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Movie Title: Gross:
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1 The Empire Strikes Back
2 9 to 5
3 Stir Crazy
4 Airplane!
5 Any Which Way You Can
6 Private Benjamin
7 Coal Miner's Daughter
8 Smokey and the Bandit 2
9 The Blue Lagoon
10 The Blues Brothers
11 Ordinary People
12 Popeye
13 Urban Cowboy
14 The Shining
15 Seems Like Old Times
16 Cheech & Chong's Next Movie
17 Caddyshack
18 Friday the 13th
19 Brubaker
20 Little Darlings
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$209,398,025
$103,290,500
$101,300,000
$83,453,539
$70,687,344
$69,847,348
$67,182,787
$66,132,626
$58,853,106
$57,229,890
$54,766,923
$49,823,037
$46,918,287
$44,017,374
$43,995,918
$41,675,194
$39,846,344
$39,754,601
$37,121,708
$34,326,249
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Top 20 Movies of 1980 Now on DVD
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Star Wars: Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back [DVD](1980) DVD
After the Rebels battle the Imperial forces on the ice world of Hoth, Han, Leia, Chewie, and C-3PO flee to Cloud City to seek help from the roguish Lando Calrissian, only to find themselves at the mercy of Darth Vader and bounty hunter Boba Fett. Meanwhile, Luke travels to the swamp planet Dagobah where he studies the ways of the Force under Jedi Master Yoda before joining his friends and facing Vader who reveals a shocking truth about his family. With Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams, and Frank Oz as Yoda; Irvin Kershner directs. AKA: "The Empire Strikes Back." Two-disc limited edition includes both the original version in the widescreen format and the 2004 reissue version; 129 min. Standard/Widescreen
Nine To Five [DVD](1980) DVD
Jane Fonda, Dolly Parton and Lily Tomlin are three overworked and underpaid secretaries who get their chance for revenge against chauvinistic boss Dabney Coleman in this comedic salute to all "pink collar" workers. 109 min. Standard; Soundtracks: English stereo, Dolby Digital mono, French Dolby Digital mono, Spanish Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English, Spanish; audio commentary by Fonda, Parton, Tomlin; featurettes; deleted scenes.
Stir Crazy [DVD](1981) DVD
Comedy smash reteams Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder as a wannabe actor and a wannabe playwright from New York who can't even get arrested...until they sport woodpecker costumes for a promotional event on their way to Los Angeles, are mistaken for a pair of bank robbers, and get sent to prison. Co-stars JoBeth Williams, Georg Stanford Brown; directed by Sidney Poitier. 111 min. Standard and Widescreen; Soundtrack: English Dolby mono; Subtitles: English, Chinese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, Thai; filmographies; trailer; scene access.
Airplane! ("Don't Call Me Shirley!" Edition) [DVD](1980) DVD
The plot of the 1957 thriller "Zero Hour" had more gags than can be counted attached to it, and the result is the funniest flight ever. The Zucker-Abrahams-Zucker team's hilarious spoof of "Airport"-style disaster films stars Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty, Leslie Nielsen, Robert Stack, Lloyd Bridges, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and Stephen Stucker as Johnny. 87 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital stereo Surround, French Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English, Spanish; audio commentary by Zucker, Abrahams, Zucker; deleted scenes; interviews; theatrical trailer.
Any Which Way You Can [DVD](1980) DVD
Continuing where he left off in the hit "Every Which Way But Loose," Clint Eastwood, as bare-knuckle brawler Philo Beddoe, finds his dreams of settling down with singer girlfriend Sondra Locke and pet orangutan Clyde evaporate after she is kidnapped by the mob, who want Philo to fight one last time against his arch-rival. With Geoffrey Lewis, William Smith. 116 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, French Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English, French; theatrical trailer.
Private Benjamin [DVD](1980) DVD
Goldie Hawn established herself as a Hollywood force by producing and starring in this hilarious military comedy. A newly married (and just as newly widowed) Jewish-American Princess decides to get away from her life by joining the "new, liberal" Army. After clashing with her boot camp C.O. (Eileen Brennan), she's stationed at NATO headquarters where she's romanced by a suave Frenchman (Armand Assante). With Mary Kay Place, Harry Dean Stanton, Hal Williams, and Albert Brooks. 110 min. Standard; Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital stereo, French Dolby Digital stereo; Subtitles: English, French, Spanish; theatrical trailer.
Coal Miner's Daughter [DVD](1980) DVD
Sissy Spacek took home the Academy Award for her honest portrayal of singer Loretta Lynn, from her dirt poor childhood in Butcher Hollow, Kentucky, to her rise to the pinnacle of success in the country/western world. Co-stars Tommy Lee Jones, Levon Helm and Beverly D'Angelo as Patsy Cline; directed by Michael Apted. 125 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital mono, Spanish Dolby Digital mono, French Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: Spanish, French; audio commentary by Spacek, Apted; interviews; featurette.
Smokey And The Bandit II [DVD](1980) DVD
Burt Reynolds puts the pedal to the metal as the Bandit once more. This time he's got to deliver a live elephant to the Republican Convention in Dallas, while trying to dodge the relentless Smokey (Jackie Gleason) and win back girlfriend Sally Field. With Jerry Reed, Dom DeLuise, Paul Williams, Pat McCormick. 96 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English, French; theatrical trailer.
