Box Office

Top Grossing Movies in 1978

Rank	Title	Language	Genre(s)	Domestic	Worldwide
1	Grease	EN	Romance Musical	$190,071,103	$396,271,103
2	Superman	ML	Action Adventure Sci-Fi	$134,478,449	$300,478,449
3	Jaws 2	EN	Adventure Drama Thriller	$81,766,007	$187,884,007
4	Every Which Way But Loose	EN	Action Comedy	$85,196,485	$85,196,485
5	Heaven Can Wait	CN	Sport Fantasy Comedy	$81,640,278	$81,640,278
6	Hooper	EN	Action Comedy	$78,000,000	$78,000,000
7	Revenge of the Pink Panther	EN	Mystery Comedy Crime	$49,579,269	$49,579,269
8	The Deer Hunter	EN	Drama War	$48,979,328	$49,080,312
9	Halloween	EN	Thriller Horror	$47,160,000	$47,173,315
10	Foul Play	EN	Mystery Thriller Comedy	$44,999,621	$44,999,621
11	The End	AR	Drama Comedy	$44,917,151	$44,917,151
12	Up in Smoke	EN	Comedy Music	$44,364,244	$44,364,244
13	Midnight Express	EN	Biography Drama Thriller	$35,000,000	$35,000,000
14	Coming Home	EN	Drama Romance War	$32,653,905	$32,654,046
15	The Lord of the Rings	EN	Fantasy Adventure Animation	$30,471,420	$30,477,175
16	House Calls	EN	Romance Comedy	$28,460,702	$28,460,702
17	Damien: Omen II	EN	Horror	$26,518,355	$26,518,355
18	Invasion of the Body Snatchers	EN	Sci-Fi Horror	$24,946,533	$24,949,050
19	Convoy	PL	Action Drama	$22,765,081	$22,765,081
20	The Wiz		Adventure Fantasy Family	$21,049,053	$21,049,647
21	F.I.S.T.	EN	Drama Thriller Crime	$20,388,920	$20,388,920
22	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	EN	Adventure Fantasy Comedy	$20,378,470	$20,378,470
23	Eyes of Laura Mars	EN	Mystery Thriller	$20,000,000	$20,000,000
24	Same Time, Next Year	EN	Comedy Romance Drama	$19,703,082	$19,703,082
25	The One and Only	EN	Romance Comedy	$16,928,137	$16,928,137
26	Return from Witch Mountain	EN	Adventure Sci-Fi Fantasy	$16,393,000	$16,393,000
27	Corvette Summer	EN	Adventure Comedy	$15,514,367	$15,514,367
28	The Greek Tycoon	EN	Drama	$14,672,713	$14,672,713
29	Death on the Nile	EN	Drama Mystery Crime	$14,560,084	$14,569,266
30	The Buddy Holly Story	EN	Biography Drama Music	$14,363,400	$14,363,400
31	The Big Fix	EN	Comedy Thriller Mystery	$13,062,708	$13,062,708
32	The Other Side of the Mountain: Part II	EN	Drama Romance	$11,565,678	$11,565,678
33	Moment by Moment	EN	Romance Drama	$10,963,824	$10,963,824
34	Interiors	EN	Drama	$10,432,366	$10,432,366
35	Straight Time	EN	Drama Crime	$9,900,000	$9,900,000
36	Comes a Horseman	EN	Drama Romance Western	$9,585,769	$9,585,769
37	American Hot Wax	EN	Drama Music History	$7,932,571	$7,932,571
38	The Brink's Job	EN	Drama History Comedy	$7,909,950	$7,909,950
39	Goin' South	EN	Comedy Romance Crime	$7,435,671	$7,435,671
40	King of the Gypsies	EN	Drama	$7,325,177	$7,325,177
41	Force 10 from Navarone	EN	Action Drama War	$7,230,000	$7,230,000
42	Paradise Alley	EN	Drama	$7,185,518	$7,185,518
43	The Bad News Bears Go to Japan	EN	Sport Comedy Family	$7,092,495	$7,092,495
44	International Velvet	EN	Family Drama	$7,009,238	$7,009,238
45	Blue Collar	EN	Drama Crime	$6,521,083	$6,521,083
46	Pretty Baby	EN	Drama	$5,786,368	$5,786,368
47	Gray Lady Down	EN	Drama Thriller Action	$5,438,927	$5,438,927
48	Brass Target	EN	Action	$5,011,158	$5,011,158
49	Caravans	DE	Romance Action Adventure	$3,930,501	$3,930,501
50	Days of Heaven	EN	Drama Romance	$3,446,749	$3,492,909