | Sandrews |
| 114 |
Honky Tonk Freeway
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1981 | $939,423 | $24.0M | -$23.1M | 0.04x | Honky Tonk Freeway Company |
| 115 |
When Unku was Ede's Girlfriend
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1981 | $925,000 | $865,000 | $60,000 | 1.07x | Defa Studio Für Spielfilme |
| 116 |
The Hot Girl Juliet
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
1981 | $591,696 | — | — | — | Ifi Producción S.a. |
| 117 |
The Hand
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1981 | $566,736 | $6.5M | -$5.9M | 0.09x | Orion Pictures |
| 118 |
Hard Country
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1981 | $534,653 | $6.0M | -$5.5M | 0.09x | Martin Starger Productions |
| 119 |
Man of Iron
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
1981 | $492,035 | — | — | — | Zespół Filmowy "X" |
| 120 |
The Minister's Wife
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
1981 | $477,126 | — | — | — | Celtisur |
| 121 |
Silsila
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
1981 | $420,029 | — | — | — | Yash Raj Films |
| 122 |
Ambitious Kung Fu Girl
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
1981 | $320,303 | — | — | — | Shaw Brothers |
| 123 |
La desnuda chica del relax
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
1981 | $302,553 | — | — | — | Ifi Producción S.a. |
| 124 |
127 millones libres de impuestos
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
1981 | $292,722 | — | — | — | Pedro Masó Pc |
| 125 |
Dead & Buried
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1981 | $216,166 | $3.0M | -$2.8M | 0.07x | Barclays Mercantile Industrial Finance |
| 126 |
Maravillas
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
1981 | $201,986 | — | — | — | Arandano S.a. |
| 127 |
Sadomania
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
1981 | $198,242 | — | — | — | Plata Films S.a. |
| 128 |
Mad Foxes
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
1981 | $161,362 | — | — | — | Reflection Film |
| 129 |
The Beyond
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1981 | $123,843 | $400,000 | -$276,157 | 0.31x | Fulvia Film |
| 130 |
La seta ibérica
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
1981 | $106,282 | — | — | — | Enrique Jiménez P.c. |
| 131 |
The Traveling Companion
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
1981 | $103,411 | — | — | — | Rinascita Cinematografica |
| 132 |
Roadgames
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1981 | $100,000 | $1.8M | -$1.7M | 0.06x | Essaness Pictures |
| 133 |
7 calles
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
1981 | $47,505 | — | — | — | Lan Zinema |
| 134 |
The Spy in the Palace
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
1981 | $43,569 | — | — | — | Yindu Institution Co., Ltd.. |
| 135 |
Lili Marleen
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
1981 | $8,144 | — | — | — | Rialto Films |
| 136 |
Bai he hua
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1981 | $554 | $100 | $454 | 5.54x | Youth Film Studio Of Beijing Film Academy 北京电影学院青年电影制片厂 |
| 137 |
Our Great-Grandfather's Grandfather
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1981 | $112 | $50 | $62 | 2.24x | Azerbaijanfilm |
| 138 |
不该凋谢的玫瑰
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1981 | $100 | $100 | — | 1.00x | Guangxi Film Studio |
$195.3M
ROI 6.98x
$160.0M
ROI 40.00x
