Box Office
Domestic box office · 1979
The top-grossing releases of the year. Switch between worldwide, domestic, and international — every figure shown both as reported and adjusted for inflation, so films from any era are directly comparable.
This Weekend at the box office
Domestic Friday–Sunday weekend chart · July 24-26, 2026.
| # | Title | Weekend gross | %± LW | Theaters | Total gross | Wk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The OdysseyUniversal Pictures | $87.0M | -29.6% | 3,942 | $286.4M | 2 |
| 2 | MoanaWalt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | $10.5M | -41.5% | 4,015 | $102.5M | 3 |
| 3 | Toy Story 5Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | $10.0M | -27.3% | 3,375 | $448.6M | 6 |
| 4 | Hadestown: The MusicalBleecker Street Media | $9.7M | — | 1,949 | $9.7M | 1 |
| 5 | Minions & MonstersUniversal Pictures | $9.6M | -29.4% | 3,386 | $155.4M | 4 |
| 6 | The InviteA24 | $2.6M | -25.4% | 2,032 | $19.8M | 5 |
| 7 | Evil Dead BurnWarner Bros. | $2.6M | -44.9% | 2,385 | $29.2M | 3 |
| 8 | Young WashingtonAngel | $2.0M | -44.3% | 2,029 | $45.0M | 4 |
| 9 | Motor CityIFC Films | $1.6M | — | 1,600 | $1.6M | 1 |
| 10 | ObsessionFocus Features | $1.5M | -37.4% | 1,203 | $261.4M | 11 |
| 11 | Jana NayaganPrime Media Pictures | $1.4M | — | 415 | $1.4M | 1 |
| 12 | Disclosure DayUniversal Pictures | $650K | -51.7% | 922 | $116.0M | 7 |
| 13 | SupergirlWarner Bros. | $630K | -57.3% | 902 | $71.5M | 5 |
| 14 | Her Private HellNeon | $530K | — | 675 | $530K | 1 |
| 15 | BackroomsA24 | $326K | -52.6% | 552 | $196.8M | 9 |
| 16 | Pinocchio: UnstrungViva Pictures | $296K | — | 505 | $296K | 1 |
| 17 | Scary MovieParamount Pictures | $126K | -49.1% | 141 | $108.2M | 8 |
| 18 | Jackass: Best and LastParamount Pictures | $87K | -62.3% | 144 | $18.2M | 5 |
| 19 | Star Wars: The Mandalorian and GroguWalt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | $73K | -36.7% | 60 | $177.7M | 10 |
| 20 | Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the WorldKino Lorber | $54K | +8.7% | 39 | $280K | 4 |
| 21 | Reading Lolita in TehranGreenwich Entertainment | $48K | +863.1% | 113 | $73K | 3 |
| 22 | Sheep in the BoxNeon | $33K | — | 3 | $33K | 1 |
| 23 | American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis ValdezInsignia Films | $32K | +330% | 13 | $41K | 2 |
| 24 | Jack Johnson: SURFILMUSIC ProductionsEvan Saxon | $28K | — | 1 | $28K | 8 |
| 25 | Gail Daughtry and the CelebritySony Pictures Classics Sex Pass | $15K | -86.6% | 25 | $1.4M | 3 |
| 26 | The Death of Robin HoodA24 | $14K | -14.5% | 16 | $5.3M | 6 |
| 27 | The Hole 2026 Re-releaseBig World Pictures | $11K | +258% | 3 | $30K | 3 |
| 28 | The Piano 2026 4K Re-releaseSony Pictures Classics | $9K | — | 2 | $9K | 1 |
| 29 | A Sad and Beautiful WorldMPI Media Group | $9K | — | 1 | $9K | 1 |
| 30 | The FloatersBrainstorm Media | $7K | -25.3% | 9 | $37K | 3 |
| 31 | The Kidnapping of ArabellaOscilloscope | $5K | -49.5% | 3 | $17K | 2 |
Friday–Sunday weekend grosses (the 3-day chart). Domestic, per Box Office Mojo. Figures are as reported (not inflation-adjusted).
Showing each gross as originally reported.
