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The following is an overview of events in 1980 in film, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths.

Highest-grossing films (U.S.)

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The top ten 1980 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

Highest-grossing films of 1980[1]
Rank Title Distributor Box-office gross
1 The Empire Strikes Back 20th Century Fox $209,398,025
2 9 to 5 $103,290,500
3 Stir Crazy Columbia $101,300,000
4 Airplane! Paramount $83,453,539
5 Any Which Way You Can Warner Bros. $70,687,344
6 Private Benjamin $69,847,348
7 Coal Miner's Daughter Universal $67,182,787
8 Smokey and the Bandit II $66,132,626
9 The Blue Lagoon Columbia $58,853,106
10 The Blues Brothers Universal $57,229,890

Worldwide gross revenue

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The following table lists known worldwide gross revenue figures for several high-grossing films that originally released in 1980. Note that this list is incomplete and is therefore not representative of the highest-grossing films worldwide in 1980.

Title Gross Source Country
The Empire Strikes Back $538,375,067 [2] United States
The Gods Must Be Crazy $200,000,000 [3] South Africa
Airplane! $130,000,000 [4] United States
The Blues Brothers $115,229,890 [5]

Events

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November 7- Legendary actor Steve McQueen dies at the age of 50 after surgery to remove tumours in his neck after previously been diagnosed with lung cancer.

Context

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Industry professionals predicted comedy films and upbeat entertainment to dominate theaters in 1980. This was a response to poor morale in a nation suffering through economic recession, which generally increased theatrical visits as audiences sought escapism and ignored romantic films and depictions of blue-collar life.[6][7] The financial success and low cost of production cost of comedies such as Blazing Saddles (1974) and Animal House (1978), had further driven demand for comedies; Airplane!, The Blues Brothers, Caddyshack, and The Jerk, were all scheduled for release that year. The average cost of making films had risen to $6 million which had reduced the number of films being made for niche audiences. Some studios continued to release a wide variety of films, hoping that few significant successes would compensate for other failures.[7]

A surge of interest in science-fiction following Star Wars' release had led to many low-budget entries in the genre attempting to profit by association, and big budget entries such as Star Trek: The Motion Picture and The Black Hole, both of which were released in late 1979, just months before The Empire Strikes Back.[8]

Awards

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Category/Organization 38th Golden Globe Awards
January 31, 1981
34th BAFTA Awards
March 22, 1981
53rd Academy Awards
March 31, 1981
Drama Musical or Comedy
Best Film Ordinary People Coal Miner's Daughter The Elephant Man Ordinary People
Best Director Robert Redford
Ordinary People
Akira Kurosawa
Kagemusha
Robert Redford
Ordinary People
Best Actor Robert De Niro
Raging Bull
Ray Sharkey
The Idolmaker
John Hurt
The Elephant Man
Robert De Niro
Raging Bull
Best Actress Mary Tyler Moore
Ordinary People
Sissy Spacek
Coal Miner's Daughter
Judy Davis
My Brilliant Career
Sissy Spacek
Coal Miner's Daughter
Best Supporting Actor Timothy Hutton
Ordinary People
N/A Timothy Hutton
Ordinary People
Best Supporting Actress Mary Steenburgen
Melvin and Howard
N/A Mary Steenburgen
Melvin and Howard
Best Screenplay, Adapted William Peter Blatty
The Ninth Configuration
Jerzy Kosinski
Being There
Alvin Sargent
Ordinary People
Best Screenplay, Original Bo Goldman
Melvin and Howard
Best Original Score Dominic Frontiere
The Stunt Man
John Williams
The Empire Strikes Back
Michael Gore
Fame
Best Original Song "Fame"
Fame
N/A "Fame"
Fame
Best Foreign Language Film Tess N/A Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears

Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):

All That Jazz, directed by Bob Fosse, United States
Kagemusha, 影武者 (Shadow Warrior), directed by Akira Kurosawa, Japan

Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):

Atlantic City, directed by Louis Malle, US / Canada / France
Gloria, directed by John Cassavetes, United States

Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):

Heartland, directed by Richard Pearce, United States
Palermo or Wolfsburg (Palermo oder Wolfsburg), directed by Werner Schroeter, West Germany

