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Movies Released in 1977

Release DateMovieGenreProduction
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