| Rank | Release Group
| Worldwide | Domestic | % | Foreign | % |
|---|
| 29 | American Gigolo | $22,743,674 | $22,743,674 | 100% | - | - |
| 2 | 9 to 5 | $103,290,500 | $103,290,500 | 100% | - | - |
| 3 | Stir Crazy | $101,300,000 | $101,300,000 | 100% | - | - |
| 105 | When a Stranger Calls 1980 Re-release | $1,262,052 | $1,262,052 | 100% | - | - |
| 106 | Why Would I Lie? | $1,175,855 | $1,175,855 | 100% | - | - |
| 107 | Nijinsky | $1,047,454 | $1,047,454 | 100% | - | - |
| 108 | Heart Beat | $954,046 | $954,046 | 100% | - | - |
| 109 | One-Trick Pony | $843,215 | $843,215 | 100% | - | - |
| 110 | Those Lips, Those Eyes | $804,713 | $804,713 | 100% | - | - |
| 111 | A Small Circle of Friends | $766,760 | $766,760 | 100% | - | - |
| 112 | Leo and Loree | $517,988 | $517,988 | 100% | - | - |
| 113 | Home Movies | $89,134 | $89,134 | 100% | - | - |
| 114 | Phobia | $59,167 | $59,167 | 100% | - | - |
| 116 | Breaking Glass | $2,471 | $2,471 | 100% | - | - |
| 5 | Any Which Way You Can | $70,687,344 | $70,687,344 | 100% | - | - |
| 6 | Private Benjamin | $69,847,348 | $69,847,348 | 100% | - | - |
| 7 | Coal Miner's Daughter | $67,182,787 | $67,182,787 | 100% | - | - |
| 8 | Smokey and the Bandit II | $66,132,626 | $66,132,626 | 100% | - | - |
| 9 | The Blue Lagoon | $58,853,106 | $58,853,106 | 100% | - | - |
| 11 | Ordinary People | $54,766,923 | $54,766,923 | 100% | - | - |
| 12 | Popeye | $49,823,037 | $49,823,037 | 100% | - | - |
| 13 | Urban Cowboy | $46,918,287 | $46,918,287 | 100% | - | - |
| 15 | Seems Like Old Times | $43,995,918 | $43,995,918 | 100% | - | - |
| 16 | Cheech and Chong's Next Movie | $41,675,194 | $41,675,194 | 100% | - | - |
| 17 | Caddyshack | $39,846,344 | $39,846,344 | 100% | - | - |
| 19 | Brubaker | $37,121,708 | $37,121,708 | 100% | - | - |
| 20 | Little Darlings | $34,326,249 | $34,326,249 | 100% | - | - |
| 21 | Dressed to Kill | $31,899,000 | $31,899,000 | 100% | - | - |
| 22 | The Jazz Singer | $27,118,000 | $27,118,000 | 100% | - | - |
| 23 | Flash Gordon | $27,107,960 | $27,107,960 | 100% | - | - |
| 24 | Lady and the Tramp 1980 Re-release | $26,114,207 | $26,114,207 | 100% | - | - |
| 26 | Bronco Billy | $24,265,659 | $24,265,659 | 100% | - | - |
| 28 | Xanadu | $22,762,571 | $22,762,571 | 100% | - | - |
| 1 | Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back | $209,398,025 | $209,398,025 | 100% | - | - |
| 30 | My Bodyguard | $22,482,952 | $22,482,952 | 100% | - | - |
| 31 | The Fog | $21,378,361 | $21,378,361 | 100% | - | - |
| 32 | Fame | $21,202,829 | $21,202,829 | 100% | - | - |
| 33 | Tess | $20,093,330 | $20,093,330 | 100% | - | - |
| 35 | Song of the South | $19,800,000 | $19,800,000 | 100% | - | - |
| 37 | The Octagon | $18,971,000 | $18,971,000 | 100% | - | - |
| 38 | The Aristocats | $18,000,000 | $18,000,000 | 100% | - | - |
| 39 | Honeysuckle Rose | $17,815,212 | $17,815,212 | 100% | - | - |
| 40 | Herbie Goes Bananas | $17,000,000 | $17,000,000 | 100% | - | - |
| 41 | Rough Cut | $16,656,125 | $16,656,125 | 100% | - | - |
| 42 | The Final Countdown | $16,647,800 | $16,647,800 | 100% | - | - |
| 43 | The Hunter | $16,274,150 | $16,274,150 | 100% | - | - |
| 44 | Hero at Large | $15,934,737 | $15,934,737 | 100% | - | - |
| 45 | The Long Riders | $15,795,189 | $15,795,189 | 100% | - | - |
| 46 | The Island | $15,716,828 | $15,716,828 | 100% | - | - |
| 47 | Close Encounters of the Third Kind 1980 Special Edition | $15,693,175 | $15,693,175 | 100% | - | - |
| 48 | First Family | $15,198,912 | $15,198,912 | 100% | - | - |
| 49 | Prom Night | $14,796,236 | $14,796,236 | 100% | - | - |
| 50 | The Nude Bomb | $14,662,035 | $14,662,035 | 100% | - | - |
| 51 | Oh, God! Book II | $14,504,277 | $14,504,277 | 100% | - | - |
| 52 | The Competition | $14,287,755 | $14,287,755 | 100% | - | - |
| 53 | Wholly Moses! | $14,155,617 | $14,155,617 | 100% | - | - |
| 54 | Mary Poppins 1980 Re-release | $14,000,000 | $14,000,000 | 100% | - | - |
| 55 | The Last Married Couple in America | $12,835,544 | $12,835,544 | 100% | - | - |
