Box Office Flashback: 1980

[Rev. Powell]

Kind of surprised to see Popeye in the top 20; I thought that movie was pretty much universally reviled.

Robin Williams was pretty hot at the time.

[major jay]

I think people were pretty psyched to see a cartoon done as a live action major movie too. Maybe the first one ever?

[akiratubo]

01. $209,398,025 - The Empire Strikes Back
Easily the best of the Star Wars movies.

02. $103,290,500 - 9 to 5
Never saw.

03. $101,300,000 - Stir Crazy
???

04. $083,453,539 - Airplane!
It's still funny, just as funny as ever.

05. $070,687,344 - Any Which Way You Can
My Dad loves this movie.

06. $069,847,348 - Private Benjamin
Never saw.

07. $067,182,787 - Coal Miner's Daughter
???

08. $066,132,626 - Smokey and the Bandit II
Sucks.  The only one worth watching is the first.

09. $058,853,106 - The Blue Lagoon
Never saw.

10. $057,229,890 - The Blues Brothers
Saw it when I was little (like, two or three years old).  Of course, I didn't get it at all.  Should try to watch it now.

11. $054,766,923 - Ordinary People
???

12. $049,823,037 - Popeye
GAH!  NO!  GET IT AWAY!  GET IT AWAY!  Seriously one of the WORST PIECES OF CRAP anyone one ever WASTED celluloid on.  I felt as though part of my soul had died after I watched this.

13. $046,918,287 - Urban Cowboy
???

14. $044,017,374 - The Shining
Never thought it was scary, or even particularly good.

15. $043,995,918 - Seems Like Old Times
???

16. $041,675,194 - Cheech & Chong's Next Movie
Up In Smoke was better.

17. $039,846,344 - Caddyshack
Never saw.

18. $039,754,601 - Friday the 13th
How this spawned a 30 year franchise I'll never understand.

19. $037,121,708 - Brubaker
???

20. $034,326,249 - Little Darlings
???

[bob]

01. $209,398,025 - The Empire Strikes Back. I like this.
05. $070,687,344 - Any Which Way You Can - I thought this was a needless sequal, but it was ok.
10. $057,229,890 - The Blues Brothers - I don't like musicals usually, this was was alright.
14. $044,017,374 - The Shining - The rare case of the movie being better then the book. Very good.
17. $039,846,344 - Caddyshack - One of my favorite comesies.

I never saw the rest.