#1 of 1 1981 · Thriller, Drama
$23.4M worldwide
Ghost Story (1981) is the highest-grossing horror movie released in week 51 of 1981 (Dec 13–19), with $23.4M worldwide. 1 horror film released that week reports a worldwide gross, $23.4M in all, 100% of it from the US & Canada.
#1 of 1 1981 · Thriller, Drama
$23.4M worldwide
Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada. Films are grouped by their release date in week 51 of 1981 (Dec 13–19).
Dec 18, 1981 US and Canada: $23.4M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $23.4M 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 1 film as the chart.
Ghost Story (1981) leads with $23.4M worldwide, $23.4M of it in the US & Canada.
1 horror film released in week 51 of 1981 (Dec 13–19) reports a worldwide gross, $23.4M in all, or $23.4M per film on average.
None. The biggest, Ghost Story (1981), earned $23.4M.
Films are ranked by lifetime worldwide gross in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation, and grouped by their release date in week 51 of 1981 (Dec 13–19). 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.