Box Office

Top Grossing Movies in 1978

Rank Title Language Genre(s) Domestic Worldwide
1 Grease
English

UK

Romance

Musical

$190,071,103 $396,271,103
2 Superman
Malayalam

ML

Action

Adventure

Sci-Fi

$134,478,449 $300,478,449
3 Jaws 2
English

UK

Adventure

Drama

Thriller

$81,766,007 $187,884,007
4 Every Which Way But Loose
English

UK

Action

Comedy

$85,196,485 $85,196,485
5 Heaven Can Wait
Chinese

CN

Sport

Fantasy

Comedy

$81,640,278 $81,640,278
6 Hooper
english

UK

Action

Comedy

$78,000,000 $78,000,000
7 Revenge of the Pink Panther
English

UK

Mystery

Comedy

Crime

$49,579,269 $49,579,269
8 The Deer Hunter
English

UK

Drama

War

$48,979,328 $49,080,126
9 Halloween
English

UK

Thriller

Horror

$47,160,000 $47,173,315
10 Foul Play
English

UK

Mystery

Thriller

Comedy

$44,999,621 $44,999,621
11 The End
Arabic

AR

Drama

Comedy

$44,917,151 $44,917,151
12 Up in Smoke
English

UK

Comedy

Music

$44,364,244 $44,364,244
13 Midnight Express
English

UK

Biography

Drama

Thriller

$35,000,000 $35,000,000
14 Coming Home
english

UK

Drama

Romance

War

$32,653,905 $32,653,905
15 Damien: Omen II
English

UK

Horror

$26,518,355 $26,518,355
16 Invasion of the Body Snatchers
English

UK

Sci-Fi

Horror

$24,946,533 $24,949,050
17 Convoy
Polish

PL

Action

Drama

$22,765,081 $22,765,081
18 The Wiz

Adventure

Fantasy

Family

$21,049,053 $21,049,647
19 F.I.S.T.
English

UK

Drama

Thriller

Crime

$20,388,920 $20,388,920
20 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
English

UK

Adventure

Fantasy

Comedy

$20,378,470 $20,378,470
21 Eyes of Laura Mars
English

UK

Mystery

Thriller

$20,000,000 $20,000,000
22 Return from Witch Mountain
English

UK

Adventure

Sci-Fi

Fantasy

$16,393,000 $16,393,000
23 Corvette Summer
English

UK

Adventure

Comedy

$15,514,367 $15,514,367
24 Death on the Nile
English

UK

Drama

Mystery

Crime

$14,560,084 $14,569,266
25 The Buddy Holly Story
English

UK

Biography

Drama

Music

$14,363,400 $14,363,400
26 Interiors
English

UK

Drama

$10,432,366 $10,432,366
27 Straight Time
English

UK

Drama

Crime

$9,900,000 $9,900,000
28 Comes a Horseman
English

UK

Drama

Romance

Western

$9,585,769 $9,585,769
29 The Brink's Job
English

UK

Drama

History

Comedy

$7,909,950 $7,909,950
30 Goin' South
English

UK

Comedy

Romance

Crime

$7,435,671 $7,435,671
31 King of the Gypsies
English

UK

Drama

$7,325,177 $7,325,177
32 Force 10 from Navarone
English

UK

Action

Drama

War

$7,230,000 $7,230,000
33 Paradise Alley
English

UK

Drama

$7,185,518 $7,185,518
34 The Bad News Bears Go to Japan
English

UK

Sport

Comedy

Family

$7,092,495 $7,092,495
35 Blue Collar
English

UK

Drama

Crime

$6,521,083 $6,521,083
36 Pretty Baby
English

UK

Drama

$5,786,368 $5,786,368
37 Days of Heaven
English

UK

Drama

Romance

$3,446,749 $3,490,933
38 Days of Heaven
English

UK

Drama

Romance

$3,446,749 $3,490,933
39 The Last Waltz
English

UK

Music

Documentary

$322,313 $360,705
40 Eraserhead
English

UK

Horror

$0 $25,700
41 Bloodbrothers
English

UK

Drama

$4,844 $4,844
42 The Driver
English

UK

Action

Thriller

Crime

$0 $1,091
43 Capricorn One
English

UK

Action

Adventure

Drama

$0 $402
44 Piranha
English

UK

Sci-Fi

Thriller

Horror

$0 $321
45 Ice Castles
English

UK

Drama

Sport

Romance

$0 $0
46 Magic
English

UK

Drama

Horror

$0 $0
47 The Boys from Brazil
English

UK

Drama

Thriller

$0 $0
48 The Swarm

Thriller

Horror

$0 $0
49 The Manitou
English

UK

Sci-Fi

Horror

$0 $0
50 An Unmarried Woman
English

UK

Drama

Comedy

Romance

$0 $0

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