Movies Produced by United States and Released in 1980
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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.
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| Movie | Co-Producing
Countries | Genre | Production
Budget | Worldwide
Box Office
to Date | Trailer |
|---|
| Star Wars Ep. V: The Empire Strikes Back |
United States |
Adventure |
$23,000,000 |
$549,001,086 |
|
| Nine to Five |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$103,300,659 |
|
| Stir Crazy |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$101,300,000 |
|
| Airplane! |
United States |
Comedy |
$3,500,000 |
$83,454,307 |
|
| Any Which Way You Can |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$70,687,344 |
|
| Private Benjamin |
United States |
Comedy |
$15,000,000 |
$69,847,348 |
|
| Coal Miner’s Daughter |
United States |
Drama |
$15,000,000 |
$67,182,787 |
|
| Smokey and the Bandit II |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$66,132,626 |
|
| Friday the 13th |
United States |
Horror |
$550,000 |
$59,754,601 |
|
| The Blues Brothers |
United States |
Comedy |
$27,000,000 |
$57,245,093 |
|
| The Final Countdown |
United States |
Action |
|
$56,647,800 |
|
| American Gigolo |
United States |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$52,743,674 |
|
| Ordinary People |
United States |
Drama |
$6,200,000 |
$52,302,978 |
|
| Popeye |
United States |
Musical |
$20,000,000 |
$49,823,037 |
|
| The Blue Lagoon |
United States |
Drama |
$4,500,000 |
$47,923,795 |
|
| Urban Cowboy |
United States |
Western |
|
$46,918,287 |
|
| The Shining |
United Kingdom,
United States |
Horror |
$19,000,000 |
$46,212,649 |
|
| Cheech & Chong's Next Movie |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$41,675,194 |
|
| Caddyshack |
United States |
Comedy |
$6,000,000 |
$39,849,764 |
|
| Brubaker |
United States |
Drama |
|
$37,121,708 |
|
| Little Darlings |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$34,326,249 |
|
| Dressed to Kill |
United States |
Thriller/Suspense |
$6,500,000 |
$31,899,000 |
|
| Flash Gordon |
United Kingdom,
United States |
Action |
$35,000,000 |
$27,176,825 |
|
| The Elephant Man |
United Kingdom,
United States |
Drama |
$5,000,000 |
$26,024,886 |
|
| Bronco Billy |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$24,265,659 |
|
| Raging Bull |
United States |
Drama |
$18,000,000 |
$23,417,649 |
|
| Caligula |
Italy,
United States |
Drama |
|
$23,400,000 |
|
| Seems Like Old Times |
United States |
Romantic Comedy |
|
$23,200,000 |
|
| Xanadu |
United States |
Musical |
|
$22,762,611 |
|
| My Bodyguard |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$22,482,952 |
|
| In Search of Historic Jesus |
United States |
|
|
$22,000,000 |
|
| The Fog |
United States |
Horror |
$1,100,000 |
$21,445,868 |
|
| Fame |
United States |
Musical |
|
$21,202,829 |
|
| Altered States |
United States |
Horror |
|
$19,853,898 |
|
| Cruising |
Germany,
United States |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$19,784,223 |
|
| The Octagon |
United States |
Action |
|
$19,000,000 |
|
| Hardly Working |
United States |
|
|
$18,000,000 |
|
| Windwalker |
United States |
|
|
$18,000,000 |
|
| Honeysuckle Rose |
United States |
Drama |
|
$17,815,212 |
|
| Herbie Goes Bananas |
United States |
|
|
$17,000,000 |
|
| Rough Cut |
United States |
|
|
$16,656,125 |
|
| The Hunter |
United States |
Action |
|
$16,647,800 |
|
| A Change of Seasons |
United States |
Drama |
|
$16,400,000 |
|
| Hero At Large |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$15,934,737 |
|
| The Island |
United States |
Adventure |
$22,000,000 |
$15,716,828 |
|
| The Long Riders |
United States |
Western |
$10,000,000 |
$15,198,912 |
|
| First Family |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$15,198,912 |
|
| The Nude Bomb |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$14,662,035 |
|
| Oh, God! Book II |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$14,504,277 |
|
| Wholly Moses! |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$14,155,617 |
|
| The Competition |
United States |
Drama |
|
$13,000,000 |
|
| Hopscotch |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$13,000,000 |
|
| The Last Married Couple in America |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$12,835,544 |
|
| Used Cars |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$11,715,321 |
|
| The Last Flight of Noah’s Ark |
United States |
|
|
$11,000,000 |
|
| It's My Turn |
United States |
|
|
$11,000,000 |
|
| Hangar 18 |
United States |
|
|
$11,000,000 |
|
| The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu |
United Kingdom,
United States |
Comedy |
|
$10,697,276 |
|
| Stardust Memories |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$10,389,003 |
|
