Domestic Box Office For September 1980
| Rank | Release | Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back | $63,504,102 | 1,278 | $209,398,025 | May 21 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 2 | Ordinary People | $54,766,923 | 6 | $54,766,923 | Sep 19 | Paramount Pictures |
| 3 | Stardust Memories | $10,062,224 | 29 | $10,389,003 | Sep 26 | United Artists |
| 4 | Battle Creek Brawl | $7,419,718 | 231 | $8,527,743 | Aug 29 | Warner Bros. |
| 5 | Divine Madness | $4,548,311 | 127 | $5,318,098 | Sep 26 | Warner Bros. |
| 6 | He Knows You're Alone | $4,126,612 | 279 | $4,875,436 | Aug 29 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 7 | In God We Trust (or Gimme That Prime Time Religion) | $1,763,275 | 653 | $5,215,015 | Sep 26 | Universal Pictures |
| 8 | My Bodyguard | $1,379,925 | 477 | $22,482,952 | Jul 11 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 9 | Resurrection | $569,115 | 417 | $3,910,019 | Sep 26 | Universal Pictures |
| 10 | Gloria | $9,465 | 1 | $4,059,673 | Oct 1 | Columbia Pictures |
