Can you name the Top 10 movies of 1979 from the posters alone?
You get one image as a hint. Popcorn not included.
They don't make 'em like they used to. Need proof? Take a look at the top ten movies of 1979. You have everything from puppets to aliens. People lined up to see sports flicks and absurdist comedies. And they hardly needed special effects.
The ten biggest movies from that year might surprise you, at least in the order of their grosses. See if you can identify the top ten movies of 1979 — from 10 to 1 — from just one image off their posters.
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The tenth biggest movie of 1979 made $65,200,000.
Image: Associate Film Distribution
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James Bond earned $70,308,099 to become the No. 9 movie of 1979.
Image: United Artist
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This comedy cost just $4 million to make and earned $73,691,419.
Image: Universal
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Blake Edwards directed the No. 7 movie of 1979, which grossed $74,865,517.
Image: Warner Bros.
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This movie scared up $80,931,801 to become the sixth biggest hit of the year.
Image: 20th Century Fox
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The No. 5 movie of the year rocketed to $82,258,456.
Image: Paramount
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The No. 4 movie of 1979 made $83,471,511. Do you recognize it?
Image: United Artists
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The this sequel earned $85,182,160 to become the No. 3 movie of 1979.
Image: United Artists
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The No. 2 movie of 1979 raked in a whopping $86.4 million on a budget of just $4.7 million.
Image: American International Pictures
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The top-grossing film of 1979 was the only film to pull in nine figures, earning $106,260,000.
Image: Columbia Pictures
Can you name the Top 10 movies of 1979 from the posters alone?
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38 Comments
10 out of 10. The only two films I've never seen out of this list are "The Amityville Horror" and "Kramer Vs. Kramer." I got the answers right because I knew what films they were, just from the images I was shown. That's how pervasive the advertising for those films was back then. You didn't have to see the movie in order to know which one it was!
You got 9 out of 10
Wham! You really knocked this one out. Nice work, champ!
Never saw any of the Rocky movies.
9/10. I hit The Jerk button but then it came up I hit animal house. I hate when that happens. Anyone else have that happen?
10/10, and I saw all of them...even "Star Dreck: The Motion Sickness".
Yes, I am, even though I wasn't at the time...but you have to admit that this particular movie was bad. Pretty...but bad.
Nine out of 10. I flubbed the Rocky one because Apollo Creed was in I and II.
I did see "Star Trek, the Motion Picture" when it first aired on HBO, and the only thing I didn't like about it was the blah uniforms.
I did see "Star Trek, the Motion Picture" when it first aired on HBO, and the only thing I didn't like about it was the blah uniforms.
9/10 -- Missed "10." I went with "Arthur" even though I first thought it was "10." Argh!