Top Movies of 1979 - Best Box Office Performers

Rank	Title	Language	Genre(s)	Domestic	Worldwide
1	Moonraker	UK	Action Adventure Sci-Fi	$70,308,099	$210,308,099
2	Alien	UK	Sci-Fi Thriller Horror	$84,206,106	$108,591,169
3	Alien	UK	Horror Sci-Fi	$84,206,106	$108,591,169
4	Kramer vs. Kramer	UK	Drama	$106,260,000	$106,260,000
5	Apocalypse Now	UK	Action Drama War	$96,042,913	$105,089,661
6	1941	UK	Action Comedy War	$31,755,742	$92,455,742
7	The Amityville Horror	UK	Horror	$86,432,000	$86,432,000
8	Rocky II	UK	Drama Sport	$85,182,160	$85,187,855
9	Star Trek: The Motion Picture	UK	Adventure Sci-Fi Mystery	$82,604,699	$82,676,805
10	10	KN	Comedy Romance	$74,865,517	$74,865,517
11	The Jerk	UK	Comedy	$73,691,419	$73,691,419
12	The Muppet Movie		Adventure Comedy Family	$65,810,475	$65,811,736
13	The Electric Horseman	UK	Drama Comedy Romance	$61,801,971	$61,801,971
14	The China Syndrome	UK	Drama Thriller	$51,718,367	$51,718,367
15	Love at First Bite	UK	Comedy	$43,885,000	$43,885,000
16	Meatballs	UK	Comedy	$43,046,003	$43,046,003
17	Escape from Alcatraz	UK	Biography Drama Thriller	$43,000,000	$43,005,351
18	Manhattan	UK	Drama Comedy Romance	$39,946,780	$40,194,067
19	All That Jazz	UK	Drama Fantasy Music	$37,823,676	$37,824,824
20	The Black Stallion		Adventure Sport Family	$37,799,643	$37,799,643
21	The Black Hole	UK	Action Sci-Fi	$35,841,901	$35,841,901
22	Starting Over	FIL	Comedy Romance	$35,649,012	$35,649,012
23	...and justice for all.	UK	Drama Thriller Crime	$33,300,000	$33,300,000
24	The Champ	UK	Drama Sport	$30,441,738	$30,441,738
25	Being There	UK	Drama Comedy	$30,177,511	$30,179,435
26	The Rose	IN	Drama Romance Music	$29,174,648	$29,174,648
27	Going in Style	UK	Drama Comedy	$26,869,286	$26,869,286
28	North Dallas Forty	UK	Drama Sport Comedy	$26,079,312	$26,079,312
29	The Warriors	UK	Action Thriller	$22,490,039	$22,495,288
30	Norma Rae	UK	Drama	$22,228,000	$22,228,000
31	Buck Rogers in the 25th Century	UK	Action Adventure Sci-Fi	$21,671,241	$21,671,241
32	When a Stranger Calls	UK	Drama Mystery Thriller	$21,411,158	$21,411,158
33	The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again	UK	Comedy Western Family	$20,931,111	$20,931,111
34	Monty Python's Life of Brian	UK	Comedy	$20,206,622	$20,781,763
35	La Cage aux Folles	FR	Comedy	$20,424,259	$20,424,259
36	Dracula	UK	Horror Romance	$20,158,970	$20,158,970
37	Prophecy	UK	Sci-Fi Thriller Horror	$18,389,402	$18,389,402
38	Breaking Away	UK	Drama Sport Comedy	$16,424,918	$16,424,918
39	Hair	UK	Drama Comedy Musical	$15,284,643	$15,313,606
40	More American Graffiti	UK	Drama Comedy War	$15,014,674	$15,014,674
41	Roller Boogie	UK	Drama Comedy Music	$13,253,715	$13,253,715
42	The Great Train Robbery	UK	Adventure Drama Thriller	$13,027,857	$13,027,857
43	Phantasm	UK	Sci-Fi Fantasy Horror	$11,988,469	$11,988,469
44	The Legacy	ES	Horror	$11,364,985	$11,364,985
45	The Onion Field	UK	Drama Crime	$9,890,597	$9,890,597
46	The Frisco Kid	UK	Drama Comedy Western	$9,346,177	$9,346,177
47	Meteor	UK	Action Sci-Fi Drama	$8,400,000	$8,400,000
48	The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh	UK	Sport Comedy	$8,281,246	$8,281,246
49	Cuba		Adventure Thriller Romance	$5,610,280	$5,610,280
50	The Great Santini	UK	Drama	$4,702,575	$4,702,575

Top Grossing Movies in 1979

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