Weekend Domestic Box Office August 24, 1979
| Rank | Prev | Title | Daily Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (1) | Star Wars Ep. IV: A New Hope | $3,585,492 | -47% | 1,471 | $2,437 | $236,049,325 | 824 | |
| 2 | (2) | North Dallas Forty | $2,383,271 | +0% | 0 | – | $0 | 24 | |
| 3 | (3) | Alien | $957,284 | -4% | 422 | $2,268 | $55,309,035 | 94 | |
| Reporting movies: 3 | $6,926,047 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Star Wars Ep. IV: A New Hope | $3,585,492 | 1,471 | $236,049,325 |
| 2 | North Dallas Forty | $2,383,271 | 0 | $0 |
| 3 | Alien | $957,284 | 422 | $55,309,035 |
| Reporting: 3 | $6,926,047 | total | ||