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Top Movies of 1980
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Movies ]
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, 1980 |
| January, 1 |
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Exterminator, The |
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$5,000,000 |
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| January, 1 |
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North Sea Hijack |
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$4,000,000 |
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| January, 1 |
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In Search of Historic Jesus |
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$22,000,000 |
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| January, 1 |
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It's My Turn |
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$11,000,000 |
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| January, 1 |
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Kagemusha |
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$4,000,000 |
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| January, 1 |
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Maniac |
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$350,000 |
$10,000,000 |
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| January, 1 |
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Up the Academy |
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$10,000,000 |
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| January, 1 |
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Changeling, The |
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$12,000,000 |
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| January, 1 |
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Hangar 18 |
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$11,000,000 |
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| January, 1 |
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Mountain Men, The |
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$6,000,000 |
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| January, 1 |
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Octagon, The |
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$19,000,000 |
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| January, 1 |
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Saturn 3 |
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$9,000,000 |
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| January, 1 |
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Simon |
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$6,000,000 |
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| January, 1 |
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Terror Train |
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$3,500,000 |
$8,000,000 |
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| January, 1 |
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Tom Horn |
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$9,000,000 |
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| January, 1 |
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Middle Age Crazy |
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$13,000,000 |
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| January, 1 |
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Lion of the Desert |
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$35,000,000 |
$1,500,000 |
$1,500,000 |
| January, 1 |
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Dressed to Kill |
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$31,899,000 |
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| January, 1 |
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Cruising |
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$13,600,000 |
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| January, 1 |
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Black Marble, The |
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$2,500,000 |
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| January, 1 |
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Mirror Crack'd, The |
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$11,000,000 |
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| January, 1 |
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Atlantic City |
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$10,000,000 |
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| January, 1 |
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Hollywood Knights, The |
Columbia |
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$10,000,000 |
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| January, 1 |
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Hopscotch |
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$13,000,000 |
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| January, 1 |
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Willie and Phil |
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$4,400,000 |
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| January, 1 |
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Hardly Working |
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$18,000,000 |
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| January, 1 |
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Final Countdown, The |
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$16,647,000 |
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| January, 1 |
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Herbie Goes Bananas |
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$17,000,000 |
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| January, 1 |
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Hunter, The |
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$16,274,000 |
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| January, 1 |
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Can't Stop the Music |
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$20,000,000 |
$2,000,000 |
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| January, 1 |
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Foolin' Around |
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$2,000,000 |
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| January, 1 |
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Die Laughing |
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$4,000,000 |
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| January, 1 |
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How to Beat the High Co$t of Living |
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$7,500,000 |
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| January, 1 |
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Windwalker |
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$18,000,000 |
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| January, 18 |
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Heartbeat |
Warner Bros. |
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$74,303 |
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| January, 18 |
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Windows |
MGM/UA |
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$2,200,000 |
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| January, 25 |
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Guyana: Cult of the Damned |
Universal |
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$1,668,965 |
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February, 1980 |
| February, 1 |
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American Gigolo |
Paramount Pictures |
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$23,000,000 |
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| February, 1 |
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Fog, The |
Avco Embassy |
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$21,378,000 |
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| February, 1 |
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My Brilliant Career |
Analysis |
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| February, 1 |
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Fatso |
20th Century Fox |
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$7,000,000 |
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| February, 8 |
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Hero At Large |
MGM/UA |
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$10,600,000 |
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| February, 8 |
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Just Tell Me What You Want |
Warner Bros. |
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$197,230 |
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| February, 8 |
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Last Married Couple in America, The |
Universal |
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$14,000,000 |
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| February, 8 |
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Midnight Madness |
Buena Vista |
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| February, 29 |
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Foxes |
MGM/UA |
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$4,400,000 |
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| February, 29 |
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Leo and Loree |
MGM/UA |
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March, 1980 |
| March, 7 |
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Coal Miner's Daughter |
Universal |
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$58,213,833 |
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| March, 12 |
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Small Circle of Friends, A |
MGM/UA |
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$80,000 |
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| March, 20 |
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Nijinsky (1980) |
Paramount Pictures |
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| March, 21 |
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Mad Max |
Filmways |
$200,000 |
$8,750,000 |
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| March, 21 |
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Little Darlings |
Paramount Pictures |
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$34,326,000 |
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| March, 21 |
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Little Miss Marker |
Universal |
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$8,200,000 |
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| March, 21 |
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Hide in Plain Sight |
MGM/UA |
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$4,000,000 |
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| March, 28 |
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Serial, The |
Paramount Pictures |
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$13,000,000 |
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| March, 28 |
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Gilda Live |
Warner Bros. |
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$2,000,000 |
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| March, 28 |
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When Time Ran Out |
Warner Bros. |
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$4,000,000 |
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April, 1980 |
| April, 18 |
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Ffolkes |
Universal |
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$805,511 |
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| April, 25 |
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Where the Buffalo Roam |
Universal |
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$6,659,377 |
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May, 1980 |
| May, 9 |
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Friday the 13th |
Paramount Pictures |
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$39,754,601 |
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| May, 9 |
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Nude Bomb, The |
Universal |
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$14,662,000 |
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| May, 16 |
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Long Riders, The |
MGM/UA |
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$15,795,000 |
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| May, 16 |
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Fame |
MGM/UA |
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$21,202,000 |
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| May, 16 |
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Home Movies |
MGM/UA |
