$538.4M
ROI 29.91x
Yearly chart
1980 Box Office Rankings
Year-specific reference chart with worldwide gross, reported budgets, openings and ROI where available.
About the 1980 chart
This 1980 box office chart highlights films released in 1980, using available worldwide gross, budget, gross-minus-budget and ROI data. Some titles may have richer financial detail than others, depending on source coverage and later corrections.
Year gross$3.07Bvisible records
Avg budget$9.4Mbudgeted titles
Top opening—Windwalker
Releases125available for year
1980 quick chart highlights
Additional ways to explore the year’s highest-performing titles.Top gross
The Empire Strikes Back$538.4M Superman II$216.4M The Gods Must Be Crazy$200.0M The Blues Brothers$115.2M Nine to Five$103.3MBest ROI
The Gods Must Be Crazy40.00x The Empire Strikes Back29.91x Airplane!23.84x The Fog21.45x Hardly Working14.41xGross-minus-budget leaders
The Empire Strikes Back$520.4M The Gods Must Be Crazy$195.0M Superman II$162.4M Nine to Five$93.3M Stir Crazy$91.3M1980 movie chart
Sorted by worldwide gross.| # | Movie | Year | Worldwide | Budget | Gross - budget | ROI | Studio / Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
The Empire Strikes Back
WW
Financial
|
1980 | $538.4M | $18.0M | $520.4M | 29.91x | Lucasfilm Ltd.. |
| 2 |
Superman II
WW
Financial
|
1980 | $216.4M | $54.0M | $162.4M | 4.01x | Dovemead Films |
| 3 |
The Gods Must Be Crazy
WW
Financial
|
1980 | $200.0M | $5.0M | $195.0M | 40.00x | Cat Films |
| 4 |
The Blues Brothers
WW
Financial
|
1980 | $115.2M | $27.0M | $88.2M | 4.27x | Universal Pictures |
| 5 |
Nine to Five
WW
Financial
|
1980 | $103.3M | $10.0M | $93.3M | 10.33x | Ipc Films |
| 6 |
Stir Crazy
WW
Financial
|
1980 | $101.3M | $10.0M | $91.3M | 10.13x | Columbia Pictures |
| 7 |
Airplane!
WW
Financial
|
1980 | $83.5M | $3.5M | $80.0M | 23.84x | Paramount Pictures |
| 8 |
Any Which Way You Can
WW
Financial
|
1980 | $70.7M | $15.0M | $55.7M | 4.71x | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| 9 |
Private Benjamin
WW
Financial
|
1980 | $69.8M | $15.0M | $54.8M | 4.65x | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| 10 |
Coal Miner's Daughter
WW
Financial
|
1980 | $67.2M | $15.0M | $52.2M | 4.48x | Universal Pictures |
| 11 |
Smokey and the Bandit II
WW
Financial
|
1980 | $66.1M | $17.0M | $49.1M | 3.89x | Universal Pictures |
| 12 |
The Blue Lagoon
WW
Financial
|
1980 | $58.9M | $4.5M | $54.4M | 13.08x | Columbia Pictures |
| 13 |
Ordinary People
WW
Financial
|
1980 | $54.8M | $6.0M | $48.8M | 9.13x | Paramount Pictures |
| 14 |
Urban Cowboy
WW
Financial
|
1980 | $53.3M | $10.0M | $43.3M | 5.33x | Paramount Pictures |
| 15 |
American Gigolo
WW
Financial
|
1980 | $52.7M | $5.0M | $47.7M | 10.54x | Paramount Pictures |
| 16 |
Popeye
WW
Financial
|
1980 | $49.8M | $20.0M | $29.8M | 2.49x | Paramount Pictures |
| 17 |
Hardly Working
WW
Financial
|
1980 | $49.0M | $3.4M | $45.6M | 14.41x | 20th Century Fox |
| 18 |
The Shining
WW
Financial
|
1980 | $44.8M | $19.0M | $25.8M | 2.36x | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| 19 |
Seems Like Old Times
WW
Financial
No budget
|
1980 | $44.0M | — | — | — | Rastar Productions |
| 20 |
Fame
WW
Financial
|
1980 | $42.0M | $8.5M | $33.5M | 4.94x | Metro Goldwyn Mayer |
| 21 |
Cheech & Chong's Next Movie
WW
Financial
No budget
|
1980 | $41.7M | — | — | — | Universal Pictures |
| 22 |
Friday the 13th
WW
Financial
|
1980 | $39.9M | $550,000 | $39.4M | 72.59x | Sean S. Cunningham Films |
| 23 |
Caddyshack
WW
Financial
|
1980 | $39.8M | $6.0M | $33.8M | 6.64x | Orion Pictures |
| 24 |
Brubaker
WW
Financial
|
1980 | $37.1M | $9.0M | $28.1M | 4.12x | 20th Century Fox |
| 25 |
Dressed to Kill
WW
Financial
|
1980 | $31.9M | $6.5M | $25.4M | 4.91x | Filmways Pictures |
| 26 |
The Jazz Singer
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1980 | $27.1M | $13.0M | $14.1M | 2.09x | Emi Films |
| 27 |
Flash Gordon
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1980 | $27.1M | $35.0M | -$7.9M | 0.77x | Starling Films |
| 28 |
The Elephant Man
