Weekend Domestic Box Office August 17, 1979
| Rank | Prev | Title | Daily Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (-) | Star Wars Ep. IV: A New Hope | $6,760,165 | 1,520 | $4,447 | $232,463,833 | 817 | ||
| 2 | (2) | North Dallas Forty | $2,377,402 | -18% | 0 | – | $0 | 17 | |
| 3 | (3) | Alien | $993,340 | -24% | 419 | $2,371 | $53,802,893 | 87 | |
| 4 | (new) | The Life of Brian | $140,044 | 5 | $28,009 | $140,044 | 3 | ||
| 5 | (new) | Apocalypse Now | $118,558 | 3 | $39,519 | $78,784,010 | 3 | ||
| 6 | (new) | Rich Kids | $53,064 | 5 | $10,613 | $53,064 | 3 | ||
| Reporting movies: 6 | $10,442,573 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Star Wars Ep. IV: A New Hope | $6,760,165 | 1,520 | $232,463,833 |
| 2 | North Dallas Forty | $2,377,402 | 0 | $0 |
| 3 | Alien | $993,340 | 419 | $53,802,893 |
| 4 | The Life of Brian | $140,044 | 5 | $140,044 |
| 5 | Apocalypse Now | $118,558 | 3 | $78,784,010 |
| 6 | Rich Kids | $53,064 | 5 | $53,064 |
| Reporting: 6 | $10,442,573 | total | ||