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Top 1978 Movies at the Domestic Box Office


See also: Top 1978 International - Top 1978 Worldwide

Other Domestic Cumulative records: All Time Domestic - All Time Domestic (Inf. Adj.) - All Time Animated Domestic - All Time Sequel Domestic - All Time Non-Sequel Domestic - Top 2023 Domestic - Top 2024 Domestic

This chart contains the total domestic box office for movies released in 1978.

See Top Grossing Movies of 1978 for a list of movies that earned most at the domestic box office during 1978, including films released in 1977 and earlier.

Top 1977 Domestic Top 1979 Domestic
Rank Movie Distributor Domestic
Box
Office
Opening
Weekend
Box Office
Max
Theater
Count
1 Grease Paramount… $181,813,770 $8,941,717 2,931
2 National Lampoon's Animal House Universal $141,600,000
3 Superman Warner Bros. $134,218,018 $7,465,343 817
4 Every Which Way but Loose Warner Bros. $104,268,727 $10,272,000 1,275
5 Jaws 2 Universal $102,922,376 $9,866,023 640
6 Heaven Can Wait Paramount… $98,800,000 $3,652,486 540
7 Hooper Warner Bros. $51,290,536
8 The Deer Hunter Universal $50,000,000
9 Halloween Compass I… $47,274,000 781
10 Convoy United Ar… $45,000,000
11 California Suite Columbia $42,913,571
12 Up in Smoke Paramount… $41,590,893
13 Foul Play Paramount… $40,415,179
14 Revenge of the Pink Panther United Ar… $37,337,746
15 Midnight Express Columbia $35,000,000
16 Coming Home United Ar… $32,653,000
17 The End United Ar… $30,354,004
18 House Calls Universal $29,000,000
19 The Cheap Detective Columbia $28,221,552
20 The Lord of the Rings United Ar… $27,000,000 $626,649 31
21 Invasion of the Body Snatchers United Ar… $24,946,533 $1,298,129 445
22 An Unmarried Woman 20th Cent… $24,000,000
23 Damien: Omen II 20th Cent… $24,000,000 $3,880,880 525
24 Beyond and Back Sunn Clas… $23,800,000
25 Magic 20th Cent… $23,800,000
26 Same Time, Next Year Universal $23,000,000
27 The Wiz Universal $22,000,000
28 F.I.S.T United Ar… $20,388,920
29 The Boys from Brazil 20th Cent… $19,000,000
30 Eyes of Laura Mars Columbia $18,900,000
31 Good Guys Wear Black American … $18,300,000
32 Ice Castles Columbia $18,000,000
33 Death on the Nile Paramount… $18,000,000
34 The Betsy Allied Ar… $17,700,000 $2,425,377 473
35 Corvette Summer MGM $15,500,000
36 The Buddy Holly Story Columbia $14,363,400
37 The Bad News Bears Go To Japan Paramount… $14,000,000
38 The Greek Tycoon Universal $14,000,000
39 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Universal $12,900,000
40 The Other Side of the Mountain Part II Universal $12,000,000
41 The Big Fix Universal $12,000,000
42 American Hot Wax Paramount… $11,000,000
43 Interiors United Ar… $10,432,366

The Domestic Market is defined as the North American movie territory (consisting of the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and Guam).

This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.

Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.