Domestic Release Schedule
| Release | Distributor | Scale |
|---|---|---|
| July 1, 1981 | ||
 | Paramount Pictures | Limited |
| July 10, 1981 | ||
 Escape from New York
Action
Adventure
Sci-Fi
With: Kurt Russell, Lee Van Cleef, Ernest Borgnine, Donald Pleasence 1 hr 39 min | Embassy Pictures | Limited |
 The Fox and the Hound
Adventure
Animation
Drama
Family
With: Mickey Rooney, Kurt Russell, Pearl Bailey, Jack Albertson 1 hr 23 min | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | Limited |
| July 17, 1981 | ||
 Arthur
Comedy
Romance
With: Dudley Moore, Liza Minnelli, John Gielgud, Geraldine Fitzgerald 1 hr 37 min | Warner Bros. | Limited |
 Endless Love
Drama
Romance
With: Brooke Shields, Martin Hewitt, Shirley Knight, Don Murray 1 hr 56 min | Universal Pictures | Limited |
 Zorro: The Gay Blade
Action
Adventure
Comedy
Romance
Western
With: George Hamilton, Lauren Hutton, Brenda Vaccaro, Ron Leibman 1 hr 33 min | Twentieth Century Fox | Limited |
| July 23, 1981 | ||
 | Paramount Pictures | Limited |
| July 24, 1981 | ||
 Wolfen
Horror
Thriller
With: Albert Finney, Diane Venora, Edward James Olmos, Gregory Hines 1 hr 55 min | Warner Bros. | Limited |
 Blow Out
Crime
Drama
Mystery
Thriller
With: John Travolta, Nancy Allen, John Lithgow, Dennis Franz 1 hr 48 min | - | Limited |
 Eye of the Needle
Romance
Thriller
War
With: Donald Sutherland, Kate Nelligan, Stephen MacKenna, Philip Martin Brown 1 hr 52 min | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | Limited |
 | Columbia Pictures | Limited |
 Tarzan the Ape Man
Adventure
Drama
With: Bo Derek, Richard Harris, Miles O'Keeffe, John Phillip Law 1 hr 55 min | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | Limited |
| July 31, 1981 | ||
 | Warner Bros. | Limited |
 | Paramount Pictures | Limited |
