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Top 1978 Movies at the Domestic Box Office
See also:
Top 1978 International -
Top 1978 Worldwide
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This chart contains the total domestic box office for movies released in 1978.
See Top Grossing Movies of 1978 for a list of movies that earned most at the domestic box office during 1978, including films released in 1977 and earlier.
| Rank |
Movie |
Distributor |
Domestic
Box
Office |
Opening
Weekend
Box Office |
Max
Theater
Count |
| 1 |
Grease |
Paramount… |
$181,813,770 |
$8,941,717 |
2,931 |
| 2 |
National Lampoon’s Animal House |
Universal |
$141,600,000 |
|
|
| 3 |
Superman |
Warner Bros. |
$134,218,018 |
$7,465,343 |
817 |
| 4 |
Every Which Way but Loose |
Warner Bros. |
$104,268,727 |
$10,272,000 |
1,275 |
| 5 |
Jaws 2 |
Universal |
$102,922,376 |
$9,866,023 |
640 |
| 6 |
Heaven Can Wait |
Paramount… |
$98,800,000 |
$3,652,486 |
540 |
| 7 |
Hooper |
Warner Bros. |
$51,290,536 |
|
|
| 8 |
The Deer Hunter |
Universal |
$50,000,000 |
|
|
| 9 |
Halloween |
Compass I… |
$47,274,000 |
|
781 |
| 10 |
Convoy |
United Ar… |
$45,000,000 |
|
|
| 11 |
California Suite |
Columbia |
$42,913,571 |
|
|
| 12 |
Up in Smoke |
Paramount… |
$41,590,893 |
|
|
| 13 |
Foul Play |
Paramount… |
$40,415,179 |
|
|
| 14 |
Revenge of the Pink Panther |
United Ar… |
$37,337,746 |
|
|
| 15 |
Midnight Express |
Columbia |
$35,000,000 |
|
|
| 16 |
Coming Home |
United Ar… |
$32,653,000 |
|
|
| 17 |
The End |
United Ar… |
$30,354,004 |
|
|
| 18 |
House Calls |
Universal |
$29,000,000 |
|
|
| 19 |
The Cheap Detective |
Columbia |
$28,221,552 |
|
|
| 20 |
The Lord of the Rings |
United Ar… |
$27,000,000 |
$626,649 |
31 |
| 21 |
Invasion of the Body Snatchers |
United Ar… |
$24,946,533 |
$1,298,129 |
445 |
| 22 |
An Unmarried Woman |
20th Cent… |
$24,000,000 |
|
|
| 23 |
Damien: Omen II |
20th Cent… |
$24,000,000 |
$3,880,880 |
525 |
| 24 |
Beyond and Back |
Sunn Clas… |
$23,800,000 |
|
|
| 25 |
Magic |
20th Cent… |
$23,800,000 |
|
|
| 26 |
Same Time, Next Year |
Universal |
$23,000,000 |
|
|
| 27 |
The Wiz |
Universal |
$22,000,000 |
|
|
| 28 |
F.I.S.T |
United Ar… |
$20,388,920 |
|
|
| 29 |
The Boys from Brazil |
20th Cent… |
$19,000,000 |
|
|
| 30 |
Eyes of Laura Mars |
Columbia |
$18,900,000 |
|
|
| 31 |
Good Guys Wear Black |
American … |
$18,300,000 |
|
|
| 32 |
Ice Castles |
Columbia |
$18,000,000 |
|
|
| 33 |
Death on the Nile |
Paramount… |
$18,000,000 |
|
|
| 34 |
The Betsy |
Allied Ar… |
$17,700,000 |
$2,425,377 |
473 |
| 35 |
Corvette Summer |
MGM |
$15,500,000 |
|
|
| 36 |
The Buddy Holly Story |
Columbia |
$14,363,400 |
|
|
| 37 |
The Bad News Bears Go To Japan |
Paramount… |
$14,000,000 |
|
|
| 38 |
The Greek Tycoon |
Universal |
$14,000,000 |
|
|
| 39 |
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band |
Universal |
$12,900,000 |
|
|
| 40 |
The Other Side of the Mountain Part II |
Universal |
$12,000,000 |
|
|
| 41 |
The Big Fix |
Universal |
$12,000,000 |
|
|
| 42 |
American Hot Wax |
Paramount… |
$11,000,000 |
|
|
| 43 |
Interiors |
United Ar… |
$10,432,366 |
|
|
The Domestic Market is defined as the North American movie territory (consisting of the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and Guam).
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.
