1980 Top-Grossing Movies Worldwide
This chart ranks movies by their total cumulative worldwide box office earnings for movies released in 1980. Each movie is ranked by its total gross across all years it played, not just earnings during 1980.
| Rank | Movie | Worldwide Box Office | Domestic Box Office | International Box Office | Domestic Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Star Wars Ep. V: The Empire S… | $549,001,086 | $291,738,960 | $257,262,126 | 53.1% |
| 2 | 9 to 5 | $103,300,659 | $103,290,500 | $10,159 | 100.0% |
| 3 | Stir Crazy | $101,300,000 | $101,300,000 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 4 | Airplane! | $83,454,307 | $83,453,539 | $768 | 100.0% |
| 5 | Any Which Way You Can | $70,687,344 | $70,687,344 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 6 | Private Benjamin | $69,847,348 | $69,847,348 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 7 | Coal Miner’s Daughter | $67,182,787 | $67,182,787 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 8 | Smokey and the Bandit II | $66,132,626 | $66,132,626 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 9 | Friday the 13th | $59,754,601 | $39,754,601 | $20,000,000 | 66.5% |
| 10 | The Blues Brothers | $57,246,460 | $57,229,890 | $16,570 | 100.0% |
| 11 | The Shining | $56,893,125 | $49,032,044 | $7,861,081 | 86.2% |
| 12 | The Final Countdown | $56,647,800 | $16,647,800 | $40,000,000 | 29.4% |
| 13 | American Gigolo | $52,743,674 | $22,743,674 | $30,000,000 | 43.1% |
| 14 | Ordinary People | $52,304,352 | $52,302,978 | $1,374 | 100.0% |
| 15 | Popeye | $49,823,037 | $49,823,037 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 16 | The Blue Lagoon | $47,923,795 | $47,923,795 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 17 | Urban Cowboy | $46,918,287 | $46,918,287 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 18 | Cheech & Chong’s Next Movie | $41,675,194 | $41,675,194 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 19 | Caddyshack | $39,849,764 | $39,846,344 | $3,420 | 100.0% |
| 20 | Brubaker | $37,121,708 | $37,121,708 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 21 | Little Darlings | $34,326,249 | $34,326,249 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 22 | Dressed to Kill | $31,899,000 | $31,899,000 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 23 | Flash Gordon | $27,176,825 | $27,107,960 | $68,865 | 99.7% |
| 24 | The Elephant Man | $26,038,458 | $26,010,864 | $27,594 | 99.9% |
| 25 | Bronco Billy | $24,265,659 | $24,265,659 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 26 | Raging Bull | $23,417,649 | $23,380,203 | $37,446 | 99.8% |
| 27 | Caligula | $23,415,999 | $23,400,000 | $15,999 | 99.9% |
| 28 | Seems Like Old Times | $23,200,000 | $23,200,000 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 29 | Xanadu | $22,762,611 | $22,762,571 | $40 | 100.0% |
| 30 | My Bodyguard | $22,482,952 | $22,482,952 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 31 | In Search of Historic Jesus | $22,000,000 | $22,000,000 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 32 | The Fog | $21,445,868 | $21,445,318 | $550 | 100.0% |
| 33 | Fame | $21,202,829 | $21,202,829 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 34 | Tess | $20,093,330 | $20,093,330 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 35 | Altered States | $19,853,898 | $19,853,892 | $6 | 100.0% |
| 36 | Cruising | $19,784,463 | $19,784,223 | $240 | 100.0% |
| 37 | The Octagon | $19,000,000 | $19,000,000 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 38 | Hardly Working | $18,000,000 | $18,000,000 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 39 | Windwalker | $18,000,000 | $18,000,000 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 40 | Honeysuckle Rose | $17,815,212 | $17,815,212 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 41 | Herbie Goes Bananas | $17,000,000 | $17,000,000 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 42 | Rough Cut | $16,656,125 | $16,656,125 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 43 | The Hunter | $16,647,800 | $16,647,800 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 44 | A Change of Seasons | $16,400,000 | $16,400,000 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 45 | Hero At Large | $15,934,737 | $15,934,737 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 46 | The Island | $15,716,828 | $15,716,828 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 47 | First Family | $15,198,912 | $15,198,912 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 48 | The Long Riders | $15,198,912 | $15,198,912 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 49 | Prom Night | $14,796,236 | $14,796,236 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 50 | The Nude Bomb | $14,662,035 | $14,662,035 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 51 | Oh, God! Book II | $14,504,277 | $14,504,277 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 52 | Wholly Moses! | $14,155,617 | $14,155,617 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 53 | Middle Age Crazy | $13,000,000 | $13,000,000 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 54 | The Competition | $13,000,000 | $13,000,000 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 55 | Hopscotch | $13,000,000 | $13,000,000 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 56 | The Last Married Couple in Am… | $12,835,544 | $12,835,544 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 57 | The Changeling | $12,000,147 | $12,000,000 | $147 | 100.0% |