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1980 | $26.0M | $5.0M | $21.0M | 5.20x | Brooksfilms |
| 29 |
Doraemon: Nobita's Dinosaur
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
1980 | $25.0M | — | — | — | Shin Ei Animation |
| 30 |
Bronco Billy
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1980 | $24.3M | $6.5M | $17.8M | 3.74x | Second Street Films |
| 31 |
Raging Bull
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1980 | $23.4M | $18.0M | $5.4M | 1.30x | United Artists |
| 32 |
Xanadu
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1980 | $22.8M | $20.0M | $2.8M | 1.14x | Universal Pictures |
| 33 |
My Bodyguard
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
1980 | $22.5M | — | — | — | Melvin Simon Productions |
| 34 |
The Big Brawl
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1980 | $21.5M | $6.0M | $15.5M | 3.58x | Orange Sky Golden Harvest |
| 35 |
The Fog
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1980 | $21.4M | $1.0M | $20.4M | 21.45x | Avco Embassy Pictures |
| 36 |
Altered States
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1980 | $19.9M | $15.0M | $4.9M | 1.32x | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| 37 |
Cruising
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1980 | $19.8M | $11.0M | $8.8M | 1.80x | Jerry Weintraub Productions |
| 38 |
The Octagon
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1980 | $19.0M | $4.0M | $15.0M | 4.74x | American Cinema Productions |
| 39 |
Herbie Goes Bananas
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
1980 | $18.0M | — | — | — | Walt Disney Productions |
| 40 |
Rough Cut
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1980 | $16.7M | $14.0M | $2.7M | 1.19x | David Merrick Productions |
| 41 |
The Final Countdown
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1980 | $16.6M | $12.0M | $4.6M | 1.39x | Bryna Productions |
| 42 |
Abdullah
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
1980 | $16.0M | — | — | — | — |
| 43 |
Hero at Large
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
1980 | $15.9M | — | — | — | Kings Road Entertainment |
| 44 |
The Long Riders
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1980 | $15.8M | $10.0M | $5.8M | 1.58x | United Artists |
| 45 |
The Island
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1980 | $15.7M | $22.0M | -$6.3M | 0.71x | Universal Pictures |
| 46 |
Prom Night
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1980 | $14.8M | $1.5M | $13.3M | 9.86x | Simcom Limited |
| 47 |
Wholly Moses
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
1980 | $14.2M | — | — | — | Columbia Pictures |
| 48 |
La Femme flic
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
1980 | $13.6M | — | — | — | Snc |
| 49 |
Atlantic City
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1980 | $12.7M | $7.2M | $5.5M | 1.77x | Canadian Film Development Corporation |
| 50 |
The Changeling
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1980 | $12.0M | $7.6M | $4.4M | 1.58x | Chessman Park Productions |
| 51 |
Used Cars
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1980 | $11.7M | $8.0M | $3.7M | 1.46x | Columbia Pictures |
| 52 |
Battle Beyond the Stars
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1980 | $11.0M | $2.0M | $9.0M | 5.50x | New World Pictures |
| 53 |
It's My Turn
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
1980 | $11.0M | — | — | — | Columbia Pictures |
| 54 |
The Last Flight of Noah's Ark
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
1980 | $11.0M | — | — | — | Walt Disney Productions |
| 55 |
The Mirror Crack'd
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
1980 | $11.0M | — | — | — | G.w. Films |
| 56 |
The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
1980 | $10.7M | — | — | — | Playboy Enterprises |
| 57 |
Stardust Memories
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1980 | $10.4M | $10.0M | $389,003 | 1.04x | Jack Rollins & Charles H. Joffe Productions |
| 58 |
An Ocean to Cross
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
