#1 of 5 1980 · Comedy
$103.3M worldwide · 41% of the chart's total
9 to 5 (1980) is the highest-grossing English-language movie released in week 51 of 1980 (Dec 14–20), with $103.3M worldwide, ahead of Any Which Way You Can (1980) at $70.7M and Seems Like Old Times (1980) at $44M. 5 English-language films released that week report a worldwide gross, $254M in all, 100% of it from the US & Canada. One film crossed $100 million; none reached $1 billion. By genre, Comedy leads with $218M across 3 English releases.
#1 of 5 1980 · Comedy
$103.3M worldwide · 41% of the chart's total
9 to 5 (1980) leads with $103.3M, 41% of the total. The top 5 together took $254M, almost all of what the 5 films earned. Each bar splits a film's gross into the US & Canada and the rest of the world.
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Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada. Films are grouped by their release date in week 51 of 1980 (Dec 14–20).
Dec 19, 1980 US and Canada: $103.3M Rest of the world: $13K Worldwide: $103.3M
Dec 17, 1980 US and Canada: $70.7M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $70.7M
Dec 19, 1980 US and Canada: $44M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $44M
Dec 19, 1980 US and Canada: $27.1M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $27.1M
Dec 19, 1980 US and Canada: $8.9M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $8.9M Of the top 5, Any Which Way You Can (1980) earned the biggest share at home (100% in the US & Canada), while 9 to 5 (1980) made <1% of its gross abroad. Across all 5 films, $254M (100%) came from the US & Canada.
Week 51 releases took $254M. The biggest of these 9 weeks is week 51 (Dec 14–20) with $254M, led by 9 to 5 (1980).
Of these 10 years, Week 51, 1979 earned the most: $286.1M from 8 films, led by Kramer vs. Kramer (1979). Week 51, 1980 took $254M.
| Week | Films | Worldwide | Change | Biggest film |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week 51, 1971 Dec 12–18 1 film | 1 | $844 | – | Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971) $844 |
| Week 51, 1972 Dec 10–16 1 film · +10019227% | 1 | $84.6M | +10019227% | The Poseidon Adventure (1972) $84.6M |
| Week 51, 1973 Dec 16–22 2 films · −15% | 2 | $71.6M | −15% | Papillon (1973) $53.3M |
| Week 51, 1974 Dec 15–21 4 films · +212% | 4 | $223.3M | +212% | The Towering Inferno (1974) $116M |
| Week 51, 1975 Dec 14–20 2 films · −100% | 2 | $296.6K | −100% | Barry Lyndon (1975) $283.9K |
| Week 51, 1976 Dec 12–18 3 films · +56019% | 3 | $166.4M | +56019% | A Star Is Born (1976) $80M |
| Week 51, 1977 Dec 11–17 2 films · +43% | 2 | $237.3M | +43% | Saturday Night Fever (1977) $237.1M |
| Week 51, 1978 Dec 17–23 5 films · −44% | 5 | $133.4M | −44% | Every Which Way But Loose (1978) $85.2M |
| Week 51, 1979 Dec 16–22 8 films · +114% | 8 | $286.1M | +114% | Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) $106.3M |
| Week 51, 1980 Dec 14–20 5 films · −11% | 5 | $254M | −11% | 9 to 5 (1980) $103.3M |
46 weeks of 1980 with reported grosses; the biggest is week 21 (May 18–24) with $606.4M, led by Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980).
The chart's numbers in short: the #1 film, the total, the billion-dollar hits and the US & Canada share, answered from the same 5 films as the chart.
9 to 5 (1980) leads with $103.3M worldwide, $103.3M of it in the US & Canada. Next come Any Which Way You Can (1980) at $70.7M and Seems Like Old Times (1980) at $44M.
5 English-language films released in week 51 of 1980 (Dec 14–20) report a worldwide gross, $254M in all, or $50.8M per film on average.
None. 1 film crossed $100 million, led by 9 to 5 (1980) with $103.3M.
Films are ranked by lifetime worldwide gross in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation, and grouped by their release date in week 51 of 1980 (Dec 14–20). The figures are the reported box office grosses in our database. A gross that looks misattributed, such as one figure shared by two unrelated films or a blockbuster total on an obscure title, is left out rather than shown as a fact, and so are films whose stored language is most likely wrong.
Grosses change while films are in theaters and whenever a new figure is reported; this chart reads the latest numbers in our database, so an older film can still move after a re-release.