Top Movies of 1980 - Best Box Office Performers

Rank	Title	Language	Genre(s)	Domestic	Worldwide
1	Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back	UK	Action Adventure Sci-Fi	$292,753,960	$550,016,086
2	9 to 5	UK	Comedy	$103,290,500	$103,303,454
3	Stir Crazy	UK	Comedy Crime	$101,300,000	$101,300,000
4	Airplane!		Comedy	$83,453,539	$83,455,547
5	Any Which Way You Can	UK	Action Comedy	$70,687,344	$70,687,344
6	Private Benjamin		Comedy War	$69,847,348	$69,847,348
7	Coal Miner's Daughter	UK	Biography Drama Music	$67,182,787	$67,182,787
8	Smokey and the Bandit II	UK	Action Comedy	$66,132,626	$66,132,626
9	The Blue Lagoon	UK	Adventure Drama Romance	$58,853,106	$58,853,106
10	Ordinary People	KR	Drama	$54,766,923	$54,766,923
11	Popeye	UK	Comedy Romance Family	$49,823,037	$49,823,037
12	The Shining	UK	Thriller Horror	$45,634,352	$47,548,413
13	Urban Cowboy	UK	Drama Romance Western	$46,918,287	$46,918,287
14	Seems Like Old Times	UK	Comedy Romance	$43,995,918	$43,995,918
15	Caddyshack	UK	Sport Comedy	$39,918,650	$39,918,650
16	Friday the 13th	UK	Horror	$39,754,601	$39,917,363
17	Brubaker	UK	Drama Crime	$37,121,708	$37,121,708
18	Little Darlings	UK	Drama Comedy	$34,326,249	$34,326,249
19	Dressed to Kill	UK	Mystery Thriller	$31,899,000	$31,899,000
20	Flash Gordon	UK	Action Adventure Sci-Fi	$27,107,960	$27,185,209
21	The Jazz Singer	UK	Drama Romance Music	$27,118,000	$27,118,000
22	The Elephant Man	UK	Biography Drama	$26,010,864	$26,028,672
23	Bronco Billy	UK	Action Adventure Drama	$24,265,659	$24,265,659
24	Raging Bull	UK	Biography Drama Sport	$23,383,987	$23,405,198
25	American Gigolo	UK	Drama Mystery Thriller	$22,743,674	$22,745,134
26	My Bodyguard	UK	Drama Comedy Family	$22,482,952	$22,482,952
27	The Fog	IN	Thriller Horror	$21,448,782	$21,448,830
28	Fame	UK	Drama Music Musical	$21,202,829	$21,203,707
29	Tess		Drama Romance	$20,093,330	$20,101,247
30	Altered States	UK	Sci-Fi Thriller Horror	$19,853,892	$19,853,898
31	Cruising	UK	Drama Mystery Thriller	$19,798,718	$19,815,314
32	The Octagon	UK	Action Drama Thriller	$18,971,000	$18,971,000
33	Herbie Goes Bananas	UK	Adventure Fantasy Comedy	$18,000,000	$18,000,000
34	Rough Cut	UK	Adventure Mystery Comedy	$16,656,125	$16,656,125
35	The Final Countdown	UK	Action Sci-Fi	$16,647,800	$16,647,800
36	The Hunter	KN	Action Biography Drama	$16,274,150	$16,274,150
37	The Long Riders	UK	Western	$15,795,189	$15,795,189
38	Prom Night	UK	Thriller Horror	$14,796,236	$14,796,236
39	Oh, God! Book II	UK	Fantasy Comedy	$14,504,277	$14,504,277
40	Used Cars	UK	Comedy	$11,715,321	$11,715,321
41	The Mirror Crack'd	UK	Mystery Thriller Crime	$11,000,000	$11,000,000
42	The Hollywood Knights	UK	Comedy	$10,000,000	$10,000,000
43	Somewhere in Time	UK	Drama Fantasy Romance	$9,709,597	$9,709,597
44	Saturn 3	UK	Adventure Sci-Fi Thriller	$9,000,000	$9,000,000
45	Mad Max	UK	Action Adventure Thriller	$8,750,000	$8,773,932
46	How to Beat the High Cost of Living	UK	Comedy Crime	$7,500,000	$7,500,000
47	Foxes	UK	Drama	$7,470,348	$7,470,348
48	The Big Red One	UK	Action Drama War	$7,206,220	$7,206,823
49	The Stunt Man	UK	Action Drama Thriller	$7,063,886	$7,063,886
50	Motel Hell	UK	Thriller Horror Comedy	$6,342,668	$6,342,668

Top Grossing Movies in 1980

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