Domestic Box Office For Summer 1979

Summer 1979 is May 4-September 3.

Rank	Release	Genre	Budget	Running Time	Gross	Theaters	Total Gross	Release Date	Distributor	Estimated
13	Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope	-	-	-	$6,760,165	1,750	$307,263,857	May 25	Twentieth Century Fox	false
7	Escape from Alcatraz	-	-	-	$43,000,000	815	$43,000,000	Jun 22	Paramount Pictures	false
4	Moonraker	-	-	-	$70,308,099	788	$70,308,099	Jun 29	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)	false
2	Rocky II	-	-	-	$85,182,160	780	$85,182,160	Jun 15	United Artists	false
5	Alien	-	-	-	$56,539,967	757	$78,944,891	May 25	Twentieth Century Fox	false
1	The Amityville Horror	-	-	-	$86,432,000	748	$86,432,000	Jul 27	American International Pictures (AIP)	false
14	Butch and Sundance: The Early Days	-	-	-	$5,136,913	689	$5,136,913	Jun 15	Twentieth Century Fox	false
12	The Prisoner of Zenda	-	-	-	$7,650,600	417	$7,650,600	May 25	Universal Pictures	false
8	Dracula	-	-	-	$20,158,970	395	$20,158,970	Jul 20	Universal Pictures	false
15	Lost and Found	-	-	-	$3,223,197	382	$3,223,197	Jun 22	Columbia Pictures	false
17	Last Embrace	-	-	-	$1,532,902	266	$1,537,125	May 2	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)	false
10	Breaking Away	-	-	-	$16,424,918	95	$16,424,918	Jul 13	Twentieth Century Fox	false
11	The Frisco Kid	-	-	-	$9,346,177	26	$9,346,177	Jul 13	Warner Bros.	false
6	Meatballs	-	-	-	$43,046,003	7	$43,046,003	Jun 29	Paramount Pictures	false
9	Life of Brian	-	-	-	$19,398,164	5	$19,398,164	Aug 17	Warner Bros.	false
16	Rich Kids	-	-	-	$1,856,122	5	$1,856,122	Aug 17	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)	false
3	Apocalypse Now	-	-	-	$78,784,010	3	$78,784,010	Aug 15	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)	false

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