Can you name the 5 biggest money-making moviesfor each year of the 1980s?

Can you name the 5 biggest money-making movies
for each year of the 1980s?

created by rockgolf

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Correctly named movies will show up below
Answers do not have to be guessed in order
Source: The Hollywood Reporter Book of Box Office Hits
Based on original theatrical release and any re-releases, not videos or DVDs. Stars are listed in same order as original credits.
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1980
1. Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford
2. Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin
3. Gene Wilder, Richard Pryor
4. Robert Hays, Julie Hagarty
5. Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke

1981
1. Harrison Ford, Karen Allen
2. Gene Hackman, Christopher Reeve
3. Katherine Hepburn, Henry Fonda
4. Dudley Moore, Liza Minnelli
5. Bill Murray, Harold Ramis

1982
1. Dee Wallace, Henry Thomas
2. Dustin Hoffman, Jessica Lange
3. Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire
4. Kim Cattrall, Scott Colomby
5. Richard Gere, Debra Winger

1983
1. Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford
2. Debra Winger, Shirley MacLaine
3. Dan Aykroyd, Eddie Murphy
4. Matthew Broderick, Dabney Coleman
5. Christopher Reeve, Richard Pryor

1984
1. Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd
2. Harrison Ford, Kate Capshaw
3. Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold
4. Zack Galligan, Phoebe Cates
5. Ralph Macchio, Noriyuki Morita

1985
1. Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd
2. Sylvester Stallone, Richard Crenna
3. Sylvester Stallone, Dolph Lundgren
4. Danny Glover, Whoopi Goldberg
5. Meryl Streep, Robert Redford

1986
1. Tom Cruise, Kelly McGillis
2. Paul Hogan, Linda Kozlowski
3. Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe
4. Ralph Macchio, Noriyuki Morita
5. William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy

1987
1. Tom Selleck, Steve Guttenberg
2. Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold
3. Michael Douglas, Glenn Close
4. Robin Williams, Forest Whitaker
5. Kevin Costner, Sean Connery

1988
1. Dustin Hoffman, Tom Cruise
2. Bob Hoskins, Christopher Lloyd
3. Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall
4. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Danny DeVito
5. Paul Hogan, Linda Kozlowski

1989
1. Michael Keaton, Jack Nicholson
2. Harrison Ford, Sean Connery
3. Mel Gibson, Danny Glover
4. Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd
5. Rick Moranis, Matt Frewer

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'80s Box Office Hits by Year Quiz

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Created Mar 4, 2011 in Movies
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	strags11:	Mar 27th, 2011 at 04:39 GMT		5 points
	I saw Wargames, but I honestly don't recall Matthew Broderick or Dabney Coleman very much. All available postadolescent male resources were trained on Ally Sheedy for two hours.

	Westley:	Mar 27th, 2011 at 04:48 GMT		11 points
	I'm surprised ET is so low. The stars may not be very recognizable, but the movie was so huge during the 80s.

	WhoWitMe:	Mar 27th, 2011 at 05:17 GMT		14 points
	Surely 'Last Crusade' or 'temple of doom' in enough.

	ropstafer:	Mar 27th, 2011 at 05:17 GMT		9 points
	come on, accept numbers along with the roman numerals...

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	NY_MOB:	Mar 27th, 2011 at 05:51 GMT		9 points
	Man that was frustrating. Trying to figure out what would be accepted for the indiana jones movies, star wars movies, which star trek movie came out THAT year, etc... Ended up running out of time before seeing some of the questions.

	RyanOutLoud:	Mar 27th, 2011 at 08:29 GMT		7 points
	Few problems with what exactly is accepted as some of the answers, other than that it's a really fun quiz.

	Pelmert:	Mar 27th, 2011 at 10:11 GMT		11 points
	@WhoWitMe, stop calling me Shirley!

