 | The Great Train Robbery | 1979 | Feb 2, 1979 | $7,000,000 | $13,027,857 | $13,027,857 | $-772,107 | 48.0 |
 | The Warriors | 1979 | Feb 9, 1979 | $4,000,000 | $22,490,039 | $22,495,052 | $12,020,376 | 72.0 |
 | Norma Rae | 1979 | Mar 2, 1979 | $4,500,000 | $22,228,000 | $22,228,000 | $8,224,000 | 55.1 |
 | The Passage | 1979 | Mar 9, 1979 | $1,211,000 | $1,101,186 | $1,101,186 | $-1,304,133 | 16.4 |
 | Voices | 1979 | Mar 14, 1979 | $2,894,000 | $2,631,244 | $2,631,244 | $-2,843,679 | 17.7 |
 | Buck Rogers in the 25th Century | 1979 | Mar 30, 1979 | $3,500,000 | $21,671,241 | $21,671,241 | $8,855,431 | 39.7 |
 | La Cage aux Folles | 1979 | Mar 30, 1979 | $1,100,000 | $20,424,259 | $20,424,259 | $13,820,194 | 52.6 |
 | The Champ | 1979 | Apr 4, 1979 | $8,000,000 | $30,441,738 | $30,441,738 | $9,551,304 | 50.2 |
 | Manhattan | 1979 | Apr 25, 1979 | $9,000,000 | $39,946,780 | $39,946,780 | $16,161,488 | 79.8 |
 | Last Embrace | 1979 | May 2, 1979 | $4,000,000 | $1,537,125 | $1,537,125 | $-4,352,588 | 22.5 |
 | Alien | 1979 | May 25, 1979 | $11,000,000 | $78,944,891 | $78,999,751 | $35,547,959 | 93.5 |
 | The Prisoner of Zenda | 1979 | May 25, 1979 | $12,500,000 | $7,650,600 | $7,650,600 | $-11,521,556 | 20.7 |
 | Butch and Sundance: The Early Days | 1979 | Jun 15, 1979 | $9,000,000 | $5,136,913 | $5,136,913 | $-8,699,684 | 22.7 |
 | Rocky II | 1979 | Jun 15, 1979 | $7,000,000 | $85,182,160 | $85,182,160 | $48,596,085 | 88.5 |
 | Escape from Alcatraz | 1979 | Jun 22, 1979 | $8,000,000 | $43,000,000 | $43,000,000 | $19,189,000 | 81.5 |
 | Lost and Found | 1979 | Jun 22, 1979 | $6,000,000 | $3,223,197 | $3,223,197 | $-6,137,834 | 15.8 |
 | The Muppet Movie | 1979 | Jun 22, 1979 | $8,000,000 | $65,847,930 | $65,850,687 | $34,776,385 | 73.5 |
 | Meatballs | 1979 | Jun 29, 1979 | $1,600,000 | $43,046,003 | $43,046,003 | $30,184,882 | 67.3 |
 | Moonraker | 1979 | Jun 29, 1979 | $34,000,000 | $70,308,099 | $70,308,533 | $6,016,317 | 73.0 |
 | Breaking Away | 1979 | Jul 13, 1979 | $2,300,000 | $16,424,918 | $16,424,918 | $7,677,688 | 55.2 |
 | The Frisco Kid | 1979 | Jul 13, 1979 | $9,200,000 | $9,346,177 | $9,346,177 | $-6,187,367 | 36.6 |
 | Dracula | 1979 | Jul 20, 1979 | $12,200,000 | $20,158,970 | $20,158,970 | $-2,923,772 | 45.7 |
 | The Amityville Horror | 1979 | Jul 27, 1979 | $4,700,000 | $86,432,000 | $86,432,000 | $54,885,960 | 74.1 |
 | Apocalypse Now | 1979 | Aug 15, 1979 | $31,500,000 | $78,784,010 | $78,989,727 | $17,653,815 | 91.1 |
 | Monty Python's Life of Brian | 1979 | Aug 17, 1979 | $4,000,000 | $19,398,164 | $19,428,017 | $6,061,093 | 74.5 |
 | Rich Kids | 1979 | Aug 17, 1979 | $2,500,000 | $1,856,122 | $1,856,122 | $-2,371,490 | 17.2 |
 | 10 | 1979 | Oct 5, 1979 | $6,000,000 | $74,865,517 | $74,865,517 | $42,300,103 | 64.2 |
 | The Great Santini | 1979 | Oct 26, 1979 | $4,000,000 | $4,702,575 | $4,702,575 | $-2,533,094 | 34.0 |
 | The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh | 1979 | Nov 2, 1979 | $4,710,000 | $8,281,246 | $8,281,246 | $-1,272,878 | 26.7 |
 | Fiddler on the Roof | 1979 | Nov 7, 1979 | $9,000,000 | $10,404,330 | $10,404,330 | $-5,126,752 | 53.8 |
 | The Rose | 1979 | Nov 7, 1979 | $9,300,000 | $29,174,648 | $29,174,648 | $5,630,986 | 50.8 |
 | Star Trek: The Motion Picture | 1979 | Dec 7, 1979 | $35,000,000 | $82,258,456 | $82,258,612 | $17,045,596 | 75.7 |
 | 1941 | 1979 | Dec 14, 1979 | $35,000,000 | $31,755,742 | $31,755,742 | $-507,894,763,194 | 56.5 |
 | The Jerk | 1979 | Dec 14, 1979 | $4,000,000 | $73,691,419 | $73,691,419 | $46,545,307 | 76.6 |
 | Kramer vs. Kramer | 1979 | Dec 19, 1979 | $8,000,000 | $106,260,000 | $106,260,000 | $69,722,000 | 89.2 |
 | Roller Boogie | 1979 | Dec 19, 1979 | $1,500,000 | $13,253,715 | $13,253,715 | $7,563,286 | 27.4 |
 | All That Jazz | 1979 | Dec 20, 1979 | $12,000,000 | $37,823,676 | $37,825,158 | $9,765,467 | 66.1 |
 | Cuba | 1979 | Dec 21, 1979 | $7,000,000 | $5,610,280 | $5,610,280 | $-5,592,393 | 25.4 |