Yearly box office · films released in
1979
| # | Film | Studio | Total gross | Opening |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iron Man 3 | BV | $409,013,994 | $174,144,585 |
| 2 | Despicable Me 2 | Uni. | $363,770,885 | $83,517,315 |
| 3 | Man of Steel | WB | $291,045,518 | $116,619,362 |
| 4 | Monsters University | BV | $267,497,037 | $82,429,469 |
| 5 | Fast & Furious 6 | Uni. | $238,679,850 | $97,375,245 |
| 6 | Oz The Great and Powerful | BV | $234,911,825 | $79,110,453 |
| 7 | Star Trek Into Darkness | Par. | $228,778,661 | $70,165,559 |
| 8 | World War Z | Par. | $202,359,711 | $66,411,834 |
| 9 | The Croods | Fox | $187,168,425 | $43,639,736 |
| 10 | Gravity | WB | $171,968,814 | $55,785,112 |
| 11 | The Heat | Fox | $159,409,066 | $39,115,043 |
| 12 | We're the Millers | WB | $147,771,598 | $26,419,396 |
| 13 | The Great Gatsby (2013) | WB | $144,840,419 | $50,085,185 |
| 14 | The Conjuring | WB | $137,348,338 | $41,855,326 |
| 15 | Identity Thief | Uni. | $134,506,920 | $34,551,025 |
| 16 | Grown Ups 2 | Sony | $133,123,820 | $41,508,572 |
| 17 | The Wolverine | Fox | $132,094,005 | $53,113,752 |
| 18 | G.I. Joe: Retaliation | Par. | $122,523,060 | $40,501,814 |
| 19 | Now You See Me | LG/S | $117,723,989 | $29,350,389 |
| 20 | Lee Daniels' The Butler | Wein. | $114,323,432 | $24,637,312 |
| 21 | The Hangover Part III | WB | $112,200,072 | $41,671,198 |
| 22 | Epic | Fox | $107,518,682 | $33,531,068 |
| 23 | Pacific Rim | WB | $101,802,906 | $37,285,325 |
| 24 | This is the End | Sony | $101,470,202 | $20,719,162 |
| 25 | Olympus Has Fallen | FD | $98,925,640 | $30,373,794 |
| 26 | 42 | WB | $95,020,213 | $27,487,144 |
| 27 | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 | Sony | $93,174,481 | $34,017,930 |
| 28 | Elysium | TriS | $92,468,066 | $29,807,393 |
| 29 | The Lone Ranger | BV | $89,302,115 | $29,210,849 |
| 30 | Oblivion | Uni. | $89,107,235 | $37,054,485 |
| 31 | Planes | BV | $88,711,674 | $22,232,291 |
| 32 | Turbo | Fox | $82,635,572 | $21,312,625 |
| 33 | Insidious Chapter 2 | FD | $80,982,310 | $40,272,103 |
| 34 | 2 Guns | Uni. | $75,582,815 | $27,059,130 |
| 35 | White House Down | Sony | $73,103,784 | $24,852,258 |
| 36 | Mama | Uni. | $71,628,180 | $28,402,310 |
| 37 | Safe Haven | Rela. | $71,349,120 | $21,401,594 |
| 38 | The Smurfs 2 | Sony | $70,630,586 | $17,548,389 |
| 39 | A Good Day to Die Hard | Fox | $67,349,198 | $24,834,845 |
| 40 | Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters | Fox | $66,941,702 | $14,401,054 |
| 41 | Warm Bodies | LG/S | $66,380,662 | $20,353,967 |
| 42 | Jack the Giant Slayer | WB (NL) | $65,187,603 | $27,202,226 |
| 43 | The Purge | Uni. | $64,473,115 | $34,058,360 |
| 44 | After Earth | Sony | $60,522,097 | $27,520,040 |
| 45 | Prisoners | WB | $57,436,421 | $20,817,053 |
| 46 | Escape From Planet Earth | Wein. | $57,012,977 | $15,891,055 |
| 47 | Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters | Par. | $55,703,475 | $19,690,956 |
| 48 | Evil Dead (2013) | TriS | $54,239,856 | $25,775,847 |
| 49 | Captain Phillips | Sony | $53,790,217 | $25,718,314 |
| 50 | Red 2 | LG/S | $53,262,560 | $18,048,422 |
100 films in all.
Figures as published by Box Office Mojo, read from the Internet Archive's copies of the site. About the sources.