$119.3M
ROI 7.95x
$95.5M
ROI 13.64x
$85.3M
ROI 8.53x
$85.0M
ROI 6.07x
$72.2M
ROI 4.01x
$65.2M
ROI 6.52x
$59.0M
ROI 10.72x
$55.3M
ROI 4.61x
$50.4M
ROI —
$50.2M
ROI 8.37x
$42.4M
ROI 8.47x
$41.1M
ROI 3.42x
$40.7M
ROI 3.39x
$40.4M
ROI 1.15x
$37.0M
ROI —
$36.6M
ROI —
$35.9M
ROI 2.56x
$35.6M
ROI 2.03x
$35.0M
ROI 3.18x
$32.5M
ROI —
$32.0M
ROI 3.20x
$31.7M
ROI 3.17x
Bustin' Loose
1981 · WW
Budget $11.0M · Universal Pictures
$31.3M
ROI 2.85x
The Great Muppet Caper
1981 · WW
Budget $14.0M · Itc Entertainment
$31.2M
ROI 2.23x
Neighbors
1981 · WW
Budget $8.5M · Columbia Pictures
$29.9M
ROI 3.52x
The Fox and the Hound
1981 · WW
Budget $12.0M · Walt Disney Productions
$29.8M
ROI 2.48x
The Evil Dead
1981 · WW
Budget $350,000 · Renaissance Pictures
$29.6M
ROI 84.61x
Escape to Victory
1981 · WW
Budget $10.0M · Victory Company
$27.5M
ROI 2.75x
Doraemon: The Record of Nobita, Spaceblazer
1981 · WW
Budget — · Shin Ei Animation
$27.3M
ROI —
Private Lessons
1981 · WW
Budget $2.8M · Jensen Farley Pictures
$26.3M
ROI 9.39x
Modern Problems
1981 · WW
Budget $8.0M · 20th Century Fox
$26.2M
ROI 3.27x
Halloween II
1981 · WW
Budget $2.5M · The De Laurentiis Company
$25.5M
ROI 10.21x
Mad Max 2
1981 · WW
Budget $2.0M · Kennedy Miller Productions
$24.6M
ROI 12.30x
Body Heat
1981 · WW
Budget $9.0M · The Ladd Company
$24.1M
ROI 2.67x
Friday the 13th Part 2
1981 · WW
Budget $1.3M · Georgetown Productions
$21.7M
ROI 17.38x
The Final Conflict
1981 · WW
Budget $5.0M · 20th Century Fox
$20.5M
ROI 4.09x
Heavy Metal
1981 · WW
Budget $9.3M · Canadian Film Development Corporation
$20.1M
ROI 2.16x
Nighthawks
1981 · WW
Budget $5.0M · Martin Poll Productions
$19.9M
ROI 3.98x
Mommie Dearest
1981 · WW
Budget $5.0M · Paramount Pictures
$19.0M
ROI 3.81x
Paternity
1981 · WW
Budget $9.0M · Paramount Pictures
$18.8M
ROI 2.09x
Eye of the Needle
1981 · WW
Budget — · Kings Road Entertainment
$18.0M
ROI —
The Howling
1981 · WW
Budget $1.0M · Avco Embassy Pictures
$18.0M
ROI 17.99x
Gallipoli
1981 · WW
Budget $2.6M · R & R Films
$17.4M
ROI 6.69x
Outland
1981 · WW
Budget $18.0M · The Ladd Company
$17.4M
ROI 0.97x
The Devil and Max Devlin
1981 · WW
Budget — · Walt Disney Productions
$16.0M
ROI —
Caveman
1981 · WW
Budget — · The Turman Foster Company
$16.0M
ROI —
Continental Divide
1981 · WW
Budget — · Universal Pictures
$15.6M
ROI —
The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia
1981 · WW
Budget — · Viacom Enterprises
$14.9M
ROI —
Scanners
1981 · WW
Budget $4.1M · Filmplan International
$14.2M
ROI 3.47x
Dragonslayer
1981 · WW
Budget $18.0M · Paramount Pictures
$14.1M
ROI 0.78x
First Monday in October
1981 · WW
Budget — · Paramount Pictures
$12.5M
ROI —
The Postman Always Rings Twice
1981 · WW
Budget $12.0M · Cip Filmproduktion Gmb H
$12.4M
ROI 1.03x
$12.0M
ROI 0.67x
The Imperial Navy
1981 · WW
Budget — · Toho Pictures
$12.0M
ROI —
Back Roads
1981 · WW
Budget — · CBS Theatrical Films
$11.8M
ROI —
$11.5M
ROI —
Thief
1981 · WW
Budget $5.5M · Mann/Caan Productions
$11.5M
ROI 2.09x
Wolfen
1981 · WW
Budget $17.0M · King Hitzig Productions
$10.6M
ROI 0.63x
Happy Birthday to Me
1981 · WW
Budget $3.5M · Famous Players
$10.6M
ROI 3.03x
$10.2M
ROI —
Zorro, The Gay Blade
1981 · WW
Budget $12.6M · Melvin Simon Productions
$10.2M
ROI 0.81x
All Night Long
1981 · WW
Budget — · Universal Pictures
$10.0M
ROI —
So Fine
1981 · WW
Budget — · Warner Bros. Pictures
$9.8M
ROI —
Carbon Copy
1981 · WW
Budget $6.0M · First City Features Ltd..