| # | Title | Domestic | Adjusted for inflation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kramer vs. Kramer | $106.3M | $484.1M |
| 2 | The Amityville Horror | $86.4M | $393.7M |
| 3 | Rocky II | $85.2M | $388.0M |
| 4 | Star Trek: The Motion Picture | $82.3M | $374.7M |
| 5 | Alien | $78.9M | $359.6M |
| 6 | Apocalypse Now | $78.8M | $358.9M |
| 7 | 10 | $74.9M | $341.0M |
| 8 | The Jerk | $73.7M | $335.7M |
| 9 | Moonraker | $70.3M | $320.3M |
| 10 | The Muppet Movie | $65.2M | $297.0M |
| 11 | The Electric Horseman | $61.8M | $281.5M |
| 12 | The China Syndrome | $51.7M | $235.6M |
| 13 | Meatballs | $43.0M | $196.1M |
| 14 | Escape from Alcatraz | $43.0M | $195.9M |
| 15 | The Main Event | $42.8M | $195.0M |
| 16 | Manhattan | $39.9M | $182.0M |
| 17 | All That Jazz | $37.8M | $172.3M |
| 18 | The Black Stallion | $37.8M | $172.2M |
| 19 | The Black Hole | $35.8M | $163.3M |
| 20 | Starting Over | $35.6M | $162.4M |
| 21 | And Justice for All | $33.3M | $151.7M |
| 22 | 1941 | $31.8M | $144.7M |
| 23 | The Champ | $30.4M | $138.7M |
| 24 | Being There | $30.2M | $137.5M |
| 25 | The Rose | $29.2M | $132.9M |
| 26 | Going in Style | $26.9M | $122.4M |
| 27 | North Dallas Forty | $26.1M | $118.8M |
| 28 | The Warriors | $22.5M | $102.5M |
| 29 | Norma Rae | $22.2M | $101.3M |
| 30 | Buck Rogers in the 25th Century | $21.7M | $98.7M |
| 31 | National Lampoon's Animal House 1979 Re-release | $21.5M | $98.0M |
| 32 | The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again | $20.9M | $95.4M |
| 33 | La Cage aux Folles | $20.4M | $93.0M |
| 34 | Dracula | $20.2M | $91.8M |
| 35 | When a Stranger Calls | $20.1M | $91.8M |
| 36 | Same Time, Next Year | $19.7M | $89.8M |
| 37 | The Seduction of Joe Tynan | $19.6M | $89.3M |
| 38 | Monty Python's Life of Brian | $19.4M | $88.4M |
| 39 | One Hundred and One Dalmatians 1979 Re-release | $19.0M | $86.6M |
| 40 | Prophecy | $18.4M | $83.8M |
| 41 | Breaking Away | $16.4M | $74.8M |
| 42 | Hair | $15.3M | $69.6M |
| 43 | More American Graffiti | $15.0M | $68.4M |
| 44 | Roller Boogie | $13.3M | $60.4M |
| 45 | The Great Train Robbery | $13.0M | $59.3M |
| 46 | The Concorde... Airport '79 | $13.0M | $59.3M |
| 47 | Phantasm | $12.0M | $54.6M |
| 48 | The Promise | $11.6M | $52.9M |
| 49 | The Legacy | $11.4M | $51.8M |
| 50 | Fiddler on the Roof 1979 Re-release | $10.4M | $47.4M |
| 51 | The Onion Field | $9.9M | $45.1M |
| 52 | The Frisco Kid | $9.3M | $42.6M |
| 53 | Meteor | $8.4M | $38.3M |
| 54 | The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh | $8.3M | $37.7M |
| 55 | Bloodline | $8.2M | $37.4M |
| 56 | The Prisoner of Zenda | $7.7M | $34.9M |
| 57 | Agatha | $7.5M | $34.2M |
| 58 | Americathon | $6.2M | $28.1M |
| 59 | Running | $6.0M | $27.4M |
| 60 | Cuba | $5.6M | $25.6M |
| 61 | Butch and Sundance: The Early Days | $5.1M | $23.4M |
| 62 | Players | $4.9M | $22.3M |
| 63 | The Great Santini | $4.7M | $21.4M |
| 64 | Yanks | $3.9M | $17.9M |
| 65 | Lost and Found | $3.2M | $14.7M |
| 66 | Hanover Street | $3.0M | $13.7M |
| 67 | Voices | $2.6M | $12.0M |
| 68 | Wanda Nevada | $2.4M | $11.0M |
| 69 | Sunburn | $2.4M | $11.0M |
| 70 | Rich Kids | $1.9M | $8.5M |
| 71 | Walk Proud | $1.7M | $7.6M |
| 72 | Last Embrace | $1.5M | $7.0M |
| 73 | Goldengirl | $1.2M | $5.7M |
| 74 | The Passage | $1.1M | $5.0M |
| 75 | Winter Kills | $1.1M | $4.9M |
| 76 | City on Fire | $784K | $3.6M |
| 77 | A Man, a Woman and a Bank | $683K | $3.1M |
| 78 | Five Days from Home | $642K | $2.9M |
| 79 | Fast Charlie... the Moonbeam Rider | $444K | $2.0M |
| 80 | The Human Factor | $376K | $1.7M |
| 81 | Real Life | $365K | $1.7M |
| 82 | An Almost Perfect Affair | $85K | $389K |
| 83 | Nest of Vipers | $27K | $124K |
| 84 | The Milky Way | $3K | $13K |
“Adjusted for inflation” restates each gross in today’s dollars using US CPI-U annual averages. Domestic and international views are re-ranked from the year’s top releases; some early years report domestic-only figures.