| Rank | Release Group
| Worldwide | Domestic | % | Foreign | % |
|---|
| 1 | Kramer vs. Kramer | $106,260,000 | $106,260,000 | 100% | - | - |
| 2 | The Amityville Horror | $86,432,000 | $86,432,000 | 100% | - | - |
| 3 | Rocky II | $85,182,160 | $85,182,160 | 100% | - | - |
| 4 | Star Trek: The Motion Picture | $82,258,612 | $82,258,456 | 100% | - | - |
| 5 | Apocalypse Now | $78,982,176 | $78,784,010 | 99.7% | $196,830 | 0.2% |
| 6 | Alien | $78,974,579 | $78,944,891 | 100% | $18,773 | <0.1% |
| 7 | 10 | $74,865,517 | $74,865,517 | 100% | - | - |
| 8 | The Jerk | $73,691,419 | $73,691,419 | 100% | - | - |
| 9 | Moonraker | $70,308,533 | $70,308,099 | 100% | - | - |
| 10 | The Muppet Movie | $65,200,470 | $65,200,000 | 100% | - | - |
| 11 | The Electric Horseman | $61,801,971 | $61,801,971 | 100% | - | - |
| 12 | The China Syndrome | $51,718,367 | $51,718,367 | 100% | - | - |
| 13 | Meatballs | $43,046,003 | $43,046,003 | 100% | - | - |
| 14 | Escape from Alcatraz | $43,000,000 | $43,000,000 | 100% | - | - |
| 15 | The Main Event | $42,800,000 | $42,800,000 | 100% | - | - |
| 16 | Manhattan | $39,946,780 | $39,946,780 | 100% | - | - |
| 17 | All That Jazz | $37,824,824 | $37,823,676 | 100% | - | - |
| 18 | The Black Stallion | $37,799,643 | $37,799,643 | 100% | - | - |
| 19 | The Black Hole | $35,841,901 | $35,841,901 | 100% | - | - |
| 20 | Starting Over | $35,649,012 | $35,649,012 | 100% | - | - |
| 21 | And Justice for All | $33,300,000 | $33,300,000 | 100% | - | - |
| 22 | 1941 | $31,755,742 | $31,755,742 | 100% | - | - |
| 23 | The Champ | $30,441,738 | $30,441,738 | 100% | - | - |
| 24 | Being There | $30,178,926 | $30,177,511 | 100% | $93 | <0.1% |
| 25 | The Rose | $29,174,648 | $29,174,648 | 100% | - | - |
| 26 | Going in Style | $26,869,286 | $26,869,286 | 100% | - | - |
| 27 | North Dallas Forty | $26,079,312 | $26,079,312 | 100% | - | - |
| 28 | The Warriors | $22,494,655 | $22,490,039 | 100% | $4,616 | <0.1% |
| 29 | Norma Rae | $22,228,000 | $22,228,000 | 100% | - | - |
| 30 | Buck Rogers in the 25th Century | $21,671,241 | $21,671,241 | 100% | - | - |
| 31 | National Lampoon's Animal House 1979 Re-release | $21,508,877 | $21,508,877 | 100% | - | - |
| 32 | The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again | $20,931,111 | $20,931,111 | 100% | - | - |
| 33 | La Cage aux Folles | $20,424,259 | $20,424,259 | 100% | - | - |
| 34 | Dracula | $20,158,970 | $20,158,970 | 100% | - | - |
| 35 | When a Stranger Calls | $20,149,106 | $20,149,106 | 100% | - | - |
| 36 | Same Time, Next Year | $19,703,082 | $19,703,082 | 100% | - | - |
| 37 | The Seduction of Joe Tynan | $19,595,168 | $19,595,168 | 100% | - | - |
| 38 | Monty Python's Life of Brian | $19,426,110 | $19,398,164 | 99.9% | $26,174 | 0.1% |
| 39 | One Hundred and One Dalmatians 1979 Re-release | $19,000,000 | $19,000,000 | 100% | - | - |
| 40 | Prophecy | $18,389,402 | $18,389,402 | 100% | - | - |
