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North America (US and Canada) Domestic Movie Chart for 1980
Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 1980.
It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 1980.
For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 1979 will most likely earn money in 1979 and 1980.
Click on the individual movie to see its total gross over all the years in which it played.
Inflation-adjusted figures are based on ticket sale estimates.
See Top 1980 Movies at the Domestic Box Office for the total domestic box office for the top 100 movies released in 1980, and Movie Index 1980 for an overview of all movies released in 1980.
Top Grossing Movies of 1980
Rank | Movie | Release Date | Distributor | Genre | 1980 Gross | Tickets Sold |
1 |
Star Wars Ep. V: The Empire… |
May 21, 1980 |
20th Century Fox |
Adventure |
$181,353,855 |
67,417,790 |
2 |
Stir Crazy |
Dec 12, 1980 |
Columbia |
Black Comedy |
$101,300,000 |
37,657,992 |
3 |
Kramer vs. Kramer |
Dec 19, 1979 |
Columbia |
Drama |
$98,982,763 |
36,796,566 |
4 |
Airplane! |
Jul 4, 1980 |
Paramount Pictures |
Comedy |
$83,453,539 |
31,023,620 |
5 |
Any Which Way You Can |
Dec 17, 1980 |
Warner Bros. |
Comedy |
$70,687,344 |
26,277,823 |
6 |
Private Benjamin |
Oct 10, 1980 |
Warner Bros. |
Comedy |
$69,847,348 |
25,965,556 |
7 |
Coal Miner's Daughter |
Mar 7, 1980 |
Universal |
Drama |
$67,182,787 |
24,975,013 |
8 |
Smokey and the Bandit II |
Aug 15, 1980 |
Universal |
Comedy |
$66,132,626 |
24,584,619 |
9 |
The Blues Brothers |
Jun 20, 1980 |
Universal |
Comedy |
$57,229,890 |
21,275,052 |
10 |
Ordinary People |
Sep 19, 1980 |
Paramount Pictures |
Drama |
$52,302,978 |
19,443,486 |
11 |
Popeye |
Dec 12, 1980 |
Paramount Pictures |
Musical |
$49,823,037 |
18,521,575 |
12 |
The Blue Lagoon |
Jun 20, 1980 |
Universal |
Drama |
$47,923,795 |
17,815,537 |
13 |
Urban Cowboy |
Jun 6, 1980 |
Paramount Pictures |
Western |
$46,918,287 |
17,441,742 |
14 |
The Shining |
May 23, 1980 |
Warner Bros. |
Horror |
$44,017,374 |
16,363,336 |
15 |
Cheech & Chong's Next Movie |
Jul 18, 1980 |
Universal |
Comedy |
$41,675,194 |
15,492,637 |
16 |
Caddyshack |
Jul 25, 1980 |
Warner Bros. |
Comedy |
$39,846,344 |
14,812,767 |
17 |
Friday the 13th |
May 9, 1980 |
Paramount Pictures |
Horror |
$39,754,601 |
14,778,662 |
18 |
Brubaker |
Jun 20, 1980 |
20th Century Fox |
Drama |
$37,121,708 |
13,799,891 |
19 |
Little Darlings |
Mar 21, 1980 |
Paramount Pictures |
Comedy |
$34,326,249 |
12,760,687 |
20 |
Dressed to Kill |
Jan 1, 1980 |
Filmways Pictures |
Thriller/Suspense |
$31,899,000 |
11,858,364 |
21 |
Flash Gordon |
Dec 5, 1980 |
Universal |
Action |
$27,107,960 |
10,077,308 |
22 |
The Elephant Man |
Oct 3, 1980 |
Paramount Pictures |
Drama |
$26,010,864 |
9,669,466 |
23 |
Bronco Billy |
Jun 11, 1980 |
Warner Bros. |
Comedy |
$24,265,659 |
9,020,691 |
24 |
Caligula |
Feb 1, 1980 |
Analysis |
Drama |
$23,276,985 |
8,653,154 |
25 |
Seems Like Old Times |
Dec 19, 1980 |
