Top Grossing Drama Movies in 1979
| Rank | Title | Language | Domestic | Worldwide |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kramer vs. Kramer |  EN | $106,260,000 | $106,260,000 |
| 2 | Apocalypse Now | EN | $96,042,913 | $105,119,378 |
| 3 | Rocky II | EN | $85,182,160 | $85,187,855 |
| 4 | The Electric Horseman | EN | $61,801,971 | $61,801,971 |
| 5 | The China Syndrome | EN | $51,718,367 | $51,718,485 |
| 6 | Escape from Alcatraz | EN | $43,000,000 | $43,005,351 |
| 7 | Manhattan | EN | $39,946,780 | $40,194,067 |
| 8 | All That Jazz | EN | $37,823,676 | $37,824,824 |
| 9 | ...and justice for all. | EN | $33,300,000 | $33,300,000 |
| 10 | The Champ | EN | $30,441,738 | $30,441,738 |
| 11 | Being There | EN | $30,177,511 | $30,179,435 |
| 12 | The Rose |  IN | $29,174,648 | $29,174,648 |
| 13 | Going in Style | EN | $26,869,286 | $26,869,286 |
| 14 | North Dallas Forty | EN | $26,079,312 | $26,079,312 |
| 15 | Norma Rae | EN | $22,228,000 | $22,228,000 |
| 16 | When a Stranger Calls | EN | $21,411,158 | $21,411,158 |
| 17 | The Seduction of Joe Tynan | EN | $19,595,168 | $19,595,168 |
| 18 | Breaking Away | EN | $16,424,918 | $16,424,918 |
| 19 | Hair | EN | $15,284,643 | $15,314,211 |
| 20 | More American Graffiti | EN | $15,014,674 | $15,014,674 |
| 21 | Roller Boogie | EN | $13,253,715 | $13,253,715 |
| 22 | The Great Train Robbery | EN | $13,027,857 | $13,027,857 |
| 23 | The Concorde… Airport ’79 | EN | $13,015,688 | $13,015,688 |
| 24 | The Onion Field | EN | $9,890,597 | $9,890,597 |
| 25 | The Frisco Kid | EN | $9,346,177 | $9,346,177 |
| 26 | Meteor | EN | $8,400,000 | $8,400,000 |
| 27 | Agatha | EN | $7,500,000 | $7,500,000 |
| 28 | Running | EN | $6,012,556 | $6,012,556 |
| 29 | Players | EN | $4,896,094 | $4,896,094 |
| 30 | The Great Santini | EN | $4,702,575 | $4,702,575 |
| 31 | Yanks | EN | $3,931,010 | $3,931,010 |
| 32 | Hanover Street | EN | $3,000,000 | $3,000,000 |
| 33 | Voices | EN | $2,631,244 | $2,631,244 |
| 34 | Rich Kids | EN | $1,856,122 | $1,856,122 |
| 35 | Walk Proud | EN | $1,675,040 | $1,675,040 |
| 36 | Goldengirl | EN | $1,247,376 | $1,247,376 |
| 37 | Winter Kills | EN | $1,161,386 | $1,161,848 |
| 38 | The Passage | EN | $1,101,186 | $1,101,186 |
| 39 | Stalker |  RU | $292,049 | $455,992 |
| 40 | The Human Factor | EN | $376,050 | $376,050 |
| 41 | An Almost Perfect Affair | EN | $85,493 | $85,493 |
| 42 | Christ Stopped at Eboli |  IT | $78,736 | $78,736 |
| 43 | Vengeance Is Mine | EN | $11,891 | $21,452 |
| 44 | The Wanderers | $14,492 | $14,492 | |
| 45 | The Marriage of Maria Braun |  DE | $8,144 | $12,119 |
| 46 | Don Giovanni | IT | - | $9,519 |
| 47 | Scum | EN | $6,461 | $6,461 |
| 48 | Serie Noire |  FR | $5,633 | $5,633 |
| 49 | Nosferatu the Vampyre | DE | - | $3,451 |
| 50 | Quadrophenia | EN | - | $2,778 |
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