Domestic Box Office For December 1980
| Rank | Release | Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 to 5 | $103,290,500 | 910 | $103,290,500 | Dec 19 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 2 | Stir Crazy | $101,300,000 | 813 | $101,300,000 | Dec 12 | Columbia Pictures |
| 3 | Any Which Way You Can | $70,687,344 | 1,541 | $70,687,344 | Dec 17 | Warner Bros. |
| 4 | Coal Miner's Daughter | $62,445,935 | 437 | $67,182,787 | Mar 7 | Universal Pictures |
| 5 | Popeye | $49,823,037 | 901 | $49,823,037 | Dec 12 | Paramount Pictures |
| 6 | The Jazz Singer | $27,118,000 | - | $27,118,000 | Dec 19 | Universal Pictures |
| 7 | Flash Gordon | $27,107,960 | 823 | $27,107,960 | Dec 5 | Universal Pictures |
| 8 | Raging Bull | $22,719,987 | 180 | $23,334,953 | Nov 14 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 9 | Altered States | $19,679,242 | 3 | $19,853,892 | Dec 25 | Warner Bros. |
| 10 | The Competition | $14,279,938 | 6 | $14,287,755 | Dec 3 | Columbia Pictures |
| 11 | First Family | $11,563,348 | 563 | $15,198,912 | Dec 25 | Warner Bros. |
| 12 | The Formula | $8,894,289 | 477 | $8,894,289 | Dec 19 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
