Box Office

Top Grossing English Movies in 1979

Rank	Title	Genre(s)	Domestic	Worldwide
1	Moonraker	Action Adventure Sci-Fi	$70,308,099	$210,308,099
2	Alien	Horror Sci-Fi	$84,206,106	$109,102,567
3	Kramer vs. Kramer	Drama	$106,260,000	$106,260,000
4	Apocalypse Now	Action Drama War	$96,042,913	$105,119,378
5	1941	Action Comedy War	$31,755,742	$92,455,742
6	The Amityville Horror	Horror	$86,432,000	$86,432,000
7	Rocky II	Drama Sport	$85,182,160	$85,187,855
8	Star Trek: The Motion Picture	Adventure Sci-Fi Mystery	$82,604,699	$82,676,805
9	The Jerk	Comedy	$73,691,419	$73,691,419
10	The Muppet Movie	Adventure Comedy Family	$66,458,405	$66,459,666
11	The Electric Horseman	Drama Comedy Romance	$61,801,971	$61,801,971
12	The China Syndrome	Drama Thriller	$51,718,367	$51,718,485
13	Love at First Bite	Comedy	$43,885,000	$43,885,000
14	Meatballs	Comedy	$43,046,003	$43,046,003
15	Escape from Alcatraz	Biography Drama Thriller	$43,000,000	$43,005,351
16	The Main Event	Romance Comedy	$42,800,000	$42,800,000
17	Manhattan	Drama Comedy Romance	$39,946,780	$40,194,067
18	All That Jazz	Drama Fantasy Music	$37,823,676	$37,824,824
19	The Black Hole	Action Sci-Fi	$35,841,901	$35,841,901
20	...and justice for all.	Drama Thriller Crime	$33,300,000	$33,300,000
21	The Champ	Drama Sport	$30,441,738	$30,441,738
22	Being There	Drama Comedy	$30,177,511	$30,179,435
23	Going in Style	Drama Comedy	$26,869,286	$26,869,286
24	North Dallas Forty	Drama Sport Comedy	$26,079,312	$26,079,312
25	The Warriors	Action Thriller	$22,490,039	$22,495,288
26	Norma Rae	Drama	$22,228,000	$22,228,000
27	Buck Rogers in the 25th Century	Action Adventure Sci-Fi	$21,671,241	$21,671,241
28	When a Stranger Calls	Drama Mystery Thriller	$21,411,158	$21,411,158
29	The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again	Comedy Western Family	$20,931,111	$20,931,111
30	Monty Python's Life of Brian	Comedy	$20,206,622	$20,833,252
31	Dracula	Horror Romance	$20,158,970	$20,158,970
32	The Seduction of Joe Tynan	Drama	$19,595,168	$19,595,168
33	Prophecy	Sci-Fi Thriller Horror	$18,389,402	$18,389,402
34	Breaking Away	Drama Sport Comedy	$16,424,918	$16,424,918
35	Hair	Drama Comedy Musical	$15,284,643	$15,314,211
36	More American Graffiti	Drama Comedy War	$15,014,674	$15,014,674
37	Roller Boogie	Drama Comedy Music	$13,253,715	$13,253,715
38	The Great Train Robbery	Adventure Drama Thriller	$13,027,857	$13,027,857
39	The Concorde… Airport ’79	Thriller Action Drama	$13,015,688	$13,015,688
40	Phantasm	Sci-Fi Fantasy Horror	$11,988,469	$11,988,469
41	The Onion Field	Drama Crime	$9,890,597	$9,890,597
42	The Frisco Kid	Drama Comedy Western	$9,346,177	$9,346,177
43	Meteor	Action Sci-Fi Drama	$8,400,000	$8,400,000
44	The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh	Sport Comedy	$8,281,246	$8,281,246
45	Bloodline	Crime Thriller	$8,218,695	$8,218,695
46	The Prisoner of Zenda	Comedy Adventure Action	$7,650,600	$7,650,600
47	Agatha	Mystery Drama Thriller	$7,500,000	$7,500,000
48	Americathon	Comedy	$6,171,763	$6,171,763
49	Running	Drama	$6,012,556	$6,012,556
50	Butch and Sundance: The Early Days	Western Comedy	$5,136,913	$5,136,913