Columbia |
Romantic Comedy |
$23,200,000 |
8,624,535 |
26 |
Xanadu |
Aug 8, 1980 |
Universal |
Musical |
$22,762,571 |
8,461,922 |
27 |
American Gigolo |
Feb 1, 1980 |
Paramount Pictures |
Thriller/Suspense |
$22,743,674 |
8,454,897 |
28 |
My Bodyguard |
Jul 11, 1980 |
20th Century Fox |
Comedy |
$22,482,952 |
8,357,974 |
29 |
In Search of Historic Jesus |
Jan 1, 1980 |
Sunn Classics Pic… |
|
$22,000,000 |
8,178,438 |
30 |
Fame |
May 16, 1980 |
MGM |
Musical |
$21,202,829 |
7,882,092 |
31 |
Altered States |
Dec 25, 1980 |
Warner Bros. |
Horror |
$19,853,892 |
7,380,628 |
32 |
Cruising |
Jan 1, 1980 |
United Artists |
Thriller/Suspense |
$19,784,223 |
7,354,729 |
33 |
The Octagon |
Jan 1, 1980 |
American Cinema R… |
Action |
$19,000,000 |
7,063,197 |
34 |
Hardly Working |
Jan 1, 1980 |
20th Century Fox |
|
$18,000,000 |
6,691,449 |
35 |
Windwalker |
Jan 1, 1980 |
Pacific Internati… |
|
$18,000,000 |
6,691,449 |
36 |
Honeysuckle Rose |
Jul 18, 1980 |
Warner Bros. |
Drama |
$17,815,212 |
6,622,755 |
37 |
Herbie Goes Bananas |
Jan 1, 1980 |
|
|
$17,000,000 |
6,319,702 |
38 |
Rough Cut |
Jun 19, 1980 |
Paramount Pictures |
|
$16,656,125 |
6,191,868 |
39 |
The Final Countdown |
Jan 1, 1980 |
United Artists |
Action |
$16,647,800 |
6,188,773 |
40 |
The Hunter |
Jan 1, 1980 |
Paramount Pictures |
Action |
$16,647,800 |
6,188,773 |
41 |
A Change of Seasons |
Dec 1, 1980 |
20th Century Fox |
Drama |
$16,400,000 |
6,096,654 |
42 |
Hero At Large |
Feb 8, 1980 |
MGM |
Comedy |
$15,934,737 |
5,923,694 |
43 |
The Island |
Jun 13, 1980 |
Universal |
Adventure |
$15,716,828 |
5,842,686 |
44 |
The Long Riders |
May 16, 1980 |
United Artists |
Western |
$15,198,912 |
5,650,153 |
45 |
First Family |
Dec 25, 1980 |
Warner Bros. |
Comedy |
$15,198,912 |
5,650,153 |
46 |
Prom Night |
Aug 15, 1980 |
Avco Embassy |
|
$14,796,236 |
5,500,459 |
47 |
The Nude Bomb |
May 9, 1980 |
Universal |
Comedy |
$14,662,035 |
5,450,570 |
48 |
Oh, God! Book II |
Oct 3, 1980 |
Warner Bros. |
Comedy |
$14,504,277 |
5,391,924 |
49 |
Wholly Moses! |
Jun 13, 1980 |
Sony Pictures |
Comedy |
$14,155,617 |
5,262,311 |
50 |
The Competition |
Dec 3, 1980 |
Columbia |
Drama |
$13,000,000 |
4,832,713 |
51 |
Hopscotch |
Jan 1, 1980 |
Avco Embassy |
Comedy |
$13,000,000 |
4,832,713 |
52 |
Middle Age Crazy |
Jan 1, 1980 |
20th Century Fox |
|
$13,000,000 |
4,832,713 |
53 |
The Last Married Couple in … |
Feb 8, 1980 |
Universal |
Comedy |
$12,835,544 |
4,771,577 |
54 |
The Changeling |
Jan 1, 1980 |
Associated Film D… |
Horror |
$12,000,000 |
4,460,966 |
55 |
Used Cars |
Jul 18, 1980 |
Columbia |
Comedy |
$11,715,321 |
4,355,137 |
56 |
The Mirror Crack'd |
Jan 1, 1980 |
Associated Film D… |
Thriller/Suspense |
$11,000,000 |
4,089,219 |
57 |
It's My Turn |
Jan 1, 1980 |
Columbia |
|
$11,000,000 |
4,089,219 |
58 |
The Last Flight of Noah's Ark |
Jun 25, 1980 |
Walt Disney |
|
$11,000,000 |
4,089,219 |
59 |
Hangar 18 |
Jan 1, 1980 |
Sunn Classics Pic… |
|
$11,000,000 |
4,089,219 |
60 |
