Box Office

Top Grossing Movies in 1978

Rank	Title	Language	Genre(s)	Domestic	Worldwide
1	Grease	UK	Romance Musical	$190,071,103	$396,271,103
2	Superman	ML	Action Adventure Sci-Fi	$134,478,449	$300,478,449
3	Jaws 2	UK	Adventure Drama Thriller	$81,766,007	$187,884,007
4	Every Which Way But Loose	UK	Action Comedy	$85,196,485	$85,196,485
5	Heaven Can Wait	CN	Sport Fantasy Comedy	$81,640,278	$81,640,278
6	Hooper	UK	Action Comedy	$78,000,000	$78,000,000
7	Revenge of the Pink Panther	UK	Mystery Comedy Crime	$49,579,269	$49,579,269
8	The Deer Hunter	UK	Drama War	$48,979,328	$49,080,126
9	Halloween	UK	Thriller Horror	$47,160,000	$47,160,941
10	Foul Play	UK	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	UK	Comedy Music	$44,364,244	$44,364,244
13	Midnight Express	UK	Biography Drama Thriller	$35,000,000	$35,000,000
14	Coming Home	UK	Drama Romance War	$32,653,905	$32,653,905
15	Damien: Omen II	UK	Horror	$26,518,355	$26,518,355
16	Invasion of the Body Snatchers	UK	Sci-Fi Horror	$24,946,533	$24,949,050
17	Convoy	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.	UK	Drama Thriller Crime	$20,388,920	$20,388,920
20	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	UK	Adventure Fantasy Comedy	$20,378,470	$20,378,470
21	Eyes of Laura Mars	UK	Mystery Thriller	$20,000,000	$20,000,000
22	Return from Witch Mountain	UK	Adventure Sci-Fi Fantasy	$16,393,000	$16,393,000
23	Corvette Summer	UK	Adventure Comedy	$15,514,367	$15,514,367
24	Death on the Nile	UK	Drama Mystery Crime	$14,560,084	$14,569,266
25	The Buddy Holly Story	UK	Biography Drama Music	$14,363,400	$14,363,400
26	Interiors	UK	Drama	$10,432,366	$10,432,366
27	Straight Time	UK	Drama Crime	$9,900,000	$9,900,000
28	Comes a Horseman	UK	Drama Romance Western	$9,585,769	$9,585,769
29	The Brink's Job	UK	Drama History Comedy	$7,909,950	$7,909,950
30	Goin' South	UK	Comedy Romance Crime	$7,435,671	$7,435,671
31	King of the Gypsies	UK	Drama	$7,325,177	$7,325,177
32	Force 10 from Navarone	UK	Action Drama War	$7,230,000	$7,230,000
33	Paradise Alley	UK	Drama	$7,185,518	$7,185,518
34	The Bad News Bears Go to Japan	UK	Sport Comedy Family	$7,092,495	$7,092,495
35	Blue Collar	UK	Drama Crime	$6,521,083	$6,521,083
36	Pretty Baby	UK	Drama	$5,786,368	$5,786,368
37	Days of Heaven	UK	Drama Romance	$3,446,749	$3,489,542
38	Days of Heaven	UK	Drama Romance	$3,446,749	$3,489,542
39	The Last Waltz	UK	Music Documentary	$322,313	$360,705
40	Eraserhead	UK	Horror	$0	$25,700
41	Bloodbrothers	UK	Drama	$4,844	$4,844
42	The Driver	UK	Action Thriller Crime	$0	$1,091
43	Capricorn One	UK	Action Adventure Drama	$0	$402
44	Piranha	UK	Sci-Fi Thriller Horror	$0	$321
45	Ice Castles	UK	Drama Sport Romance	$0	$0
46	Magic	UK	Drama Horror	$0	$0
47	The Boys from Brazil	UK	Drama Thriller	$0	$0
48	The Swarm		Thriller Horror	$0	$0
49	The Manitou	UK	Sci-Fi Horror	$0	$0
50	An Unmarried Woman	UK	Drama Comedy Romance	$0	$0