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Top Movies of 1979
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Note: If the exact release date of the movie
is not known, it is recorded as January 1st.
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| Release Date |
Movie |
Distributor |
Budget |
Total US Gross |
Worldwide Gross |
January, 1979 |
| January, 1 |
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Bermuda Triangle, The |
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$22,200,000 |
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| January, 1 |
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Time After Time |
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$13,000,000 |
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| January, 1 |
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Caligula (1979) |
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$23,400,000 |
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| January, 1 |
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Love at First Bite |
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$43,900,000 |
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| January, 1 |
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Chapter Two |
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- |
$30,000,000 |
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| January, 1 |
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And Justice For All |
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$29,000,000 |
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| January, 1 |
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Concorde: Airport '79, The |
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$13,000,000 |
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| January, 1 |
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Going in Style |
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$29,900,000 |
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| January, 1 |
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Force of One, A |
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$20,200,000 |
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| January, 1 |
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Dracula (1979) |
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$21,000,000 |
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| January, 1 |
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Hanover Street |
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$3,000,000 |
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| January, 1 |
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Deer Hunter, The |
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$50,000,000 |
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| January, 1 |
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Meteor |
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$16,000,000 |
$8,400,000 |
$8,400,000 |
February, 1979 |
| February, 2 |
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Great Train Robbery, The |
MGM/UA |
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$391,942 |
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| February, 9 |
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Quintet |
20th Century Fox |
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| February, 9 |
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Agatha |
Warner Bros. |
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$7,500,000 |
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| February, 9 |
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Warriors, The |
Paramount Pictures |
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$22,490,000 |
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March, 1979 |
| March, 2 |
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Real Life |
Paramount Pictures |
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| March, 2 |
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Norma Rae |
20th Century Fox |
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$22,228,000 |
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| March, 9 |
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Passage, The |
MGM/UA |
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$70,461 |
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| March, 14 |
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Voices |
MGM/UA |
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$27,445 |
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| March, 16 |
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China Syndrome, The |
Columbia |
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$35,708,042 |
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| March, 24 |
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Hair |
Columbia |
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$13,100,000 |
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| March, 30 |
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Cage Aux Folles, La |
MGM/UA |
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$18,709 |
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| March, 30 |
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Buck Rogers in the 25th Century |
Universal |
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April, 1979 |
| April, 4 |
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Champ, The |
MGM/UA |
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$30,441,000 |
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| April, 6 |
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Perfect Couple, A |
20th Century Fox |
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| April, 25 |
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Manhattan |
MGM/UA |
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$39,946,780 |
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| April, 27 |
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Dreamer |
20th Century Fox |
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| April, 27 |
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Almost Perfect Affair, An |
Paramount Pictures |
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| April, 27 |
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Little Romance, A |
Warner Bros. |
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May, 1979 |
| May, 2 |
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Last Embrace |
MGM/UA |
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$381,119 |
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| May, 18 |
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Winter Kills |
Avco Embassy |
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| May, 25 |
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Alien |
20th Century Fox |
$11,000,000 |
$60,200,000 |
$182,900,000 |
| May, 25 |
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Prisoner of Zenda, The |
Universal |
$12,500,000 |
$7,000,000 |
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June, 1979 |
| June, 1 |
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Phantasm |
Avco Embassy |
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| June, 1 |
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Wanda Nevada |
MGM/UA |
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| June, 8 |
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Players |
Paramount Pictures |
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| June, 15 |
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Prophecy |
Paramount Pictures |
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$21,000,000 |
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| June, 15 |
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In-Laws, The (1979) |
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$38,200,000 |
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| June, 15 |
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Rocky 2 |
MGM/UA |
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$71,200,000 |
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| June, 15 |
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Goldengirl |
Avco Embassy |
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| June, 15 |
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Butch & Sundance: The Early Years |
20th Century Fox |
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| June, 22 |
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Escape from Alcatraz |
Paramount Pictures |
