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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 $184,637,161 $62,005,728 $122,631,433 33.58%
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 $85,959,710 $83,535,860 $2,423,850 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 $30,177,523 $30,177,511 $12 100.00%
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 $20,522,496 $20,182,359 $340,137 98.34%
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.