Movies Released in 1979
| Release Date | Movie | Genre | Production
Budget | Domestic
Box Office
to Date | Trailer |
|---|
January, 1979 |
| January 1 |
The Bermuda Triangle |
|
|
$22,200,000 |
|
|
Chapter Two |
Comedy |
|
$30,000,000 |
|
|
The Concorde: Airport '79 |
|
|
$13,000,000 |
|
|
The Deer Hunter |
Drama |
$15,000,000 |
$50,000,000 |
|
|
Dracula |
|
|
$21,000,000 |
|
|
A Force of One |
Action |
|
$20,200,000 |
|
|
Going in Style |
|
|
$29,900,000 |
|
|
Hanover Street |
Drama |
|
$3,000,000 |
|
|
Love at First Bite |
|
|
$43,900,000 |
|
|
Meteor |
|
$16,000,000 |
$8,400,000 |
|
|
Time After Time |
|
|
$13,000,000 |
|
February, 1979 |
| February 1 |
The Glacier Fox |
Documentary |
|
$3,500,000 |
|
| |
| February 2 |
The First Great Train Robbery |
Action |
$6,000,000 |
$391,942 |
|
| |
| February 9 |
Agatha |
Drama |
|
$7,500,000 |
|
|
Quintet |
|
|
$0 |
|
|
The Warriors |
Action |
|
$22,490,000 |
|
March, 1979 |
| March 1 |
Dirt |
Documentary |
|
$9,200,000 |
|
| |
| March 2 |
Norma Rae |
Drama |
|
$22,228,000 |
|
|
Real Life |
Comedy |
|
$0 |
|
| |
| March 9 |
The Passage |
Drama |
|
$70,461 |
|
| |
| March 14 |
Voices |
Drama |
|
$27,445 |
|
| |
| March 16 |
The China Syndrome |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$35,708,042 |
|
| |
| March 24 |
Hair |
|
|
$13,100,000 |
|
| |
| March 30 |
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century |
Adventure |
|
$0 |
|
|
La cage aux folles |
Comedy |
|
$18,709 |
|
April, 1979 |
| April 4 |
The Champ |
Drama |
|
$30,441,738 |
|
| |
| April 6 |
A Perfect Couple |
|
|
$0 |
|
| |
| April 20 |
Dawn of the Dead |
Horror |
$1,500,000 |
$5,100,000 |
|
| |
| April 25 |
Manhattan |
Comedy |
|
$39,946,780 |
|
| |
| April 27 |
An Almost Perfect Affair |
Romantic Comedy |
|
$0 |
|
|
Dreamer (1979) |
|
|
$0 |
|
|
A Little Romance |
Romantic Comedy |
|
$0 |
|
May, 1979 |
| May 1 |
Hot Stuff |
|
|
$0 |
|
| |
| May 2 |
Last Embrace |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$381,119 |
|
| |
| May 18 |
Winter Kills |
|
|
$0 |
|
| |
| May 25 |
Alien |
Horror |
$9,000,000 |
$80,930,630 |
|
|
The Prisoner of Zenda |
Comedy |
$12,500,000 |
$7,000,000 |
|
June, 1979 |
| June 1 |
Phantasm |
|
|
$0 |
|
|
Wanda Nevada |
Adventure |
|
$0 |
|
| |
| June 8 |
Players |
|
|
$0 |
|
| |
| June 15 |
Butch and Sundance: The Early Days |
Western |
|
$0 |
|
|
Goldengirl |
|
|
$0 |
|
|
The In-Laws |
|
|
$38,200,000 |
|
|
Prophecy |
|
$12,000,000 |
$22,673,340 |
|
|
Rocky 2 |
Action |
|
$85,182,160 |
|
| |
| June 22 |
Escape from Alcatraz |
Drama |
|
$43,000,000 |
|
|
Lost and Found |
Comedy |
|
$1,022,374 |
|
|
The Main Event |
|
|
$37,198,813 |
|
|
The Muppet Movie |
