Top Grossing Films of 1979

$106,260,000 - Columbia
Budget: $8 million

$86,432,520 - American International Pictures
Budget: $4.7 million

$85,182,160 - United Artists
Budget: $7 million

$200,182,160 (worldwide)

$83,471,511 - United Artists
Budget: $31.5 million

$150,000,000 (worldwide)

$82,258,456 - Paramount
Budget: $35 million

$139,000,000 (worldwide)

$80,931,801 - 20th Century Fox
Budget: $11 million

$203,630,630 (worldwide)

$76,657,000 - ITC Entertainment/Henson Associates
Budget: $8 million

$74,865,517 - Warner Bros./Orion
Budget: $7 million

$73,691,419 - Universal
Budget: $4 million

$100,000,000 (worldwide)

$70,308,099 - United Artists
Budget: $31 million

$210,308,099 (worldwide)

$61,801,971 - Columbia/Universal
Budget: $12.5 million

$51,718,367 - Columbia
Budget: $5.9 million

$43,900,000 - American International Pictures
Budget: $3 million

N/A

$43,046,003 - Paramount
Budget: $1.6 million

$43,000,000 - Paramount
Budget: $8 million

$42,800,000 - Warner Bros.
Budget: $8 million

N/A

$39,946,780 - United Artists
Budget: $9 million

$38,290,492 - United Artists
Budget: $11 million

$38,200,000 - Warner Bros.
Budget: $9 million

$37,823,676 - 20th Century Fox/Columbia
Budget: $12 million

$37,799,643 - United Artists
Budget: $2.7 million

$35,841,901 - Walt Disney Pictures
Budget: $20 million

$35,649,012 - Paramount
Budget: $10 million

N/A

$34,175,000 - Universal/Columbia
Budget: $32 million

$94,875,000 (worldwide)

$33,300,000 - Columbia
Budget: $4 million

$30,441,738 - United Artists

$63,000,000 (worldwide)

$30,177,511 - United Artists
Budget: $7 million

$30,000,000 - Columbia

N/A

$29,900,000 - Warner Bros.

N/A

$29,174,648 - 20th Century Fox
Budget: $9.25 million

$26,079,312 - Paramount

N/A

$25,000,000 - Columbia
Budget: $1.5 million

$23,000,000 - Warner Bros.

$22,673,340 - Paramount
Budget: $12 million

$54,000,000 (worldwide)

N/A

$22,490,039 - Paramount
Budget: $4 million

$22,438,000 - Sunn Classic Pictures

N/A

$22,238,000 - 20th Century Fox
Budget: $4.5 million

$22,200,000 - Sunn Classic Pictures

N/A

$21,000,000 - Universal

$20,424,259 - United Artists
Budget: $1.4 million

$20,200,000 - American Cinema Releasing
Budget: $2.5 million

$20,045,115 - Cinema International Corporation/Orion/Warner Bros.
Budget: $4 million

$20,000,000 - 20th Century Fox
Budget: $2.3 million

$20,000,000 - Brent Walker Film Distributing
Budget: $600,000

$19,595,168 - Universal

N/A

$13,000,000 - Universal
Budget: $14 million

$65,000,000 (worldwide)