| 56 | Used Cars | $11,715,321 | $11,715,321 | 100% | - | - |
| 57 | The Last Flight of Noah's Ark | $11,000,000 | $11,000,000 | 100% | - | - |
| 58 | The Mirror Crack'd | $11,000,000 | $11,000,000 | 100% | - | - |
| 59 | The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu | $10,697,276 | $10,697,276 | 100% | - | - |
| 60 | Stardust Memories | $10,389,003 | $10,389,003 | 100% | - | - |
| 61 | The Hollywood Knights | $10,000,000 | $10,000,000 | 100% | - | - |
| 62 | Serial | $9,870,727 | $9,870,727 | 100% | - | - |
| 63 | Somewhere in Time | $9,709,597 | $9,709,597 | 100% | - | - |
| 64 | Saturn 3 | $9,000,000 | $9,000,000 | 100% | - | - |
| 65 | Tribute | $9,000,000 | $9,000,000 | 100% | - | - |
| 66 | The Formula | $8,894,289 | $8,894,289 | 100% | - | - |
| 67 | Mad Max | $8,750,000 | $8,750,000 | 100% | - | - |
| 68 | Battle Creek Brawl | $8,527,743 | $8,527,743 | 100% | - | - |
| 69 | The Awakening | $8,415,112 | $8,415,112 | 100% | - | - |
| 70 | Fatso | $7,653,061 | $7,653,061 | 100% | - | - |
| 71 | How to Become a Detective | $7,500,000 | $7,500,000 | 100% | - | - |
| 72 | How to Beat the High Cost of Living | $7,500,000 | $7,500,000 | 100% | - | - |
| 73 | Foxes | $7,470,348 | $7,470,348 | 100% | - | - |
| 74 | The Big Red One | $7,206,220 | $7,206,220 | 100% | - | - |
| 75 | The Stunt Man | $7,063,886 | $7,063,886 | 100% | - | - |
| 76 | Where the Buffalo Roam | $6,659,377 | $6,659,377 | 100% | - | - |
| 77 | The Gong Show Movie | $6,621,520 | $6,621,520 | 100% | - | - |
| 78 | Motel Hell | $6,342,668 | $6,342,668 | 100% | - | - |
| 79 | Little Miss Marker | $6,321,392 | $6,321,392 | 100% | - | - |
| 80 | Oh Heavenly Dog | $6,216,067 | $6,216,067 | 100% | - | - |
| 81 | Divine Madness | $5,318,098 | $5,318,098 | 100% | - | - |
| 82 | In God We Trust (or Gimme That Prime Time Religion) | $5,215,015 | $5,215,015 | 100% | - | - |
| 83 | He Knows You're Alone | $4,875,436 | $4,875,436 | 100% | - | - |
| 84 | Coast to Coast | $4,495,445 | $4,495,445 | 100% | - | - |
| 85 | Melvin and Howard | $4,309,490 | $4,309,490 | 100% | - | - |
| 86 | Roadie | $4,226,370 | $4,226,370 | 100% | - | - |
| 87 | Gloria | $4,059,673 | $4,059,673 | 100% | - | - |
| 88 | Jaws 2 1980 Re-release | $4,028,735 | $4,028,735 | 100% | - | - |
| 90 | Resurrection | $3,910,019 | $3,910,019 | 100% | - | - |
| 91 | Hide in Plain Sight | $3,806,930 | $3,806,930 | 100% | - | - |
| 92 | Guyana: Cult of the Damned | $3,798,102 | $3,798,102 | 100% | - | - |
| 93 | When Time Ran Out... | $3,763,988 | $3,763,988 | 100% | - | - |
| 94 | Heaven's Gate | $3,484,331 | $3,484,331 | 100% | - | - |
| 95 | North Sea Hijack | $2,993,772 | $2,993,772 | 100% | - | - |
| 96 | Midnight Madness | $2,900,000 | $2,900,000 | 100% | - | - |
| 97 | Loving Couples | $2,806,659 | $2,806,659 | 100% | - | - |
| 98 | The Idolmaker | $2,625,716 | $2,625,716 | 100% | - | - |
| 99 | The Black Marble | $2,500,000 | $2,500,000 | 100% | - | - |
| 100 | Gilda Live | $2,261,507 | $2,261,507 | 100% | - | - |
| 101 | Windows | $2,128,395 | $2,128,395 | 100% | - | - |
| 102 | Just Tell Me What You Want | $2,086,905 | $2,086,905 | 100% | - | - |
| 103 | Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (and Don't Come Back!!) | $2,013,193 | $2,013,193 | 100% | - | - |
| 104 | Carny | $1,817,720 | $1,817,720 | 100% | - | - |
| 34 | Altered States | $19,853,898 | $19,853,892 | 100% | $6 | <0.1% |
| 4 | Airplane! | $83,454,456 | $83,453,539 | 100% | - | - |
| 25 | The Elephant Man | $26,011,470 | $26,010,864 | 100% | - | - |
| 27 | Raging Bull | $23,335,868 | $23,334,953 | 100% | $915 | <0.1% |
| 36 | Cruising | $19,785,014 | $19,784,223 | 100% | - | - |
| 10 | The Blues Brothers | $57,233,889 | $57,229,890 | 100% | $691 | <0.1% |
| 18 | Friday the 13th | $39,757,840 | $39,754,601 | 100% | - | - |
| 89 | Kagemusha: The Shadow Warrior | $4,001,070 | $4,000,000 | 100% | $1,070 | <0.1% |
| 14 | The Shining | $44,067,757 | $44,017,374 | 99.9% | $50,383 | 0.1% |
| 115 | Stalker 2019 Re-release | $17,055 | - | - | $11,757 | 68.9% |
| 117 | Breaker Morant | $948 | - | - | - | - |
