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Top 1979 Movies at the Worldwide Box Office
See also: Top 1979 Domestic - Top 1979 International
Other Worldwide Cumulative records: All Time Worldwide - All Time Single Market - All Time Animated Worldwide - All Time Sequel Worldwide - All Time Non-Sequel Worldwide - Top 2023 Worldwide - Top 2024 Worldwide
This chart contains the total worldwide box office for the movies released in 1979.
| ←Top 1978 Worldwide | Top 1980 Worldwide→ |
| Rank | Movie | Worldwide Box Office | Domestic Box Office | International Box Office | Domestic Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Moonraker | $210,300,000 | $70,300,000 | $140,000,000 | 33.43% |
| 2 | Rocky 2 | $200,182,160 | $85,182,160 | $115,000,000 | 42.55% |
| 3 | Alien | $188,034,787 | $65,403,354 | $122,631,433 | 34.78% |
| 4 | Star Trek: The Motion Picture | $139,000,000 | $82,258,456 | $56,741,544 | 59.18% |
| 5 | Kramer vs. Kramer | $106,260,000 | $106,260,000 | 100.00% | |
| 6 | Mad Max | $99,750,000 | $8,750,000 | $91,000,000 | 8.77% |
| 7 | 1941 | $94,875,000 | $34,175,000 | $60,700,000 | 36.02% |
| 8 | The Amityville Horror | $86,432,520 | $86,432,520 | 100.00% | |
| 9 | Apocalypse Now | $85,958,336 | $83,535,860 | $2,422,476 | 97.18% |
| 10 | The Muppet Movie | $76,657,000 | $76,657,000 | 100.00% | |
| 11 | The Jerk | $73,691,419 | $73,691,419 | 100.00% | |
| 12 | Dawn of the Dead | $55,000,000 | $5,100,000 | $49,900,000 | 9.27% |
| 13 | 10 | $52,134,699 | $52,134,699 | 100.00% | |
| 14 | Love at First Bite | $43,900,000 | $43,900,000 | 100.00% | |
| 15 | Escape from Alcatraz | $43,000,459 | $43,000,000 | $459 | 100.00% |
| 16 | Meatballs | $43,000,000 | $43,000,000 | 100.00% | |
| 17 | The Electric Horseman | $42,670,138 | $42,670,138 | 100.00% | |
| 18 | Manhattan | $40,053,595 | $39,946,780 | $106,815 | 99.73% |
| 19 | The In-Laws | $38,200,000 | $38,200,000 | 100.00% | |
| 20 | Starting Over | $38,200,000 | $38,200,000 | 100.00% | |
| 21 | All That Jazz | $37,823,676 | $37,823,676 | 100.00% | |
| 22 | The Black Stallion | $37,799,643 | $37,799,643 | 100.00% | |
| 23 | The Main Event | $37,198,813 | $37,198,813 | 100.00% | |
| 24 | The Black Hole | $35,841,901 | $35,841,901 | 100.00% | |
| 25 | The China Syndrome | $35,708,042 | $35,708,042 | 100.00% | |
| 26 | ...And Justice For All | $33,300,000 | $33,300,000 | 100.00% | |
| 27 | The Champ | $30,441,738 | $30,441,738 | 100.00% | |
| 28 | Being There | $30,177,606 | $30,177,511 | $95 | 100.00% |
| 29 | Chapter Two | $30,000,000 | $30,000,000 | 100.00% | |
| 30 | Going in Style | $29,900,000 | $29,900,000 | 100.00% | |
| 31 | The Rose | $29,200,000 | $29,200,000 | 100.00% | |
| 32 | The Wanderers | $23,017,811 | $5,017,811 | $18,000,000 | 21.80% |
| 33 | Prophecy | $22,673,340 | $22,673,340 | 100.00% | |
| 34 | The Warriors | $22,495,493 | $22,490,000 | $5,493 | 99.98% |
| 35 | Norma Rae | $22,228,000 | $22,228,000 | 100.00% | |
| 36 | The Bermuda Triangle | $22,200,000 | $22,200,000 | 100.00% | |
| 37 | Dracula | $21,000,000 | $21,000,000 | 100.00% | |
| 38 | Life of Brian | $20,548,649 | $20,182,359 | $366,290 | 98.22% |
| 39 | A Force of One | $20,200,000 | $20,200,000 | 100.00% | |
| 40 | Breaking Away | $20,000,000 | $20,000,000 | 100.00% | |
| 41 | North Dallas Forty | $19,010,710 | $19,010,710 | 100.00% | |
| 42 | The Seduction of Joe Tynan | $19,000,000 | $19,000,000 | 100.00% | |
| 43 | Hair | $13,100,000 | $13,100,000 | 100.00% | |
| 44 | The Concorde: Airport '79 | $13,000,000 | $13,000,000 | 100.00% | |
| 45 | Time After Time | $13,000,000 | $13,000,000 | 100.00% | |
| 46 | The Frisco Kid | $12,000,000 | $12,000,000 | 100.00% |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.