1979 in film

Highest-grossing films (U.S.)

The top ten 1979 released films by North American gross are as follows:

Highest-grossing films of 1979 (United States)
RankTitleDistributorDomestic gross
1 Kramer vs. Kramer Columbia $106,260,000[1]
2 The Amityville Horror AIP $86,432,520[2]
3 Rocky II United Artists $85,182,160[3]
4 Apocalypse Now $83,471,511[4]
5 Star Trek: The Motion Picture Paramount $82,258,456[5]
6 Alien 20th Century Fox $80,931,801[6]
7 10 Warner Bros. $74,865,517[7]
8 The Jerk Universal $73,691,419[8]
9 Moonraker United Artists $70,308,099[9]
10 The Muppet Movie Associated Film $65,200,000[10]

Highest-grossing films (international)
Highest-grossing films of 1979 (international markets)
International marketTitleDistributorGross (local currency)Gross (US$)Production country
India Suhaag Sharma Cine Associates ₹100,000,000[11] $12,310,000[12] India
Japan Galaxy Express 999 Toei ¥16,500,000,000[13] $76,120,000[14] Japan
Soviet Union Sholay R. K. Films 15,000,000 руб[n 1] $23,290,000[n 2] India
United Kingdom Superman Columbia-EMI-Warner £11,547,308[18][19] $24,455,309[20] United States

Major events
  • March 2 – Buena Vista release their first film since the advent of U.S. movie ratings to not be G-rated, Take Down.
  • March 5 – Production begins on The Empire Strikes Back.
  • March – Frank Price becomes president of Columbia Pictures.
  • May 25 – Alien, a landmark of the science fiction genre, is released.
  • May 31 – The Muppet Movie, Jim Henson's Muppets' first foray into the world of feature-length motion pictures, is released in United Kingdom.
  • June 11 – John Wayne, a famous Western movie actor, dies at the age of 72 from stomach cancer.
  • June 29 – Moonraker, the 11th film in the James Bond franchise, is released in the United States and goes on to become the highest-grossing film of the year worldwide.
  • August 15 – Apocalypse Now is released to worldwide critical acclaim and box office success. Heralded as one of the greatest films ever made to this day.
  • September 19 – Don Bluth and a group of fellow animators resign from The Walt Disney Company's animation department to set up a rival studio, Don Bluth Productions.
  • November 1 – Production begins on Raiders of the Lost Ark.
  • December 7 – Star Trek: The Motion Picture debuts in the United States to mixed reviews but strong box office, launching a film franchise that leads to 9 sequels and 3 reboots over the next 37 years. It also leads to the creation of five spin-off television series based upon Gene Roddenberry's creation.
  • Allied Artists files for bankruptcy.

Awards
Category/Organization37th Golden Globe Awards
January 26, 1980		33rd BAFTA Awards
March 20, 1980		52nd Academy Awards
April 14, 1980
DramaMusical or Comedy
Best FilmKramer vs. KramerBreaking AwayManhattanKramer vs. Kramer
Best DirectorFrancis Ford Coppola
Apocalypse Now		Robert Benton
Kramer vs. Kramer
Best ActorDustin Hoffman
Kramer vs. Kramer		Peter Sellers
Being There		Jack Lemmon
The China Syndrome		Dustin Hoffman
Kramer vs. Kramer
Best ActressSally Field
Norma Rae		Bette Midler
The Rose		Jane Fonda
The China Syndrome		Sally Field
Norma Rae
Best Supporting ActorMelvyn Douglas
Being There
Robert Duvall
Apocalypse Now		Robert Duvall
Apocalypse Now		Melvyn Douglas
Being There
Best Supporting ActressMeryl Streep
Kramer vs. Kramer		Rachel Roberts
Yanks		Meryl Streep
Kramer vs. Kramer
Best Screenplay, AdaptedRobert Benton
Kramer vs. Kramer		Woody Allen and Marshall Brickman
Manhattan		Robert Benton
Kramer vs. Kramer
Best Screenplay, OriginalSteve Tesich
Breaking Away
Best Original ScoreCarmine Coppola and Francis Ford Coppola
Apocalypse Now		Ennio Morricone
Days of Heaven		Georges Delerue
A Little Romance
Ralph Burns
All That Jazz
Best Original Song"The Rose"
The Rose		N/A"It Goes Like It Goes"
Norma Rae
Best Foreign Language FilmLa Cage aux FollesN/AThe Tin Drum

Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):

Apocalypse Now, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, United States
The Tin Drum (Die Blechtrommel), directed by Volker Schlöndorff, W. Germany

Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):

