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Box Office

Top Grossing Movies in 1979

Rank Title Language Genre(s) Domestic Worldwide
1 Moonraker
English

UK

Action

Adventure

Sci-Fi

$70,308,099 $210,308,099
2 Alien
English

UK

Sci-Fi

Thriller

Horror

$84,206,106 $108,610,231
3 Alien
English

UK

Horror

Sci-Fi

$84,206,106 $108,610,231
4 Kramer vs. Kramer
English

UK

Drama

$106,260,000 $106,260,000
5 Apocalypse Now
English

UK

Action

Drama

War

$96,042,913 $105,086,099
6 1941
English

UK

Action

Comedy

War

$31,755,742 $92,455,742
7 The Amityville Horror
English

UK

Horror

$86,432,000 $86,432,000
8 Rocky II
English

UK

Drama

Sport

$85,182,160 $85,187,855
9 Star Trek: The Motion Picture
English

UK

Adventure

Sci-Fi

Mystery

$82,604,699 $82,676,805
10 10
Kannada

KN

Comedy

Romance

$74,865,517 $74,865,517
11 The Jerk
English

UK

Comedy

$73,691,419 $73,691,419
12 The Muppet Movie
english

UK

Adventure

Comedy

Family

$66,458,405 $66,459,666
13 The Electric Horseman
English

UK

Drama

Comedy

Romance

$61,801,971 $61,801,971
14 The China Syndrome
English

UK

Drama

Thriller

$51,718,367 $51,718,367
15 Love at First Bite
English

UK

Comedy

$43,885,000 $43,885,000
16 Meatballs
English

UK

Comedy

$43,046,003 $43,046,003
17 Escape from Alcatraz
English

UK

Biography

Drama

Thriller

$43,000,000 $43,005,351
18 Manhattan
English

UK

Drama

Comedy

Romance

$39,946,780 $40,194,067
19 All That Jazz
English

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
English

UK

Action

Sci-Fi

$35,841,901 $35,841,901
22 Starting Over
Filipino

PH

Comedy

Romance

$35,649,012 $35,649,012
23 ...and justice for all.
English

UK

Drama

Thriller

Crime

$33,300,000 $33,300,000
24 The Champ
English

UK

Drama

Sport

$30,441,738 $30,441,738
25 Being There
English

UK

Drama

Comedy

$30,177,511 $30,179,435
26 The Rose
Telugu

IN

Drama

Romance

Music

$29,174,648 $29,174,648
27 Going in Style
English

UK

Drama

Comedy

$26,869,286 $26,869,286
28 North Dallas Forty
English

UK

Drama

Sport

Comedy

$26,079,312 $26,079,312
29 The Warriors
English

UK

Action

Thriller

$22,490,039 $22,495,288
30 Norma Rae
English

UK

Drama

$22,228,000 $22,228,000
31 Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
English

UK

Action

Adventure

Sci-Fi

$21,671,241 $21,671,241
32 When a Stranger Calls
English

UK

Drama

Mystery

Thriller

$21,411,158 $21,411,158
33 The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again
English

UK

Comedy

Western

Family

$20,931,111 $20,931,111
34 Monty Python's Life of Brian
English

UK

Comedy

$20,206,622 $20,831,345
35 La Cage aux Folles
French

FR

Comedy

$20,424,259 $20,424,259
36 Dracula
English

UK

Horror

Romance

$20,158,970 $20,158,970
37 Prophecy
English

UK

Sci-Fi

Thriller

Horror

$18,389,402 $18,389,402
38 Breaking Away
English

UK

Drama

Sport

Comedy

$16,424,918 $16,424,918
39 Hair
English

UK

Drama

Comedy

Musical

$15,284,643 $15,313,606
40 More American Graffiti
English

UK

Drama

Comedy

War

$15,014,674 $15,014,674
41 Roller Boogie
English

UK

Drama

Comedy

Music

$13,253,715 $13,253,715
42 The Great Train Robbery
English

UK

Adventure

Drama

Thriller

$13,027,857 $13,027,857
43 Phantasm
English

UK

Sci-Fi

Fantasy

Horror

$11,988,469 $11,988,469
44 The Legacy
Spanish

ES

Horror

$11,364,985 $11,364,985
45 The Onion Field
English

UK

Drama

Crime

$9,890,597 $9,890,597
46 The Frisco Kid
English

UK

Drama

Comedy

Western

$9,346,177 $9,346,177
47 Meteor
English

UK

Action

Sci-Fi

Drama

$8,400,000 $8,400,000
48 The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh
English

UK

Sport

Comedy

$8,281,246 $8,281,246
49 Cuba

Adventure

Thriller

Romance

$5,610,280 $5,610,280
50 The Great Santini
English

UK

Drama

$4,702,575 $4,702,575

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