Movie Theatrical Release Schedule for 1980
| Release Date | Movie | Distributor | Domestic Box Office to Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 1980 | |||
| January 1 | The Black Marble (Wide) | Avco Embassy | $2,500,000 |
| Cruising (Wide) | United Artists | $19,784,223 | |
| Dressed to Kill (Wide) | Filmways Pictures | $31,899,000 | |
| The Hollywood Knights (Wide) | Columbia | $10,000,000 | |
| How to Beat the High Co$t of Living (Wide) | Filmways Pictures | $7,500,000 | |
| The Mirror Crack’d (Wide) | Associated Film Distributors | $11,000,000 | |
| Willie and Phil (Wide) | 20th Century Fox | $4,400,000 | |
| During 1980 | The Changeling (Wide) | Associated Film Distributors | $12,000,000 |
| Die Laughing (Wide) | $4,000,000 | ||
| The Exterminator (Wide) | Avco Embassy | $5,000,000 | |
| The Final Countdown (Wide) | United Artists | $16,647,800 | |
| Foolin' Around (Wide) | Columbia | $2,000,000 | |
| Hangar 18 (Wide) | Sunn Classics Pictures | $11,000,000 | |
| Hardly Working (Wide) | 20th Century Fox | $18,000,000 | |
| Herbie Goes Bananas (Wide) | $17,000,000 | ||
| Hopscotch (Wide) | Avco Embassy | $13,000,000 | |
| The Hunter (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $16,647,800 | |
| In Search of Historic Jesus (Wide) | Sunn Classics Pictures | $22,000,000 | |
| It's My Turn (Wide) | Columbia | $11,000,000 | |
| Lion of the Desert (Wide) | United Film Distribution Co. | $1,500,000 | |
| Maniac (Wide) | Analysis | $10,000,000 | |
| Middle Age Crazy (Wide) | 20th Century Fox | $13,000,000 | |
| The Mountain Men (Wide) | Columbia | $6,000,000 | |
| The Octagon (Wide) | American Cinema Releasing | $19,000,000 | |
| Saturn 3 (Wide) | $9,000,000 | ||
| Simon (Wide) | $6,000,000 | ||
| Terror Train (Wide) | $8,000,000 | ||
| Tom Horn (Wide) | $9,000,000 | ||
| Windwalker (Wide) | Pacific International | $18,000,000 | |
| January 18 | Heart Beat (Limited) | Warner Bros. | $954,046 |
| Silent Scream (Limited) | American Cinema Releasing | ||
| Windows (Limited) | United Artists | $2,200,000 | |
| January 25 | Guyana: Cult of the Damned (Wide) | Universal | $3,798,102 |
| Night of the Juggler (Limited) | Columbia | $54,961 | |
| February 1980 | |||
| February 1 | American Gigolo (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $22,743,674 |
| Fatso (Wide) | 20th Century Fox | $7,000,000 | |
| The Fog (Wide) | Avco Embassy | $21,445,318 | |
| My Brilliant Career (Wide) | Analysis | ||
| February TBD | Caligula (Wide) | Analysis | $23,400,000 |
| February 8 | Hero At Large (Wide) | MGM | $15,934,737 |
| Just Tell Me What You Want (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $2,086,905 | |
| The Last Married Couple in America (Wide) | Universal | $12,835,544 | |
| Midnight Madness (Wide) | Walt Disney | $2,900,000 | |
| February 29 | Foxes (Wide) | United Artists | $7,470,348 |
| Leo and Loree (Wide) | United Artists | $517,988 | |
| The Ninth Configuration (Limited) | United Film Distribution Co. | ||
| March 1980 | |||
| March 5 | Stone Cold Dead (Limited) | Dimension Pictures | |
| March 7 | Coal Miner's Daughter (Wide) | Universal | $67,182,787 |
| Lady and the Tramp (Wide, re-release) | Walt Disney | $93,600,000 | |
| Death Ship (Limited) | Avco Embassy | ||
| March 12 | A Small Circle of Friends (Wide) | United Artists | $766,760 |
| The Last Word (Limited) | Samuel Goldwyn Films | ||
| March 20 | Nijinsky (1980) (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $1,047,454 |
| March 21 | Hide in Plain Sight (Wide) | MGM | $3,806,930 |
| Little Darlings (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $34,326,249 | |
| Little Miss Marker (Wide) | Universal | $6,321,392 | |
| Mad Max (Wide) | Filmways Pictures | $8,773,197 | |
| Forbidden Zone (Limited) | Samuel Goldwyn Films | ||
