Movies Produced by United States and Released in 1978
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The list below includes all films produced by United States production companies, including international co-productions.
Note: Since we are still actively researching production countries, we consider this chart to be in beta mode.
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| Movie | Co-Producing
Countries | Genre | Production
Budget | Worldwide
Box Office
to Date | Trailer |
|---|
| Grease |
United States |
Musical |
$6,000,000 |
$387,472,317 |
Play |
| Superman |
Panama,
Switzerland,
United Kingdom,
United States |
Adventure |
$55,000,000 |
$300,200,000 |
|
| Jaws 2 |
United States |
Horror |
$20,000,000 |
$208,900,376 |
|
| National Lampoon's Animal House |
United States |
Comedy |
$3,000,000 |
$141,607,202 |
|
| Every Which Way but Loose |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$104,268,727 |
|
| Heaven Can Wait |
United States |
Comedy |
$15,000,000 |
$98,800,000 |
|
| Halloween |
United States |
Horror |
$325,000 |
$70,274,000 |
|
| Hooper |
United States |
Action |
|
$51,290,536 |
|
| The Deer Hunter |
United Kingdom,
United States |
Drama |
$15,000,000 |
$50,065,119 |
|
| Convoy |
United States |
Action |
|
$45,000,000 |
|
| California Suite |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$42,913,571 |
|
| Up in Smoke |
United States |
|
|
$41,590,893 |
|
| Foul Play |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$40,415,179 |
|
| Coming Home |
United States |
Drama |
$3,000,000 |
$32,653,000 |
|
| The End |
United States |
|
|
$32,334,477 |
|
| House Calls |
United States |
|
|
$29,000,000 |
|
| The Cheap Detective |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$28,221,552 |
|
| The Lord of the Rings |
United States |
|
|
$27,000,000 |
|
| Invasion of the Body Snatchers |
United States |
Horror |
|
$24,946,533 |
|
| Damien: Omen II |
United States |
Horror |
|
$24,000,000 |
|
| An Unmarried Woman |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$24,000,000 |
|
| Magic |
United States |
Horror |
|
$23,800,000 |
|
| Beyond and Back |
United States |
Documentary |
|
$23,800,000 |
|
| Same Time, Next Year |
United States |
Romantic Comedy |
|
$23,000,000 |
|
| The Wiz |
United States |
Musical |
$24,000,000 |
$22,000,000 |
|
| F.I.S.T |
United States |
Drama |
$11,000,000 |
$20,388,920 |
|
| The Boys from Brazil |
United Kingdom,
United States |
Thriller/Suspense |
$12,000,000 |
$19,000,000 |
|
| Eyes of Laura Mars |
United States |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$18,900,000 |
|
| Good Guys Wear Black |
United States |
Action |
|
$18,300,000 |
|
| Ice Castles |
United States |
Drama |
|
$18,000,000 |
|
| The Betsy |
United States |
Drama |
|
$17,700,000 |
|
| Corvette Summer |
United States |
|
|
$15,500,000 |
|
| The Buddy Holly Story |
United States |
Drama |
|
$14,363,400 |
|
| The Greek Tycoon |
United States |
Drama |
|
$14,000,000 |
|
| The Bad News Bears Go To Japan |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$14,000,000 |
|
| Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band |
United States |
|
|
$12,900,000 |
|
| The Big Fix |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$12,000,000 |
|
| The Other Side of the Mountain Part II |
United States |
|
|
$12,000,000 |
|
| American Hot Wax |
United States |
Drama |
|
$11,000,000 |
|
| Interiors |
United States |
Drama |
|
$10,432,366 |
|
| The Swarm |
United States |
|
|
$10,000,000 |
|
| The Brink's Job |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$9,400,000 |
|
| King of the Gypsies |
United States |
|
|
$8,000,000 |
|
| Paradise Alley |
United States |
Drama |
|
$8,000,000 |
|
| Casey's Shadow |
United States |
Drama |
|
$8,000,000 |
|
| Thank God It's Friday |
United States |
|
|
$7,300,000 |
|
| Force 10 from Navarone |
France,
The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia,
Malta,
United Kingdom,
United States |
Action |
$5,000,000 |
$7,100,000 |
|
| The Fifth Floor |
United States |
|
|
$7,000,000 |
|
| Days of Heaven |
United States |
Drama |
$3,000,000 |
$3,660,880 |
|
| The One and Only |
United States |
Romantic Comedy |
|
$2,707,679 |
|
| I Wanna Hold Your Hand |
United States |
Multiple Genres |
|
$1,900,000 |
|
| Caravans |
Islamic Republic of Iran,
United States |
Adventure |
$14,000,000 |
$1,000,000 |
|
| Brass Target |
United States |
Drama |
|
$354,797 |
|
| Rabbit Test |
United States |
|
|
$90,138 |
|
| Slow Dancing in the Big City |
United States |
Musical |
|
$11,335 |
|
| Northern Lights |
United States |
Drama |
|
$9,453 |
|
| Girlfriends |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$4,580 |
|
| Uncle Joe Shannon |
United States |
Drama |
|
$3,697 |
|
| Zabriskie Point |
United States |
Drama |
|
$1,054 |
|
| Piranha |
United States |
Horror |
|
$320 |
|
| Moment by Moment |
United States |
Drama |
|
$0 |
|
| The Secret Life of Plants |
United States |
Documentary |
|
$0 |
|
| Oliver's Story |
United States |
|
|
$0 |
|
| A Little Night Music |
Austria,
Germany,
United States |
Musical |
|
$0 |
|
| Coma |
United States |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$0 |
|
| Die Sister, Die! |
United States |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$0 |
|
| The Norseman |
United States |
Adventure |
|
$0 |
|
| Avalanche |
United States |
Action |
|
$0 |
|
| Goin South |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$0 |
|
| Pretty Baby |
United States |
Drama |
|
$0 |
|
| Martin |
United States |
Horror |
|
$0 |
|
| Rush It |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$0 |
|
| Renaldo and Clara |
United States |
Drama |
|
$0 |
|
| Big Wednesday |
United States |
Drama |
|
$0 |
|
| The Serpent’s Egg |
Germany,
United States |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$0 |
|
| The Manitou |
Canada,
United States |
Horror |
|
$0 |
|
| FM |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$0 |
|
| International Velvet |
United States |
Drama |
|
$0 |
|
| The Foreigner |
United States |
Drama |
|
$0 |
|
| I Spit on Your Grave |
United States |
Horror |
|
$0 |
|
| Spawn of the Slithis |
United States |
Horror |
|
$0 |
|
| Crossed Swords |
United Kingdom,
United States |
Adventure |
|
$0 |
|
| September 30, 1955 |
United States |
Drama |
|
$0 |
|
| Straight Time |
United States |
Drama |
|
$0 |
|
| Skateboard |
United States |
Drama |
|
$0 |
|
