Movies Produced by United States and Released in 1979
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The list below includes all films produced by United States production companies, including international co-productions.
Note: Since we are still actively researching production countries, we consider this chart to be in beta mode.
While we make every effort to collect all available data, there are inevitably omissions and errors. Please help us by sending corrections to corrections@the-numbers.com.
| Movie | Co-Producing
Countries | Genre | Production
Budget | Worldwide
Box Office
to Date | Trailer |
|---|
| Rocky 2 |
United States |
Action |
|
$200,182,160 |
|
| Alien |
United Kingdom,
United States |
Horror |
$10,700,000 |
$184,637,161 |
|
| Star Trek: The Motion Picture |
United States |
Adventure |
$35,000,000 |
$139,000,000 |
|
| Kramer vs. Kramer |
United States |
Drama |
|
$106,260,000 |
|
| 1941 |
United States |
Comedy |
$32,000,000 |
$94,875,000 |
|
| The Amityville Horror |
United States |
Horror |
|
$86,432,520 |
|
| Apocalypse Now |
United States |
Action |
$31,500,000 |
$85,959,710 |
|
| The Muppet Movie |
United Kingdom,
United States |
Adventure |
$8,000,000 |
$76,657,000 |
|
| The Jerk |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$73,691,419 |
|
| Dawn of the Dead |
Italy,
United States |
Horror |
$1,500,000 |
$55,000,000 |
|
| 10 |
United States |
Romantic Comedy |
|
$52,134,699 |
|
| Love at First Bite |
United States |
|
|
$43,900,000 |
|
| Escape from Alcatraz |
United States |
Drama |
$8,000,000 |
$43,000,459 |
|
| The Electric Horseman |
United States |
Romantic Comedy |
|
$42,670,138 |
|
| Manhattan |
United States |
Romantic Comedy |
|
$40,053,595 |
|
| The In-Laws |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$38,200,000 |
|
| Starting Over |
United States |
|
|
$38,200,000 |
|
| All That Jazz |
United States |
Drama |
|
$37,823,676 |
|
| The Black Stallion |
United States |
Adventure |
$2,700,000 |
$37,799,643 |
|
| The Main Event |
United States |
|
|
$37,198,813 |
|
| The Black Hole |
United States |
|
$20,000,000 |
$35,841,901 |
|
| The China Syndrome |
United States |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$35,708,042 |
|
| ...And Justice For All |
United States |
Drama |
|
$33,300,000 |
|
| The Champ |
United States |
Drama |
|
$30,441,738 |
|
| Being There |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$30,177,606 |
|
| Chapter Two |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$30,000,000 |
|
| Going in Style |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$29,900,000 |
|
| The Rose |
United States |
Drama |
$8,500,000 |
$29,200,000 |
|
| The Wanderers |
United States |
Drama |
|
$23,017,811 |
|
| Prophecy |
United States |
Horror |
$12,000,000 |
$22,673,340 |
|
| The Warriors |
United States |
Action |
|
$22,495,493 |
|
| Norma Rae |
United States |
Drama |
|
$22,228,000 |
|
| Dracula |
United Kingdom,
United States |
Horror |
|
$21,000,000 |
|
| A Force of One |
United States |
Action |
|
$20,200,000 |
|
| Breaking Away |
United States |
Drama |
|
$20,000,000 |
|
| North Dallas Forty |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$19,010,710 |
|
| The Seduction of Joe Tynan |
United States |
Drama |
|
$19,000,000 |
|
| Hair |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$13,100,000 |
|
| Time After Time |
United States |
|
|
$13,000,000 |
|
| The Concorde: Airport '79 |
United States |
|
|
$13,000,000 |
|
| The Frisco Kid |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$12,000,000 |
|
| Dirt |
United States |
Documentary |
|
$9,200,000 |
|
| Meteor |
United States |
Action |
$16,000,000 |
$8,400,000 |
|
| More American Graffiti |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$8,100,000 |
|
| The Great Santini |
United States |
Drama |
|
$7,000,000 |
|
| The Prisoner of Zenda |
United States |
Comedy |
$12,500,000 |
$7,000,000 |
|
| Hanover Street |
United Kingdom,
United States |
Drama |
|
$3,000,000 |
|
| When a Stranger Calls |
United States |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$1,262,052 |
|
| Roller Boogie |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$775,133 |
|
| Cuba |
United States |
Action |
|
$527,540 |
|
| Killer of Sheep |
United States |
Drama |
|
$404,508 |
|
| Last Embrace |
United States |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$381,119 |
|
| Winter Kills |
United States |
Drama |
|
$77,587 |
|
| Rich Kids |
United States |
Drama |
|
$53,064 |
|
| Voices |
United States |
Drama |
|
$27,445 |
|
| Dolphin |
United States |
Documentary |
$170,000 |
$14,000 |
|
| The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$12,922 |
|
| Wise Blood |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$0 |
|
| The Runner Stumbles |
United States |
Drama |
|
$0 |
|
| The Onion Field |
United States |
|
|
$0 |
|
| Hot Stuff |
United States |
|
|
$0 |
|
| A Little Romance |
France,
United States |
Romantic Comedy |
|
$0 |
|
| The Villain |
United States |
Western |
|
$0 |
|
| Sidney Sheldon's Bloodline |
United States |
|
|
$0 |
|
| Players |
United States |
Drama |
|
$0 |
|
| Phantasm |
United States |
Horror |
|
$0 |
|
| A Perfect Couple |
United States |
|
|
$0 |
|
| Real Life |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$0 |
|
| Quintet |
United States |
|
|
$0 |
|
| Glory Days |
United States |
Drama |
|
$0 |
|
| Skatetown, U.S.A. |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$0 |
|
| Killer Fish |
Brazil,
Italy,
United Kingdom,
United States |
Horror |
|
$0 |
|
| Racquet |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$0 |
|
| The Driller Killer |
United States |
Horror |
|
$0 |
|
| Scavenger Hunt |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$0 |
|
| Starcrash |
United States |
Adventure |
|
$0 |
|
| On the Yard |
United States |
Drama |
|
$0 |
|
| Chilly Scenes of Winter |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$0 |
|
| The Great Monkey Rip-Off |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$0 |
|
| No Maps on my Taps |
United States |
Documentary |
|
$0 |
|
| Do it in the Dirt |
United States |
Action |
|
$0 |
|
| Human Experiments |
United States |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$0 |
|
| Seven |
United States |
Action |
|
$0 |
|
| The War at Home |
United States |
Documentary |
|
$0 |
|
| Sarah T. Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic |
United States |
Drama |
|
$0 |
|
| The Prize Fighter |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$0 |
|
| Rock ‘n’ Roll High School |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$0 |
|
| Diary of a Teenage Hitchhiker |
United States |
Drama |
|
$0 |
|
| Town Bloody Hall |
United States |
Documentary |
|
$0 |
|
| Tourist Trap |
United States |
Horror |
|
$0 |
|
| Promises in the Dark |
United States |
Drama |
|
$0 |
|
| The Dark |
United States |
Horror |
|
$0 |
|
| Battlestar Galactica |
United States |
Action |
|
$0 |
|
