Domestic Release Schedule for 1977

This chart lists all movies that had a release in theaters in the United States and/or Canada in 1977.

See also: Top 1977 Worldwide - Most Popular 1977

Current Release Schedule 1978 →
Release DateMovieDistributorDomestic
Box Office
to Date		Trailer
January, 1977
January 1 Hitchhike to Hell (Limited) Self Distributed    
 
During 1977 Bobby Deerfield (Wide) Warner Bros. $9,300,000  
Eraserhead (Wide) Libra Films $7,000,000  
The Gauntlet (Wide) Warner Bros. $35,400,000  
Kingdom of the Spiders (Wide) Dimension Pictures $17,000,000  
Slap Shot (Wide) Universal $28,000,000  
Which Way Is Up? (Wide) Universal $17,000,000  
 
January 13 Die Angst des Tormanns beim Elfmeter (Limited)    
 
January 18 Pumping Iron (Limited)    
 
January 21 Freaky Friday (Wide) Walt Disney $25,942,000  
 
 
January TBD Scalpel (Limited) United International Pictures    
February, 1977
February 9 The Cassandra Crossing (Limited) Avco Embassy    
 
February 11 Strange Shadows in an Empty Room (Limited) American International Pictures    
In Search of Noah's Ark (IMAX) Sunn Classics Pictures $55,700,000  
March, 1977
March 2 Wizards (Wide) 20th Century Fox $9,000,000  
 
March 4 Islands in the Stream (Wide) Paramount Pictures $8,000,000  
 
March 11 Airport '77 (Wide) Universal $30,000,000  
Black Sunday (Wide) Paramount Pictures    
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (Wide) Walt Disney    
 
March 18 What Have They Done With Our Daughters? (Limited) N.M.D. Film Distribution Company    
 
March 23 The Domino Principle (Limited) Avco Embassy    
April, 1977
April 6 Audrey Rose (Limited) United Artists    
 
April 20 Annie Hall (Wide) United Artists $38,251,425  
 
April 27 Between the Lines (Limited) Midwest Movies    
 
April 29 Three Women (Limited) 20th Century Fox    
May, 1977
May 6 The White Buffalo (Limited)    
 
May 13 The Car (Limited)    
Day of the Animals (Limited) Film Ventures International    
 
May 25 Star Wars Ep. IV: A New Hope (Wide) 20th Century Fox $460,998,007  
 
May 27 Smokey and the Bandit (Wide) Universal $126,737,428  
June, 1977
June 2 The Grateful Dead Movie (Limited)    
 
June 5 For the Love of Benji (Limited) Joe Camp Productions $22,257,624  
 
June 8 The Other Side of Midnight (Wide) 20th Century Fox $24,652,021  
Thunder & Lightning (Wide) 20th Century Fox $6,000,000  
 
June 15 A Bridge Too Far (Wide) United Artists $50,800,000  
 
June 17 The Deep (Wide) Columbia $50,681,884  
Exorcist II: The Heretic (Wide) Warner Bros. $25,011,000  
For the Love of Benji (Wide) Joe Camp Productions $22,257,624  
Rollercoaster (Limited)    
 
June 22 New York, New York (Wide) United Artists $13,800,000  
The Rescuers (Wide) Walt Disney $48,775,599  
 
June 24 Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo (Wide) Walt Disney $28,000,000  
Sorcerer (Wide) Paramount Pictures $12,000,000  
 
June 30 MacArthur (Wide) Universal $16,320,000  
July, 1977
July 13 Orca (Wide) Paramount Pictures $14,717,854  
The Spy Who Loved Me (Wide) United Artists $46,800,000  
 
July 15 The Last Remake of Beau Geste (Wide) Universal    
The Shadow of Chikara (Limited)    
 
July 21 Rituals (Limited) Astral Films    
 
July 22 The Hills Have Eyes (Limited) Vanguard Cinema    
August, 1977
August 3 Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown (Wide) Paramount Pictures    
 
August 5 March or Die (Wide) Columbia $1,000,000  
 
August 10 The Kentucky Fried Movie (Wide) United Film Distribution Co. $15,000,000  
 
August 12 Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger (Wide) Columbia $16,000,000  
September, 1977
September 30 Short Eyes (Limited)    
 
September TBD Dynasty (Limited) JAD Films International    
October, 1977
October 2 Julia (Wide) 20th Century Fox    
 
October 5 Valentino (Wide) United Artists    
The Lincoln Conspiracy (Limited)    
 
October 7 Joseph Andrews (Wide) Paramount Pictures    
Oh, God! (Wide) Warner Bros. $51,061,196  
 
October 14 Rolling Thunder (Limited)    
 
October 19 Looking for Mr. Goodbar (Wide) Paramount Pictures $16,900,000  
 
October 21 Damnation Alley (Wide) 20th Century Fox    
Satanico Pandemonium (Limited) Howard Mahler Films    
 
 
October TBD The Chicken Chronicles (Limited) Avco Embassy    
November, 1977
November 3 Pete’s Dragon (Wide) Walt Disney $36,000,000  
 
November 4 First Love (Limited) Paramount Pictures    
 
November 6 Mr. Klein (Limited) Quartet Films $213,769  
 
November 11 Semi-Tough (Wide) United Artists $37,187,139  
 
November 16 Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Wide) Columbia $169,100,479 Play
 
November 17 Heroes (Wide) Universal $33,000,000  
 
November 18 The Turning Point (Wide) 20th Century Fox $33,600,000  
 
November 20 The Pack (Limited)    
December, 1977
December 7 Fellini’s Casanova (Limited) Universal    
 
December 15 Emmanuelle 3 (Limited) Miramax    
 
December 16 Saturday Night Fever (Wide) Paramount Pictures $139,486,124  
Telefon (Limited) MGM    
 
December 18 The World's Greatest Lover (Wide) 20th Century Fox $21,000,000  
 
December 21 The Goodbye Girl (Wide) MGM $83,700,000  
 
December 23 High Anxiety (Wide) 20th Century Fox $31,063,038  
The Choirboys (Limited) Universal    
Goodbye & Amen (Limited)    
 
December 25 Opening Night (Limited)    
 
 
During 1977 The Night of the Seagulls (Limited)