1979 in film

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Years in film

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The year 1979 in film involved some significant events.

1 Events
2 Top grossing films (U.S.)
3 Awards
4 Films released in 1979
5 Births
6 Deaths

[edit] Events

March 5 - Production begins on Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back.
April 13 - The Adventure of Sudsakorn, Thailand's first (and as of 2006 only) animated feature film is released.
May 25 - Alien, a landmark of the science fiction genre, is released.
June 22 - The Muppet Movie, Jim Henson's Muppets' first foray into the world of feature length motion pictures, is released.
July - Production begins on The Blues Brothers.
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 would span 10 films over the next 23 years. It also would eventually lead to the creation of four spin-off television series based upon the franchise.

[edit] Top grossing films (U.S.)

Rank	Title	Studio	Gross
1.	Kramer vs. Kramer	Columbia	$104,986,000
2.	Alien	20th Century Fox	$78,944,891
3.	Star Trek	Paramount	$56,000,000
4.	The Jerk	Universal	$42,990,000
5.	Rocky II	United Artists	$42,169,000
6.	Apocalypse Now	United Artists	$37,980,000
7.	10	Warner Brothers/Orion	$37,000,000
8.	The Amityville Horror	AIP	$35,000,000
9.	Moonraker	United Artists	$33,924,000
10.	The Muppet Movie	AFD	$32,000,000