Box Office Records > Domestic > All Movies > Cumulative > Top 1979 Domestic
Top 1979 Movies at the Domestic Box Office
See also: Top 1979 International - Top 1979 Worldwide
Other Domestic Cumulative records: All Time Domestic - All Time Domestic (Inf. Adj.) - All Time Animated Domestic - All Time Sequel Domestic - All Time Non-Sequel Domestic - Top 2023 Domestic - Top 2024 Domestic
This chart contains the total domestic box office for movies released in 1979.
See Top Grossing Movies of 1979 for a list of movies that earned most at the domestic box office during 1979, including films released in 1978 and earlier.
| ←Top 1978 Domestic | Top 1980 Domestic→ |
| Rank | Movie | Distributor | Domestic Box Office |
Opening Weekend Box Office |
Max Theater Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kramer vs. Kramer | Columbia | $106,260,000 | 898 | |
| 2 | The Amityville Horror | American … | $86,432,520 | $7,843,467 | 868 |
| 3 | Rocky 2 | United Ar… | $85,182,160 | $6,390,537 | 780 |
| 4 | Apocalypse Now | United Ar… | $83,535,860 | $118,558 | 105 |
| 5 | Star Trek: The Motion Picture | Paramount… | $82,258,456 | $11,926,421 | 1,002 |
| 6 | The Muppet Movie | Associate… | $76,657,000 | ||
| 7 | The Jerk | Universal | $73,691,419 | ||
| 8 | Moonraker | United Ar… | $70,300,000 | $7,108,344 | 788 |
| 9 | Alien | 20th Cent… | $65,403,354 | $3,522,581 | 1,750 |
| 10 | 10 | Warner Bros. | $52,134,699 | $3,526,692 | 706 |
| 11 | Love at First Bite | American … | $43,900,000 | ||
| 12 | Escape from Alcatraz | Paramount… | $43,000,000 | $5,306,354 | |
| 13 | Meatballs | Paramount… | $43,000,000 | $77,170 | 7 |
| 14 | The Electric Horseman | Universal | $42,670,138 | ||
| 15 | Manhattan | United Ar… | $39,946,780 | $485,734 | 29 |
| 16 | Starting Over | Paramount… | $38,200,000 | ||
| 17 | The In-Laws | Warner Bros. | $38,200,000 | ||
| 18 | All That Jazz | 20th Cent… | $37,823,676 | $86,229 | 5 |
| 19 | The Black Stallion | United Ar… | $37,799,643 | ||
| 20 | The Main Event | Warner Bros. | $37,198,813 | ||
| 21 | The Black Hole | Walt Disney | $35,841,901 | ||
| 22 | The China Syndrome | Columbia | $35,708,042 | ||
| 23 | 1941 | Universal | $34,175,000 | $2,701,898 | 325 |
| 24 | ...And Justice For All | Columbia | $33,300,000 | ||
| 25 | The Champ | MGM | $30,441,738 | $1,972,684 | 563 |
| 26 | Being There | United Ar… | $30,177,511 | ||
| 27 | Chapter Two | Columbia | $30,000,000 | ||
| 28 | Going in Style | Warner Bros. | $29,900,000 | ||
| 29 | The Rose | 20th Cent… | $29,200,000 | $793,063 | 44 |
| 30 | Prophecy | Paramount… | $22,673,340 | ||
| 31 | The Warriors | Paramount… | $22,490,000 | $3,529,675 | 551 |
| 32 | Norma Rae | 20th Cent… | $22,228,000 | $262,778 | 48 |
| 33 | The Bermuda Triangle | $22,200,000 | |||
| 34 | Dracula | Universal | $21,000,000 | ||
| 35 | A Force of One | American … | $20,200,000 | ||
| 36 | Life of Brian | Warner Bros. | $20,182,359 | $140,044 | 125 |
| 37 | Breaking Away | 20th Cent… | $20,000,000 | $17,702 | 95 |
| 38 | North Dallas Forty | Paramount… | $19,010,710 | $2,787,479 | |
| 39 | The Seduction of Joe Tynan | Universal | $19,000,000 | ||
| 40 | Hair | United Ar… | $13,100,000 | ||
| 41 | The Concorde: Airport '79 | Universal | $13,000,000 | ||
| 42 | Time After Time | Warner Bros. | $13,000,000 | ||
| 43 | The Frisco Kid | Warner Bros. | $12,000,000 | $160,292 | 26 |
The Domestic Market is defined as the North American movie territory (consisting of the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and Guam).
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.