Editing 1979 in film (section)

==Highest-grossing films==

===United States and Canada===
{{see also|List of 1979 box office number-one films in the United States}}

The top ten 1979 released films by North American gross are as follows:
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{| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin:auto; margin:auto;"
|+ Highest-grossing films of 1979 (United States and Canada)
|-
! Rank!! Title !! Distributor !! Box-office gross 
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 1
| ''[[Kramer vs. Kramer]]''
| [[Columbia Pictures|Columbia]]
| $106,260,000<ref>{{cite web|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=kramervskramer.htm |title=Box Office Information for ''Kramer vs. Kramer'' |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=June 11, 2010}}</ref> 
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 2
| ''[[The Amityville Horror (1979 film)|The Amityville Horror]]''
| [[American International Pictures|American International]]
| $86,432,520<ref>{{cite web|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=amityvillehorror.htm |title=Box Office Information for The Amityville Horror |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=January 27, 2012}}</ref> 
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 3
| ''[[Rocky II]]''
|rowspan="2"|[[United Artists]]
| $85,182,160<ref>{{cite web|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=rocky2.htm |title=Box Office Information for ''Rocky II'' |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=June 11, 2010}}</ref> 
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 4
|''[[Apocalypse Now]]''
| $83,471,511<ref>{{cite web|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=apocalypsenow.htm |title=Box Office Information for ''Apocalypse Now'' |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=June 11, 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100724221601/https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=apocalypsenow.htm| archive-date= 24 July 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref>
|- 
! style="text-align:center;"| 5
|''[[Star Trek: The Motion Picture]]''
| [[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]]
| $82,258,456<ref>{{cite web|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=startrek.htm |title=Box Office Information for ''Star Trek: The Motion Picture'' |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=June 11, 2010}}</ref> 
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 6
| ''[[Alien (film)|Alien]]''
| [[20th Century Fox]]
| $80,931,801<ref>{{cite web|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=alien.htm |title=Box Office Information for ''Alien'' |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=June 11, 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100621010410/https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=alien.htm| archive-date= 21 June 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 7
| ''[[The Muppet Movie]]''
| [[ITC Entertainment|Associated Film]]
| $76,657,000<ref>[https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Muppet-Movie-The#tab=summary Box Office Information for ''The Muppet Movie''] [[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]. Retrieved March 31, 2025.</ref>
|- 
! style="text-align:center;"| 8
| ''[[10 (1979 film)|10]]''
| [[Warner Bros.]]
| $74,865,517<ref>{{cite web|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=10.htm |title=Box Office Information for ''10'' |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=June 11, 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100704005631/http://www2.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=10.htm| archive-date= 4 July 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 9
|''[[The Jerk]]''
| [[Universal Pictures|Universal]] 
| $73,691,419<ref>{{cite web|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=jerk.htm |title=Box Office Information for ''The Jerk'' |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=June 11, 2010}}</ref> 
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 10
| ''[[Moonraker (film)|Moonraker]]''
| [[United Artists]]
| $70,308,099<ref>{{cite web|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=moonraker.htm |title=Box Office Information for ''Moonraker'' |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=June 11, 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100531170836/https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=moonraker.htm| archive-date= 31 May 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref>
|}