1980 | $10.3M | — | — | — | Geiensha Co., Ltd.. |
| 59 |
Maniac
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1980 | $10.0M | $350,000 | $9.7M | 28.57x | Magnum Motion Pictures Inc. |
| 60 |
The Hollywood Knights
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1980 | $10.0M | $2.5M | $7.5M | 4.00x | Polygram Pictures |
| 61 |
Serial
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
1980 | $9.9M | — | — | — | Paramount Pictures |
| 62 |
Tom Horn
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
1980 | $9.0M | — | — | — | First Artists |
| 63 |
The Formula
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1980 | $8.9M | $13.2M | -$4.3M | 0.67x | Cip Filmproduktion Gmb H |
| 64 |
The Awakening
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
1980 | $8.4M | — | — | — | Emi Films |
| 65 |
Breaker Morant
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1980 | $8.2M | $1.0M | $7.2M | 8.20x | South Australian Film Corporation |
| 66 |
A Bad Son
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
1980 | $7.9M | — | — | — | Sara Films |
| 67 |
Fatso
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
1980 | $7.7M | — | — | — | Brooksfilms |
| 68 |
The Big Red One
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1980 | $7.2M | $4.5M | $2.7M | 1.60x | Lorimar Motion Pictures |
| 69 |
Raise the Titanic
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1980 | $7.0M | $36.0M | -$29.0M | 0.19x | Itc Entertainment |
| 70 |
La Cage aux Folles II
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
1980 | $7.0M | — | — | — | Da Ma Produzione |
| 71 |
Where the Buffalo Roam
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
1980 | $6.7M | — | — | — | Universal Pictures |
| 72 |
Motel Hell
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1980 | $6.3M | $3.0M | $3.3M | 2.11x | Camp Hill |
| 73 |
Little Miss Marker
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
1980 | $6.3M | — | — | — | Universal Pictures |
| 74 |
Hangar 18
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
1980 | $6.0M | — | — | — | Sunn Classic Pictures |
| 75 |
The Dogs of War
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1980 | $5.5M | $8.0M | -$2.5M | 0.69x | Juniper Films |
| 76 |
Divine Madness
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
1980 | $5.3M | — | — | — | The Ladd Company |
| 77 |
Package Tour
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
1980 | $5.0M | — | — | — | Ri Film |
| 78 |
The Watcher in the Woods
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1980 | $5.0M | $9.0M | -$4.0M | 0.56x | Walt Disney Productions |
| 79 |
He Knows You're Alone
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1980 | $4.9M | $300,000 | $4.6M | 16.33x | Metro Goldwyn Mayer |
| 80 |
Saturn 3
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1980 | $4.9M | $10.0M | -$5.1M | 0.49x | Transcontinental Film Productions (London) |
| 81 |
Galaxina
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1980 | $4.9M | $5.5M | -$635,000 | 0.88x | Marimark Productions |
| 82 |
Coast to Coast
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
1980 | $4.5M | — | — | — | Paramount Pictures |
| 83 |
Foxes
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
1980 | $4.4M | — | — | — | Casablanca Filmworks |
| 84 |
Willie & Phil
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1980 | $4.4M | $5.5M | -$1.1M | 0.80x | 20th Century Fox |
| 85 |
Roadie
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1980 | $4.2M | $4.7M | -$473,630 | 0.90x | United Artists |
| 86 |
Gloria
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
1980 | $4.1M | — | — | — | Columbia Pictures |
| 87 |
Kagemusha
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1980 | $4.0M | $6.0M | -$2.0M | 0.67x | Toho |
| 88 |
Tribute
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1980 | $4.0M | $8.0M | -$4.0M | 0.50x | The Turman Foster Company |
| 89 |
Resurrection
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
1980 | $3.9M | — | — | — | Universal Pictures |
| 90 |
When Time Ran Out...
