This is a list of films which placed number one at the weekly box office in the United States during 1979.
Number-one films †This implies the highest-grossing movie of the year. Week ending Film Gross Notes 1 Superman †$4,859,936Superman grossed $13,135,498 nationally from all markets for the 4-day weekend ended January 1, a record weekend gross. Its 3-day gross of $10,364,384 beat the record $10.2 million set by Star Wars in its 1978 reissue 2 $3,424,808Superman grossed $7,492,687 for the weekend ended January 7 3 $2,461,956 4 $2,123,217 5 $2,200,610 6 $2,045,669 7 The Warriors $2,159,182The Warriors grossed $3,529,675 for the weekend ended February 11, 1979 from all markets 8 $1,963,705 9 Superman † $1,315,729Superman returned to number one in its eleventh week of release 10 $1,082,516 11 $1,035,227 12 The China Syndrome $2,258,078 13 $2,486,149 14 $2,326,181 15 $2,036,307 16 The Deer Hunter$1,927,378The Deer Hunter reached number one in its 13th week on the chart 17 $1,340,362 18 Love at First Bite$1,461,097 Love at First Bite reached number one in its fourth week of release 19 Manhattan$1,155,174Manhattan reached number one in its second week of release 20 $1,352,694 21 $1,241,692 22 Alien$2,327,321 Alien grossed $3,522,581 for the 4-day Memorial Day weekend ended May 28 from all markets 23 $1,965,402Alien grossed $2,192,025 for the weekend ended June 3 from all markets 24 $1,721,543Alien grossed $2,669,177 for the weekend ended June 10 from all markets 25 Rocky II$2,570,683 Rocky II grossed $6,390,537 nationally from all markets for the weekend ended June 17 26 $2,747,481 27 Moonraker$3,585,238Moonraker grossed $7,108,344 nationally from all markets for the weekend ended July 1 28 $2,839,120 29 Dracula$1,838,533Dracula grossed $3,141,281 nationally from all markets for the weekend ended July 15. Meatballs grossed $4,112,000 for the weekend 30 $1,435,465 31 The Amityville Horror $4,253,684The Amityville Horror grossed $7,843,467 nationally for the weekend ended July 29 32 $3,606,900The Amityville Horror grossed $6,901,959 nationally for the weekend ended August 5 33 $2,256,732 34 Star Wars (reissue)$2,058,618Star Wars grossed $6,760,165 nationally for the weekend ended August 19 35 The Muppet Movie$1,037,414 The Muppet Movie reached number one in its tenth week of release 36 $1,060,063 37 North Dallas Forty$720,867North Dallas Forty reached number one in its sixth week of release 38 $557,813 39 Monty Python's Life of Brian$1,262,773Life of Brian reached number one in its sixth week of release 40 $1,143,800 When a Stranger Calls grossed $2,597,032 in its opening 4 days. Life of Brian grossed $9,055,143 from 3 weeks of general release 41 Starting Over$970,650 42 When a Stranger Calls$1,593,114When a Stranger Calls reached number one in its third week of release 43 10$1,649,48110 reached number one in its second week of release 44 $1,437,056 45 $1,432,139 46 ...And Justice for All$1,222,477...And Justice for All. reached number one in its fourth week of release 47 10$1,098,87910 returned to number one in its sixth week of release 48 $1,426,059 49 $965,755 50 Star Trek: The Motion Picture$5,643,078Star Trek grossed $11,926,421 nationally from all markets for the weekend ended December 9, beating the 3-day weekend record of $10.3 million set by Superman and the $9.9 million opening weekend record set by Jaws 2 51 $3,064,569 Star Trek grossed $7,215,848 nationally from all markets for the weekend ended December 16 52 $2,778,258Star Trek grossed $12,075,000 nationally from all markets for the 5-day weekend ended December 25
See also List of American films — American films by year Lists of box office number-one films
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External links Domestic Box Office Weekends For 1979 (Box Office Mojo) Theatrical Weekly Box Office Chart Calendar for 1979 (The Numbers)
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