Box Office Weekly

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US Box Office – 12 December 1979

1 NE 1 STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy
2 1 10 10 Dudley Moore, Bo Derek
3 2 17 APOCALYPSE NOW Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando
4 3 8 AND JUSTICE FOR ALL Al Pacino, Jack Warden
5 4 10 STARTING OVER Burt Reynolds, Jill Clayburgh
6 5 5 THE ROSE Bette Midler, Alan Bates
7 6 5 FIDDLER ON THE ROOF Topol, Norma Crane [Re-issue]
8 9 6 THE FISH THAT SAVED PITTSBURGH Julius Erving, Jonathan Winters
9 RE 7 HALLOWEEN Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtis [Re-issue] 
10 RE 11 TIME AFTER TIME Malcolm McDowell, David Warner

Complete US Box Office Charts (week-by-week)
from Variety magazine are available here:
https://www.amazon.com/Weekly-Box-Office-Charts-1970s-ebook/dp/B071GPPSGR/

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US Box Office – 26 September 1979

1 NE 6 MONTY PYTHON’S LIFE OF BRIAN Graham Chapman, John Cleese
2 3 6 THE SEDUCTION OF JOE TYNAN Alan Alda, Barbara Harris
3 RE 15 THE IN-LAWS Peter Falk, Alan Arkin
4 4 11 BREAKING AWAY Dennis Christopher, Dennis Quaid
5 1 8 NORTH DALLAS FORTY Nick Nolte, Mac Davis
6 2 14 THE MUPPET MOVIE Jim Henson, Frank Oz
7 9 6 APOCALYPSE NOW Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando
8 5 12 THE FRISCO KID Gene Wilder, Harrison Ford
9 8 15 ROCKY II Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire
10 RE 18 ALIEN Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt

Complete US Box Office Charts (week-by-week)
from Variety magazine are available here:
https://www.amazon.com/Weekly-Box-Office-Charts-1970s-ebook/dp/B071GPPSGR/

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US Box Office – 1 August 1979

1 NE 1 THE AMITYVILLE HORROR James Brolin, Margot Kidder
2 3 4 MEATBALLS Bill Murray, Harvey Atkin
3 2 5 MOONRAKER Roger Moore, Lois Chiles
4 7 7 THE IN-LAWS Peter Falk, Alan Arkin
5 1 3 DRACULA Frank Langella, Laurence Olivier
6 4 7 ROCKY II Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire
7 5 10 ALIEN Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt
8 NE 6 THE MUPPET MOVIE Jim Henson, Frank Oz
9 6 2 THE VILLAIN Kirk Douglas, Ann-Margret
10 NE 3 THE WANDERERS Ken Wahl, John Friedrich

Complete US Box Office Charts (week-by-week)
from Variety magazine are available here:
https://www.amazon.com/Weekly-Box-Office-Charts-1970s-ebook/dp/B071GPPSGR/

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US Box Office – 4 July 1979

1 NE 1 MOONRAKER Roger Moore, Lois Chiles
2 4 6 ALIEN Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt
3 1 3 ROCKY II Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire
4 2 2 THE MAIN EVENT Barbra Streisand, Ryan O’Neal
5 3 2 ESCAPE FROM ALCATRAZ Clint Eastwood, Patrick McGoohan
6 5 3 PROPHECY Talia Shire, Robert Foxworth
7 6 3 THE IN-LAWS Peter Falk, Alan Arkin
8 NE 1 NIGHTWING Nick Mancuso, David Warner
9 NE 1 BLOODLINE Audrey Hepburn, Ben Gazzara
10 RE 56 GOOD GUYS WEAR BLACK Chuck Norris, Anne Archer

Complete US Box Office Charts (week-by-week)
from Variety magazine are available here:
https://www.amazon.com/Weekly-Box-Office-Charts-1970s-ebook/dp/B071GPPSGR/

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US Box Office – 30 May 1979

1 NE 1 ALIEN Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt
2 1 5 MANHATTAN Woody Allen, Diane Keaton
3 4 2 GREASE John Travolta, Olivia Newton John [Re-issue] 
4 2 8 LOVE AT FIRST BITE George Hamilton, Susan Saint James
5 3 2 BATTLESTAR GALACTICA Richard Hatch, Dirk Benedict
6 NE 1 THE PRISONER OF ZENDA Peter Sellers, Lynne Frederick
7 7 4 THE EXORCIST Ellen Burstyn, Linda Blair [Re-issue] 
8 5 8 THE CHAMP Jon Voight, Faye Dunaway
9 RE 11 THE CHINA SYNDROME Jane Fonda, Jack Lemmon
10 NE 10 BEYOND THE DOOR II Daria Nicolodi, John Steiner

Complete US Box Office Charts (week-by-week)
from Variety magazine are available here:
https://www.amazon.com/Weekly-Box-Office-Charts-1970s-ebook/dp/B071GPPSGR/

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US Box Office – 18 April 1979

