Yearly box office · films released in
1980
| # | Film | Studio | Total gross | Opening |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Empire Strikes Back | Fox | $209,398,025 | $4,910,483 |
| 2 | 9 to 5 | Fox | $103,290,500 | $3,966,832 |
| 3 | Stir Crazy | Col. | $101,300,000 | $8,691,886 |
| 4 | Airplane! | Par. | $83,453,539 | – |
| 5 | Any Which Way You Can | WB | $70,687,344 | $8,024,663 |
| 6 | Private Benjamin | WB | $69,847,348 | $4,739,769 |
| 7 | Coal Miner's Daughter | Uni. | $67,182,787 | $3,366,443 |
| 8 | Smokey and the Bandit II | Uni. | $66,132,626 | $10,883,835 |
| 9 | The Blue Lagoon | Col. | $58,853,106 | – |
| 10 | The Blues Brothers | Uni. | $57,229,890 | $4,858,152 |
| 11 | Ordinary People | Par. | $54,766,923 | $170,335 |
| 12 | Popeye | Par. | $49,823,037 | $6,310,520 |
| 13 | Urban Cowboy | Par. | $46,918,287 | – |
| 14 | The Shining | WB | $44,017,374 | $622,337 |
| 15 | Seems Like Old Times | Col. | $43,995,918 | – |
| 16 | Cheech & Chong's Next Movie | Uni. | $41,675,194 | $5,262,963 |
| 17 | Caddyshack | WB | $39,846,344 | $3,142,689 |
| 18 | Friday the 13th (1980) | Par. | $39,754,601 | $5,816,321 |
| 19 | Brubaker | Fox | $37,121,708 | $2,748,079 |
| 20 | Little Darlings | Par. | $34,326,249 | – |
| 21 | Dressed to Kill | Orion | $31,899,000 | – |
| 22 | The Jazz Singer | Uni. | $27,118,000 | – |
| 23 | Flash Gordon | Uni. | $27,107,960 | $3,934,030 |
| 24 | Lady and the Tramp (Re-issue) (1980) | BV | $26,114,207 | – |
| 25 | The Elephant Man | Par. | $26,010,864 | – |
| 26 | Bronco Billy | WB | $24,265,659 | $3,708,710 |
| 27 | Raging Bull | MGM | $23,334,953 | $128,590 |
| 28 | Xanadu | Uni. | $22,762,571 | $1,471,595 |
| 29 | American Gigolo | Par. | $22,743,674 | $3,559,930 |
| 30 | My Bodyguard | Fox | $22,482,952 | $178,641 |
| 31 | The Fog | AVCO | $21,378,361 | – |
| 32 | Fame (1980) | MGM | $21,202,829 | $118,160 |
| 33 | Tess | Col. | $20,093,330 | – |
| 34 | Altered States | WB | $19,853,892 | $174,650 |
| 35 | Song of the South (Re-issue) (1980) | BV | $19,800,000 | – |
| 36 | Cruising | MGM | $19,784,223 | – |
| 37 | The Octagon | AmCi | $18,971,000 | – |
| 38 | The Aristocats (Re-issue) (1980) | BV | $18,000,000 | – |
| 39 | Honeysuckle Rose | WB | $17,815,212 | $2,189,966 |
| 40 | Herbie Goes Bananas | BV | $17,000,000 | – |
| 41 | Rough Cut | Par. | $16,656,125 | – |
| 42 | The Final Countdown | MGM | $16,647,800 | – |
| 43 | The Hunter | Par. | $16,274,150 | – |
| 44 | Hero at Large | MGM | $15,934,737 | $1,850,725 |
| 45 | The Long Riders | UA | $15,795,189 | $2,351,112 |
| 46 | The Island (1980) | Uni. | $15,716,828 | $3,123,267 |
| 47 | Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Special Edition) | Col. | $15,693,175 | – |
| 48 | First Family | WB | $15,198,912 | $3,635,564 |
| 49 | Prom Night | Emb | $14,796,236 | – |
| 50 | The Nude Bomb | Uni. | $14,662,035 | $3,565,066 |
116 films in all.
Figures as published by Box Office Mojo, read from the Internet Archive's copies of the site. About the sources.