Movies Released in 1977
| Release Date | Movie | Genre | Production Budget | Domestic Box Office to Date | Trailer |
January, 1977 |
| January 1 |
Bobby Deerfield |
Drama |
|
$9,300,000 |
|
|
Eraserhead |
|
$100,000 |
$7,000,000 |
|
|
The Gauntlet |
Action |
|
$35,400,000 |
|
|
Kingdom of the Spiders |
|
$500,000 |
$17,000,000 |
|
|
Slap Shot |
|
|
$28,000,000 |
|
|
Which Way Is Up? |
|
|
$17,000,000 |
|
| |
| January 21 |
Freaky Friday |
Comedy |
|
$25,942,000 |
|
February, 1977 |
| February 11 |
In Search of Noah's Ark |
|
|
$55,700,000 |
|
March, 1977 |
| March 2 |
Wizards |
|
|
$9,000,000 |
|
| |
| March 4 |
Islands in the Stream |
|
|
$8,000,000 |
|
| |
| March 11 |
Airport '77 |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$30,000,000 |
|
|
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh |
|
|
$0 |
|
April, 1977 |
| April 20 |
Annie Hall |
Comedy |
$4,000,000 |
$38,251,425 |
|
May, 1977 |
| May 25 |
Star Wars Ep. IV: A New Hope |
Adventure |
$11,000,000 |
$460,998,007 |
|
| |
| May 27 |
Smokey and the Bandit |
Comedy |
|
$126,737,428 |
|
June, 1977 |
| June 5 |
For the Love of Benji |
|
|
$22,257,624 |
|
| |
| June 8 |
The Other Side of Midnight |
|
|
$24,652,021 |
|
|
Thunder & Lightning |
|
|
$6,000,000 |
|
| |
| June 15 |
A Bridge Too Far |
Action |
$26,000,000 |
$50,800,000 |
|
| |
| June 17 |
The Deep |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$50,681,884 |
|
|
Exorcist II: The Heretic |
Horror |
$14,000,000 |
$25,011,000 |
|
| |
| June 22 |
New York, New York |
Musical |
$14,000,000 |
$13,800,000 |
|
|
The Rescuers |
Adventure |
|
$48,775,599 |
|
| |
| June 24 |
Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo |
|
|
$28,000,000 |
|
|
The Sorcerer |
|
$21,600,000 |
$12,000,000 |
|
| |
| June 30 |
MacArthur |
|
|
$16,320,000 |
|
July, 1977 |
| July 13 |
Orca |
|
|
$14,717,854 |
|
|
The Spy Who Loved Me |
Action |
$14,000,000 |
$46,800,000 |
|
August, 1977 |
| August 3 |
Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown |
|
|
$0 |
|
| |
| August 5 |
March or Die |
|
$7,000,000 |
$1,000,000 |
|
| |
| August 10 |
The Kentucky Fried Movie |
Comedy |
$600,000 |
$15,000,000 |
|
| |
| August 12 |
Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger |
|
|
$16,000,000 |
|
October, 1977 |
| October 2 |
Julia |
Drama |
|
$0 |
|
| |
| October 7 |
Joseph Andrews |
|
|
$0 |
|
|
Oh, God! |
Comedy |
|
$51,061,196 |
|
| |
| October 19 |
Looking for Mr. Goodbar |
Drama |
|
$16,900,000 |
|
| |
| October 21 |
Damnation Alley |
|
$17,000,000 |
$0 |
|
November, 1977 |
| November 3 |
Pete's Dragon |
|
$10,000,000 |
$36,000,000 |
|
| |
| November 11 |
Semi-Tough |
|
|
$37,187,139 |
|
| |
| November 16 |
Close Encounters of the Third Kind |
Adventure |
$20,000,000 |
$166,000,000 |
|
| |
| November 17 |
Heroes |
Drama |
|
$33,000,000 |
|
| |
| November 18 |
The Turning Point |
Drama |
|
$33,600,000 |
|
December, 1977 |
| December 16 |
Saturday Night Fever |
Drama |
|
$139,486,124 |
|
| |
| December 18 |
The World's Greatest Lover |
|
|
$21,000,000 |
|
| |
| December 21 |
The Goodbye Girl |
Romantic Comedy |
|
$83,700,000 |
|
| |
| December 23 |
High Anxiety |
|
$3,400,000 |
$31,063,038 |
|
| |
| December 31 |
The Displaced Person |
|
|
$0 |
|
|
A Little Night Music |
|
|
$0 |
|
|
Under Milk Wood |
|
|
$0 |
|
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