This is a list of American films released in 1980.
Box office The highest-grossing American films released in 1980, by domestic box office gross revenue, are as follows:
+ Highest-grossing films of 1980 Rank Title Distributor Domestic gross 1 The Empire Strikes Back 20th Century Fox $209,398,025 29 to 5 $103,290,500 3Stir Crazy Columbia $101,300,000 4Airplane! Paramount $83,453,539 5 Any Which Way You Can Warner Bros. $70,687,344 6 Private Benjamin $69,847,348 7 Coal Miner's Daughter Universal $67,182,787 8 Smokey and the Bandit II $66,132,626 9 The Blue Lagoon Columbia $58,853,106 10 The Blues Brothers Universal $57,229,890
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