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$36,500,000 |
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| June, 22 |
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Muppet Movie, The |
Associated Film Distributors |
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$76,657,000 |
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| June, 22 |
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Main Event, The |
WB |
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$37,198,813 |
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| June, 22 |
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Lost and Found (1979) |
Columbia |
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$1,022,374 |
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| June, 29 |
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Meatballs |
Paramount Pictures |
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$43,000,000 |
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| June, 29 |
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Sidney Sheldon's Bloodline |
Paramount Pictures |
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| June, 29 |
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Moonraker |
MGM/UA |
$30,000,000 |
$62,700,000 |
$202,700,000 |
July, 1979 |
| July, 13 |
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Frisco Kid, The |
Warner Bros. |
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$12,000,000 |
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| July, 13 |
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Breaking Away |
20th Century Fox |
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$20,000,000 |
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| July, 13 |
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Wanderers, The |
Warner Bros. |
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| July, 20 |
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Villain, The |
Columbia |
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| July, 27 |
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Amityville Horror, The |
Filmways |
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$49,316,608 |
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August, 1979 |
| August, 3 |
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More American Graffiti |
MCA/Universal |
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$8,100,000 |
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| August, 3 |
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North Dallas Forty |
Paramount Pictures |
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| August, 10 |
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Americathon |
MGM/UA |
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| August, 10 |
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Sunburn |
Paramount Pictures |
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| August, 15 |
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Apocalypse Now |
MGM/UA |
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$78,800,000 |
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| August, 17 |
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Rich Kids |
MGM/UA |
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$53,064 |
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| August, 17 |
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Life of Brian, The |
Warner Bros. |
$4,000,000 |
$19,424,540 |
$36,000,000 |
| August, 17 |
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Seduction of Joe Tynan, The |
Universal |
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$19,000,000 |
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September, 1979 |
| September, 7 |
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Nest of Vipers |
Paramount Pictures |
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| September, 14 |
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City on Fire |
Avco Embassy |
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| September, 21 |
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Onion Field, The |
Avco Embassy |
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| September, 28 |
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When a Stranger Calls |
Columbia |
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| September, 28 |
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Man, a Woman, and a Bank, A |
Avco Embassy |
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October, 1979 |
| October, 5 |
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Starting Over |
Paramount Pictures |
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$38,200,000 |
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| October, 5 |
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10 |
Warner Bros. |
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$52,134,699 |
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| October, 5 |
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Runner Stumbles, The |
20th Century Fox |
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| October, 5 |
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Nosferatu the Vampyre |
20th Century Fox |
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| October, 5 |
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Luna |
20th Century Fox |
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| October, 26 |
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Great Santini, The |
Warner Bros. |
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$7,000,000 |
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November, 1979 |
| November, 2 |
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Running |
Universal |
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| November, 2 |
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Fish That Saved Pittsburgh, The |
MGM/UA |
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$12,922 |
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| November, 7 |
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Rose, The |
Fox |
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$29,200,000 |
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December, 1979 |
| December, 7 |
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Star Trek: The Motion Picture |
Paramount Pictures |
$35,000,000 |
$82,258,456 |
$139,000,000 |
| December, 14 |
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Zulu Dawn |
American Cinema Releasing |
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| December, 14 |
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Wise Blood |
New Line |
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| December, 14 |
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1941 |
Universal |
$35,000,000 |
$34,175,000 |
$34,175,000 |
| December, 14 |
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Jerk, The |
Universal |
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$72,600,000 |
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| December, 16 |
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Human Factor, The |
MGM/UA |
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| December, 19 |
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Roller Boogie |
MGM/UA |
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$775,133 |
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| December, 19 |
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Electric Horseman, The |
Sony |
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$42,670,138 |
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| December, 19 |
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Kramer vs. Kramer |
Columbia |
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$106,260,000 |
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| December, 19 |
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Being There |
MGM/UA |
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| December, 20 |
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All That Jazz |
20th Century Fox |
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$86,229 |
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| December, 21 |
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Black Hole, The |
Walt Disney Co. |
$20,000,000 |
$35,841,901 |
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| December, 21 |
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Cuba (1979) |
MGM/UA |
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$527,540 |
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