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	RonB:	Mar 27th, 2011 at 12:14 GMT		4 points
	Great trip down Memory Lane! A few too many sequels, but then, that WAS the '80s.

	barnztormre:	Mar 27th, 2011 at 13:20 GMT		12 points
	If the clue for #5 in 1980 was "Clint Eastwood and an orangutang" many more people would've gotten it. :)

	ychtt:	Mar 27th, 2011 at 13:26 GMT		-4 points
	Knowledge of subject 100%. Typing out (and spelling correctly) long full movie titles under time pressure 50%. Make this quiz multiple choice and give me 1 minute. THAT'S the Chicago way!

	muse:	Mar 27th, 2011 at 14:36 GMT		2 points
	i miss the 80s so many great films!

	hikeeba:	Mar 27th, 2011 at 14:42 GMT		2 points
	@barnztormre It was. :D

	The_Road_Guy:	Mar 27th, 2011 at 15:20 GMT		6 points
	Ferris Bueller didn't make top 5 in 1986? Surprising.

	rockgolf:	Mar 27th, 2011 at 16:02 GMT		2 points
	I'm not sure why the complaints about numbers in titles. I've tried to set up every variant possible. For example, one of the answers is set up as "The Karate Kid, Part II/karate kid 2/karate kid part 2/karate kid ii", and I tried to do similar variations with other numbered movies. Can you indicate a specific combination that didn't work?

1987
1. Tom Selleck, Steve Guttenberg
2. Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold
3. Michael Douglas, Glenn Close
4. Robin Williams, Forest Whitaker
5. Kevin Costner, Sean Connery

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	darshan97:	Mar 27th, 2011 at 16:21 GMT		-2 points
	hh

	Berlinbaer:	Mar 27th, 2011 at 16:46 GMT		3 points
	Like someone said before: very long Names to type plus the scrolling. So add a Couple of Minutes. These Quizzes should be about Knowledge, not a Race against Time. Keep on the good Work.

	H0limkill:	Mar 27th, 2011 at 17:20 GMT		3 points
	I really think Temple of Doom and Last Crusade should be acceptable answers. Still, nice quiz!

	chiefyratain:	Mar 27th, 2011 at 17:29 GMT		3 points
	I never would've guessed in a million years that Porky's was a top grossing film of 1982, I have so many great films to put on my netflix queue now

	jstoldr:	Mar 27th, 2011 at 17:51 GMT		3 points
	@rockgolf...most other quizzes involving the indiana jones movies as answers accept just Temple of Doom and Last Crusade. Some of us are not good typists and run out of time. I got all but one because I did run out of time. I say just add more time then it's easier to give the proper titles. Good quiz though

	Koltrane:	Mar 27th, 2011 at 17:51 GMT		-2 points
	Aced it! Of course, having grown up in that time helps a lot.

	lichenboy:	Mar 27th, 2011 at 17:58 GMT		5 points
	ok, how many of you started guessing answers by adding series of roman numerals to every other title?

	rockgolf:	Mar 27th, 2011 at 18:44 GMT		4 points
	Okay, I've added "Temple of Doom" and "Last Crusade" as stand alone answers.

	alphafoxtrotmike:	Mar 27th, 2011 at 18:47 GMT		6 points
	Good quiz, very fun and brough back tons of memories. For Ford/Connery I couldn't get Hunt for Red October out of my head. Then I remembered Ford played that charachter but not in that movie. Harrison Ford was the man in the 80's.

	TimeAndTide:	Mar 27th, 2011 at 19:09 GMT		3 points
	Excellent! A fun walk down memory lane!

	mccabebabe:	Mar 27th, 2011 at 19:40 GMT		2 points
	grrr I knew the answer for the Glenn CLose/Michael Douglas movie but I kept typing 'Basic Instinct' anyway. DUH grrr

	Meltha:	Mar 27th, 2011 at 20:29 GMT		3 points
	I find it kind of sad that of all the incredible movies Eastwood has made, the one that apparently made the most money in the 80s was that one. Kind of sums up the 80s.

	willwoodlen:	Mar 27th, 2011 at 20:57 GMT		1 point
	I'm with Berlinbaer, only because of the amount of typing needed. Otherwise, fun quiz.

	CraigBerger:	Mar 27th, 2011 at 21:22 GMT		0 points
	Missed two: Porkys and Out of Africa. From the ridiculous to the sublime.

	Sapphire_Hart:	Mar 27th, 2011 at 21:50 GMT		1 point
	Aww none of my personal favourites made it on there (Stand by me, The goonies, The lost boys)