List of 1979 box office number-one films in the United States

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This is a list of films which placed number one at the weekly box office in the United States during 1979 per Variety . The data was based on grosses from 20 to 22 key cities and therefore, the gross quoted may not be the total that the film grossed nationally in the week.

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Number-one films

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1January 3, 1979 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 [1] [2] [3]
2January 10, 1979$3,424,808Superman grossed $7,492,687 for the weekend ended January 7 [4] [5]
3January 17, 1979$2,461,956 [6]
4January 24, 1979$2,123,217 [7]
5January 31, 1979$2,200,610 [8]
6February 7, 1979$2,045,669 [9]
7February 14, 1979 The Warriors $2,159,182The Warriors grossed $3,529,675 for the weekend ended February 11, 1979 from all markets [10] [11]
8February 21, 1979$1,963,705 [12]
9February 28, 1979Superman$1,315,729Superman returned to number one in its eleventh week of release [13]
10March 7, 1979$1,082,516 [14]
11March 14, 1979$1,035,227 [14]
12March 21, 1979 The China Syndrome $2,258,078 [15]
13March 28, 1979$2,486,149 [16]
14April 4, 1979$2,326,181 [17]
15April 11, 1979$2,036,307 [18]
16April 18, 1979 The Deer Hunter $1,927,378The Deer Hunter reached number one in its 13th week on the chart [19]
17April 25, 1979$1,340,362 [20]
18May 2, 1979 Love at First Bite $1,461,097Love at First Bite reached number one in its fourth week of release [21]
19May 9, 1979 Manhattan $1,155,174Manhattan reached number one in its second week of release [22]
20May 16, 1979$1,352,694 [23]
21May 23, 1979$1,241,692 [24]
22May 30, 1979 Alien $2,327,321Alien grossed $3,522,581 for the 4-day Memorial Day weekend ended May 28 from all markets [25] [26] [27] [28]
23June 6, 1979$1,965,402Alien grossed $2,192,025 for the weekend ended June 3 from all markets [29] [30]
24June 13, 1979$1,721,543Alien grossed $2,669,177 for the weekend ended June 10 from all markets [31] [32]
25June 20, 1979 Rocky II $2,570,683Rocky II grossed $6,390,537 nationally from all markets for the weekend ended June 17 [33] [34]
26June 27, 1979$2,747,481 [35]
27July 4, 1979 Moonraker $3,585,238Moonraker grossed $7,108,344 nationally from all markets for the weekend ended July 1 [36] [37]
28July 11, 1979$2,839,120 [38]
29July 18, 1979 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 [39] [40] [41] [nb 1] [42]
30July 25, 1979$1,435,465 [43]
31August 1, 1979 The Amityville Horror $4,253,684The Amityville Horror grossed $7,843,467 nationally for the weekend ended July 29 [44] [45]
32August 8, 1979$3,606,900The Amityville Horror grossed $6,901,959 nationally for the weekend ended August 5 [46] [47] [nb 2]
33August 15, 1979$2,256,732 [48]
34August 22, 1979 Star Wars (reissue)$2,058,618Star Wars grossed $6,760,165 nationally for the weekend ended August 19 [49] [50]
35August 29, 1979 The Muppet Movie $1,037,414The Muppet Movie reached number one in its tenth week of release [51]
36September 5, 1979$1,060,063 [52]
37September 12, 1979 North Dallas Forty $720,867North Dallas Forty reached number one in its sixth week of release [53]
38September 19, 1979$557,813 [54]
39September 26, 1979 Monty Python's Life of Brian $1,262,773Life of Brian reached number one in its sixth week of release [55]
40October 3, 1979$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 [56] [57] [58]
41October 10, 1979 Starting Over $970,650 [59]
42October 17, 1979 When a Stranger Calls $1,593,114When a Stranger Calls reached number one in its third week of release [60]
43October 24, 1979 10 $1,649,48110 reached number one in its second week of release [61]
44October 31, 1979$1,437,056 [62]
45November 7, 1979$1,432,139 [63]
46November 14, 1979 ...And Justice for All $1,222,477...And Justice for All. reached number one in its fourth week of release [64]
47November 21, 197910$1,098,87910 returned to number one in its sixth week of release [65]
48November 28, 1979$1,426,059 [66]
49December 5, 1979$965,755 [67]
50December 12, 1979 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 [68] [69] [70]
51December 19, 1979$3,064,569Star Trek grossed $7,215,848 nationally from all markets for the weekend ended December 16 [71] [72]
52December 26, 1979$2,778,258Star Trek grossed $12,075,000 nationally from all markets for the 5-day weekend ended December 25 [73] [74]

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  2. ↑ "'Superman' Adds More Records To His Collection". Daily Variety . January 3, 1979. p. 1.
  3. ↑ "Domestic 1978 Weekend 52 December 29-31, 1978". Box Office Mojo . Retrieved November 8, 2020.
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  27. ↑ Pollock, Dale (May 30, 1979). "Per-Screen 'Alien' B.O. May Be Record". Daily Variety . p. 1.
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Notes

  1. ↑ Box Office Mojo lists the opening weekend gross for Dracula for the weekend ended July 22 but this is incorrect as Variety reported this weekend gross on July 18
  2. ↑ The Numbers lists the second weekend gross for The Amityville Horror for the weekend ended August 12 as it incorrectly lists the first week twice

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