Domestic Box Office For 1980

RankRelease GrossTheatersTotal GrossRelease DateDistributor
1Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back$203,359,6281,278$209,398,025May 21Twentieth Century Fox
29 to 5$103,290,500910$103,290,500Dec 19Twentieth Century Fox
3Stir Crazy$101,300,000813$101,300,000Dec 12Columbia Pictures
4Kramer vs. Kramer$94,448,310898$106,260,000Dec 19Columbia Pictures
5Any Which Way You Can$70,687,3441,541$70,687,344Dec 17Warner Bros.
6Private Benjamin$69,847,348763$69,847,348Oct 10Warner Bros.
7Coal Miner's Daughter$67,182,787437$67,182,787Mar 7Universal Pictures
8Smokey and the Bandit II$66,132,6261,196$66,132,626Aug 15Universal Pictures
9The Blues Brothers$57,229,890594$57,229,890Jun 20Universal Pictures
10Ordinary People$54,766,9236$54,766,923Sep 19Paramount Pictures
11Popeye$49,823,037901$49,823,037Dec 12Paramount Pictures
12The Shining$44,017,37410$44,017,374May 23Warner Bros.
13Cheech and Chong's Next Movie$41,675,194814$41,675,194Jul 18Universal Pictures
14Caddyshack$39,846,344656$39,846,344Jul 25Warner Bros.
15Friday the 13th$39,754,6011,100$39,754,601May 9Paramount Pictures
16Brubaker$37,121,708594$37,121,708Jun 20Twentieth Century Fox
17The Jazz Singer$27,118,000-$27,118,000Dec 19Universal Pictures
18Flash Gordon$27,107,960823$27,107,960Dec 5Universal Pictures
19Bronco Billy$24,265,6591,321$24,265,659Jun 11Warner Bros.
20Raging Bull$23,334,953180$23,334,953Nov 14Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
21Xanadu$22,762,571249$22,762,571Aug 8Universal Pictures
22American Gigolo$22,743,674570$22,743,674Feb 1Paramount Pictures
23My Bodyguard$22,482,952477$22,482,952Jul 11Twentieth Century Fox
24Fame$21,202,8293$21,202,829May 16Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
25Altered States$19,679,2423$19,853,892Dec 25Warner Bros.
26Honeysuckle Rose$17,815,212826$17,815,212Jul 18Warner Bros.
27Hero at Large$15,934,737486$15,934,737Feb 8Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
28The Long Riders$15,795,189759$15,795,189May 16United Artists
29The Island$15,716,828584$15,716,828Jun 13Universal Pictures
30The Nude Bomb$14,662,035793$14,662,035May 9Universal Pictures
31Oh, God! Book II$14,504,2771,033$14,504,277Oct 3Warner Bros.
32The Competition$14,287,7556$14,287,755Dec 3Columbia Pictures
33Wholly Moses!$14,155,617608$14,155,617Jun 13Columbia Pictures
34The Last Married Couple in America$12,835,544488$12,835,544Feb 8Universal Pictures
35First Family$11,563,348563$15,198,912Dec 25Warner Bros.
36The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu$10,697,276465$10,697,276Aug 8Warner Bros.
37Stardust Memories$10,389,00329$10,389,003Sep 26United Artists
38Somewhere in Time$9,709,597369$9,709,597Oct 3Universal Pictures
39The Formula$8,894,289477$8,894,289Dec 19Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
40Battle Creek Brawl$8,527,743231$8,527,743Aug 29Warner Bros.
41The Awakening$8,415,112909$8,415,112Oct 31Warner Bros.
42Foxes$7,470,34834$7,470,348Feb 29Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
43Where the Buffalo Roam$6,659,377464$6,659,377Apr 25Universal Pictures
44The Gong Show Movie$6,621,520775$6,621,520May 23Universal Pictures
45Motel Hell$6,342,668757$6,342,668Oct 24Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
46Little Miss Marker$6,321,392472$6,321,392Mar 21Universal Pictures
47Oh Heavenly Dog$6,216,067114$6,216,067Jul 11Twentieth Century Fox
48Divine Madness$5,318,098127$5,318,098Sep 26Warner Bros.
49In God We Trust (or Gimme That Prime Time Religion)$5,215,015653$5,215,015Sep 26Universal Pictures
50He Knows You're Alone$4,875,436279$4,875,436Aug 29Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
51Roadie$4,226,370549$4,226,370Jun 13Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
52Gloria$4,059,6731$4,059,673Oct 1Columbia Pictures
53Jaws 2
1980 Re-release
$4,028,73526$4,028,735Feb 15Universal Pictures
54Resurrection$3,910,019417$3,910,019Sep 26Universal Pictures
55Hide in Plain Sight$3,806,930325$3,806,930Mar 21Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
56Guyana: Cult of the Damned$3,798,102748$3,798,102Jan 25Universal Pictures
57When Time Ran Out...$3,763,988677$3,763,988Mar 28Warner Bros.
58North Sea Hijack$2,993,772398$2,993,772Apr 18Universal Pictures
59Loving Couples$2,806,659592$2,806,659Oct 24Twentieth Century Fox
60The Idolmaker$2,625,716171$2,625,716Nov 14Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
61Gilda Live$2,261,50759$2,261,507Mar 28Warner Bros.
62Windows$2,128,39546$2,128,395Jan 18Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
63Just Tell Me What You Want$2,086,90549$2,086,905Feb 8Warner Bros.
64Why Would I Lie?$1,175,85556$1,175,855Aug 8Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
65Heart Beat$954,04618$954,046Jan 18Warner Bros.
66One-Trick Pony$843,21530$843,215Oct 3Warner Bros.
67Those Lips, Those Eyes$804,71351$804,713Aug 15Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
68A Small Circle of Friends$766,76019$766,760Mar 12Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)