These 20 Popular Movies Dominated the Box Office in 1980
Looking back, 1980 was a wild year at the box office. Audiences lined up around the block for everything from galaxy-sized adventures to haunted hotels and blues-fueled car chases. It was the start of a blockbuster decade that proved popcorn movies could be both epic and unforgettable. Here’s a look back at the films that packed theaters and made movie history in 1980, including their box office totals.
1. ‘Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back’
Total Gross Box Office: $209,398,025
2. ‘9 to 5’
Total Gross Box Office: $103,290,500
3. ‘Stir Crazy’
Total Gross Box Office: $101,300,000
4. ‘Kramer vs. Kramer’
Total Gross Box Office: $106,260,000
5. ‘Any Which Way You Can’
Total Gross Box Office: $70,687,344
6. ‘Private Benjamin’
Total Gross Box Office: $69,847,348
7. ‘Coal Miner’s Daughter’
Total Gross Box Office: $67,182,787
8. ‘Smokey and the Bandit II’
Total Gross Box Office: $66,132,626
9. ‘The Blues Brothers’
Total Gross Box Office: $57,229,890
10. ‘Ordinary People’
Total Gross Box Office: $54,766,923
11. ‘Popeye’
Total Gross Box Office: $49,823,037
12. ‘The Shining’
Total Gross Box Office: $44,017,374
13. ‘Cheech and Chong’s Next Movie’
Total Gross Box Office: $41,675,194
14. ‘Caddyshack’
Total Gross Box Office: $39,846,344
15. ‘Friday the 13th’
Total Gross Box Office: $39,754,601
16. ‘Brubaker’
Total Gross Box Office: $37,121,708
17. ‘The Jazz Singer’
Total Gross Box Office: $27,118,000
18. ‘Flash Gordon’
Total Gross Box Office: $27,107,960
19. ‘Bronco Billy’
Total Gross Box Office: $24,265,659
20. ‘Raging Bull’
Total Gross Box Office: $23,334,953
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