Notable films released in 1980

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Deaths

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Month Date Name Age Country Profession Notable films
January 1 Adolph Deutsch 82 US Composer, Arranger
3 Ivan Triesault 81 Estonia Actor
14 Robert Ardrey 71 US Screenwriter
17 Barbara Britton 60 US Actress
18 Cecil Beaton 76 UK Costume Designer, Production Designer
22 Iris Meredith 64 US Actress
23 Leonard Strong 71 US Actor
24 Lil Dagover 92 Germany Actress
24 James Poe 58 US Screenwriter
27 Peppino De Filippo 76 Italy Actor
28 Erle C. Kenton 83 US Director
29 Jimmy Durante 86 US Actor, Singer
February 1 Romolo Valli 54 Italy Actor
3 Ray Heindorf 71 US Composer
9 Renée Houston 77 UK Actress
13 David Janssen 48 US Actor
17 Jerry Fielding 57 US Composer
17 Ed Graves 62 US Art Director
18 Gale Robbins 58 US Actress, Singer
26 Mario Mattoli 81 Italy Director, Screenwriter
27 George Tobias 78 US Actor
March 5 Jay Silverheels 67 Canada Actor
8 Frank McDonald 80 US Director
17 Farciot Edouart 85 US Special Effects Artist
27 Philip W. Anderson 64 US Film Editor
27 Steve Fisher 67 US Screenwriter
28 Dick Haymes 61 Argentina Actor, Singer
30 David Sharpe 70 US Stuntman, Actor
April 3 Mary McCarty 56 US Actress
6 John Collier 78 UK Screenwriter
9 Kathleen Burke 66 US Actress
10 Kay Medford 65 US Actress
11 Charlotte Henry 66 US Actress
14 Tom Fadden 85 US Actor
15 Raymond Bailey 75 US Actor
17 Alf Sjöberg 76 Sweden Director
19 Tony Beckley 50 UK Actor
25 Mario Bava 65 Italy Director, Screenwriter, Cinematographer
26 Cicely Courtneidge 87 Australia Actress, Singer
29 William Clemens 74 US Director
29 Alfred Hitchcock 80 UK Director
May 1 Henry Levin 70 US Director
1 Gene Markey 84 US Screenwriter
2 George Pal 72 Hungary Producer, Director
4 Kay Hammond 71 UK Actress
12 Lillian Roth 69 US Actress
14 Hugh Griffith 67 UK Actor
15 Gordon E. Sawyer 74 US Sound Engineer
16 José Calvo 64 Spain Actor
19 Ray Rennahan 84 US Cinematographer
21 Ida Kamińska 80 Ukraine Actress
26 Franz Bachelin 84 Germany Art Director
June 4 Gloria Saunders 52 US Actress
12 Milburn Stone 75 US Actor
18 Terence Fisher 76 UK Director
22 Monang Carvajal 82 Philippines Actress
23 John Laurie 83 UK Actor
23 Odile Versois 50 France Actress
24 Boris Kaufman 73 Poland Cinematographer
28 José Iturbi 84 Spain Conductor, Actor
30 Thomas Browne Henry 72 US Actor
July 6 Frank Cordell 62 UK Composer
6 Gail Patrick 69 US Actress
7 Reginald Gardiner 77 UK Actor
7 Dore Schary 74 US Producer, Screenwriter, Executive
11 Peggy Knudsen 57 US Actress
24 Peter Sellers 54 UK Actor
30 Charles McGraw 66 US Actor
31 Bobby Van 51 US Actor, Dancer
August 1 Strother Martin 61 US Actor
2 Donald Ogden Stewart 85 US Screenwriter
9 Elliot Nugent 83 US Director
14 Dorothy Stratten 20 Canada Actress
17 Harold Adamson 73 US Lyricist
24 Yootha Joyce 53 UK Actress
25 Gower Champion 59 US Actor, Dancer, Director
25 Lester Dorr 87 US Actor
26 Tex Avery 72 US Animator, Director
27 Douglas Kenney 33 US Screenwriter
September 3 Barbara O'Neil 70 US Actress
4 Duncan Renaldo 76 Romania Actor
5 Barbara Loden 48 US Actress, Director
12 Lillian Randolph 81 US Actress
17 Michael Strong 62 US Actor
19 Sol Lesser 90 US Producer
25 Lewis Milestone 84 Moldova Director
October 6 Hattie Jacques 58 UK Actress
10 Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas 49 US Actor
28 Leon Janney 63 US Actor
November 4 Noel Langley 68 South Africa Screenwriter
7 Emilio Cigoli 70 Italy Actor
7 Steve McQueen 50 US Actor
9 Carmel Myers 81 US Actress
9 Victor Sen Yung 65 US Actor
14 Nick Dennis 76 US Actor
15 Bill Lee 64 US Actor, Singer
16 Imogen Hassall 38 UK Actress
22 Mae West 87 US Actress, Screenwriter
24 Nancy Hsueh 38 US Actress
24 George Raft 79 US Actor
26 Conrad A. Nervig 91 US Film Editor
26 Rachel Roberts 53 UK Actress
28 Sarah Y. Mason 84 US Screenwriter
29 Edith Evanson 84 US Actress
December 8 John Lennon 40 UK Singer, Actor
12 Urie McCleary 75 US Art Director
16 Peter Collinson 44 UK Director
20 Ben Sharpsteen 85 US Director, Producer
21 Marc Connelly 90 US Actor, Screenwriter
22 Lesser Samuels 86 US Screenwriter
23 Memmo Carotenuto 72 Italy Actor
28 Sam Levene 75 US Actor
31 Raoul Walsh 93 US Director, Actor

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See also

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Notes

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References

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