List of 1980 box office number-one films in the United Kingdom

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Here are all the number-one box office movies to come out of the year 1980 in the United Kingdom. Most gross figures represent "an approximation" by 25th Frame. [1]

Number-one Films

†This implies the highest-grossing movie of the year. [2]
DateTitleStudioGrossRef
5 January 1980 Star Trek: The Motion Picture Paramount Pictures £649,202 [3]
12 January 1980 Apocalypse Now Omni Zoetrope£595,211
19 January 1980 Life of Brian HandMade Films & Python (Monty) Pictures £898,403
26 January 1980£345,211
2 February 1980 Escape from Alcatraz The Malpaso Company £196,807
9 February 1980£405,203
16 February 1980 10 Orion Pictures£860,920
23 February 1980£344,368
1 March 1980£137,747
8 March 1980£55,099
15 March 1980£625,841
22 March 1980 The Electric Horseman Universal Pictures, Columbia Pictures, Wildwood Enterprises, & Rastar Films£838,598
29 March 1980 Kramer Vs. Kramer Stanley Jaffe Productions£832,165
5 April 1980£328,949
12 April 1980£103,216
19 April 1980£38,598
26 April 1980£582,189
3 May 1980£277,233
10 May 1980£363,899
17 May 1980 American Gigolo Paramount Pictures£214,058
24 May 1980£1,025,796
31 May 1980 Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back † Lucasfilm Ltd. £1,038,162
7 June 1980£1,094,358
14 June 1980£1,105,000
21 June 1980£1,022,538
28 June 1980£1,072,151
5 July 1980£861,342
12 July 1980£579,197
19 July 1980£375,265
26 July 1980£332,178
2 August 1980£184,543
9 August 1980£646,091
16 August 1980 Airplane! Paramount Pictures & Howard W. Koch Productions £638,409
23 August 1980£204,569
30 August 1980£53,641
6 September 1980£25,266
13 September 1980 McVicar The Who Films Ltd. & Polytel£730,516
20 September 1980 Cruising CiP-Europaische Treuhand & Lorimar Film Entertainment £630,395
27 September 1980£331,787
4 October 1980 Dressed to Kill Cinema 77/Film Group£709,762
11 October 1980 The Shining The Producer Circle Company, Peregrine Productions, & Hawk Films £853,838
18 October 1980£777,869
25 October 1980 The Elephant Man Brooksfilms £545,805
1 November 1980£615,179
8 November 1980 Caligula Penthouse Films International£391,937
15 November 1980£212,865
22 November 1980£125,215
29 November 1980£73,656
6 December 1980£43,327
13 December 1980£430,646
20 December 1980 Flash Gordon Starling Productions & Famous Films£1,097,984
27 December 1980£995,783

References

  1. ↑ "Movie Box Office Database from 25thframe.co.uk".
  2. ↑ "1980 UK Top Grossing Movies".
  3. ↑ https://archive.org/details/guinnessbookofbo0000swer/page/437/mode/1up?view=theater
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