| March 23 | Christ Stopped at Eboli (Limited) | Franklin Media | $82,126 |
| March 28 | Gilda Live (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $2,261,507 |
| Serial (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $9,870,727 | |
| When Time Ran Out... (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $3,763,988 | |
| April 1980 | |||
| April 2 | Inferno (Limited) | ||
| April 17 | The Watcher in the Woods (Wide) | Walt Disney | |
| April 18 | Ffolkes (Wide) | Universal | $2,993,772 |
| April 22 | Manila in the Claws of Light (Limited) | ||
| April 25 | Where the Buffalo Roam (Wide) | Universal | $6,659,377 |
| May 1980 | |||
| May 9 | Friday the 13th (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $39,754,601 |
| The Nude Bomb (Wide) | Universal | $14,662,035 | |
| Stunt Rock (Limited) | $9,530 | ||
| May 10 | Penitentiary (Wide) | Jerry Gross Organization | $287,000 |
| May 16 | Fame (Wide) | MGM | $21,202,829 |
| Home Movies (Wide) | United Artists | $89,134 | |
| The Long Riders (Wide) | United Artists | $15,198,912 | |
| Humanoids From the Deep (Limited) | New World | ||
| May 21 | Star Wars Ep. V: The Empire Strikes Back (Wide) | 20th Century Fox | $291,738,960 |
| May 23 | Carny (Wide) | United Artists | $1,817,720 |
| The Gong Show Movie (Wide) | Universal | $6,621,520 | |
| Mary Poppins (Wide, re-release) | $102,272,145 | ||
| The Shining (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $49,032,044 | |
| May 30 | Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (and Don’t Come Back!) (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $2,013,193 |
| June 1980 | |||
| June 1 | Demented (Limited) | ||
| June 6 | Galaxina (Wide) | Crown | $4,865,000 |
| Up the Academy (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $10,000,000 | |
| Urban Cowboy (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $46,918,287 | |
| June 11 | Bronco Billy (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $24,265,659 |
| June 13 | The Island (Wide) | Universal | $15,716,828 |
| Roadie (Wide) | United Artists | $4,226,370 | |
| Wholly Moses! (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $14,155,617 | |
| The Children (Limited) | World Northal | ||
| June 19 | Rough Cut (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $16,656,125 |
| June 20 | The Blue Lagoon (Wide) | Columbia | $47,923,795 |
| The Blues Brothers (Wide) | Universal | $57,229,890 | |
| Brubaker (Wide) | 20th Century Fox | $37,121,708 | |
| Can't Stop the Music (Wide) | Associated Film Distributors | $2,000,000 | |
| June 25 | The Last Flight of Noah's Ark (Wide) | Walt Disney | $11,000,000 |
| June 27 | The Stunt Man (Wide) | 20th Century Fox | $7,063,886 |
| July 1980 | |||
| July 4 | Airplane! (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $83,453,539 |
| July 11 | My Bodyguard (Wide) | 20th Century Fox | $22,482,952 |
| Oh Heavenly Dog (Wide) | 20th Century Fox | $6,216,067 | |
| July 18 | The Big Red One (Wide) | United Artists | $7,206,220 |
| Cheech & Chong’s Next Movie (Wide) | Universal | $41,675,194 | |
| Honeysuckle Rose (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $17,815,212 | |
| Used Cars (Wide) | Columbia | $11,715,321 | |
| Zombie (Limited) | Jerry Gross Organization | ||
| July 24 | The Earthling (Limited) | Filmways Pictures | |
| July 25 | Caddyshack (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $39,846,344 |
| August 1980 | |||
| August 1 | Raise the Titanic (Wide) | Associated Film Distributors | $7,000,000 |
| August 8 | The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu (Wide) | Orion Pictures | $10,697,276 |
| Why Would I Lie? (Wide) | MGM | $52,473 | |
| Xanadu (Wide) | Universal | $22,762,571 | |
| August 10 | Battle Beyond the Stars (Limited) | New World | |
