Movie Theatrical Release Schedule for 1978
| Release Date | Movie | Distributor | Domestic Box Office to Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 1978 | |||
| During 1978 | The Bad News Bears Go To Japan (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $14,000,000 |
| Beyond and Back (Wide) | Sunn Classics Pictures | $23,800,000 | |
| The Big Fix (Wide) | Universal | $12,000,000 | |
| The Boys from Brazil (Wide) | 20th Century Fox | $19,000,000 | |
| The Brink's Job (Wide) | Universal | $9,400,000 | |
| Caravans (Wide) | Universal | $1,000,000 | |
| Casey's Shadow (Wide) | Columbia | $8,000,000 | |
| Coming Home (Wide) | United Artists | $32,653,000 | |
| Corvette Summer (Wide) | MGM | $15,500,000 | |
| The Fifth Floor (Wide) | Film Ventures International | $7,000,000 | |
| Good Guys Wear Black (Wide) | American Cinema Releasing | $18,300,000 | |
| The Greek Tycoon (Wide) | Universal | $14,000,000 | |
| I Wanna Hold Your Hand (Wide) | Universal | $1,900,000 | |
| Ice Castles (Wide) | Columbia | $18,000,000 | |
| The Other Side of the Mountain Part II (Wide) | Universal | $12,000,000 | |
| Same Time, Next Year (Wide) | Universal | $23,000,000 | |
| Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Wide) | Universal | $12,900,000 | |
| The Swarm (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $10,000,000 | |
| Thank God It's Friday (Wide) | Columbia | $7,300,000 | |
| An Unmarried Woman (Wide) | 20th Century Fox | $24,000,000 | |
| January 6 | September 30, 1955 (Limited) | Universal | |
| January 25 | Renaldo and Clara (Limited) | ||
| January TBD | The Foreigner (Limited) | ||
| February 1978 | |||
| February 1 | Coma (Wide) | MGM | |
| February 3 | The One and Only (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $2,707,679 |
| February 9 | The Betsy (Wide) | Allied Artists | $17,700,000 |
| February 15 | The Serpent’s Egg (Limited) | Paramount Pictures | |
| February 17 | Rabbit Test (Exclusive) | Avco Embassy | $90,138 |
| February TBD | Skateboard (Limited) | Universal | |
| March 1978 | |||
| March 3 | Death Rage (Limited) | S.J. International Pictures | |
| March 8 | A Little Night Music (Limited) | New World | |
| March 10 | The Fury (Wide) | 20th Century Fox | |
| Gray Lady Down (Limited) | Universal | ||
| March 15 | House Calls (Wide) | Universal | $29,000,000 |
| March 17 | American Hot Wax (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $11,000,000 |
| Crossed Swords (Limited) | 20th Century Fox | ||
| March 19 | Madame Rosa (Limited) | Atlantic | |
| March 24 | Jungle Holocaust (Limited) | United Producers Releasing Organization | |
| April 1978 | |||
| Decade 1978 | Pretty Baby (Limited) | Paramount Pictures | |
| April 13 | F.I.S.T (Wide) | United Artists | $20,388,920 |
| April 19 | Holocaust 2000 (Limited) | Embassy | |
| April 20 | FM (Limited) | Universal | |
| April 28 | The Manitou (Limited) | Embassy | |
| May 1978 | |||
| May 5 | The End (Wide) | United Artists | $30,354,004 |
| May 10 | It Lives Again (Limited) | Warner Bros. | |
| May 18 | The Buddy Holly Story (Limited) | Columbia | $14,363,400 |
| May 26 | Big Wednesday (Limited) | Warner Bros. | |
| May TBD | One Way or Another (Limited) | ||
| June 1978 | |||
| June 9 | The Cheap Detective (Wide) | Columbia | $28,221,552 |
| Damien: Omen II (Wide) | 20th Century Fox | $24,000,000 | |
| June 16 | Grease (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $188,620,000 |
| Jaws 2 (Wide) | Universal | $102,922,376 | |
| June 28 | Convoy (Wide) | United Artists | $45,000,000 |
| Heaven Can Wait (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $98,800,000 | |
| July 1978 | |||
| July 14 | Foul Play (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $40,415,179 |
| July 19 | International Velvet (Limited) | MGM | |
| July 21 | Revenge of the Pink Panther (Wide) | United Artists | $37,337,746 |
| Star Wars Ep. IV: A New Hope (Wide, re-release) | 20th Century Fox | $460,998,007 | |
| Spawn of the Slithis (Limited) | Arthur Davis Associates | ||
| July 28 | Hooper (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $51,290,536 |
| National Lampoon's Animal House (Wide) | Universal | $141,600,000 | |
| August 1978 | |||
| August 2 | Eyes of Laura Mars (Wide) | Columbia | $18,900,000 |
| Interiors (Wide) | United Artists | $10,432,366 | |
| Harper Valley P.T.A. (Limited) | April Fools Productions | ||
| August 3 | Piranha (Limited) | New World | |
| August TBD | Girlfriends (Limited) | Warner Bros. | |
| September 1978 | |||
| September 13 | Days of Heaven (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $3,446,749 |
| September 14 | Go Tell the Spartans (Limited) | ||
| September 15 | Up in Smoke (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $41,590,893 |
| September 20 | Midnight Express (Wide) | Columbia | $35,000,000 |
| September 29 | Death on the Nile (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $18,000,000 |
| Avalanche (Limited) | |||
| October 1978 | |||
| October 5 | The Norseman (Limited) | American International Pictures | |
| October 6 | Goin South (Limited) | Paramount Pictures | |
| October 8 | Attack of the Killer Tomatoes (Limited) | NAI Entertainment | |
| Perceval (Limited) | |||
| October 17 | Halloween (Wide) | Compass International | $47,274,000 |
| October 24 | The Wiz (Wide) | Universal | $22,000,000 |
| October 25 | Comes a Horseman (Wide) | United Artists | |
| October TBD | Count Dracula and His Vampire Bride (Limited) | ||
| November 1978 | |||
| November 1 | Watership Down (Limited) | ||
| November 8 | Magic (Wide) | 20th Century Fox | $23,800,000 |
| Slow Dancing in the Big City (Limited) | United Artists | $11,335 | |
| November 10 | Paradise Alley (Wide) | 20th Century Fox | $8,000,000 |
| November 15 | The Lord of the Rings (Limited) | United Artists | $27,000,000 |
| November 17 | Northern Lights (Limited) | $30,536 | |
| November 22 | I Spit on Your Grave (Limited) | Jerry Gross Organization | |
| December 1978 | |||
| December 8 | The Deer Hunter (Limited) | Universal | $50,000,000 |
| December 13 | The Secret Life of Plants (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | |
| December 15 | California Suite (Wide) | Columbia | $42,913,571 |
| Oliver's Story (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | ||
| Superman (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $134,218,018 | |
| Uncle Joe Shannon (Limited) | United Artists | $3,697 | |
| December 17 | Get Out Your Handkerchiefs (Limited) | New Line | |
| December 20 | Every Which Way but Loose (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $104,268,727 |
| King of the Gypsies (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $8,000,000 | |
| December 22 | Brass Target (Wide) | MGM | $354,797 |
| Force 10 from Navarone (Wide) | American International Pictures | $7,100,000 | |
| Invasion of the Body Snatchers (Wide) | United Artists | $24,946,533 | |
| Moment by Moment (Wide) | Universal | ||
| The Ascent (Limited) | |||
| December 29 | Martin (Limited) | Libra Films | |
| December TBD | Die Sister, Die! (Limited) | ||
| During 1978 | Many Classic Moments (Limited) | ||