1 2 13 THE DEER HUNTER Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken
2 1 5 THE CHINA SYNDROME Jane Fonda, Jack Lemmon
3 10 2 LOVE AT FIRST BITE George Hamilton, Susan Saint James
4 4 2 THE CHAMP Jon Voight, Faye Dunaway
5 RE 59 COMING HOME Jane Fonda, Jon Voight
6 NE 1 HURRICANE Timothy Bottoms, Piero Bushin
7 3 3 BUCK ROGERS IN THE 25TH CENTURY Gil Gerard, Pamela Hensley
8 5 18 SUPERMAN Christopher Reeve, Margot Kidder
9 8 5 HAIR John Savage, Treat Williams
10 6 6 THE PROMISE Kathleen Quinlan, Stephen Collins

Complete US Box Office Charts (week-by-week)
from Variety magazine are available here:
https://www.amazon.com/Weekly-Box-Office-Charts-1970s-ebook/dp/B071GPPSGR/

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US Box Office – 20 December 1978

1 NE 1 SUPERMAN Christopher Reeve, Margot Kidder
2 NE 1 OLIVER’S STORY Ryan O’Neal, Candice Bergen
3 5 7 CARAVANS Anthony Quinn, Michael Sarrazin
4 1 11 MIDNIGHT EXPRESS Brad Davis, Irene Miracle
5 2 21 NATIONAL LAMPOON’S ANIMAL HOUSE Tim Matheson, Tom Hulce
6 7 8 HALLOWEEN Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtis
7 4 5 THE LORD OF THE RINGS Animated
8 6 6 MAGIC Anthony Hopkins, Ann-Margret
9 8 8 THE WIZ Diana Ross, Michael Jackson
10 3 13 UP IN SMOKE Cheech Marin, Tommy Chong

Complete US Box Office Charts (week-by-week)
from Variety magazine are available here:
https://www.amazon.com/Weekly-Box-Office-Charts-1970s-ebook/dp/B071GPPSGR/

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US Box Office – 30 August 1978

1 3 5 NATIONAL LAMPOON’S ANIMAL HOUSE Tim Matheson, Tom Hulce
2 8 6 REVENGE OF THE PINK PANTHER Peter Sellers, Herbert Lom
3 2 9 HEAVEN CAN WAIT Warren Beatty, Julie Christie
4 4 11 GREASE John Travolta, Olivia Newton John
5 NE 5 PIRANHA Bradford Dillman, Heather Menzies-Urich
6 1 5 HOOPER Burt Reynolds, Jan-Michael Vincent
7 5 4 EYES OF LAURA MARS Faye Dunaway, Tommy Lee Jones
8 6 6 FOUL PLAY Goldie Hawn, Chevy Chase
9 7 6 STAR WARS Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford [Re-issue] 
10 NE 15 DOGS David McCallum, Sandra McCabe

Complete US Box Office Charts (week-by-week)
from Variety magazine are available here:
https://www.amazon.com/Weekly-Box-Office-Charts-1970s-ebook/dp/B071GPPSGR/

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US Box Office – 12 April 1978

1 3 19 THE GOODBYE GIRL Richard Dreyfuss, Marsha Mason
2 2 17 SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER John Travolta, Karen Lynn Gorney
3 1 4 THE FURY Kirk Douglas, John Cassavetes
4 RE 51 ANNIE HALL Woody Allen, Diane Keaton
5 9 4 STRAIGHT TIME Dustin Hoffman, Theresa Russell
6 4 21 CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND Richard Dreyfuss, François Truffaut
7 5 4 HOUSE CALLS Walter Matthau, Glenda Jackson
8 7 5 AN UNMARRIED WOMAN Jill Clayburgh, Alan Bates
9 RE 21 THE TURNING POINT Anne Bancroft, Shirley MacLaine
10 RE 46 STAR WARS Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford

Complete US Box Office Charts (week-by-week)
from Variety magazine are available here:
https://www.amazon.com/Weekly-Box-Office-Charts-1970s-ebook/dp/B071GPPSGR/

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US Box Office – 22 February 1978

1 4 10 SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER John Travolta, Karen Lynn Gorney
2 1 2 THE BETSY Laurence Olivier, Robert Duvall
3 2 14 CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND Richard Dreyfuss, François Truffaut
4 3 12 THE GOODBYE GIRL Richard Dreyfuss, Marsha Mason
5 5 3 COMA Geneviève Bujold, Michael Douglas
6 NE 4 BEYOND AND BACK Steve Riley
7 6 9 HIGH ANXIETY Mel Brooks, Madeline Kahn
8 7 3 THE ONE AND ONLY Henry Winkler, Kim Darby
9 8 14 THE TURNING POINT Anne Bancroft, Shirley MacLaine
10 RE 39 STAR WARS Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford

Complete US Box Office Charts (week-by-week)
from Variety magazine are available here:
https://www.amazon.com/Weekly-Box-Office-Charts-1970s-ebook/dp/B071GPPSGR/