#1 of 2 1981 · Horror
$8.3M worldwide · 100% of the chart's total
Deadly Blessing (1981) is the highest-grossing horror movie released in week 33 of 1981 (Aug 9–15), with $8.3M worldwide, ahead of The House by the Cemetery (1981) at $462. 2 horror films released that week report a worldwide gross, $8.3M in all, 100% of it from the US & Canada.
#1 of 2 1981 · Horror
$8.3M worldwide · 100% of the chart's total
Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada. Films are grouped by their release date in week 33 of 1981 (Aug 9–15).
Aug 14, 1981 US and Canada: $8.3M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $8.3M
Aug 14, 1981 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $462 20 weeks of 1981 with reported grosses; the biggest is week 34 (Aug 16–22) with $30.8M, led by An American Werewolf in London (1981).
The chart's numbers in short: the #1 film, the total, the billion-dollar hits and the US & Canada share, answered from the same 2 films as the chart.
Deadly Blessing (1981) leads with $8.3M worldwide, $8.3M of it in the US & Canada. Next come The House by the Cemetery (1981) at $462.
2 horror films released in week 33 of 1981 (Aug 9–15) report a worldwide gross, $8.3M in all, or $4.1M per film on average.
None. The biggest, Deadly Blessing (1981), earned $8.3M.
Films are ranked by lifetime worldwide gross in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation, and grouped by their release date in week 33 of 1981 (Aug 9–15). The figures are the reported box office grosses in our database. A gross that looks misattributed, such as one figure shared by two unrelated films or a blockbuster total on an obscure title, is left out rather than shown as a fact.
Grosses change while films are in theaters and whenever a new figure is reported; this chart reads the latest numbers in our database, so an older film can still move after a re-release.