Top Grossing Comedy Movies in 1981
| Rank | Title | Language | Domestic | Worldwide |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arthur |  EN | $95,461,682 | $95,461,682 |
| 2 | Stripes | EN | $85,297,000 | $85,297,000 |
| 3 | The Cannonball Run | EN | $72,179,579 | $72,179,579 |
| 4 | The Four Seasons | EN | $50,427,646 | $50,427,646 |
| 5 | Time Bandits | EN | $42,365,581 | $42,368,025 |
| 6 | History of the World: Part I | EN | $31,672,907 | $31,672,907 |
| 7 | Bustin’ Loose | EN | $31,261,269 | $31,261,269 |
| 8 | The Great Muppet Caper | EN | $31,206,251 | $31,206,251 |
| 9 | Neighbors | EN | $29,916,207 | $29,916,207 |
| 10 | Private Lessons |  FR | $26,279,000 | $26,279,000 |
| 11 | Modern Problems | EN | $26,154,211 | $26,154,211 |
| 12 | Only When I Laugh | EN | $25,524,778 | $25,524,778 |
| 13 | The Incredible Shrinking Woman | EN | $20,259,961 | $20,259,961 |
| 14 | Paternity | EN | $18,838,812 | $18,838,812 |
| 15 | Under the Rainbow | EN | $18,826,490 | $18,826,490 |
| 16 | Take This Job and Shove It | EN | $17,569,027 | $17,569,027 |
| 17 | The Devil and Max Devlin | EN | $16,000,000 | $16,000,000 |
| 18 | Caveman | EN | $15,965,924 | $15,965,924 |
| 19 | Continental Divide | EN | $15,578,237 | $15,578,237 |
| 20 | S.O.B. | EN | $14,867,086 | $14,867,086 |
| 21 | First Monday in October | EN | $12,480,249 | $12,480,249 |
| 22 | Back Roads | EN | $11,809,387 | $11,809,387 |
| 23 | Carbon Copy | EN | $9,566,593 | $9,566,593 |
| 24 | Buddy Buddy | EN | $7,258,543 | $7,258,543 |
| 25 | Going Ape! | EN | $5,504,218 | $5,504,218 |
| 26 | Student Bodies | EN | $5,165,432 | $5,165,432 |
| 27 | All Night Long | EN | $4,454,295 | $4,454,295 |
| 28 | Gas | EN | $2,869,425 | $2,869,425 |
| 29 | Modern Romance | EN | $2,863,642 | $2,864,224 |
| 30 | Heartbeeps | EN | $2,154,696 | $2,154,696 |
| 31 | Honky Tonk Freeway | EN | $2,004,742 | $2,004,742 |
| 32 | Puberty Blues | EN | $237,000 | $237,286 |
| 33 | Roar | EN | $110,048 | $110,449 |
| 34 | Permanent Vacation | EN | - | $31,179 |
| 35 | Who Finds a Friend Finds a Treasure |  IT | - | $19,957 |
| 36 | Second-Hand Hearts | EN | $19,450 | $19,450 |
| 37 | Le Pont du Nord | FR | $17,110 | $17,110 |
| 38 | My Dinner with Andre | EN | $5,073 | $5,073 |
| 39 | Polyester | EN | - | $5,068 |
| 40 | The Aviator’s Wife | FR | - | $923 |
| 41 | Shock Treatment | EN | - | $645 |
| 42 | The Pit | EN | $560 | $560 |
| 43 | Nobody’s Perfect | IT | - | - |
| 44 | Nobody’s Perfekt | EN | - | - |
| 45 | On the Right Track | EN | - | - |
| 46 | Malibu Hot Summer | EN | - | - |
| 47 | They All Laughed | EN | - | - |
| 48 | Condorman | EN | - | - |
| 49 | Zorro: The Gay Blade | EN | - | - |
| 50 | Nice Dreams | EN | - | - |
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