1976 Top Grossing Movies | Ultimate Movie Rankings

1976’s Rocky was the biggest hit of the year and won the Oscar for Best Picture

This movie page looks at 125 1976 Top Grossing Movies. Finding box office information for movies made before 1980 is not an easy task. For somebody looking for box office information on 1976 it is very very frustrating. Over the years, we have researched and collected information on over 30,000 movies. So we figured we would show all the 1976 movies in our database.

To make this list a movie had to be made in 1976. Obviously many movies (One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest and Dog Day Afternoon) made in 1975 earned box office dollars in 1976. On the other side many movies made in 1976 made money in 1977 and later. This page will looks at 125 1976 Top Grossing Movies. The movies are listed in a massive table that lets you rank the movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information.

Drivel Part: So why 1976? There are a couple of reasons….first it was a request from Flora….who happens to have been born in 1976. Secondly …..this was the last year that some of my favorites (John Wayne & Alfred Hitchcock) made movies. And thirdly….our previous yearly UMR pages have been very popular.

1976 Best Picture Oscar nominated movies

Our UMR Top 50 of 1976

Year Movie (Year) Rating S

Year Movie (Year) Rating S

1976 Rocky (1976)
AA Best Picture Win

1976 Network (1976)
AA Best Picture Nom

1976 All the President's Men (1976)
AA Best Picture Nom

1976 Taxi Driver (1976)
AA Best Picture Nom

1976 Carrie (1976)

1976 The Bad News Bears (1976)

1976 Silver Streak (1976)

1976 The Omen (1976)

1976 Marathon Man (1976)

1976 Silent Movie (1976)

1976 The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)

1976 Murder by Death (1976)

1976 The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)

1976 Ode To Billy Joe (1976)

1976 The Enforcer (1976)

1976 Freaky Friday (1976)

1976 No Deposit, No Return (1976)

1976 Midway (1976)

1976 Logan's Run (1976)

1976 A Star Is Born (1976)

1976 King Kong (1976)

1976 Family Plot (1976)

1976 The Shootist (1976)

1976 Car Wash (1976)

1976 The Shaggy D.A. (1976)

1976 Across the Great Divide (1976)

1976 Alice in Wonderland: An X-Rated Musical Fantasy (1976)

1976 In Search of Noah's Ark (1976)

1976 Two-Minute Warning (1976)

1976 Bingo Long's Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings (1976)

1976 The Message (1976)

1976 The Front (1976)

1976 The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With The Sea (1976)

1976 Obsession (1976)

1976 Bound for Glory (1976)

1976 Grizzly (1976)

1976 The Missouri Breaks (1976)

1976 Mother, