Highest Grossing Movies of 1980
Ranked by lifetime worldwide gross. ← Back to leaderboards
Films from 1980 tracked
113
Top 100 1980 revenue
$3.07B
Top film
The Empire Strikes Back
$538.4M
- 1
$538.4M$18M29.9×The Empire Strikes Back
$538.4M · $18M
- 2
$216.4M$54M4.01×Superman II
$216.4M · $54M
- 3
$200M$5M40.0×The Gods Must Be Crazy
$200M · $5M
- 4
$115.2M$27M4.27×The Blues Brothers
$115.2M · $27M
- 5
$103.3M$10M10.3×Nine to Five
$103.3M · $10M
- 6
$101.3M$10M10.1×Stir Crazy
$101.3M · $10M
- 7
$83.5M$3.5M23.8×Airplane!
$83.5M · $3.5M
- 8
$70.7M$15M4.71×Any Which Way You Can
$70.7M · $15M
- 9
$69.8M$15M4.65×Private Benjamin
$69.8M · $15M
- 10
$67.2M$15M4.48×Coal Miner's Daughter
$67.2M · $15M
- 11
$66.1M$17M3.89×Smokey and the Bandit II
$66.1M · $17M
- 12
$59.8M$550K108.6×Friday the 13th
$59.8M · $550K
- 13
$58.9M$4.5M13.1×The Blue Lagoon
$58.9M · $4.5M
- 14
$54.8M$6M9.13×Ordinary People
$54.8M · $6M
- 15
$53.3M$10M5.33×Urban Cowboy
$53.3M · $10M
- 16
$52.7M$5M10.5×American Gigolo
$52.7M · $5M
- 17
$49.8M$20M2.49×Popeye
$49.8M · $20M
- 18
$49M$3.4M14.4×Hardly Working
$49M · $3.4M
- 19
$44.8M$19M2.36×The Shining
$44.8M · $19M
- 20
$44M——Seems Like Old Times
$44M
- 21
$42M$8.5M4.94×Fame
$42M · $8.5M
- 22
$41.7M——Cheech & Chong's Next Movie
$41.7M
- 23
$39.8M$6M6.64×Caddyshack
$39.8M · $6M
- 24
$37.1M$9M4.12×Brubaker
$37.1M · $9M
- 25
$31.9M$6.5M4.91×Dressed to Kill
$31.9M · $6.5M
- 26
$27.1M$13M2.09×The Jazz Singer
$27.1M · $13M
- 27
$27.1M$35M0.77×Flash Gordon
$27.1M · $35M
- 28
$26M$5M5.20×The Elephant Man
$26M · $5M
- 29
$25M——Doraemon: Nobita's Dinosaur
$25M
- 30
$24.3M$6.5M3.74×Bronco Billy
$24.3M · $6.5M
- 31
$23.4M$18M1.30×Raging Bull
$23.4M · $18M
- 32
$22.8M$20M1.14×Xanadu
$22.8M · $20M
- 33
$22.5M——My Bodyguard
$22.5M
- 34
$21.5M$6M3.58×The Big Brawl
$21.5M · $6M
- 35
$21.4M$1M21.4×The Fog
$21.4M · $1M
- 36
$19.9M$15M1.32×Altered States
$19.9M · $15M
- 37
$19.8M$11M1.80×Cruising
$19.8M · $11M
- 38
$19M$4M4.74×The Octagon
$19M · $4M
- 39
$18M——Herbie Goes Bananas
$18M
- 40
$16.7M$14M1.19×Rough Cut
$16.7M · $14M
- 41
$16.6M$12M1.39×The Final Countdown
$16.6M · $12M
- 42
$15.9M——Hero at Large
$15.9M
- 43
$15.8M$10M1.58×The Long Riders
$15.8M · $10M
- 44
$15.7M$22M0.71×The Island
$15.7M · $22M
- 45
$14.8M$1.5M9.86×Prom Night
$14.8M · $1.5M
