This is a list of films which placed number one at the weekly box office in the United States during 1980 per Variety. The data was based on grosses from 20 to 22 key cities and therefore, the gross quoted may not be the total that the film grossed nationally in the week.

Number-one films

# Week ending Film Gross Notes Ref
1 January 2, 1980 Star Trek: The Motion Picture $3,287,481 [1]
2 January 9, 1980 Kramer vs. Kramer $1,897,954 Kramer vs. Kramer reached number one in its third week of release [2]
3 January 16, 1980 $2,018,194 [3]
4 January 23, 1980 $1,655,591 Kramer vs. Kramer grossed $3 million for the weekend ended January 20 from all national markets [4][5]
5 January 30, 1980 $1,541,864 Kramer vs. Kramer grossed $3 million for the weekend ended January 27 from all national markets [6][7]
6 February 6, 1980 The Silent Scream $1,919,563 The Silent Scream reached number one in its third week on the chart [8]
7 February 13, 1980 American Gigolo $1,463,443 American Gigolo reached number one in its second week of release [9]
8 February 20, 1980 Cruising $1,694,803 Cruising grossed $5,096,223 in its opening 5 days. Kramer vs. Kramer grossed $2.8 million for the weekend ended February 17 [10][11][12]
9 February 27, 1980 $1,229,186 [13]
10 March 5, 1980 The Fog $1,599,290 The Fog reached number one in its fifth week of release [14]
11 March 12, 1980 All That Jazz $1,144,802 All That Jazz reached number one in its twelfth week of release [15]
12 March 19, 1980 Coal Miner's Daughter $1,005,036 Coal Miner's Daughter reached number one in its second week of release [16]
13 March 26, 1980 Kramer vs. Kramer $1,809,419 Kramer vs. Kramer returned to number one in its 14th week of release. It grossed $1.6 million for the weekend ended March 23 from all markets [17][18]
14 April 2, 1980 Little Darlings $1,918,892 Little Darlings reached number one in its second week of release [19]
15 April 9, 1980 $1,545,554 [20]
16 April 16, 1980 Kramer vs. Kramer $1,194,160 Kramer vs. Kramer returned to number one in its 17th week of release. It grossed $1.6 million for the weekend ended April 13 from all markets [21][22]
17 April 23, 1980 $1,335,476 Kramer vs. Kramer grossed $1.8 million for the weekend ended April 20 from all markets [23][24]
18 April 30, 1980 $1,078,596 Kramer vs. Kramer grossed $1.4 million for the weekend ended April 27 from all markets. Where the Buffalo Roam grossed $1.8 million. [25][26]
19 May 7, 1980 $847,617 Kramer vs. Kramer grossed $1.1 million for the weekend ended May 4 from all markets [27][28]
20 May 14, 1980 Friday the 13th $2,237,500 Friday the 13th grossed $5,816,321 for the weekend ended May 11 from all markets [29][30]
21 May 21, 1980 $1,945,657 [31]
22 May 28, 1980 The Empire Strikes Back $4,064,022 The Empire Strikes Back grossed $6,415,804 for the 4-day Memorial Day weekend from all markets [32][33]
23 June 4, 1980 $3,415,791 [34]
24 June 11, 1980 $3,225,299 The Empire Strikes Back grossed $4,339,769 for the weekend ended June 8 from all markets [35][36]
25 June 18, 1980 $2,817,077 The Empire Strikes Back grossed $3,606,000 nationally from all markets for the weekend ended June 15. Bronco Billy grossed $3,708,710 [37][38]
26 June 25, 1980 $3,711,553 The Empire Strikes Back grossed $10,840,307 nationally from all markets for the weekend ended June 22 [39][40]
27 July 2, 1980 $3,416,490 The Empire Strikes Back grossed $9,217,874 nationally from all markets for the weekend ended June 29 [41][42]
28 July 9, 1980 $2,893,659 The Empire Strikes Back grossed $8,309,772 nationally from all markets for the weekend ended July 6 [43][44]
29 July 16, 1980 Airplane! $2,739,328 Airplane! reached number one in its third week of release grossing $7,105,024 for the five days to July 13 from all markets. The Empire Strikes Back grossed $6,652,858 nationally from all markets for the 3-day weekend [45][46][47]
30 July 23, 1980 $2,662,155 [48]
31 July 30, 1980 $2,096,358 [49]
32 August 6, 1980 $2,209,013 The Empire Strikes Back was number one nationally for the 3-day weekend with a gross of $5,758,759 from all markets [50][51][52]
33 August 13, 1980 Dressed to Kill $1,745,388 Dressed to Kill reached number one in its third week of release. It grossed $2,942,000 for the weekend ended August 10 from all markets. The Empire Strikes Back grossed $4,554,679 for the weekend [53][54][55]
34 August 20, 1980 Smokey and the Bandit II $1,860,800 Smokey and the Bandit II grossed $10,883,835 nationally for the weekend ended August 17, a record August opening [56][57][58]
35 August 27, 1980 $2,140,529 Smokey and the Bandit II grossed $8,395,755 nationally for the weekend ended August 24 [59][60]
36 September 3, 1980 $1,451,882 [61]
37 September 10, 1980 $820,196 [62]
38 September 17, 1980 The Exterminator $1,143,000 [63]
39 September 24, 1980 $858,000 [64]
40 October 1, 1980 Hopscotch $1,252,492 Hopscotch grossed $2,552,864 nationally from all markets for the weekend ended September 28 [65][66]
41 October 8, 1980 $1,126,721 [67]
42 October 15, 1980 Private Benjamin $1,187,114 Private Benjamin grossed $4,739,769 from all markets for the weekend ended October 12 [68][69][70]
43 October 22, 1980 $1,201,574 Private Benjamin grossed $4,935,571 from all markets for the weekend ended October 19 [71][70]
44 October 29, 1980 $1,954,556 [72]
45 November 5, 1980 $1,756,902 [73]
46 November 12, 1980 $1,628,001 [74]
47 November 19, 1980 $1,281,696 [75]
48 November 26, 1980 $1,016,984 [76]
49 December 3, 1980 $872,420 [77]
50 December 10, 1980 Flash Gordon $1,428,771 Flash Gordon grossed $3,934,030 from all markets for the weekend ended December 7 [78][79][80]
51 December 17, 1980 Stir Crazy $2,463,066 Stir Crazy grossed $8.7 million nationally from all markets for the weekend ended December 14 [81][82][83]
52 December 24, 1980 $2,371,298 Stir Crazy grossed $6,656,501 nationally from all markets for the weekend ended December 21. Any Which Way You Can grossed $8,024,663 [84][85][86]
53 December 31, 1980 $2,424,829 Stir Crazy grossed $7,938,584 for the weekend ended December 28. Any Which Way You Can grossed $10,091,105 [87][88]

Highest grossing films

Rank Title Distributor Rental[89][90]
1 The Empire Strikes Back 20th Century Fox $120,000,000
2 Kramer vs. Kramer Columbia Pictures $60,528,000
3 The Jerk Universal Pictures $43,000,000
4 Airplane! Paramount Pictures $38,000,000
5 Smokey and the Bandit II Universal Pictures $37,600,000
6 Coal Miner's Daughter Universal Pictures $36,000,000
7 Private Benjamin Warner Bros. $33,500,000
8 The Blues Brothers Universal Pictures $31,000,000
9 The Electric Horseman Columbia Pictures $30,917,000
10 The Shining Warner Bros. $30,200,000

See also

References

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