Domestic Release Schedule for 1980

This chart lists all movies that had a release in theaters in the United States and/or Canada in 1980.

See also: Top 1980 Worldwide - Most Popular 1980

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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  
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 $8,750,000  
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 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. $45,052,898  
 
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) Universal $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 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 $55,675,257  
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