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Top 1978 Movies at the Worldwide Box Office


See also: Top 1978 Domestic - Top 1978 International

Other Worldwide Cumulative records: All Time Worldwide - All Time Single Market - All Time Animated Worldwide - All Time Sequel Worldwide - All Time Non-Sequel Worldwide - Top 2023 Worldwide - Top 2024 Worldwide

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

Top 1977 Worldwide Top 1979 Worldwide
Rank Movie Worldwide Box Office Domestic Box Office International Box Office Domestic
Share
1 Grease $387,472,317 $181,813,770 $205,658,547 46.92%
2 Superman $300,200,000 $134,218,018 $165,981,982 44.71%
3 Jaws 2 $208,900,376 $102,922,376 $105,978,000 49.27%
4 National Lampoon's Animal House $141,607,202 $141,600,000 $7,202 99.99%
5 Every Which Way but Loose $104,268,727 $104,268,727 100.00%
6 Heaven Can Wait $98,800,000 $98,800,000 100.00%
7 Halloween $70,274,000 $47,274,000 $23,000,000 67.27%
8 Hooper $51,290,536 $51,290,536 100.00%
9 The Deer Hunter $50,065,119 $50,000,000 $65,119 99.87%
10 Convoy $45,000,000 $45,000,000 100.00%
11 California Suite $42,913,571 $42,913,571 100.00%
12 Up in Smoke $41,590,893 $41,590,893 100.00%
13 Foul Play $40,415,179 $40,415,179 100.00%
14 Revenge of the Pink Panther $37,337,746 $37,337,746 100.00%
15 Midnight Express $35,000,134 $35,000,000 $134 100.00%
16 Coming Home $32,653,000 $32,653,000 100.00%
17 The End $32,334,477 $30,354,004 $1,980,473 93.88%
18 House Calls $29,000,000 $29,000,000 100.00%
19 The Cheap Detective $28,221,552 $28,221,552 100.00%
20 The Lord of the Rings $27,000,000 $27,000,000 100.00%
21 Invasion of the Body Snatchers $24,946,533 $24,946,533 100.00%
22 Damien: Omen II $24,000,000 $24,000,000 100.00%
23 An Unmarried Woman $24,000,000 $24,000,000 100.00%
24 Beyond and Back $23,800,000 $23,800,000 100.00%
25 Magic $23,800,000 $23,800,000 100.00%
26 Same Time, Next Year $23,000,000 $23,000,000 100.00%
27 The Wiz $22,000,000 $22,000,000 100.00%
28 F.I.S.T $20,388,920 $20,388,920 100.00%
29 The Boys from Brazil $19,000,000 $19,000,000 100.00%
30 Eyes of Laura Mars $18,900,000 $18,900,000 100.00%
31 Good Guys Wear Black $18,300,000 $18,300,000 100.00%
32 Death on the Nile $18,007,517 $18,000,000 $7,517 99.96%
33 Ice Castles $18,000,000 $18,000,000 100.00%
34 The Betsy $17,700,000 $17,700,000 100.00%
35 Corvette Summer $15,500,000 $15,500,000 100.00%
36 The Buddy Holly Story $14,363,400 $14,363,400 100.00%
37 The Bad News Bears Go To Japan $14,000,000 $14,000,000 100.00%
38 The Greek Tycoon $14,000,000 $14,000,000 100.00%
39 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band $12,900,000 $12,900,000 100.00%
40 The Big Fix $12,000,000 $12,000,000 100.00%
41 The Other Side of the Mountain Part II $12,000,000 $12,000,000 100.00%
42 American Hot Wax $11,000,000 $11,000,000 100.00%
43 Interiors $10,432,366 $10,432,366 100.00%

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

Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.