$9.6M
ROI 1.59x
Pennies from Heaven
1981 · WW
Budget $22.0M · Hera Productions
$9.2M
ROI 0.42x
$8.8M
ROI —
Prince of the City
1981 · WW
Budget $8.6M · Orion Pictures
$8.1M
ROI 0.94x
The Funhouse
1981 · WW
Budget $2.0M · Mace Neufeld Productions
$7.9M
ROI 3.94x
An Eye for an Eye
1981 · WW
Budget — · Wescom Barber International
$7.7M
ROI —
$7.3M
ROI —
Buddy Buddy
1981 · WW
Budget $10.0M · Metro Goldwyn Mayer
$7.3M
ROI 0.73x
The Amateur
1981 · WW
Budget $8.3M · Balkan Productions
$6.9M
ROI 0.83x
Whose Life Is It Anyway?
1981 · WW
Budget $11.5M · Slm Production Group
$6.1M
ROI 0.53x
American Pop
1981 · WW
Budget $1.5M · Bakshi Productions
$6.0M
ROI 4.00x
My Bloody Valentine
1981 · WW
Budget $2.2M · Secret Films
$5.7M
ROI 2.58x
My Dinner with Andre
1981 · WW
Budget $475,000 · The Andre Company
$5.3M
ROI 11.05x
Inchon
1981 · WW
Budget $46.0M · Unification Church
$5.2M
ROI 0.11x
Student Bodies
1981 · WW
Budget — · Paramount Pictures
$5.2M
ROI —
Rich and Famous
1981 · WW
Budget $11.5M · Metro Goldwyn Mayer
$5.1M
ROI 0.44x
Death Hunt
1981 · WW
Budget $10.0M · Orange Sky Golden Harvest
$5.0M
ROI 0.50x
Eyewitness
1981 · WW
Budget $8.5M · 20th Century Fox
$4.5M
ROI 0.53x
Green Ice
1981 · WW
Budget $14.0M · Jack Wiener Production
$4.0M
ROI 0.29x
Fracchia The Human Beast
1981 · WW
Budget — · Capital Film
$3.8M
ROI —
Looker
1981 · WW
Budget — · The Ladd Company
$3.3M
ROI —
Zoot Suit
1981 · WW
Budget — · Universal Pictures
$3.3M
ROI —
Naseeb
1981 · WW
Budget — · M.k.d. Films
$3.2M
ROI —
Lady Chatterley's Lover
1981 · WW
Budget $3.0M · Cine Artist Film Gmb H
$3.1M
ROI 1.03x
The Fan
1981 · WW
Budget $10.0M · Paramount Pictures
$3.1M
ROI 0.31x
Fear No Evil
1981 · WW
Budget $1.5M · La Loggia Productions
$3.0M
ROI 2.00x
Final Exam
1981 · WW
Budget $374,000 · Motion Picture Marketing (Mpm)
$3.0M
ROI 8.02x
The Legend of the Lone Ranger
1981 · WW
Budget $18.0M · Itc Entertainment
$2.9M
ROI 0.16x
Diva
1981 · WW
Budget — · Les Films Galaxie
$2.9M
ROI —
Hum Se Badkar Kaun
1981 · WW
Budget —
$2.8M
ROI —
The French Lieutenant's Woman
1981 · WW
Budget — · Juniper Films
$2.7M
ROI —
Umrao Jaan
1981 · WW
Budget $60,430 · Integrated Films
$2.4M
ROI 39.04x
Under the Rainbow
1981 · WW
Budget $20.0M · Orion Pictures
$2.3M
ROI 0.11x
Heartbeeps
1981 · WW
Budget $12.0M · Universal Pictures
$2.2M
ROI 0.18x
This Is Elvis
1981 · WW
Budget $5.0M · Warner Bros. Pictures
$2.0M
ROI 0.41x
Sphinx
1981 · WW
Budget $14.0M · Orion Pictures
$2.0M
ROI 0.14x
Roar
1981 · WW
Budget $17.0M · American Filmworks
$2.0M
ROI 0.12x
Raggedy Man
1981 · WW
Budget — · Universal Pictures
$2.0M
ROI —
The House by the Cemetery
1981 · WW
Budget $785,000 · Fulvia Film
$1.8M
ROI 2.35x
Lion of the Desert
1981 · WW
Budget $35.0M · Falcon International Productions
$1.5M
ROI 0.04x
Goodbye Pork Pie
1981 · WW
Budget $300,000 · Pork Pie Productions
$1.4M
ROI 4.67x
$1.2M
ROI 0.50x
Polyester
1981 · WW
Budget $300,000 · New Line Cinema
$1.1M
ROI 3.73x
Eyes of a Stranger
1981 · WW
Budget $800,000 · Georgetown Productions
$1.1M
ROI 1.40x
Scream
1981 · WW
Budget — · Cougar Films, Limited
$1.1M
ROI —
King of the Mountain
1981 · WW
Budget $2.0M · Polygram Pictures
$958,000
ROI 0.48x
$955,401
ROI 19.60x
Honky Tonk Freeway
1981 · WW
Budget $24.0M · Honky Tonk Freeway Company
$939,423
ROI 0.04x
When Unku was Ede's Girlfriend
1981 · WW
Budget $865,000 · Defa Studio Für Spielfilme
$925,000
ROI 1.07x
The Hot Girl Juliet
1981 · WW
Budget — · Ifi Producción S.a.
