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Summer 1979 is May 4-September 3.
Data as of Jul 31, 3:05 PDT
Rank
Release
Genre
Budget
Running Time
Gross
Max Theaters
Total Gross
% of Total
Release Date
Distributor
1
Rocky II
-
-
-
$85,182,160
780
$85,182,160
100%
Jun 15, 1979
United Artists
2
The Amityville Horror
-
-
-
$78,588,533
748
$86,432,000
90.9%
Jul 27, 1979
American International Pictures (AIP)
3
Moonraker
-
-
-
$70,308,099
788
$70,308,099
100%
Jun 29, 1979
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
4
Alien
-
-
-
$47,967,213
757
$78,944,891
60.8%
May 25, 1979
Twentieth Century Fox
5
Meatballs
-
-
-
$43,046,003
7
$43,046,003
100%
Jun 29, 1979
Paramount Pictures
6
Escape from Alcatraz
-
-
-
$43,000,000
815
$43,000,000
100%
Jun 22, 1979
Paramount Pictures
7
Dracula
-
-
-
$20,158,970
395
$20,158,970
100%
Jul 20, 1979
Universal Pictures
8
Breaking Away
-
-
-
$16,424,918
95
$16,424,918
100%
Jul 13, 1979
Twentieth Century Fox
9
The Frisco Kid
-
-
-
$9,346,177
26
$9,346,177
100%
Jul 13, 1979
Warner Bros.
10
The Prisoner of Zenda
-
-
-
$7,650,600
417
$7,650,600
100%
May 25, 1979
Universal Pictures
11
Butch and Sundance: The Early Days
-
-
-
$5,136,913
689
$5,136,913
100%
Jun 15, 1979
Twentieth Century Fox
12
Lost and Found
-
-
-
$3,223,197
382
$3,223,197
100%
Jun 22, 1979
Columbia Pictures
13
Last Embrace
-
-
-
$1,532,902
266
$1,537,125
99.7%
May 2, 1979
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)