| Up the Academy |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$10,000,000 |
|
| Maniac |
United States |
Horror |
$350,000 |
$10,000,000 |
|
| The Hollywood Knights |
United States |
|
|
$10,000,000 |
|
| Serial |
United States |
|
|
$9,870,727 |
|
| Somewhere in Time |
United States |
Drama |
$5,100,000 |
$9,709,597 |
|
| Tom Horn |
United States |
|
|
$9,000,000 |
|
| The Formula |
United States |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$8,894,289 |
|
| The Big Brawl |
Hong Kong,
United States |
Action |
|
$8,527,743 |
|
| Terror Train |
Canada,
United States |
Horror |
$3,500,000 |
$8,000,000 |
|
| How to Beat the High Co$t of Living |
United States |
|
|
$7,500,000 |
|
| Foxes |
United States |
Drama |
|
$7,470,348 |
|
| The Big Red One |
United States |
Drama |
|
$7,206,220 |
|
| The Stunt Man |
United States |
|
|
$7,063,886 |
|
| Fatso |
United States |
|
|
$7,000,000 |
|
| Where the Buffalo Roam |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$6,659,377 |
|
| The Gong Show Movie |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$6,621,520 |
|
| Motel Hell |
United States |
Horror |
|
$6,342,668 |
|
| Little Miss Marker |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$6,321,392 |
|
| Oh Heavenly Dog |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$6,216,067 |
|
| Simon |
United States |
|
|
$6,000,000 |
|
| The Mountain Men |
United States |
|
|
$6,000,000 |
|
| Divine Madness! |
United States |
Concert/Performance |
|
$5,318,098 |
|
| In God We Tru$t |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$5,215,015 |
|
| The Exterminator |
United States |
|
|
$5,000,000 |
|
| He Knows You're Alone |
United States |
Horror |
|
$4,875,436 |
|
| Galaxina |
United States |
|
$5,500,000 |
$4,865,000 |
|
| Coast to Coast |
United States |
|
|
$4,495,445 |
|
| Willie and Phil |
United States |
|
|
$4,400,000 |
|
| Melvin and Howard |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$4,309,490 |
|
| Roadie |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$4,226,370 |
|
| Kagemusha |
Japan,
United States |
Drama |
|
$4,001,058 |
|
| Die Laughing |
United States |
|
|
$4,000,000 |
|
| Resurrection |
United States |
Drama |
|
$3,910,019 |
|
| Hide in Plain Sight |
United States |
Drama |
|
$3,806,930 |
|
| When Time Ran Out... |
United States |
Adventure |
|
$3,763,988 |
|
| Heaven's Gate |
United States |
Western |
$44,000,000 |
$3,484,523 |
|
| Midnight Madness |
United States |
|
|
$2,900,000 |
|
| Loving Couples |
United States |
Romantic Comedy |
|
$2,806,659 |
|
| The Idolmaker |
United States |
Drama |
|
$2,625,716 |
|
| The Black Marble |
United States |
Romantic Comedy |
|
$2,500,000 |
|
| Gilda Live |
United States |
Concert/Performance |
|
$2,261,507 |
|
| Windows |
United States |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$2,200,000 |
|
| Just Tell Me What You Want |
United States |
Romantic Comedy |
|
$2,086,905 |
|
| Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (and Don’t Come Back!) |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$2,013,193 |
|
| Foolin' Around |
United States |
|
|
$2,000,000 |
|
| Can't Stop the Music |
United States |
Musical |
$20,000,000 |
$2,000,000 |
|
| Carny |
United States |
Drama |
|
$1,817,720 |
|
| Nijinsky |
United States |
|
|
$1,047,454 |
|
| Heart Beat |
United States |
Drama |
|
$954,046 |
|
| One Trick Pony |
United States |
Drama |
|
$843,215 |
|
| A Small Circle of Friends |
United States |
Drama |
|
$766,760 |
|
| Leo and Lorre |
United States |
|
|
$517,988 |
|
| Penitentiary |
United States |
Drama |
$100,000 |
$287,000 |
|
| Home Movies |
United States |
|
$400,000 |
$89,134 |
|
| Those Lips, Those Eyes |
United States |
Romantic Comedy |
|
$63,766 |
|
| Why Would I Lie? |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$52,473 |
|
| Gloria |
United States |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$47,019 |
|
| Stunt Rock |
Australia,
Netherlands,
United States |
Action |
|
$9,530 |
|
| Humanoids From the Deep |
United States |
Horror |
|
$160 |
|
| Inside Moves |
United States |
|
|
$0 |
|
| Forbidden Zone |
United States |
Musical |
|
$0 |
|
| Demented |
United States |
Horror |
|
$0 |
|
| The Apple |
Germany,
United States |
Musical |
|
$0 |
|
| The Last Word |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$0 |
|
| Without Warning |
United States |
Horror |
|
$0 |
|
| The Watcher in the Woods |
United States |
|
|
$0 |
|
| Death Ship |
Canada,
United Kingdom,
United States |
Horror |
|
$0 |
|
| Silent Scream |
United States |
Horror |
|
$0 |
|
| The Earthling |
United States |
Adventure |
|
$0 |
|
| The Ninth Configuration |
United States |
Comedy |
$4,000,000 |
$0 |
|
| Battle Beyond the Stars |
United States |
Action |
|
$0 |
|
| The Children |
United States |
Horror |
|
$0 |
|