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1980 | $3.8M | $20.0M | -$16.2M | 0.19x | International Cinema |
| 91 |
Heaven's Gate
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1980 | $3.5M | $44.0M | -$40.5M | 0.08x | United Artists |
| 92 |
North Sea Hijack
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
1980 | $3.0M | — | — | — | Universal Pictures |
| 93 |
The Black Marble
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
1980 | $2.5M | — | — | — | Avco Embassy Pictures |
| 94 |
Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1980 | $2.5M | $900,000 | $1.6M | 2.78x | Mosfilm |
| 95 |
Borderline
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1980 | $2.3M | $5.8M | -$3.5M | 0.40x | Itc Entertainment |
| 96 |
Windows
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
1980 | $2.1M | — | — | — | Mike Lobell Productions |
| 97 |
Children's Island
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
1980 | $2.1M | — | — | — | Svenska Filminstitutet |
| 98 |
Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (and Don't Come Back!)
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
1980 | $2.0M | — | — | — | Bill Melendez Productions |
| 99 |
Cannibal Holocaust
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1980 | $2.0M | $100,000 | $1.9M | 20.00x | F.d. Cinematografica |
| 100 |
Al Sharida
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1980 | $1.2M | $650,000 | $580,000 | 1.89x | Aflam Aabdalaathym Alzghb |
| 101 |
Why Would I Lie?
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1980 | $1.2M | $4.5M | -$3.3M | 0.26x | Metro Goldwyn Mayer |
| 102 |
Heart Beat
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
1980 | $954,029 | — | — | — | Orion Pictures |
| 103 |
One Trick Pony
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
1980 | $843,215 | — | — | — | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| 104 |
Those Lips, Those Eyes
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
1980 | $804,713 | — | — | — | Herb Jaffe |
| 105 |
Encounters of the Spooky Kind
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
1980 | $731,753 | — | — | — | Bo Ho Films |
| 106 |
The Silence
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1980 | $700,000 | $468,000 | $232,000 | 1.50x | Kuwait Tv |
| 107 |
Navajeros
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
1980 | $680,224 | — | — | — | Producciones Fenix |
| 108 |
Sunday Lovers
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
1980 | $621,235 | — | — | — | Viaduc Productions |
| 109 |
The Long Good Friday
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1980 | $500,000 | $1.0M | -$500,000 | 0.50x | Calendar Productions |
| 110 |
Pepi, Luci, Bom
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1980 | $332,089 | $46,000 | $286,089 | 7.22x | Fígaro Films |
| 111 |
Bilo the Banker
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1980 | $243,000 | $85,000 | $158,000 | 2.86x | Arzu Film |
| 112 |
The Sea Wolves
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1980 | $220,181 | $12.0M | -$11.8M | 0.02x | Richmond Light Horse Productions |
| 113 |
The Baltimore Bullet
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
1980 | $215,498 | — | — | — | Filmfair Communications |
| 114 |
Mouth Harmonica
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
1980 | $109,533 | — | — | — | Azione Cinematografica |
| 115 |
Beddua
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1980 | $105,000 | $55,000 | $50,000 | 1.91x | Gülgen Film |
| 116 |
The Murderer of the Night
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1980 | $100,000 | $55,000 | $45,000 | 1.82x | — |
| 117 |
Budhur alshaytan
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1980 | $45,000 | $23,000 | $22,000 | 1.96x | Ihab El Leithy Films |