$591,696
ROI —
The Hand
1981 · WW
Budget $6.5M · Orion Pictures
$566,736
ROI 0.09x
Hard Country
1981 · WW
Budget $6.0M · Martin Starger Productions
$534,653
ROI 0.09x
Man of Iron
1981 · WW
Budget — · Zespół Filmowy "X"
$492,035
ROI —
$477,126
ROI —
Silsila
1981 · WW
Budget — · Yash Raj Films
$420,029
ROI —
Ambitious Kung Fu Girl
1981 · WW
Budget — · Shaw Brothers
$320,303
ROI —
La desnuda chica del relax
1981 · WW
Budget — · Ifi Producción S.a.
$302,553
ROI —
127 millones libres de impuestos
1981 · WW
Budget — · Pedro Masó Pc
$292,722
ROI —
Dead & Buried
1981 · WW
Budget $3.0M · Barclays Mercantile Industrial Finance
$216,166
ROI 0.07x
Maravillas
1981 · WW
Budget — · Arandano S.a.
$201,986
ROI —
Sadomania
1981 · WW
Budget — · Plata Films S.a.
$198,242
ROI —
Mad Foxes
1981 · WW
Budget — · Reflection Film
$161,362
ROI —
The Beyond
1981 · WW
Budget $400,000 · Fulvia Film
$123,843
ROI 0.31x
La seta ibérica
1981 · WW
Budget — · Enrique Jiménez P.c.
$106,282
ROI —
The Traveling Companion
1981 · WW
Budget — · Rinascita Cinematografica
$103,411
ROI —
Roadgames
1981 · WW
Budget $1.8M · Essaness Pictures
$100,000
ROI 0.06x
7 calles
1981 · WW
Budget — · Lan Zinema
$47,505
ROI —
The Spy in the Palace
1981 · WW
Budget — · Yindu Institution Co., Ltd..
$43,569
ROI —
Lili Marleen
1981 · WW
Budget — · Rialto Films
$8,144
ROI —
Bai he hua
1981 · WW
Budget $100 · Youth Film Studio Of Beijing Film Academy 北京电影学院青年电影制片厂
$554
ROI 5.54x
Our Great-Grandfather's Grandfather
1981 · WW
Budget $50 · Azerbaijanfilm
$112
ROI 2.24x
不该凋谢的玫瑰
1981 · WW
Budget $100 · Guangxi Film Studio
$100
ROI 1.00x
1981 box office FAQ
Helpful answers about the 1981 box office chart.How many movies are included in the 1981 box office chart?
The number of titles depends on available box office data for that release year. More records can appear as source coverage improves.
Why do some movies have more detailed box office pages?
Some titles have more complete financial, ranking and source information available. Titles with less reliable supporting data may remain listed in ranking tables until more detail is available.
What does worldwide gross mean?
Worldwide gross refers to reported theatrical box office revenue across all available markets before any later home entertainment or streaming revenue.
How is ROI calculated?
ROI is calculated from available gross and budget data. Where budget or revenue is missing, ROI may be unavailable or marked as estimated depending on the source quality.
Can more films be expanded with full box office details later?
Yes. A title can receive a more detailed page when reliable financial data, source links and useful context become available.