The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu… |
Aug 8, 1980 |
Orion Pictures |
Comedy |
$10,697,276 |
3,976,682 |
61 |
Stardust Memories |
Sep 26, 1980 |
United Artists |
Comedy |
$10,389,003 |
3,862,082 |
62 |
Maniac |
Jan 1, 1980 |
Analysis |
Horror |
$10,000,000 |
3,717,472 |
63 |
Up the Academy |
Jun 6, 1980 |
Warner Bros. |
Comedy |
$10,000,000 |
3,717,472 |
64 |
The Hollywood Knights |
Jan 1, 1980 |
Columbia |
|
$10,000,000 |
3,717,472 |
65 |
Serial |
Mar 28, 1980 |
Paramount Pictures |
|
$9,870,727 |
3,669,415 |
66 |
Somewhere in Time |
Oct 3, 1980 |
Universal |
Drama |
$9,709,597 |
3,609,515 |
67 |
Tom Horn |
Jan 1, 1980 |
|
|
$9,000,000 |
3,345,724 |
68 |
Tribute |
Dec 19, 1980 |
20th Century Fox |
|
$9,000,000 |
3,345,724 |
69 |
Saturn 3 |
Jan 1, 1980 |
|
Thriller/Suspense |
$9,000,000 |
3,345,724 |
70 |
The Formula |
Dec 19, 1980 |
MGM |
Thriller/Suspense |
$8,894,289 |
3,306,427 |
71 |
Mad Max |
Mar 21, 1980 |
Filmways Pictures |
Action |
$8,750,000 |
3,252,788 |
72 |
The Big Brawl |
Aug 29, 1980 |
Warner Bros. |
Action |
$8,527,743 |
3,170,164 |
73 |
The Awakening |
Oct 31, 1980 |
Warner Bros. |
Horror |
$8,415,112 |
3,128,294 |
74 |
Terror Train |
Jan 1, 1980 |
|
Horror |
$8,000,000 |
2,973,977 |
75 |
How to Beat the High Co$t o… |
Jan 1, 1980 |
Filmways Pictures |
|
$7,500,000 |
2,788,104 |
76 |
Foxes |
Feb 29, 1980 |
United Artists |
Drama |
$7,470,348 |
2,777,081 |
77 |
The Big Red One |
Jul 18, 1980 |
United Artists |
Drama |
$7,206,220 |
2,678,892 |
78 |
The Stunt Man |
Jun 27, 1980 |
20th Century Fox |
|
$7,063,886 |
2,625,979 |
79 |
Fatso |
Feb 1, 1980 |
20th Century Fox |
|
$7,000,000 |
2,602,230 |
80 |
Raise the Titanic |
Aug 1, 1980 |
Associated Film D… |
Adventure |
$7,000,000 |
2,602,230 |
81 |
Nine to Five |
Dec 19, 1980 |
20th Century Fox |
Comedy |
$6,847,625 |
2,545,585 |
82 |
Where the Buffalo Roam |
Apr 25, 1980 |
Universal |
Comedy |
$6,659,377 |
2,475,604 |
83 |
The Gong Show Movie |
May 23, 1980 |
Universal |
Comedy |
$6,621,520 |
2,461,531 |
84 |
Motel Hell |
Oct 24, 1980 |
United Artists |
Horror |
$6,342,668 |
2,357,869 |
85 |
Little Miss Marker |
Mar 21, 1980 |
Universal |
Comedy |
$6,321,392 |
2,349,959 |
86 |
Oh Heavenly Dog |
Jul 11, 1980 |
20th Century Fox |
Comedy |
$6,216,067 |
2,310,805 |
87 |
The Mountain Men |
Jan 1, 1980 |
Columbia |
|
$6,000,000 |
2,230,483 |
88 |
Simon |
Jan 1, 1980 |
|
|
$6,000,000 |
2,230,483 |
89 |
Divine Madness! |
Sep 26, 1980 |
Warner Bros. |
Concert/Perfor… |
$5,318,098 |
1,976,988 |
90 |
In God We Tru$t |
Sep 26, 1980 |
Universal |
Comedy |
$5,215,015 |
1,938,667 |
91 |
The Exterminator |
Jan 1, 1980 |
Avco Embassy |
|
$5,000,000 |
1,858,736 |
92 |
He Knows You're Alone |
Aug 29, 1980 |
MGM |
Horror |
$4,875,436 |
1,812,429 |
93 |
Coast to Coast |
Oct 3, 1980 |
Paramount Pictures |
|
$4,495,445 |
1,671,169 |
94 |
Willie and Phil |
Jan 1, 1980 |
20th Century Fox |
|
$4,400,000 |
1,635,687 |
95 |
Melvin and Howard |
Oct 24, 1980 |
Universal |
Comedy |
$4,309,490 |