| 118 |
The Thundering Mantis
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
1980 | $25,309 | — | — | — | East Asia Film (H. K.) Co. |
| 119 |
The Mute
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1980 | $17,740 | $13,900 | $3,840 | 1.28x | Maaaml Mdyn Alsynma |
| 120 |
Cocaína
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
1980 | $8,832 | — | — | — | Eguiluz Films |
| 121 |
Gregory's Girl
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
1980 | $7,710 | — | — | — | Lake Films |
| 122 |
Agni Saram
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
1980 | $139 | — | — | — | — |
| 123 |
山城雪
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1980 | $100 | $100 | — | 1.00x | 联瑞(上海)影业有限公司 |
| 124 |
The Torturer
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
1980 | $98 | — | — | — | — |
| 125 |
Windwalker
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
1980 | $18 | — | — | — | Windwalker |
$216.4M
ROI 4.01x
$200.0M
ROI 40.00x
$115.2M
ROI 4.27x
$103.3M
ROI 10.33x
$101.3M
ROI 10.13x
$83.5M
ROI 23.84x
$70.7M
ROI 4.71x
$69.8M
ROI 4.65x
$67.2M
ROI 4.48x
$66.1M
ROI 3.89x
$58.9M
ROI 13.08x
$54.8M
ROI 9.13x
$53.3M
ROI 5.33x
$52.7M
ROI 10.54x
$49.8M
ROI 2.49x
$49.0M
ROI 14.41x
$44.8M
ROI 2.36x
$44.0M
ROI —
$42.0M
ROI 4.94x
$41.7M
ROI —
$39.9M
ROI 72.59x
$39.8M
ROI 6.64x
$37.1M
ROI 4.12x
$31.9M
ROI 4.91x
$27.1M
ROI 2.09x
Flash Gordon
1980 · WW
Budget $35.0M · Starling Films
$27.1M
ROI 0.77x
The Elephant Man
1980 · WW
Budget $5.0M · Brooksfilms
$26.0M
ROI 5.20x
Doraemon: Nobita's Dinosaur
1980 · WW
Budget — · Shin Ei Animation
$25.0M
ROI —
Bronco Billy
1980 · WW
Budget $6.5M · Second Street Films
$24.3M
ROI 3.74x
Raging Bull
1980 · WW
Budget $18.0M · United Artists
$23.4M
ROI 1.30x
Xanadu
1980 · WW
Budget $20.0M · Universal Pictures
$22.8M
ROI 1.14x
My Bodyguard
1980 · WW
Budget — · Melvin Simon Productions
$22.5M
ROI —
The Big Brawl
1980 · WW
Budget $6.0M · Orange Sky Golden Harvest
$21.5M
ROI 3.58x
The Fog
1980 · WW
Budget $1.0M · Avco Embassy Pictures
$21.4M
ROI 21.45x
Altered States
1980 · WW
Budget $15.0M · Warner Bros. Pictures
$19.9M
ROI 1.32x
Cruising
1980 · WW
Budget $11.0M · Jerry Weintraub Productions
$19.8M
ROI 1.80x
The Octagon
1980 · WW
Budget $4.0M · American Cinema Productions
$19.0M
ROI 4.74x
Herbie Goes Bananas
1980 · WW
Budget — · Walt Disney Productions
$18.0M
ROI —
Rough Cut
1980 · WW
Budget $14.0M · David Merrick Productions
$16.7M
ROI 1.19x
The Final Countdown
1980 · WW
Budget $12.0M · Bryna Productions
$16.6M
ROI 1.39x
Abdullah
1980 · WW
Budget —
$16.0M
ROI —
Hero at Large
1980 · WW
Budget — · Kings Road Entertainment
$15.9M
ROI —
The Long Riders
1980 · WW
Budget $10.0M · United Artists
$15.8M
ROI 1.58x
The Island
1980 · WW
Budget $22.0M · Universal Pictures
$15.7M
ROI 0.71x
Prom Night
1980 · WW
Budget $1.5M · Simcom Limited
$14.8M
ROI 9.86x
Wholly Moses
1980 · WW
Budget — · Columbia Pictures
$14.2M
ROI —
$13.6M
ROI —
Atlantic City
1980 · WW
Budget $7.2M · Canadian Film Development Corporation
$12.7M
ROI 1.77x
The Changeling
1980 · WW
Budget $7.6M · Chessman Park Productions
$12.0M
ROI 1.58x
Used Cars
1980 · WW
Budget $8.0M · Columbia Pictures
$11.7M
ROI 1.46x
Battle Beyond the Stars
1980 · WW
Budget $2.0M · New World Pictures
$11.0M
ROI 5.50x
It's My Turn
1980 · WW
Budget — · Columbia Pictures
$11.0M
ROI —
The Last Flight of Noah's Ark
1980 · WW
Budget — · Walt Disney Productions
$11.0M
ROI —
The Mirror Crack'd
1980 · WW
Budget — · G.w. Films
$11.0M
ROI —
The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu
1980 · WW
Budget — · Playboy Enterprises
$10.7M
ROI —
Stardust Memories
1980 · WW
Budget $10.0M · Jack Rollins & Charles H. Joffe Productions
$10.4M
ROI 1.04x
An Ocean to Cross
1980 · WW
Budget — · Geiensha Co., Ltd..