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| May, 21 |
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Empire Strikes Back, The |
20th Century Fox |
$23,000,000 |
$290,271,960 |
$534,200,000 |
| May, 23 |
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Carny |
MGM/UA |
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| May, 23 |
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Shining, The |
Warner Bros. |
$19,000,000 |
$75,500,000 |
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| May, 23 |
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Gong Show Movie, The |
Universal |
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$1,476,425 |
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June, 1980 |
| June, 6 |
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Urban Cowboy |
Paramount |
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$39,568,124 |
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| June, 11 |
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Bronco Billy |
Warner Bros. |
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$30,000,000 |
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| June, 13 |
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Wholly Moses |
Columbia |
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$13,000,000 |
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| June, 13 |
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Roadie |
MGM/UA |
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$1,002,263 |
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| June, 13 |
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Island, The |
Universal |
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$15,716,000 |
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| June, 19 |
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Rough Cut |
Paramount Pictures |
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$16,656,000 |
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| June, 20 |
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Blue Lagoon, The |
Universal |
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$47,923,795 |
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| June, 20 |
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Brubaker |
20th Century Fox |
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$39,000,000 |
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| June, 20 |
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Blues Brothers, The |
Universal |
$27,000,000 |
$54,200,000 |
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July, 1980 |
| July, 4 |
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Airplane! |
Paramount |
$3,500,000 |
$67,486,833 |
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| July, 11 |
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Oh, Heavenly Dog |
20th Century Fox |
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$7,000,000 |
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| July, 11 |
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My Bodyguard |
20th Century Fox |
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$22,482,000 |
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| July, 18 |
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Cheech and Chong's Next Movie |
Universal |
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$31,835,382 |
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| July, 18 |
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Used Cars |
Columbia |
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$11,700,000 |
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| July, 18 |
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Big Red One, The |
MGM/UA |
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$4,400,000 |
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| July, 18 |
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Honeysuckle Rose |
Warner Bros. |
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$17,815,000 |
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| July, 25 |
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Caddyshack |
Warner Bros. |
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$39,800,000 |
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August, 1980 |
| August, 1 |
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Raise the Titanic |
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$40,000,000 |
$7,000,000 |
$7,000,000 |
| August, 8 |
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Xanadu |
Universal |
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$22,762,000 |
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| August, 8 |
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Why Would I Lie? |
MGM/UA |
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$52,473 |
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| August, 8 |
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Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu, The |
Warner Bros. |
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$11,000,000 |
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| August, 15 |
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Smokey and the Bandit II |
Universal |
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$64,663,388 |
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| August, 15 |
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Prom Night |
Avco Embassy |
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$12,000,000 |
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| August, 15 |
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Those Lips, Those Eyes |
MGM/UA |
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$63,766 |
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| August, 29 |
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Big Brawl, The |
Warner Bros. |
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$4,000,000 |
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| August, 29 |
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He Knows You're Alone |
MGM/UA |
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$748,824 |
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September, 1980 |
| September, 19 |
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Ordinary People |
Paramount |
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$38,426,448 |
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| September, 26 |
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Phobia |
Paramount Pictures |
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| September, 26 |
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In God We Trust |
Universal |
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$2,008,150 |
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| September, 26 |
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Divine Madness |
Warner Bros. |
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$769,787 |
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| September, 26 |
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Stardust Memories |
MGM/UA |
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$10,389,003 |
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| September, 26 |
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Resurrection |
Universal |
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$308,068 |
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October, 1980 |
| October, 1 |
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Gloria (1980) |
Columbia |
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$47,019 |
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| October, 3 |
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Oh God! Book II |
Warner Bros. |
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$14,504,000 |
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| October, 3 |
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Somewhere in Time |
Universal |
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$9,070,000 |
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| October, 3 |
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Coast to Coast |
Paramount Pictures |
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| October, 3 |
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Elephant Man, The |
Paramount Pictures |
$5,000,000 |
$26,000,000 |
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| October, 3 |
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One Trick Pony |
Warner Bros. |
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$150,809 |
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| October, 10 |
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Private Benjamin |
Warner Bros. |
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$57,166,882 |
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| October, 24 |
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Motel Hell |
MGM/UA |
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$1,924,776 |
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| October, 24 |
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Loving Couples |
20th Century Fox |
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$1,010,181 |
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| October, 24 |
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Melvin and Howard |
Universal |
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| October, 31 |
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Awakening, The |
Warner Bros. |
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$8,000,000 |
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November, 1980 |
| November, 14 |
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Raging Bull |
MGM/UA |
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$30,000,000 |
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| November, 14 |
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Idolmaker, The |
MGM/UA |
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$318,403 |
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| November, 19 |
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Heaven's Gate |
United Artists |
$44,000,000 |
$1,500,000 |
$1,500,000 |
December, 1980 |
| December, 3 |
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Competition, The |
Columbia |
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$13,000,000 |
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| December, 5 |
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Flash Gordon |
Universal |
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$27,107,000 |
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| December, 12 |
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Popeye |
Paramount Pictures |
$20,000,000 |
$49,823,037 |
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| December, 12 |
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Tess |
Columbia |
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$20,093,000 |
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| December, 12 |
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Stir Crazy |
Columbia |
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$101,300,000 |
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| December, 17 |
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Mon Oncle D'Amerique |
New World |
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| December, 17 |
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Any Which Way You Can |
Warner Bros. |
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$70,700,000 |
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| December, 19 |
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Inside Moves |
Associated Film Distribution |
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| December, 19 |
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Formula, The |
MGM/UA |
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$9,000,000 |
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| December, 19 |
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Tribute |
20th Century Fox |
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$9,000,000 |
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| December, 19 |
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Seems Like Old Times |
Columbia |
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$23,200,000 |
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| December, 19 |
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9 to 5 |
20th Century Fox |
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$103,290,500 |
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| December, 25 |
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First Family |
Warner Bros. |
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$3,635,564 |
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| December, 25 |
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Altered States |
Warner Bros. |
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$25,500,000 |
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