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Top 1980 Movies at the Worldwide Box Office
See also: Top 1980 Domestic - Top 1980 International
Other Worldwide Cumulative records: All Time Worldwide - All Time Single Market - All Time Animated Worldwide - All Time Sequel Worldwide - All Time Non-Sequel Worldwide - Top 2024 Worldwide - Top 2025 Worldwide
This chart contains the total worldwide box office for the movies released in 1980.
| ←Top 1979 Worldwide | Top 1981 Worldwide→ |
| Rank | Movie | Worldwide Box Office | Domestic Box Office | International Box Office | Domestic Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Star Wars Ep. V: The Empire Strikes Back | $549,001,086 | $291,738,960 | $257,262,126 | 53.14% |
| 2 | 9 to 5 | $103,300,659 | $103,290,500 | $10,159 | 99.99% |
| 3 | Stir Crazy | $101,300,000 | $101,300,000 | 100.00% | |
| 4 | Airplane! | $83,454,307 | $83,453,539 | $768 | 100.00% |
| 5 | Any Which Way You Can | $70,687,344 | $70,687,344 | 100.00% | |
| 6 | Private Benjamin | $69,847,348 | $69,847,348 | 100.00% | |
| 7 | Coal Miner’s Daughter | $67,182,787 | $67,182,787 | 100.00% | |
| 8 | Smokey and the Bandit II | $66,132,626 | $66,132,626 | 100.00% | |
| 9 | Friday the 13th | $59,754,601 | $39,754,601 | $20,000,000 | 66.53% |
| 10 | The Blues Brothers | $57,246,460 | $57,229,890 | $16,570 | 99.97% |
| 11 | The Final Countdown | $56,647,800 | $16,647,800 | $40,000,000 | 29.39% |
| 12 | American Gigolo | $52,743,674 | $22,743,674 | $30,000,000 | 43.12% |
| 13 | Ordinary People | $52,304,352 | $52,302,978 | $1,374 | 100.00% |
| 14 | Popeye | $49,823,037 | $49,823,037 | 100.00% | |
| 15 | The Blue Lagoon | $47,923,795 | $47,923,795 | 100.00% | |
| 16 | Urban Cowboy | $46,918,287 | $46,918,287 | 100.00% | |
| 17 | The Shining | $46,821,136 | $45,634,750 | $1,186,386 | 97.47% |
| 18 | Cheech & Chong’s Next Movie | $41,675,194 | $41,675,194 | 100.00% | |
| 19 | Caddyshack | $39,849,764 | $39,846,344 | $3,420 | 99.99% |
| 20 | Brubaker | $37,121,708 | $37,121,708 | 100.00% | |
| 21 | Little Darlings | $34,326,249 | $34,326,249 | 100.00% | |
| 22 | Dressed to Kill | $31,899,000 | $31,899,000 | 100.00% | |
| 23 | Flash Gordon | $27,176,825 | $27,107,960 | $68,865 | 99.75% |
| 24 | The Elephant Man | $26,026,416 | $26,010,864 | $15,552 | 99.94% |
| 25 | Bronco Billy | $24,265,659 | $24,265,659 | 100.00% | |
| 26 | Raging Bull | $23,417,649 | $23,380,203 | $37,446 | 99.84% |
| 27 | Caligula | $23,415,490 | $23,400,000 | $15,490 | 99.93% |
| 28 | Seems Like Old Times | $23,200,000 | $23,200,000 | 100.00% | |
| 29 | Xanadu | $22,762,611 | $22,762,571 | $40 | 100.00% |
| 30 | My Bodyguard | $22,482,952 | $22,482,952 | 100.00% | |
| 31 | In Search of Historic Jesus | $22,000,000 | $22,000,000 | 100.00% | |
| 32 | The Fog | $21,445,868 | $21,445,318 | $550 | 100.00% |
| 33 | Fame | $21,202,829 | $21,202,829 | 100.00% | |
| 34 | Tess | $20,093,330 | $20,093,330 | 100.00% | |
| 35 | Altered States | $19,853,898 | $19,853,892 | $6 | 100.00% |
| 36 | Cruising | $19,784,463 | $19,784,223 | $240 | 100.00% |
| 37 | The Octagon | $19,000,000 | $19,000,000 | 100.00% | |
| 38 | Hardly Working | $18,000,000 | $18,000,000 | 100.00% | |
| 39 | Windwalker | $18,000,000 | $18,000,000 | 100.00% | |
| 40 | Honeysuckle Rose | $17,815,212 | $17,815,212 | 100.00% | |
| 41 | Herbie Goes Bananas | $17,000,000 | $17,000,000 | 100.00% | |
| 42 | Rough Cut | $16,656,125 | $16,656,125 | 100.00% | |
| 43 | The Hunter | $16,647,800 | $16,647,800 | 100.00% | |
| 44 | A Change of Seasons | $16,400,000 | $16,400,000 | 100.00% | |
| 45 | Hero At Large | $15,934,737 | $15,934,737 | 100.00% | |
| 46 | The Island | $15,716,828 | $15,716,828 | 100.00% | |
| 47 | First Family | $15,198,912 | $15,198,912 | 100.00% | |
| 48 | The Long Riders | $15,198,912 | $15,198,912 | 100.00% | |
| 49 | Prom Night | $14,796,236 | $14,796,236 | 100.00% | |
| 50 | The Nude Bomb | $14,662,035 | $14,662,035 | 100.00% | |
| 51 | Oh, God! Book II | $14,504,277 | $14,504,277 | 100.00% | |
| 52 | Wholly Moses! | $14,155,617 | $14,155,617 | 100.00% | |
| 53 | The Competition | $13,000,000 | $13,000,000 | 100.00% | |
| 54 | Hopscotch | $13,000,000 | $13,000,000 | 100.00% | |
| 55 | Middle Age Crazy | $13,000,000 | $13,000,000 | 100.00% | |
| 56 | The Last Married Couple in America | $12,835,544 | $12,835,544 | 100.00% | |
| 57 | The Changeling | $12,000,147 | $12,000,000 | $147 | 100.00% |
| 58 | Used Cars | $11,715,321 | $11,715,321 | 100.00% | |
| 59 | The Mirror Crack'd | $11,000,648 | $11,000,000 | $648 | 99.99% |
| 60 | Hangar 18 | $11,000,000 | $11,000,000 | 100.00% | |
| 61 | It’s My Turn | $11,000,000 | $11,000,000 | 100.00% | |
| 62 | The Last Flight of Noah’s Ark | $11,000,000 | $11,000,000 | 100.00% | |
| 63 | The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu | $10,697,276 | $10,697,276 | 100.00% | |
| 64 | Stardust Memories | $10,389,003 | $10,389,003 | 100.00% |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.