Comedy |
|
$76,657,000 |
|
| |
| June 29 |
Meatballs |
Comedy |
|
$43,000,000 |
|
|
Moonraker |
Action |
$31,000,000 |
$70,300,000 |
|
|
Sidney Sheldon's Bloodline |
|
|
$0 |
|
| |
| June 30 |
Dolphin |
Documentary |
$170,000 |
$14,000 |
|
July, 1979 |
| July 13 |
Breaking Away |
Drama |
|
$20,000,000 |
|
|
The Frisco Kid |
Comedy |
|
$12,000,000 |
|
|
The Wanderers |
|
|
$5,000,000 |
|
| |
| July 20 |
The Villain |
|
|
$0 |
|
August, 1979 |
| August 3 |
The Amityville Horror |
Horror |
|
$86,432,520 |
|
|
More American Graffiti |
Comedy |
|
$8,100,000 |
|
|
North Dallas Forty |
|
|
$19,010,710 |
|
| |
| August 10 |
Americathon |
Comedy |
|
$0 |
|
|
Sunburn |
|
|
$0 |
|
| |
| August 15 |
Apocalypse Now |
Action |
$31,500,000 |
$78,800,000 |
|
| |
| August 17 |
The Life of Brian |
Comedy |
$4,000,000 |
$20,008,693 |
|
|
Rich Kids |
Drama |
|
$53,064 |
|
|
The Seduction of Joe Tynan |
Drama |
|
$19,000,000 |
|
September, 1979 |
| September 7 |
Nest of Vipers |
|
|
$0 |
|
| |
| September 14 |
City on Fire |
Action |
|
$0 |
|
|
The Legacy |
|
|
$0 |
|
| |
| September 21 |
The Onion Field |
|
|
$0 |
|
| |
| September 28 |
A Man, a Woman and a Bank |
|
|
$0 |
|
|
When a Stranger Calls |
|
|
$1,262,052 |
|
October, 1979 |
| October 5 |
10 |
Romantic Comedy |
|
$52,134,699 |
|
|
Luna |
|
|
$0 |
|
|
Nosferatu the Vampyre |
|
|
$0 |
|
|
The Runner Stumbles |
|
|
$0 |
|
|
Starting Over |
|
|
$38,200,000 |
|
| |
| October 17 |
Black Stallion, The |
|
$2,700,000 |
$37,799,643 |
|
|
Fukushu Suruwa Wareniari |
|
|
$13,565 |
|
| |
| October 19 |
...And Justice For All |
Drama |
|
$33,300,000 |
|
| |
| October 26 |
The Great Santini |
Drama |
|
$7,000,000 |
|
November, 1979 |
| November 2 |
The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh |
Comedy |
|
$12,922 |
|
|
Running |
|
|
$0 |
|
| |
| November 7 |
The Rose |
Drama |
$8,500,000 |
$29,200,000 |
|
December, 1979 |
| December 7 |
Star Trek: The Motion Picture |
Adventure |
$35,000,000 |
$82,258,456 |
|
| |
| December 14 |
1941 |
Comedy |
$32,000,000 |
$34,175,000 |
|
|
The Jerk |
|
|
$73,691,419 |
|
|
Wise Blood |
|
|
$0 |
|
|
Zulu Dawn |
|
|
$0 |
|
| |
| December 16 |
The Human Factor |
|
|
$0 |
|
| |
| December 19 |
Being There |
Drama |
|
$30,177,511 |
|
|
The Electric Horseman |
|
|
$42,670,138 |
|
|
Kramer vs. Kramer |
Drama |
|
$106,260,000 |
|
|
Roller Boogie |
Comedy |
|
$775,133 |
|
| |
| December 20 |
All That Jazz |
Drama |
|
$37,823,676 |
|
| |
| December 21 |
The Black Hole |
|
$20,000,000 |
$35,841,901 |
|
|
Cuba |
Action |
|
$527,540 |
|
| |
| December 31 |
Glory Days |
|
|
$0 |
|
|
Lupin the Thrid: The Castle of Cagliostro |
|
|
$0 |
|
|
Monday, May 20, 2013