10 Cantonese films of 1980 ranked by box office. #1: Encounters of the Spooky Kind (HK$5.7 million).
| # | Film | Lead | Director | Budget | Box office | Multiple |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Encounters of the Spooky Kind | Sammo Hung | HK$5.7 million | |||
| 2 | Laughing Times | John Woo | HK$5.2 million | |||
| 3 | By Hook or by Crook | Karl Maka | HK$3.3 million | |||
| 4 | Crazy Crooks | Karl Maka | HK$3.1 million | |||
| 5 | The Sword | Patrick Tam | HK$2.6 million | |||
| 6 | White Hair Devil Lady | Cheung Sing-Yim | HK$2 million | |||
| 7 | The Victim | Sammo Hung | HK$1.7 million | |||
| 8 | We're Going to Eat You | Tsui Hark | HK$1.1 million | |||
| Game of Death II | Ng See-yuen | $349,181 | ||||
| The Thundering Mantis | Teddy Yip Wing-Cho | $25,309 |
Figures are shown in the currency they were reported in (Wikipedia, Wikidata or TMDB); no conversion.