Movie Index - 1978

Note: If the exact release date of the movie is not known, it is recorded as January 1st.

Release Date		Movie	Distributor	Budget	Total US Gross	Worldwide Gross
January, 1978
January, 1		Death on the Nile		-	$18,000,000	-
January, 1		The Big Fix		-	$12,000,000	-
January, 1		The Boys from Brazil		$12,000,000	$19,000,000	-
January, 1		Thank God It's Friday		-	$7,300,000	-
January, 1		The Eyes of Laura Mars		-	$18,900,000	-
January, 1		Ice Castles		-	$18,000,000	-
January, 1		Caravans		$14,000,000	$1,000,000	-
January, 1		House Calls		-	$29,000,000	-
January, 1		The Fifth Floor		-	$7,000,000	-
January, 1		Casey's Shadow		-	$8,000,000	-
January, 1		American Hot Wax		-	$11,000,000	-
January, 1		Coming Home		$3,000,000	$32,653,000	-
January, 1		The Buddy Holly Story		-	$14,363,400	-
January, 1		The Brink's Job		-	$9,400,000	-
January, 1		I Wanna Hold Your Hand		-	$1,900,000	-
January, 1		An Unmarried Woman		-	$24,000,000	-
January, 1		The Other Side of the Mountain Part II		-	$12,000,000	-
January, 1		Same Time, Next Year		-	$23,000,000	-
January, 1		The Swarm		-	$10,000,000	-
January, 1		Good Guys Wear Black		-	$18,300,000	-
January, 1		Beyond and Back		-	$23,800,000	-
January, 1		The Greek Tycoon		-	$14,000,000	-
January, 1		The Bad News Bears Go To Japan		-	$14,000,000	-
January, 1		Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band		-	$12,900,000	-
January, 1		Corvette Summer		-	$15,500,000	-
February, 1978
February, 3		The One and Only		-	$2,707,679	-
February, 10		The Betsy		-	$17,700,000	-
February, 17		Rabbit Test		-	$90,138	-
April, 1978
April, 13		F.I.S.T	United Artists	$11,000,000	$20,388,920	-
May, 1978
May, 5		The End	MGM/UA	-	$30,354,004	-
June, 1978
June, 9		The Cheap Detective	Sony	-	$28,221,552	-
June, 9		Damien: Omen II	20th Century Fox	-	$24,000,000	-
June, 16		Jaws 2	Universal	$20,000,000	$102,922,376	$208,900,376
June, 16		Grease	Paramount Pictures	$6,000,000	$181,813,770	$387,513,770
June, 28		Heaven Can Wait	Paramount Pictures	-	$98,800,000	-
June, 28		Convoy	MGM/UA	-	$45,000,000	-
July, 1978
July, 14		Foul Play	Paramount Pictures	-	$40,415,179	-
July, 21		Revenge of the Pink Panther	MGM/UA	-	$37,337,746	-
July, 28		National Lampoon's Animal House	United Artists	$3,000,000	$141,600,000	-
July, 28		Hooper	Warner Bros.	-	$51,290,536	-
August, 1978
August, 2		Interiors		-	$10,432,366	-
September, 1978
September, 13		Days of Heaven	Paramount Pictures	$3,000,000	$3,446,749	$3,660,880
September, 15		Up in Smoke	Paramount Pictures	-	$41,590,893	-
September, 20		Midnight Express	Sony	-	$35,000,000	-
October, 1978
October, 17		Halloween		$325,000	$47,000,000	$70,000,000
October, 24		The Wiz		$24,000,000	$13,000,000	-
October, 25		Comes a Horseman	MGM/UA	-	-	-
November, 1978
November, 8		Slow Dancing in the Big City	MGM/UA	-	$11,335	-
November, 8		Magic	20th Century Fox	-	$23,800,000	-
November, 10		Paradise Alley	Universal	-	$8,000,000	-
November, 15		The Lord of the Rings	MGM/UA	-	$27,000,000	-
December, 1978
December, 13		The Secret Life of Plants	Paramount Pictures	-	-	-
December, 15		Superman	Warner Bros.	$55,000,000	$134,218,018	$300,200,000
December, 15		Uncle Joe Shannon	MGM/UA	-	$3,697	-
December, 15		Oliver's Story	Paramount Pictures	-	-	-
December, 15		California Suite	Sony	-	$42,913,571	-
December, 20		Every Which Way but Loose	Warner Bros.	-	$104,268,727	-
December, 20		King of the Gypsies	Paramount Pictures	-	$8,000,000	-
December, 22		Moment by Moment	Universal	-	-	-
December, 22		Force 10 from Navarone	American International Pictures	$5,000,000	$7,100,000	-
December, 22		Brass Target	MGM/UA	-	$354,797	-
December, 22		Invasion of the Body Snatchers	MGM/UA	-	$24,946,533	-

Total Movies Released: 62
Total Combined Gross: $1,728,744,982