| August 15 | Prom Night (Wide) | Avco Embassy | $14,796,236 |
| Smokey and the Bandit II (Wide) | Universal | $66,132,626 | |
| Those Lips, Those Eyes (Wide) | United Artists | $63,766 | |
| August 29 | The Big Brawl (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $8,527,743 |
| He Knows You're Alone (Wide) | MGM | $4,875,436 | |
| September 1980 | |||
| September 17 | When a Stranger Calls (Limited) | Columbia | $1,262,052 |
| September 19 | Ordinary People (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $52,302,978 |
| September 22 | The Tempest (Limited) | World Northal | |
| September 26 | Divine Madness! (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $5,318,098 |
| In God We Tru$t (Wide) | Universal | $5,215,015 | |
| Phobia (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | ||
| Resurrection (Wide) | Universal | $3,910,019 | |
| Stardust Memories (Wide) | United Artists | $10,389,003 | |
| Without Warning (Limited) | Filmways Pictures | ||
| October 1980 | |||
| October 1 | Gloria (Wide) | Columbia | $47,019 |
| October 3 | Coast to Coast (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $4,495,445 |
| The Elephant Man (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $26,010,864 | |
| Oh, God! Book II (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $14,504,277 | |
| One Trick Pony (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $843,215 | |
| Somewhere in Time (Wide) | Universal | $9,709,597 | |
| Cries in the Night (Canada Only) | |||
| October 8 | Song of the South (Wide, re-release) | Walt Disney | $65,000,000 |
| October 10 | Kagemusha (Wide) | 20th Century Fox | $4,000,000 |
| Private Benjamin (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $69,847,348 | |
| October 12 | Every Man for Himself (Limited) | New Yorker | $47,262 |
| October 17 | Times Square (Limited) | Associated Film Distributors | |
| October 24 | Loving Couples (Wide) | 20th Century Fox | $2,806,659 |
| Melvin and Howard (Wide) | Universal | $4,309,490 | |
| Motel Hell (Wide) | United Artists | $6,342,668 | |
| October 27 | Pepi, Luci, Bom y otras chicas del montón (Limited) | $48,363 | |
| October 31 | The Awakening (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $8,415,112 |
| November 1980 | |||
| November 14 | The Idolmaker (Wide) | United Artists | $2,625,716 |
| Raging Bull (Wide) | United Artists | $23,380,203 | |
| Alligator (Limited) | Group 1 | ||
| November 19 | Heaven's Gate (Wide) | United Artists | $3,484,331 |
| November 21 | The Apple (Limited) | Cannon | |
| November 26 | The Rockshow (Limited) | New World | |
| December 1980 | |||
| December 1 | A Change of Seasons (Limited) | 20th Century Fox | $16,400,000 |
| December 3 | The Competition (Wide) | Columbia | $13,000,000 |
| December 5 | Flash Gordon (Wide) | Universal | $27,107,960 |
| December 12 | Popeye (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $49,823,037 |
| Stir Crazy (Wide) | Columbia | $101,300,000 | |
| Tess (Wide) | Columbia | $20,093,330 | |
| December 17 | Any Which Way You Can (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $70,687,344 |
| Mon oncle d'Amérique (Wide) | New World | ||
| December 18 | Nightkill (Limited) | ||
| December 19 | The Aristocats (Wide, re-release) | Walt Disney | $59,000,000 |
| The Formula (Wide) | MGM | $8,894,289 | |
| Inside Moves (Wide) | Associated Film Distributors | ||
| Nine to Five (Wide) | 20th Century Fox | $103,290,500 | |
| Seems Like Old Times (Wide) | Columbia | $23,200,000 | |
| Tribute (Wide) | 20th Century Fox | $9,000,000 | |
| December 25 | Altered States (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $19,853,892 |
| First Family (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $15,198,912 | |
| During 1980 | Dynamo (Limited) | World Northal | |