$10.3M
ROI —
Maniac
1980 · WW
Budget $350,000 · Magnum Motion Pictures Inc.
$10.0M
ROI 28.57x
The Hollywood Knights
1980 · WW
Budget $2.5M · Polygram Pictures
$10.0M
ROI 4.00x
Serial
1980 · WW
Budget — · Paramount Pictures
$9.9M
ROI —
Tom Horn
1980 · WW
Budget — · First Artists
$9.0M
ROI —
The Formula
1980 · WW
Budget $13.2M · Cip Filmproduktion Gmb H
$8.9M
ROI 0.67x
$8.4M
ROI —
Breaker Morant
1980 · WW
Budget $1.0M · South Australian Film Corporation
$8.2M
ROI 8.20x
A Bad Son
1980 · WW
Budget — · Sara Films
$7.9M
ROI —
Fatso
1980 · WW
Budget — · Brooksfilms
$7.7M
ROI —
The Big Red One
1980 · WW
Budget $4.5M · Lorimar Motion Pictures
$7.2M
ROI 1.60x
Raise the Titanic
1980 · WW
Budget $36.0M · Itc Entertainment
$7.0M
ROI 0.19x
La Cage aux Folles II
1980 · WW
Budget — · Da Ma Produzione
$7.0M
ROI —
Where the Buffalo Roam
1980 · WW
Budget — · Universal Pictures
$6.7M
ROI —
$6.3M
ROI 2.11x
Little Miss Marker
1980 · WW
Budget — · Universal Pictures
$6.3M
ROI —
Hangar 18
1980 · WW
Budget — · Sunn Classic Pictures
$6.0M
ROI —
The Dogs of War
1980 · WW
Budget $8.0M · Juniper Films
$5.5M
ROI 0.69x
Divine Madness
1980 · WW
Budget — · The Ladd Company
$5.3M
ROI —
$5.0M
ROI —
The Watcher in the Woods
1980 · WW
Budget $9.0M · Walt Disney Productions
$5.0M
ROI 0.56x
He Knows You're Alone
1980 · WW
Budget $300,000 · Metro Goldwyn Mayer
$4.9M
ROI 16.33x
Saturn 3
1980 · WW
Budget $10.0M · Transcontinental Film Productions (London)
$4.9M
ROI 0.49x
Galaxina
1980 · WW
Budget $5.5M · Marimark Productions
$4.9M
ROI 0.88x
Coast to Coast
1980 · WW
Budget — · Paramount Pictures
$4.5M
ROI —
Foxes
1980 · WW
Budget — · Casablanca Filmworks
$4.4M
ROI —
Willie & Phil
1980 · WW
Budget $5.5M · 20th Century Fox
$4.4M
ROI 0.80x
Roadie
1980 · WW
Budget $4.7M · United Artists
$4.2M
ROI 0.90x
Gloria
1980 · WW
Budget — · Columbia Pictures
$4.1M
ROI —
$4.0M
ROI 0.67x
Tribute
1980 · WW
Budget $8.0M · The Turman Foster Company
$4.0M
ROI 0.50x
Resurrection
1980 · WW
Budget — · Universal Pictures
$3.9M
ROI —
When Time Ran Out...