The Blue Lagoon [DVD](1980) DVD
Two children are shipwrecked on a tropical island and grow up to discover the facts of life together. Brooke Shields and Christopher Atkins star in the beautifully photographed tale of sexual awakening; directed by Randal Kleiser. 105 min. Standard and Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital Surround, Spanish Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English, Chinese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, Thai; audio commentary; photo gallery; "making of" featurette; biographies; theatrical trailer.
The Blues Brothers (Special Edition--Widescreen) [DVD](1980) DVD
Bringing their "SNL" characters to the big screen, John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd are Jake and Elwood Blues, two ex-con, music-loving brothers out to reunite their old band so they can raise money to save the Chicago orphanage where they grew up. Filled with wild car chases and songs from such guest stars as James Brown, Cab Calloway, Ray Charles, and Aretha Franklin, John Landis' high-octane comedy also stars John Candy, Carrie Fisher. Special edition includes both the original theatrical version and the expanded edition; 133 min./148 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, Spanish Dolby Digital stereo, French Dolby Digital stereo; Subtitles: English (SDH), Spanish, French; featurettes.
Ordinary People [DVD](1980) DVD
Robert Redford's directorial debut, the moving story of a seemingly perfect family torn apart by tension, lack of communication and guilt, won Oscars for Best Picture, Director, Screenplay and Supporting Actor. Mary Tyler Moore, Donald Sutherland, Timothy Hutton, Judd Hirsch, and Elizabeth McGovern star. 124 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital mono, French Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English; theatrical trailer.
Popeye [DVD](1980) DVD
Robin Williams as Popeye and Shelley Duvall as Olive Oyl bring the beloved cartoon characters to life in director Robert Altman's fun musical that's a delight for kids of all ages. With Paul Dooley, Ray Walston, Paul L. Smith. Songs include "I'm Popeye the Sailor Man," "I Am What I Am," "He Needs Me" and "Blow Me Down." 114 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital Surround; Subtitles: English.
Urban Cowboy [DVD](1980) DVD
Moving from his rural Texas home to take an oil refinery job near Houston, young hardhat John Travolta begins hanging out at famed honky tonk nightclub Gilley's. In this world of country music, "weekend cowboys" and fast women, Travolta falls for feisty Debra Winger, but their romance has more bumps than a ride on the mechanical bull. Scott Glenn, Madolyn Smith co-star, with appearances by The Charlie Daniels Band, Bonnie Raitt, and others. 134 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital Surround, French Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English, Spanish, Portuguese; outtakes; behind-the-scenes footage.
The Shining (Two-Disc Special Edition) [DVD](1980) DVD
Writer Stephen King and director Stanley Kubrick combine to bring you a classic tale of madness and terror, as a family overseeing a deserted resort hotel confronts the ghosts of a shocking and bloody past. Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall and Scatman Crothers star. 144 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, French Dolby Digital 5.1, Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1; Subtitles: English (SDH), French, Spanish; audio commentary; documentary; featurettes; theatrical trailer. Two-disc set.
Seems Like Old Times [DVD](1980) DVD
Chevy Chase and Goldie Hawn re-team in this Neil Simon screwballer about a liberal lawyer (Hawn) taking in her trouble-prone ex-husband (Chase) after he is forced to assist bank robbers and becomes the quarry of the cops. Co-stars Charles Grodin as her nerdy D.A. husband, Harold Gould, Robert Guillaume. 102 min. Standard and Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English, French; theatrical trailers.
Cheech And Chong's Next Movie [DVD](1980) DVD
It's "high times" for all when C.&C., looking for honest work for a change, wreak havoc in a welfare office, a movie studio, a massage parlor, and even wind up in outer space. Co-stars Evelyn Guerrero, Betty Kennedy, Sy Kramer. 95 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: Spanish, French.
Caddyshack [DVD](1980) DVD
Riotous comedy set in an elite country club features Rodney Dangerfield as a loud and loutish new member, Chevy Chase as the egotistical club pro, Bill Murray as a crazed groundskeeper, and the pesky Mr. Gopher. The plot revolves around a not-so friendly game of golf between Dangerfield, Chase and stuffy judge Ted Knight. Co-stars Michael O'Keefe. 99 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital mono, French Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English, French; documentary; theatrical trailer.
Friday The 13th [DVD](1980) DVD
The one, the only, the original! Many years after a rash of deaths, scenic Camp Crystal Lake reopens, complete with young, naive, sex-hungry counselors...and a maniacal killer. And who's this Jason they keep talking about? Adrienne King, Betsy Palmer, Kevin Bacon, Ari Lehman star. 95 min. Widescreen; Soundtracks: English mono, French; Subtitles: English; theatrical trailer; scene access.
Brubaker [DVD](1980) DVD
True-life story about Henry Brubaker (Robert Redford), a prison warden who has himself arrested and thrown into his own Arkansas jail in order to find out what conditions for prisoners are really like. His harrowing discoveries lead to vast prison reforms. Yaphet Kotto, Jane Alexander, Murray Hamilton, Wilford Brimley and Morgan Freeman also star; directed by Stuart Rosenberg ("Cool Hand Luke"). 130 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital stereo, Dolby Digital mono, Spanish Dolby Digital mono, French Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English, Spanish.
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