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Top Movie of 1978
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Note: If the exact release date of the movie
is not known, it is recorded as January 1st.
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| Release Date |
Movie |
Distributor |
Budget |
Total US Gross |
Worldwide Gross |
January, 1978 |
| January, 1 |
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Brink's Job, The |
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$9,400,000 |
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| January, 1 |
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House Calls |
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$29,000,000 |
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| January, 1 |
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Casey's Shadow |
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$8,000,000 |
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| January, 1 |
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American Hot Wax |
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$11,000,000 |
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| January, 1 |
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Coming Home |
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$32,653,000 |
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| January, 1 |
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Buddy Holly Story, The |
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$12,800,000 |
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| January, 1 |
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Caravans |
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$14,000,000 |
$1,000,000 |
$1,000,000 |
| January, 1 |
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Unmarried Woman, An |
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$24,000,000 |
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| January, 1 |
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I Wanna Hold Your Hand |
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$1,900,000 |
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| January, 1 |
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Death on the Nile |
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$18,000,000 |
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| January, 1 |
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Eyes of Laura Mars, The |
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$18,900,000 |
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| January, 1 |
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Thank God It's Friday |
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$7,300,000 |
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| January, 1 |
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Swarm, The |
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$10,000,000 |
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| January, 1 |
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Wiz, The |
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$13,000,000 |
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| January, 1 |
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Betsy, The |
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$17,700,000 |
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| January, 1 |
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Good Guys Wear Black |
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$18,300,000 |
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| January, 1 |
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Beyond and Back |
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$23,800,000 |
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| January, 1 |
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Boys from Brazil, The |
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$12,000,000 |
$19,000,000 |
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| January, 1 |
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Same Time, Next Year |
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$23,000,000 |
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| January, 1 |
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Corvette Summer |
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$15,500,000 |
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| January, 1 |
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Bad News Bears Go To Japan, The |
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$14,000,000 |
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| January, 1 |
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Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band |
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$12,900,000 |
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| January, 1 |
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Big Fix, The |
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$12,000,000 |
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| January, 1 |
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Fifth Floor, The |
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$7,000,000 |
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| January, 1 |
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Greek Tycoon, The |
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$14,000,000 |
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| January, 1 |
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Other Side of the Mountain Part II,
The |
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$12,000,000 |
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| January, 1 |
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Ice Castles |
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$18,000,000 |
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May, 1978 |
| May, 5 |
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End, The |
MGM/UA |
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$30,354,004 |
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June, 1978 |
| June, 9 |
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Cheap Detective, The |
Sony |
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$28,221,552 |
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| June, 9 |
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Damien: Omen II |
20th Century Fox |
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$24,000,000 |
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| June, 16 |
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Jaws 2 |
Universal |
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$102,922,000 |
$208,900,000 |
| June, 16 |
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Grease |
Paramount Pictures |
$6,000,000 |
$181,518,204 |
$379,800,000 |
| June, 28 |
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Heaven Can Wait |
Paramount Pictures |
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$98,800,000 |
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| June, 28 |
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Convoy |
MGM/UA |
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$45,000,000 |
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July, 1978 |
| July, 14 |
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Foul Play |
Paramount |
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$40,415,179 |
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| July, 21 |
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Revenge of the Pink Panther |
MGM/UA |
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$37,337,746 |
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| July, 28 |
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Hooper |
Warner Bros. |
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$51,290,536 |
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| July, 28 |
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National Lampoon's Animal House |
United Artists |
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$141,600,000 |
$141,600,000 |
August, 1978 |
| August, 2 |
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Interiors |
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$10,432,366 |
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September, 1978 |
| September, 13 |
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Days of Heaven |
Paramount Pictures |
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$26,100 |
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| September, 15 |
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Up in Smoke |
Paramount |
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$41,590,893 |
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| September, 20 |
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Midnight Express |
Sony |
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$35,000,000 |
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October, 1978 |
| October, 17 |
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Halloween |
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$325,000 |
$47,000,000 |
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| October, 25 |
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Comes a Horseman |
MGM/UA |
- |
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November, 1978 |
| November, 8 |
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Magic |
20th Century Fox |
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$23,800,000 |
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| November, 8 |
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Slow Dancing in the Big City |
MGM/UA |
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$11,335 |
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| November, 10 |
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Paradise Alley |
Universal |
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$8,000,000 |
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| November, 15 |
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Lord of the Rings, The (1978) |
MGM/UA |
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$27,000,000 |
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December, 1978 |
| December, 13 |
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Secret Life of Plants, The |
Paramount Pictures |
- |
- |
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| December, 15 |
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California Suite |
Sony |
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$42,913,571 |
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| December, 15 |
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Uncle Joe Shannon |
MGM/UA |
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$3,697 |
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| December, 15 |
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Oliver's Story |
Paramount Pictures |
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| December, 15 |
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Superman |
Warner Bros. |
$55,000,000 |
$134,218,018 |
$300,200,000 |
| December, 20 |
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King of the Gypsies |
Paramount Pictures |
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$8,000,000 |
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| December, 20 |
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Every Which Way but Loose |
Warner Bros. |
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$104,268,727 |
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| December, 22 |
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Force 10 from Navarone |
American International Pictures |
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$7,100,000 |
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| December, 22 |
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Moment by Moment |
Universal |
- |
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| December, 22 |
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Brass Target |
MGM/UA |
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$354,797 |
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| December, 22 |
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Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) |
MGM/UA |
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$22,200,000 |
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