David, directed by Peter Lilienthal, West Germany

Notable films released in 1979

United States unless stated

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Births

Notable deaths
MonthDateNameAgeCountryProfessionNotable films
January 11Jack Soo61USActor
16Peter Butterworth63UKActor, Writer
16Ted Cassidy46USActor
18Cyril J. Mockridge82UKComposer
25Dick Crockett63USStuntman, Actor
February 12Jean Renoir84USDirector, Writer, Actor
16Louise Allbritton58USActress
17William Gargan73USActor
19Leigh Jason74USDirector
28Jane Hylton51UKActress
March 1Dolores Costello75USActress
2Edith Craig71USActress
6John Robinson70UKActor
9Barbara Mullen64UKActress
19John Tate64UKActorInvasion
22Ben Lyon78USActor, Writer
24Yvonne Mitchell63UKActress
April 4Edgar Buchanan76USActor
6Norman Tokar59USDirector
10Nino Rota67ItalyComposer
24John Carroll72USActor
May 6Rosemary La Planche55USActress
8Victor Saville83UKProducer, Director
10Beatrice Campbell56UKActress
11Joan Chandler55USActress
26George Brent80USActor
29Mary Pickford87USActress, Producer, Writer
June 2Larisa Shepitko41Soviet UnionDirector
2Jim Hutton45USActor
6Jack Haley80USActor
11John Wayne72USActor, Producer, Director
14David Butler84USDirector
16Nicholas Ray67USDirector, Writer, Actor
19Nick Grinde86USDirector
21Julian Orchard49UKActor, Writer
July 2Larisa Shepitko41USSRDirector, Writer, Actress
8Michael Wilding66UKActor, Producer
13Corinne Griffith84USActress
22Kathleen Case45USActress
25Eric Pohlmann66GermanyActor
26Virginia Brissac96USActress
27Ettore Manni52ItalyActor
27Shirley Mason79USActress
28George Seaton68USDirector
28Frederick Stafford51CzechoslovakiaActor
31Beatrix Lehmann76UKActressThe Spy Who Came in from the Cold
August ??Betty Henderson72UKActress
6Kurt Kasznar65AustriaActor
10Dick Foran69USActor
17Vivian Vance70USActress
21Stuart Heisler82USDirector
30Jean Seberg40USActress
September 1Doris Kenyon81USActress
2Felix Aylmer90UKActor
12Les Clark71USAnimator
12Jocelyne LaGarde54TahitiActressHawaii
17Willis Goldbeck80USScreenwriter
22Frederick Piper76UKActor
23Catherine Lacey75UKActress
26John Cromwell91USDirector
26Arthur Hunnicutt69USActor
27Gracie Fields81UKActress, Singer
October 1Dorothy Arzner82USDirector
3Dorothy Peterson81USActress
12Celia Lovsky82AustriaActress
15Geoffrey Moon????Actor
17John Stuart81UKActor
30Graham Ashley52UKActor
November 2Saro Urzì66ItalyActor
5Amedeo Nazzari71ItalyActor
  • Il bandito
  • The Jester's Supper
8Sydney Tafler63UKActor
11Dimitri Tiomkin85RussiaComposer
20Michael Darbyshire62UKActor, Writer
22George Froeschel88USScreenwriter
23Merle Oberon68USActress, Producer
30Joyce Grenfell69UKActress
30Zeppo Marx78USActor, Director
December 5Jesse Pearson49USActorBye Bye Birdie
5Lesley Selander70USDirector
9James Neilson70USDirector
10Ann Dvorak68USActress
11Claire Carleton66USActress
12Jon Hall64USActor, Director
22George Pollock72UKDirector
23Ernest B. Schoedsack86USDirector, Cinematographer, Producer
25Michael Collins57CanadaActor
25Lee Bowman79USActor
25Joan Blondell73USActress

Debuts

References
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  2. "Box Office Information for The Amityville Horror". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved January 27, 2012.
  3. "Box Office Information for Rocky II". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved June 11, 2010.
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  5. "Box Office Information for Star Trek: The Motion Picture". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved June 11, 2010.
  6. "Box Office Information for Alien". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on 21 June 2010. Retrieved June 11, 2010.
  7. "Box Office Information for 10". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on 4 July 2010. Retrieved June 11, 2010.
  8. "Box Office Information for The Jerk". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved June 11, 2010.
  9. "Box Office Information for Moonraker". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on 31 May 2010. Retrieved June 11, 2010.
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  16. Moscow Prime Time: How the Soviet Union Built the Media Empire that Lost the Cultural Cold War, page 48, Cornell University Press, 2011
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  18. "The Ultimate Chart: 1–100". British Film Institute. 28 November 2004. Archived from the original on 3 August 2012. Retrieved 14 November 2013.
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  21. Culture, Desk (27 March 2018). "Happy birthday, Shakib Khan". Daily Sun. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  1. 60 million tickets sold,[15] average ticket price of 25 kopecks[16]
  2. 64.4 руб per $100 in 1979[17]
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