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In-season releases
Calendar grosses
Summer 1979 is May 4-September 3.
Rank
Release
Genre
Budget
Running Time
Gross
Theaters
Total Gross
Release Date
Distributor
Estimated
1
The Amityville Horror
-
-
-
$86,432,000
748
$86,432,000
Jul 27
American International Pictures (AIP)
false
2
Rocky II
-
-
-
$85,182,160
780
$85,182,160
Jun 15
United Artists
false
3
Apocalypse Now
-
-
-
$78,784,010
3
$78,784,010
Aug 15
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
false
4
Moonraker
-
-
-
$70,308,099
788
$70,308,099
Jun 29
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
false
5
Alien
-
-
-
$56,539,967
757
$78,944,891
May 25
Twentieth Century Fox
false
6
Meatballs
-
-
-
$43,046,003
7
$43,046,003
Jun 29
Paramount Pictures
false
7
Escape from Alcatraz
-
-
-
$43,000,000
815
$43,000,000
Jun 22
Paramount Pictures
false
8
Dracula
-
-
-
$20,158,970
395
$20,158,970
Jul 20
Universal Pictures
false
9
Monty Python's Life of Brian
-
-
-
$19,398,164
5
$19,398,164
Aug 17
Warner Bros.
false
10
Breaking Away
-
-
-
$16,424,918
95
$16,424,918
Jul 13
Twentieth Century Fox
false
11
The Frisco Kid
-
-
-
$9,346,177
26
$9,346,177
Jul 13
Warner Bros.
false
12
The Prisoner of Zenda
-
-
-
$7,650,600
417
$7,650,600
May 25
Universal Pictures
false
13
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope
-
-
-
$6,760,165
1,750
$307,263,857
May 25
Twentieth Century Fox
false
14
Butch and Sundance: The Early Days
-
-
-
$5,136,913
689
$5,136,913
Jun 15
Twentieth Century Fox
false
15
Lost and Found
-
-
-
$3,223,197
382
$3,223,197
Jun 22
Columbia Pictures
false
16
Rich Kids
-
-
-
$1,856,122
5
$1,856,122
Aug 17
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
false
17
Last Embrace
-
-
-
$1,532,902
266
$1,537,125
May 2
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
false