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Top Grossing Films from the 1980's

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1980

"Airplane!" -- Robert Hayes tries to land a distaster stricken jet in this Zucker Brothers screwball classic.
"Any Which Way You Can" -- Clint Eastwood takes on the Black Widows. "Right turn, Clyde!"
"The Empire Strikes Back" -- Luke finds out that Darth Vader is his father!
"9 to 5" -- Dolly Parton, Lily Tomlin and Jane Fonda stick it to boss Dabney Coleman.
"Stir Crazy" -- Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder find themselves in prison. "We bad!"

1981

"Arthur" -- Dudley Moore boozes and loses and ends up with Liza Minelli.
"Cannonball Run" -- Burt Reynolds, Dom DeLuise and a super-star cast race from NY to LA.
"On Golden Pond" -- Henry Fonda and Katharine Hepburn "suck face."
"Stripes" -- Bill Murray takes on military life. "That's the fact, Jack!"
"Superman II" -- Christopher Reeve (we love ya, Superman!) battles General Zod, Ursa, and Non.

1982

"E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial" -- Elliot befriends an adorable alien that wishes to phone home.
"An Officer and a Gentleman" -- Richard Gere sweeps Debra Winger off her feet.
"Porky's" -- A soft-core teen movie raking in millions? Who would have thought?!?
"Rocky 3" -- Stallone takes on the king of attitude, Mr. T!

1983

"Return of the Jedi" -- Luke, a full-fledged Jedi, comes to complete his destiny.
"Superman 3" -- Reeve is back, this time with computer genius Richard Pryor (?!?).
"Terms of Endearment" -- Shirley MacLaine and Debra Winger live life to its fullest.
"WarGames" -- Young Matthew Broderick hacks NORAD's computers! World War III?

1984

"Beverly Hills Cop" -- Street-smart cop Eddie Murphy unleashes his "talents" on California.
"Ghostbusters"-- Who ya gonna call? The gang battles ghosts, goblins, and Gozar the Gozarian.
"Gremlins" -- Adorable plush-toys become malevolent destructors... don't get 'em wet!
"Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" -- Indy seeks the Ankara Stone!
"The Karate Kid" -- Ralph "Daniel-son" Macchio learns from Pat "Mr. Miyagi" Morita.

1985

"Back to the Future" -- An '80s Michael J. Fox meets his '50s parents on their turf!
"The Color Purple" -- Whoopi Goldberg discovers who she is in the 1920s.
"Out of Africa" -- Meryl Streep falls in love with Robert Redford.
"Rambo: First Blood, Part 2" -- Stallone single-handedly saves a dozen POWs! "YO!"
"Rocky 4" -- Rocky takes on the Russians... and wins!

1986

"'Crocodile' Dundee" -- Paul Hogan introduces us to the land down under.
"The Karate Kid: Part 2" -- Daniel and Miyagi travel to Okinawa for a tournament.
"Platoon" -- Oliver Stone shows us what Vietnam was all about.
"Star Trek 4: The Voyage Home" -- Kirk and Spock travel back to Earth circa 1986.
"Top Gun" -- Tom Cruise takes Kelly McGillis' breath away while flying into the danger zone.

1987

"Beverly Hills Cop 2" -- Murphy is back in Beverly Hills for another shot at getting the bad guys.
"Fatal Attraction" -- Michael Douglas learns to keep his pants zipped when dealing with Glenn Close.
"Good Morning, Vietnam" -- Robin Williams as a Vietnam disc jockey! Groucho Marx reincarnate.
"Lethal Weapon" -- Danny Glover and Mel Gibson team up to get bad boy Gary Busey.
"Three Men and a Baby" -- Selleck, Guttenberg, and Danson get a crash course in fatherhood.
"The Untouchables" -- Sean Connery and Kevin Costner hunt down Capone and his gang.

1988

"Coming to America" -- Prince Eddie Murphy comes to Queens, New York to find his queen.
"'Crocodile' Dundee 2" -- Mick Dundee is back, this time taking on some poaching bad guys.
"Die Hard" -- Funny man Bruce Willis packing heat? "Yipee-ki-yay, *&^#@ %^*&!"
"Rain Man" -- Tom Cruise and Dustin Hoffman determine that K-Mart sucks.
"Twins" -- Arnold Schwarznegger and Danny Devito are twins?!? Yeah, right.
"Who Framed Roger Rabbit?" -- Bob Hoskins meets cartoon characters in this zany classic.

1989

"Batman" -- Michael Keaton's Dark Crusader takes on Jack Nicholson's Joker.
"Driving Miss Daisy" -- Morgan Freeman carts around Jessica Tandy.
"Ghostbusters 2" --The gang is back to deal with a powerful god wreaking havoc.
"Honey, I Shrunk The Kids" -- Rick Moranis accidentally makes his children microscopic!
"Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" -- Harrison Ford and Sean Connery seek the Holy Grail.
"Lethal Weapon 2" -- Glover and Gibson get even with a corrupt official with "diplomatic immunity!"

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