Top Ten List
1979 box-office top ten, led by Kramer vs. Kramer
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- The 1979 box-office chart is read as a countdown from number ten: The Muppet Movie, Moonraker, The Jerk, 10, Apocalypse Now, Alien, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Rocky II and The Amityville Horror at number two.
- Kramer vs. Kramer was number one, reportedly earning at least $20 million more than every other film on the list.
- The list is used to argue that a quiet domestic drama outgrossing an iconic war movie, horror movie, comedy and sports sequel is astonishing; a guess of eleventh to twentieth place would have seemed more plausible.