| 41 | Breaking Away | $16,424,918 | $16,424,918 | 100% | - | - |
| 42 | Hair | $15,284,643 | $15,284,643 | 100% | - | - |
| 43 | More American Graffiti | $15,014,674 | $15,014,674 | 100% | - | - |
| 44 | Roller Boogie | $13,253,715 | $13,253,715 | 100% | - | - |
| 45 | The Great Train Robbery | $13,027,857 | $13,027,857 | 100% | - | - |
| 46 | The Concorde... Airport '79 | $13,015,688 | $13,015,688 | 100% | - | - |
| 47 | Phantasm | $11,988,469 | $11,988,469 | 100% | - | - |
| 48 | The Promise | $11,606,005 | $11,606,005 | 100% | - | - |
| 49 | The Legacy | $11,364,985 | $11,364,985 | 100% | - | - |
| 50 | Fiddler on the Roof 1979 Re-release | $10,404,330 | $10,404,330 | 100% | - | - |
| 51 | The Onion Field | $9,890,597 | $9,890,597 | 100% | - | - |
| 52 | The Frisco Kid | $9,346,177 | $9,346,177 | 100% | - | - |
| 53 | Meteor | $8,400,000 | $8,400,000 | 100% | - | - |
| 54 | The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh | $8,281,246 | $8,281,246 | 100% | - | - |
| 55 | Bloodline | $8,218,695 | $8,218,695 | 100% | - | - |
| 56 | The Prisoner of Zenda | $7,650,600 | $7,650,600 | 100% | - | - |
| 57 | Agatha | $7,500,000 | $7,500,000 | 100% | - | - |
| 58 | Americathon | $6,171,763 | $6,171,763 | 100% | - | - |
| 59 | Running | $6,012,556 | $6,012,556 | 100% | - | - |
| 60 | Cuba | $5,610,280 | $5,610,280 | 100% | - | - |
| 61 | Butch and Sundance: The Early Days | $5,136,913 | $5,136,913 | 100% | - | - |
| 62 | Players | $4,896,094 | $4,896,094 | 100% | - | - |
| 63 | The Great Santini | $4,702,575 | $4,702,575 | 100% | - | - |
| 64 | Yanks | $3,931,010 | $3,931,010 | 100% | - | - |
| 65 | Lost and Found | $3,223,197 | $3,223,197 | 100% | - | - |
| 66 | Hanover Street | $3,000,000 | $3,000,000 | 100% | - | - |
| 67 | Voices | $2,631,244 | $2,631,244 | 100% | - | - |
| 68 | Wanda Nevada | $2,411,145 | $2,411,145 | 100% | - | - |
| 69 | Sunburn | $2,410,776 | $2,410,776 | 100% | - | - |
| 70 | Rich Kids | $1,856,122 | $1,856,122 | 100% | - | - |
| 71 | Walk Proud | $1,675,040 | $1,675,040 | 100% | - | - |
| 72 | Last Embrace | $1,537,125 | $1,537,125 | 100% | - | - |
| 73 | Goldengirl | $1,247,376 | $1,247,376 | 100% | - | - |
| 74 | The Passage | $1,101,186 | $1,101,186 | 100% | - | - |
| 75 | Winter Kills | $1,084,261 | $1,083,799 | 100% | - | - |
| 76 | City on Fire | $784,181 | $784,181 | 100% | - | - |
| 77 | A Man, a Woman and a Bank | $683,353 | $683,353 | 100% | - | - |
| 78 | Five Days from Home | $641,768 | $641,768 | 100% | - | - |
| 79 | Fast Charlie... the Moonbeam Rider | $444,334 | $444,334 | 100% | - | - |
| 80 | The Human Factor | $376,050 | $376,050 | 100% | - | - |
| 81 | Real Life | $364,642 | $364,642 | 100% | - | - |
| 82 | An Almost Perfect Affair | $85,493 | $85,493 | 100% | - | - |
| 83 | Nest of Vipers | $27,182 | $27,182 | 100% | - | - |
| 84 | The Milky Way | $2,893 | - | - | $2,893 | 100% |
