| # |
Date |
Film |
Gross |
Notes |
| 1 |
01979-01-07 January 7, 1979 |
Superman |
$5,609,381 |
|
| 2 |
01979-01-14 January 14, 1979 |
Superman |
$4,982,237 |
|
| 3 |
01979-01-21 January 21, 1979 |
Superman |
$4,326,211 |
|
| 4 |
01979-01-28 January 28, 1979 |
Superman |
$4,120,738 |
|
| 5 |
01979-02-04 February 4, 1979 |
Superman |
$3,900,927 |
|
| 6 |
01979-02-11 February 11, 1979 |
Superman |
$3,808,800 |
|
| 7 |
01979-02-18 February 18, 1979 |
Superman |
$2,987,000 |
|
| 8 |
01979-02-25 February 25, 1979 |
The Deer Hunter |
$6,784,912 |
|
| 9 |
01979-03-04 March 4, 1979 |
The Deer Hunter |
$4,212,328 |
|
| 10 |
01979-03-11 March 11, 1979 |
The Deer Hunter |
$3,147,811 |
|
| 11 |
01979-03-18 March 18, 1979 |
The China Syndrome |
$3,981,991 |
|
| 12 |
01979-03-25 March 25, 1979 |
The China Syndrome |
$2,565,912 |
|
| 13 |
01979-04-01 April 1, 1979 |
The China Syndrome |
$2,111,513 |
|
| 14 |
01979-04-08 April 8, 1979 |
The Champ |
$4,681,230 |
|
| 15 |
01979-04-15 April 15, 1979 |
The Champ |
$3,590,231 |
|
| 16 |
01979-04-22 April 22, 1979 |
The Champ |
$2,990,777 |
|
| 17 |
01979-04-29 April 29, 1979 |
Manhattan |
$4,978,431 |
|
| 18 |
01979-05-06 May 6, 1979 |
Manhattan |
$3,878,000 |
|
| 19 |
01979-05-13 May 13, 1979 |
Manhattan |
$3,109,730 |
|
| 20 |
01979-05-20 May 20, 1979 |
Beyond the Poseidon Adventure |
$5,834,021 |
|
| 21 |
01979-05-27 May 27, 1979 |
Alien |
$7,800,915 |
|
| 22 |
01979-06-03 June 3, 1979 |
Alien |
$6,300,210 |
|
| 23 |
01979-06-10 June 10, 1979 |
Alien |
$5,130,400 |
|
| 24 |
01979-06-17 June 17, 1979 |
Rocky II |
$8,909,871 |
|
| 25 |
01979-06-24 June 24, 1979 |
The Muppet Movie |
$8,980,266 |
|
| 26 |
01979-07-01 July 1, 1979 |
Moonraker |
$7,800,560 |
|
| 27 |
01979-07-08 July 8, 1979 |
Moonraker |
$4,900,784 |
|
| 28 |
01979-07-15 July 15, 1979 |
Dracula |
$4,313,957 |
|
| 29 |
01979-07-22 July 22, 1979 |
Moonraker |
$5,600,210 |
Moonraker reclaimed #1 in its fourth weekend of release. |
| 30 |
01979-07-29 July 29, 1979 |
The Amityville Horror |
$7,130,190 |
The Amityville Horror broke The Exorcist's record ($6,86 mil) for highest opening weekend for a horror film. |
| 31 |
01979-08-05 August 5, 1979 |
The Amityville Horror |
$4,812,654, |
|
| 32 |
01979-08-12 August 12, 1979 |
The Amityville Horror |
$3,190,220 |
|
| 33 |
01979-08-19 August 19, 1979 |
Apocalypse Now |
$6,780,909 |
|
| 34 |
01979-08-26 August 26, 1979 |
Apocalypse Now |
$5,761,900 |
|
| 35 |
01979-09-02 September 2, 1979 |
Apocalypse Now |
$5,656,912 |
|
| 36 |
01979-09-09 September 9, 1979 |
Apocalypse Now |
$5,123,912 |
|
| 37 |
01979-09-16 September 16, 1979 |
Apocalypse Now |
$4,985,912 |
|
| 38 |
01979-09-23 September 23, 1979 |
Apocalypse Now |
$3,874,000 |
|
| 39 |
01979-09-30 September 30, 1979 |
Apocalypse Now |
$3,212,790 |
|
| 40 |
01979-10-07 October 7, 1979 |
10 |
$4,568,910 |
|
| 41 |
01979-10-14 October 14, 1979 |
10 |
$3,908,381 |
|
| 42 |
01979-10-21 October 21, 1979 |
10 |
$3,581,934 |
|
| 43 |
01979-10-28 October 28, 1979 |
10 |
$3,180,581 |
|
| 44 |
01979-11-04 November 4, 1979 |
10 |
$3,127,756 |
|
| 45 |
01979-11-11 November 11, 1979 |
10 |
$2,908,501 |
|
| 46 |
01979-11-18 November 18, 1979 |
10 |
$2,567,412 |
|
| 47 |
01979-11-25 November 25, 1979 |
10 |
$2,271,936 |
|
| 48 |
01979-12-02 December 2, 1979 |
10 |
$1,900,782 |
|
| 49 |
01979-12-09 December 9, 1979 |
Star Trek: The Motion Picture |
$11,815,203 |
Star Trek: The Motion Picture broke Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope 's record ($7,19 mil) for highest debut for a science fiction film & also had the highest debut of 1979. |
| 50 |
01979-12-16 December 16, 1979 |
Star Trek: The Motion Picture |
$7,892,503 |
|
| 51 |
01979-12-23 December 23, 1979 |
Kramer vs. Kramer |
$9,081,979 |
|
| 52 |
01979-12-30 December 30, 1979 |
Kramer vs. Kramer |
$5,691,834 |
|