| 58 | Used Cars | $11,715,321 | $11,715,321 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 59 | The Mirror Crack’d | $11,000,648 | $11,000,000 | $648 | 100.0% |
| 60 | Hangar 18 | $11,000,000 | $11,000,000 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 61 | It’s My Turn | $11,000,000 | $11,000,000 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 62 | The Last Flight of Noah’s Ark | $11,000,000 | $11,000,000 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 63 | The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu M… | $10,697,276 | $10,697,276 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 64 | Stardust Memories | $10,389,003 | $10,389,003 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 65 | The Hollywood Knights | $10,000,000 | $10,000,000 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 66 | Maniac | $10,000,000 | $10,000,000 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 67 | Up the Academy | $10,000,000 | $10,000,000 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 68 | Serial | $9,870,727 | $9,870,727 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 69 | Somewhere in Time | $9,709,597 | $9,709,597 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 70 | Saturn 3 | $9,000,000 | $9,000,000 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 71 | Tom Horn | $9,000,000 | $9,000,000 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 72 | Tribute | $9,000,000 | $9,000,000 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 73 | The Formula | $8,894,289 | $8,894,289 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 74 | The Big Brawl | $8,527,743 | $8,527,743 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 75 | The Awakening | $8,415,112 | $8,415,112 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 76 | Terror Train | $8,000,000 | $8,000,000 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 77 | How to Beat the High Co$t of … | $7,500,000 | $7,500,000 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 78 | Foxes | $7,470,348 | $7,470,348 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 79 | The Big Red One | $7,206,220 | $7,206,220 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 80 | The Stunt Man | $7,063,886 | $7,063,886 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 81 | Fatso | $7,000,000 | $7,000,000 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 82 | Raise the Titanic | $7,000,000 | $7,000,000 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 83 | Where the Buffalo Roam | $6,659,377 | $6,659,377 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 84 | The Gong Show Movie | $6,621,520 | $6,621,520 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 85 | Motel Hell | $6,342,668 | $6,342,668 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 86 | Little Miss Marker | $6,321,392 | $6,321,392 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 87 | Oh Heavenly Dog | $6,216,067 | $6,216,067 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 88 | The Mountain Men | $6,000,000 | $6,000,000 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 89 | Simon | $6,000,000 | $6,000,000 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 90 | Divine Madness! | $5,318,098 | $5,318,098 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 91 | In God We Tru$t | $5,215,015 | $5,215,015 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 92 | The Exterminator | $5,000,000 | $5,000,000 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 93 | He Knows You're Alone | $4,875,436 | $4,875,436 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 94 | Galaxina | $4,865,000 | $4,865,000 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 95 | Coast to Coast | $4,495,445 | $4,495,445 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 96 | Willie and Phil | $4,400,000 | $4,400,000 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 97 | Melvin and Howard | $4,309,490 | $4,309,490 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 98 | Roadie | $4,226,370 | $4,226,370 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 99 | Kagemusha | $4,001,058 | $4,000,000 | $1,058 | 100.0% |
| 100 | Die Laughing | $4,000,000 | $4,000,000 | $0 | 100.0% |