List of 1980 box office number-one films in the United States

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

†	This implies the highest-grossing movie of the year.[1][2]

#	Week ending	Film	Gross	Notes	Ref
1	January 2, 1980	Star Trek: The Motion Picture	$3,287,481		[3]
2	January 9, 1980	Kramer vs. Kramer	$1,897,954	Kramer vs. Kramer reached number one in its third week of release	[4]
3	January 16, 1980		$2,018,194		[5]
4	January 23, 1980		$1,655,591	Kramer vs. Kramer grossed $3 million for the weekend ended January 20 from all national markets	[6][7]
5	January 30, 1980		$1,541,864	Kramer vs. Kramer grossed $3 million for the weekend ended January 27 from all national markets	[8][9]
6	February 6, 1980	The Silent Scream	$1,919,563	The Silent Scream reached number one in its third week on the chart	[10]
7	February 13, 1980	American Gigolo	$1,463,443	American Gigolo reached number one in its second week of release	[11]
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	[12][13][14]
9	February 27, 1980		$1,229,186		[15]
10	March 5, 1980	The Fog	$1,599,290	The Fog reached number one in its fifth week of release	[16]
11	March 12, 1980	All That Jazz	$1,144,802	All That Jazz reached number one in its twelfth week of release	[17]
12	March 19, 1980	Coal Miner's Daughter	$1,005,036	Coal Miner's Daughter reached number one in its second week of release	[18]
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	[19][20]
14	April 2, 1980	Little Darlings	$1,918,892	Little Darlings reached number one in its second week of release	[21]
15	April 9, 1980		$1,545,554		[22]
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	[23][24]
17	April 23, 1980		$1,335,476	Kramer vs. Kramer grossed $1.8 million for the weekend ended April 20 from all markets	[25][26]
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.	[27][28]
19	May 7, 1980		$847,617	Kramer vs. Kramer grossed $1.1 million for the weekend ended May 4 from all markets	[29][30]
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	[31][32]
21	May 21, 1980		$1,945,657		[33]
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	[34][35]
23	June 4, 1980		$3,415,791		[36]
24	June 11, 1980		$3,225,299	The Empire Strikes Back grossed $4,339,769 for the weekend ended June 8 from all markets	[37][38]
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	[39][40]
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	[41][42]
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	[43][44]
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	[45][46]
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	[47][48][49]
30	July 23, 1980		$2,662,155		[50]
31	July 30, 1980		$2,096,358		[51]
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	[52][53][54]
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	[55][56][57]
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	[58][59][60]
35	August 27, 1980		$2,140,529	Smokey and the Bandit II grossed $8,395,755 nationally for the weekend ended August 24	[61][62]
36	September 3, 1980		$1,451,882		[63]
37	September 10, 1980		$820,196		[64]
38	September 17, 1980	The Exterminator	$1,143,000		[65]
39	September 24, 1980		$858,000		[66]
40	October 1, 1980	Hopscotch	$1,252,492	Hopscotch grossed $2,552,864 nationally from all markets for the weekend ended September 28	[67][68]
41	October 8, 1980		$1,126,721		[69]
42	October 15, 1980	Private Benjamin	$1,187,114	Private Benjamin grossed $4,739,769 from all markets for the weekend ended October 12	[70][71][72]
43	October 22, 1980		$1,201,574	Private Benjamin grossed $4,935,571 from all markets for the weekend ended October 19	[73][72]
44	October 29, 1980		$1,954,556		[74]
45	November 5, 1980		$1,756,902		[75]
46	November 12, 1980		$1,628,001		[76]
47	November 19, 1980		$1,281,696		[77]
48	November 26, 1980		$1,016,984		[78]
49	December 3, 1980		$872,420		[79]
50	December 10, 1980	Flash Gordon	$1,428,771	Flash Gordon grossed $3,934,030 from all markets for the weekend ended December 7	[80][81][82]
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	[83][84][85]
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	[86][87][88]
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	[89][90]

Highest grossing films

Rank	Title	Distributor	Rental[1][2]
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

• List of American films — American films by year
• Lists of box office number-one films