1,602,040 |
96 |
Roadie |
Jun 13, 1980 |
United Artists |
Comedy |
$4,226,370 |
1,571,141 |
97 |
Die Laughing |
Jan 1, 1980 |
|
|
$4,000,000 |
1,486,988 |
98 |
Kagemusha |
Oct 10, 1980 |
20th Century Fox |
Drama |
$4,000,000 |
1,486,988 |
99 |
Resurrection |
Sep 26, 1980 |
Universal |
Drama |
$3,910,019 |
1,453,538 |
100 |
Hide in Plain Sight |
Mar 21, 1980 |
MGM |
Drama |
$3,806,930 |
1,415,215 |
101 |
Guyana: Cult of the Damned |
Jan 25, 1980 |
Universal |
Drama |
$3,798,102 |
1,411,933 |
102 |
When Time Ran Out... |
Mar 28, 1980 |
Warner Bros. |
Adventure |
$3,763,988 |
1,399,252 |
103 |
Heaven's Gate |
Nov 19, 1980 |
United Artists |
Western |
$3,484,331 |
1,295,290 |
104 |
Ffolkes |
Apr 18, 1980 |
Universal |
Adventure |
$2,993,772 |
1,112,926 |
105 |
Midnight Madness |
Feb 8, 1980 |
Walt Disney |
|
$2,900,000 |
1,078,066 |
106 |
Loving Couples |
Oct 24, 1980 |
20th Century Fox |
Romantic Comedy |
$2,806,659 |
1,043,367 |
107 |
The Idolmaker |
Nov 14, 1980 |
United Artists |
Drama |
$2,625,716 |
976,102 |
108 |
The Black Marble |
Jan 1, 1980 |
Avco Embassy |
Romantic Comedy |
$2,500,000 |
929,368 |
109 |
Gilda Live |
Mar 28, 1980 |
Warner Bros. |
Concert/Perfor… |
$2,261,507 |
840,708 |
110 |
Windows |
Jan 18, 1980 |
United Artists |
Thriller/Suspense |
$2,200,000 |
817,843 |
111 |
Just Tell Me What You Want |
Feb 8, 1980 |
Warner Bros. |
Romantic Comedy |
$2,086,905 |
775,801 |
112 |
Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (… |
May 30, 1980 |
Paramount Pictures |
Comedy |
$2,013,193 |
748,398 |
113 |
Can't Stop the Music |
Jun 20, 1980 |
Associated Film D… |
Musical |
$2,000,000 |
743,494 |
114 |
Foolin' Around |
Jan 1, 1980 |
Columbia |
|
$2,000,000 |
743,494 |
115 |
Tess |
Dec 12, 1980 |
Columbia |
Drama |
$1,889,818 |
702,534 |
116 |
Raging Bull |
Nov 14, 1980 |
United Artists |
Drama |
$1,863,003 |
692,566 |
117 |
Carny |
May 23, 1980 |
United Artists |
Drama |
$1,817,720 |
675,732 |
118 |
Lion of the Desert |
Jan 1, 1980 |
United Film Distr… |
Drama |
$1,500,000 |
557,620 |
119 |
Nijinsky (1980) |
Mar 20, 1980 |
Paramount Pictures |
|
$1,047,454 |
389,388 |
120 |
Heart Beat |
Jan 18, 1980 |
Warner Bros. |
Drama |
$954,046 |
354,663 |
121 |
One Trick Pony |
Oct 3, 1980 |
Warner Bros. |
Drama |
$843,215 |
313,462 |
122 |
A Small Circle of Friends |
Mar 12, 1980 |
United Artists |
Drama |
$766,760 |
285,040 |
123 |
Leo and Loree |
Feb 29, 1980 |
United Artists |
|
$517,988 |
192,560 |
124 |
Penitentiary |
May 10, 1980 |
Jerry Gross Organ… |
Drama |
$287,000 |
106,691 |
125 |
Home Movies |
May 16, 1980 |
United Artists |
|
$89,134 |
33,135 |
126 |
Those Lips, Those Eyes |
Aug 15, 1980 |
United Artists |
Romantic Comedy |
$63,766 |
23,704 |
127 |
Why Would I Lie? |
Aug 8, 1980 |
MGM |
Comedy |
$52,473 |
19,506 |
128 |
Gloria |
Oct 1, 1980 |
Columbia |
Thriller/Suspense |
$47,019 |
17,479 |
Total Gross of All Movies | $2,269,588,906 | |
Total Tickets Sold | 843,713,289 |
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