Movies Using the English Language and Released in 1978
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The list below includes all films using the English language, including movies using other languages as well.
Note: Since we are still actively researching languages, we consider this chart to be in beta mode.
While we make every effort to collect all available data, there are inevitably omissions and errors. Please help us by sending corrections to corrections@the-numbers.com.
| Movie | Language(s) | Genre | Production
Budget | Worldwide
Box Office
to Date | Trailer |
|---|
| Grease |
English |
Musical |
$6,000,000 |
$394,278,547 |
Play |
| Superman |
English |
Adventure |
$55,000,000 |
$300,200,000 |
|
| Jaws 2 |
English |
Horror |
$20,000,000 |
$208,900,376 |
|
| National Lampoon’s Animal House |
English |
Comedy |
$3,000,000 |
$141,607,202 |
|
| Every Which Way but Loose |
English |
Comedy |
|
$104,268,727 |
|
| Heaven Can Wait |
English |
Comedy |
$15,000,000 |
$98,800,000 |
|
| Halloween |
English |
Horror |
$325,000 |
$70,274,000 |
|
| Hooper |
English |
Action |
|
$51,290,536 |
|
| The Deer Hunter |
English |
Drama |
$15,000,000 |
$50,065,119 |
|
| Convoy |
English |
Action |
|
$45,000,000 |
|
| Up in Smoke |
English |
Comedy |
|
$41,590,893 |
|
| Revenge of the Pink Panther |
English |
Comedy |
|
$37,337,746 |
|
| Midnight Express |
English |
Drama |
|
$35,000,134 |
|
| Coming Home |
English |
Drama |
$3,000,000 |
$32,653,142 |
|
| The End |
English |
Black Comedy |
|
$32,334,477 |
|
| House Calls |
English |
Romantic Comedy |
|
$29,000,000 |
|
| The Cheap Detective |
English |
Comedy |
|
$28,221,552 |
|
| Invasion of the Body Snatchers |
English |
Horror |
|
$24,946,533 |
|
| Damien: Omen II |
English |
Horror |
|
$24,000,000 |
|
| An Unmarried Woman |
English |
Comedy |
|
$24,000,000 |
|
| Magic |
English |
Horror |
|
$23,800,000 |
|
| Beyond and Back |
English |
Documentary |
|
$23,800,000 |
|
| Same Time, Next Year |
English |
Romantic Comedy |
|
$23,000,000 |
|
| The Wiz |
English |
Musical |
$24,000,000 |
$22,000,000 |
|
| F.I.S.T |
English |
Drama |
$11,000,000 |
$20,388,920 |
|
| The Boys from Brazil |
English |
Thriller/Suspense |
$12,000,000 |
$19,000,000 |
|
| Eyes of Laura Mars |
English |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$18,900,077 |
|
| Good Guys Wear Black |
English |
Action |
|
$18,300,000 |
|
| Death on the Nile |
English |
Drama |
|
$18,007,517 |
|
| The Betsy |
English |
Drama |
|
$17,700,000 |
|
| Corvette Summer |
English |
Comedy |
|
$15,500,000 |
|
| The Buddy Holly Story |
English |
Drama |
|
$14,363,400 |
|
| The Greek Tycoon |
English |
Drama |
|
$14,000,000 |
|
| The Bad News Bears Go To Japan |
English |
Comedy |
|
$14,000,000 |
|
| Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band |
English |
|
|
$12,900,000 |
|
| The Big Fix |
English |
Comedy |
|
$12,000,000 |
|
| The Other Side of the Mountain Part II |
English |
Drama |
|
$12,000,000 |
|
| American Hot Wax |
English |
Drama |
|
$11,000,000 |
|
| Interiors |
English |
Drama |
|
$10,432,366 |
|
| The Swarm |
English |
Horror |
|
$10,000,000 |
|
| The Brink’s Job |
English |
Comedy |
|
$9,400,000 |
|
| King of the Gypsies |
English |
Drama |
|
$8,000,000 |
|
| Paradise Alley |
English |
Drama |
|
$8,000,000 |
|
| Casey’s Shadow |
English |
Drama |
|
$8,000,000 |
|
| Thank God It’s Friday |
English |
Comedy |
|
$7,300,132 |
|
| Days of Heaven |
English |
Drama |
$3,000,000 |
$3,660,880 |
|
| I Wanna Hold Your Hand |
English |
Multiple Genres |
|
$1,900,000 |
|
| Caravans |
English,
Persian |
Adventure |
$14,000,000 |
$1,000,000 |
|
| Northern Lights |
English,
Norwegian,
Swedish |
Drama |
|
$30,536 |
|
| Watership Down |
English |
Adventure |
|
$21,657 |
|
| Girlfriends |
English |
Comedy |
|
$4,580 |
|
| Zabriskie Point |
English |
Drama |
|
$1,054 |
|
| Piranha |
English |
Horror |
|
$320 |
|
| Moment by Moment |
English |
Drama |
|
$0 |
|
| A Little Night Music |
English |
Musical |
|
$0 |
|
| Coma |
English |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$0 |
|
| Die Sister, Die! |
English |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$0 |
|
| The Norseman |
English |
Adventure |
|
$0 |
|
| Avalanche |
English |
Action |
|
$0 |
|
| Goin South |
English |
Comedy |
|
$0 |
|
| Cosi come sei |
English,
Italian |
Drama |
|
$0 |
|
| Pretty Baby |
English |
Drama |
|
$0 |
|
| The Wild Geese |
English |
Action |
|
$0 |
|
| Martin |
English |
Horror |
|
$0 |
|
| Rush It |
English |
Comedy |
|
$0 |
|
| Renaldo and Clara |
English |
Drama |
|
$0 |
|
| Attack of the Killer Tomatoes |
English |
Comedy |
|
$0 |
|
| Gray Lady Down |
English |
Adventure |
|
$0 |
|
| Big Wednesday |
English |
Drama |
|
$0 |
|
| The Serpent’s Egg |
English,
German |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$0 |
|
| The Manitou |
English |
Horror |
|
$0 |
|
| Holocaust 2000 |
English,
Italian |
Horror |
|
$0 |
|
| The Silent Partner |
English |
Drama |
|
$0 |
|
| FM |
English |
Comedy |
|
$0 |
|
| International Velvet |
English |
Drama |
|
$0 |
|
| The Foreigner |
English |
Drama |
|
$0 |
|
| I Spit on Your Grave |
English |
Horror |
|
$0 |
|
| Spawn of the Slithis |
English |
Horror |
|
$0 |
|
| Crossed Swords |
English |
Adventure |
|
$0 |
|
| September 30, 1955 |
English |
Drama |
|
$0 |
|
| La vie devant soi |
English,
French |
Drama |
|
$0 |
|
| Straight Time |
English |
Drama |
|
$0 |
|
| The Comeback |
English |
Horror |
|
$0 |
|
| Game of Death |
English |
Action |
|
$0 |
|
| Go Tell the Spartans |
English |
Drama |
|
$0 |
|
| Skateboard |
English |
Drama |
|
$0 |
|
| Many Classic Moments |
English |
Documentary |
|
$0 |
|
| It Lives Again |
English |
Horror |
|
$0 |
|
| Harper Valley P.T.A. |
English |
Comedy |
|
$0 |
|
| The Odd Job |
English |
Comedy |
|
$0 |
|
