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Raiders of the Lost Ark

1981 PG 1h 55m Action, Adventure Paramount Pictures

The return of the great adventure.

Raiders of the Lost Ark Box Office

Opening Weekend
$8.3M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$225.7M
All releases
Worldwide Total
$367.5M
$141.8M international
Budget$20M
1981 Rank#1
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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Jun 12-14, 1981 1 $8.31M $8.31M 1,078 $7.7K 1
Jun 19-21, 1981 3 $8.02M -3.5% $21.86M 1,078 $7.4K 2
Jun 26-28, 1981 3 $7.07M -11.8% $34.90M 1,078 $6.6K 3
Jul 3-5, 1981 2 $7.34M +3.9% $46.27M 1,078 $6.8K 4
Jul 10-12, 1981 2 $6.14M -16.4% $58.41M 1,078 $5.7K 5
Jul 17-19, 1981 1 $6.45M +5.1% $68.43M 1,400 $4.6K 6
Jul 24-26, 1981 2 $6.05M -6.3% $78.74M 1,182 $5.1K 7
Jul 31-Aug 2, 1981 2 $5.37M -11.2% $88.14M 1,140 $4.7K 8
Aug 7-9, 1981 1 $4.85M -9.8% $95.97M 1,091 $4.4K 9
Aug 14-16, 1981 1 $5.16M +6.4% $104.09M 1,310 $3.9K 10
Aug 21-23, 1981 1 $4.18M -18.9% $110.73M 1,180 $3.5K 11
Aug 28-30, 1981 1 $3.91M -6.5% $117.37M 1,110 $3.5K 12
Sep 4-6, 1981 1 $5.41M +38.3% $125.25M 1,144 $4.7K 13
Sep 11-13, 1981 2 $2.42M -55.2% $128.57M 900 $2.7K 14
Sep 18-20, 1981 4 $2.33M -4.0% $131.81M 750 $3.1K 15
Sep 25-27, 1981 7 $1.87M -19.6% $134.40M 621 $3.0K 16
Oct 2-4, 1981 6 $1.96M +4.7% $136.89M 550 $3.6K 17
Oct 9-11, 1981 5 $2.21M +13.0% $139.89M 550 $4.0K 18
Oct 16-18, 1981 7 $1.53M -30.8% $141.81M 466 $3.3K 19
Oct 30-Nov 1, 1981 8 $968K $144.96M 431 $2.2K 21
Nov 6-8, 1981 5 $1.27M +31.1% $146.65M 440 $2.9K 22
Nov 13-15, 1981 7 $1.11M -12.2% $148.24M 410 $2.7K 23
Nov 20-22, 1981 2 $3.31M +197.0% $151.94M 1,232 $2.7K 24
Nov 27-29, 1981 2 $4.23M +27.9% $158.12M 1,251 $3.4K 25
Dec 4-6, 1981 1 $2.44M -42.3% $160.96M 981 $2.5K 26
Dec 25-27, 1981 2 $3.72M $164.67M 1,221 $3.0K 29
Jan 1-3, 1982 7 $3.74M +0.5% $168.43M 1,094 $3.4K 30
Jan 8-10, 1982 6 $1.91M -48.9% $171.87M 914 $2.1K 31
Jan 15-17, 1982 6 $1.63M -14.6% $173.95M 796 $2.0K 32
Jan 22-24, 1982 6 $1.79M +9.8% $176.14M 740 $2.4K 33
Jan 29-31, 1982 6 $1.52M -15.0% $177.98M 681 $2.2K 34
Feb 5-7, 1982 7 $1.28M -15.7% $179.64M 732 $1.8K 35
Feb 12-14, 1982 6 $1.64M +28.0% $181.70M 620 $2.6K 36
Feb 19-21, 1982 6 $1.44M -12.1% $183.46M 668 $2.2K 37
Feb 26-28, 1982 5 $1.41M -2.3% $185.23M 650 $2.2K 38
Mar 5-7, 1982 5 $1.67M +18.1% $187.21M 650 $2.6K 39
Mar 12-14, 1982 6 $1.24M -25.3% $188.85M 633 $2.0K 40
Jul 16-18, 1982 2 $4.35M $206.14M 1,330 $3.3K 58
Jul 23-25, 1982 5 $2.83M -35.0% $211.31M 1,330 $2.1K 59
Jul 30-Aug 1, 1982 10 $1.62M -42.8% $214.49M 840 $1.9K 60
Aug 6-8, 1982 14 $1.21M -25.0% $216.76M 630 $1.9K 61
Aug 13-15, 1982 17 $804K -33.8% $218.36M 479 $1.7K 62
Aug 20-22, 1982 19 $671K -16.6% $219.59M 425 $1.6K 63
Aug 27-29, 1982 21 $824K +22.8% $220.90M 490 $1.7K 64
Sep 3-5, 1982 11 $1.36M +65.4% $222.56M 567 $2.4K 65

Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Cast & Crew

Directed bySteven Spielberg
ScreenplayLawrence Kasdan
Story byGeorge Lucas, Philip Kaufman
Produced byFrank Marshall
CinematographyDouglas Slocombe
Music byJohn Williams
StarringHarrison Ford, Karen Allen, Paul Freeman, Ronald Lacey, John Rhys-Davies, Denholm Elliott
StudioParamount Pictures / Lucasfilm

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