Weekend Domestic Box Office December 16, 1977
| Rank | Prev | Title | Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (-) | Close Encounters of the Third Kind | $5,379,460 | 270 | $19,924 | $5,379,460 | 33 | ||
| 2 | (new) | Saturday Night Fever | $3,878,099 | 726 | $5,342 | $3,878,099 | 3 | ||
| 3 | (1) | Star Wars Ep. IV: A New Hope | $844,662 | -27% | 414 | $2,040 | $195,666,111 | 208 | |
| Reporting movies: 3 | $10,102,221 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Close Encounters of the Third Kind | $5,379,460 | 270 | $5,379,460 |
| 2 | Saturday Night Fever | $3,878,099 | 726 | $3,878,099 |
| 3 | Star Wars Ep. IV: A New Hope | $844,662 | 414 | $195,666,111 |
| Reporting: 3 | $10,102,221 | total | ||