===International===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin:auto; margin:auto;"
|+ Highest-grossing films of 1979 (international markets)
! rowspan="2" | International <br> market
! rowspan="2" | Title
! rowspan="2" | Distributor
! rowspan="2" | [[List of films by box office admissions|Admissions]]
! colspan="2" | Gross revenue
! rowspan="2" | Production  <br> country
|-
! Local currency
! [[US$]]
|-
|[[List of highest-grossing films in China|China]]
|''Gunshots in the CIB''
|[[Changchun Film Studio]]
|600,000,000<ref name=":7">{{Cite book |last=王伟杰 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_IRAEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA299 |title=冲突与引导：文化资源开发中的价值选择 |date=January 2018 |publisher=[[Social Sciences Literature Press]] |isbn=978-7-5201-2573-4 |pages=299 |language=zh}}</ref>
|{{CN¥|180,000,000|link=yes}}<ref name=":7" />
|${{To USD|180|CHN|year=1979|round=yes}},000,000
|[[Cinema of China|China]]
|-
|[[List of highest-grossing films in France|France]]
|''[[The Gendarme and the Extra-Terrestrials]]''
|SNC
|6,280,070<ref>{{Cite web |title=Les Entrees en France (1979) |trans-title=Entries in France (1979) |url=http://www.jpbox-office.com/charts_france.php?filtre=datefr&variable=1979 |url-status=live |access-date=2022-04-02 |website=JP's Box-Office |language=fr|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170810152854/http://jpbox-office.com/charts_france.php?variable=1979&filtre=datefr |archive-date=2017-08-10 }}</ref>
|{{Unknown}}
|{{Unknown}}
|[[Cinema of France|France]]
|-
|[[List of highest-grossing films in Germany|West Germany]]
|[[The Jungle Book (1967 film)|''The Jungle Book'']]
|[[20th Century Fox]]
|9,103,582<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Top 100 Deutschland 1979 |trans-title=Top 100 Germany 1979 |url=https://www.insidekino.com/DJahr/D1979.htm |url-status=live |access-date=2022-04-02 |website=Inside Kino |language=de|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040531173545/http://www.insidekino.com:80/DJahr/D1979.htm |archive-date=2004-05-31 }}</ref>
|{{€|32,092,155|link=yes}}<ref name=":0" />
|${{To USD|32.092155|EUR|year=1979|round=yes}},000,000
|[[Cinema of the United States|United States]]
|-
| [[List of highest-grossing films in India|India]]
| ''[[Suhaag (1979 film)|Suhaag]]''
| Sharma Cine Associates
| {{Unknown}}
| {{INR|link=yes}}100,000,000<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=185&catName=MTk3OQ==|title=Box Office 1979|website=[[Box Office India]]|date=20 October 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131020102901/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=185&catName=MTk3OQ==|archive-date=2013-10-20|access-date=2018-03-06}}</ref>
| $12,310,000<ref>{{cite web|title=Pacific Exchange Rate Service (8.1258 INR per USD)|url=http://fx.sauder.ubc.ca/etc/USDpages.pdf#page=3|website=[[UBC Sauder School of Business]]|publisher=[[University of British Columbia]]|page=3|year=1979|access-date=21 November 2017}}</ref>
| [[Cinema of India|India]]
|-
|[[List of highest-grossing films in Italy|Italy]]
|''[[Superman (1978 film)|Superman]]''
|[[Columbia Pictures|Columbia]]-[[EMI Films|EMI]]-[[Warner Bros.|Warner]]
|904,000<ref>{{Cite web |title=Les Entrees en Italie: 1979 |trans-title=Entries in Italy: 1979 |url=http://www.jpbox-office.com/v9_charts_total.php?filtre=dateitaly&variable=1979&view=32 |url-status=live |access-date=2022-04-02 |website=JP's Box-Office |language=fr|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220402194845/http://www.jpbox-office.com/v9_charts_total.php?filtre=dateitaly&variable=1979&view=32 |archive-date=2022-04-02 }}</ref>
|{{Unknown}}
|{{Unknown}}
|United States
|-
| [[List of highest-grossing films in Japan|Japan]]
| ''[[Galaxy Express 999 (film)|Galaxy Express 999]]''
| [[Toei Company|Toei]]
| {{Unknown}}
| {{JPY|link=yes}}16,500,000,000<ref>{{cite web|title=FEATURE: Japanese Anime Magazine Retrospective: "Animage" in August 1979|url=http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-feature/2012/03/18/feature-japanese-anime-magazine-retrospective-animage-in-august-1979|website=[[Crunchyroll]]|access-date=March 19, 2012|language=en}}</ref>
| $76,120,000<ref>{{cite web|title=Currency converter in the past with official exchange rates from 1953|url=http://fxtop.com/en/currency-converter-past.php?A=16500&C1=JPY&C2=USD&DD=04&MM=08&YYYY=1979&B=1&P=&I=1|website=fxtop|date=August 4, 1979}}</ref>
| [[List of highest-grossing Japanese films|Japan]]
|-
| [[List of Soviet films of the year by ticket sales|Soviet Union]]
| ''[[Sholay]]'' (''Embers'')
| [[R. K. Films]]
| 60,000,000<ref name="kinopoisk">{{cite web |title=«Месть и закон» (Sholay, 1975) |url=https://www.kinopoisk.ru/film/40451/ |access-date=3 February 2019 |website=[[KinoPoisk]] |language=ru-RU}}</ref>
| 15,000,000{{nbsp}}[[Soviet rouble|Rbls]]{{#tag:ref|60{{nbsp}}million tickets sold,<ref name="kinopoisk"/> average ticket price of 25{{nbsp}}[[kopeck]]s<ref name="moscow7">[https://is.muni.cz/el/1421/podzim2015/FAV291/um/Roth-Ey-Moscow_Prime_Time.pdf#page=7 ''Moscow Prime Time: How the Soviet Union Built the Media Empire that Lost the Cultural Cold War'', page 48], [[Cornell University Press]], 2011</ref>|group=n}}
| $28,200,000{{efn|See {{Section link|List of highest-grossing films in the Soviet Union|Highest-grossing foreign films}}.}}
| [[List of highest-grossing Indian films|India]]
|-
|[[Cinema of Spain|Spain]]
|''[[Superman (1978 film)|Superman]]''
|[[Warner Bros.]]
|4,795,628<ref name=spain79/>
|[[Spanish peseta|₧]]655,346,759<ref name=spain79>{{cite web|url=https://www.culturaydeporte.gob.es/dam/jcr:f5fe582c-3748-4a41-bef1-19f2a01e2fef/boletin-1977-1978-1979.pdf#page=743|language=Spanish|page=741|title=Estadística por recaudacion de peliculas extranjeras durante 1979|website=[[Ministry of Culture (Spain)|Spanish Ministry of Culture and Sport]]|access-date=April 3, 2022}}</ref>
|$9,763,080<ref>{{cite web|title=Pacific Exchange Rate Service (0.47218 GBP per USD)|url=http://fx.sauder.ubc.ca/etc/USDpages.pdf#page=2|website=[[UBC Sauder School of Business]]|publisher=[[University of British Columbia]]|page=2|year=1979|access-date=April 3, 2022}}</ref>
| rowspan="2" | United States
|-
| [[List of highest-grossing films in the United Kingdom|United Kingdom]]
| ''[[Superman (1978 film)|Superman]]''
| [[Columbia Pictures|Columbia]]-[[EMI Films|EMI]]-[[Warner Bros.|Warner]]
|10,190,000<ref name="BFI" />
| [[Pound sterling|£]]11,547,308<ref name="BFI">{{cite web|title=The Ultimate Chart: 1–100|date=28 November 2004|publisher=[[British Film Institute]]|url=http://old.bfi.org.uk/features/ultimatefilm/chart/complete.php|access-date=14 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120803005826/http://old.bfi.org.uk/features/ultimatefilm/chart/complete.php|archive-date=3 August 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| $24,455,309<ref>{{cite web|title=Pacific Exchange Rate Service (0.47218 GBP per USD)|url=http://fx.sauder.ubc.ca/etc/USDpages.pdf#page=3|website=[[UBC Sauder School of Business]]|publisher=[[University of British Columbia]]|page=3|year=1979|access-date=21 November 2017}}</ref>
|}