1980 · WW
Budget $20.0M · International Cinema
$3.8M
ROI 0.19x
Heaven's Gate
1980 · WW
Budget $44.0M · United Artists
$3.5M
ROI 0.08x
North Sea Hijack
1980 · WW
Budget — · Universal Pictures
$3.0M
ROI —
The Black Marble
1980 · WW
Budget — · Avco Embassy Pictures
$2.5M
ROI —
$2.5M
ROI 2.78x
Borderline
1980 · WW
Budget $5.8M · Itc Entertainment
$2.3M
ROI 0.40x
Windows
1980 · WW
Budget — · Mike Lobell Productions
$2.1M
ROI —
Children's Island
1980 · WW
Budget — · Svenska Filminstitutet
$2.1M
ROI —
Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (and Don't Come Back!)
1980 · WW
Budget — · Bill Melendez Productions
$2.0M
ROI —
Cannibal Holocaust
1980 · WW
Budget $100,000 · F.d. Cinematografica
$2.0M
ROI 20.00x
Al Sharida
1980 · WW
Budget $650,000 · Aflam Aabdalaathym Alzghb
$1.2M
ROI 1.89x
Why Would I Lie?
1980 · WW
Budget $4.5M · Metro Goldwyn Mayer
$1.2M
ROI 0.26x
Heart Beat
1980 · WW
Budget — · Orion Pictures
$954,029
ROI —
One Trick Pony
1980 · WW
Budget — · Warner Bros. Pictures
$843,215
ROI —
Those Lips, Those Eyes
1980 · WW
Budget — · Herb Jaffe
$804,713
ROI —
Encounters of the Spooky Kind
1980 · WW
Budget — · Bo Ho Films
$731,753
ROI —
$700,000
ROI 1.50x
Navajeros
1980 · WW
Budget — · Producciones Fenix
$680,224
ROI —
Sunday Lovers
1980 · WW
Budget — · Viaduc Productions
$621,235
ROI —
The Long Good Friday
1980 · WW
Budget $1.0M · Calendar Productions
$500,000
ROI 0.50x
Pepi, Luci, Bom
1980 · WW
Budget $46,000 · Fígaro Films
$332,089
ROI 7.22x
$243,000
ROI 2.86x
The Sea Wolves
1980 · WW
Budget $12.0M · Richmond Light Horse Productions
$220,181
ROI 0.02x
The Baltimore Bullet
1980 · WW
Budget — · Filmfair Communications
$215,498
ROI —
Mouth Harmonica
1980 · WW
Budget — · Azione Cinematografica
$109,533
ROI —
Beddua
1980 · WW
Budget $55,000 · Gülgen Film
$105,000
ROI 1.91x
The Murderer of the Night
1980 · WW
Budget $55,000
$100,000
ROI 1.82x
Budhur alshaytan
1980 · WW
Budget $23,000 · Ihab El Leithy Films
$45,000
ROI 1.96x
The Thundering Mantis
1980 · WW
Budget — · East Asia Film (H. K.) Co.
$25,309
ROI —
The Mute
1980 · WW
Budget $13,900 · Maaaml Mdyn Alsynma
$17,740
ROI 1.28x
Cocaína
1980 · WW
Budget — · Eguiluz Films
$8,832
ROI —
Gregory's Girl
1980 · WW
Budget — · Lake Films
$7,710
ROI —
Agni Saram
1980 · WW
Budget —
$139
ROI —
山城雪
1980 · WW
Budget $100 · 联瑞(上海)影业有限公司
$100
ROI 1.00x
The Torturer
1980 · WW
Budget —
$98
ROI —
Windwalker
1980 · WW
Budget — · Windwalker
$18
ROI —
1980 box office FAQ
Helpful answers about the 1980 box office chart.How many movies are included in the 1980 box office chart?
The number of titles depends on available box office data for that release year. More records can appear as source coverage improves.
Why do some movies have more detailed box office pages?
Some titles have more complete financial, ranking and source information available. Titles with less reliable supporting data may remain listed in ranking tables until more detail is available.
What does worldwide gross mean?
Worldwide gross refers to reported theatrical box office revenue across all available markets before any later home entertainment or streaming revenue.
How is ROI calculated?
ROI is calculated from available gross and budget data. Where budget or revenue is missing, ROI may be unavailable or marked as estimated depending on the source quality.
Can more films be expanded with full box office details later?
Yes. A title can receive a more detailed page when reliable financial data, source links and useful context become available.