- 46
$14.2M——Wholly Moses
$14.2M
- 47
$13.6M——La Femme flic
$13.6M
- 48
$12.7M$7.2M1.77×Atlantic City
$12.7M · $7.2M
- 49
$12M$7.6M1.58×The Changeling
$12M · $7.6M
- 50
$11.7M$8M1.46×Used Cars
$11.7M · $8M
- 51
$11M——The Last Flight of Noah's Ark
$11M
- 52
$11M$2M5.50×Battle Beyond the Stars
$11M · $2M
- 53
$11M——The Mirror Crack'd
$11M
- 54
$11M——It's My Turn
$11M
- 55
$10.7M——The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu
$10.7M
- 56
$10.4M$10M1.04×Stardust Memories
$10.4M · $10M
- 57
$10.3M——An Ocean to Cross
$10.3M
- 58
$10M$2.5M4.00×The Hollywood Knights
$10M · $2.5M
- 59
$10M$350K28.6×Maniac
$10M · $350K
- 60
$9.9M——Serial
$9.9M
- 61
$9M——Tom Horn
$9M
- 62
$8.9M$13.2M0.67×The Formula
$8.9M · $13.2M
- 63
$8.4M——The Awakening
$8.4M
- 64
$8.2M$1M8.20×Breaker Morant
$8.2M · $1M
- 65
$7.9M——A Bad Son
$7.9M
- 66
$7.7M——Fatso
$7.7M
- 67
$7.2M$4.5M1.60×The Big Red One
$7.2M · $4.5M
- 68
$7M$36M0.19×Raise the Titanic
$7M · $36M
- 69
$7M——La Cage aux Folles II
$7M
- 70
$6.7M——Where the Buffalo Roam
$6.7M
- 71
$6.3M$3M2.11×Motel Hell
$6.3M · $3M
- 72
$6.3M——Little Miss Marker
$6.3M
- 73
$6M——Hangar 18
$6M
- 74
$5.5M$8M0.69×The Dogs of War
$5.5M · $8M
- 75
$5.3M——Divine Madness
$5.3M
- 76
$5M——Package Tour
$5M
- 77
$5M$9M0.56×The Watcher in the Woods
$5M · $9M
- 78
$4.9M$300K16.3×He Knows You're Alone
$4.9M · $300K
- 79
$4.9M$10M0.49×Saturn 3
$4.9M · $10M
- 80
$4.9M$5.5M0.88×Galaxina
$4.9M · $5.5M
- 81
$4.5M——Coast to Coast
$4.5M
- 82
$4.4M$5.5M0.80×Willie & Phil
$4.4M · $5.5M
- 83
$4.4M——Foxes
$4.4M
- 84
$4.2M$4.7M0.90×Roadie
$4.2M · $4.7M
- 85
$4.1M——Gloria
$4.1M
- 86
$4M$8M0.50×Tribute
$4M · $8M
- 87
$4M$6M0.67×Kagemusha
$4M · $6M
- 88
$3.9M——Resurrection
$3.9M
- 89
$3.8M$20M0.19×When Time Ran Out...
$3.8M · $20M
- 90
$3.5M$44M0.08×Heaven's Gate
$3.5M · $44M
- 91
$3M——North Sea Hijack
$3M
- 92
$2.5M——The Black Marble
$2.5M
- 93
$2.5M$900K2.78×Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears
$2.5M · $900K
- 94
$2.3M$5.8M0.40×Borderline
$2.3M · $5.8M
- 95
$2.1M——Windows
$2.1M
- 96
$2.1M——Children's Island
$2.1M
- 97
$2M——Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (and Don't Come Back!)
$2M
- 98
$2M$100K20.0×Cannibal Holocaust
$2M · $100K
- 99$1.2M$4.5M0.26×
Why Would I Lie?
$1.2M · $4.5M
- 100
$954K——Heart Beat
$954K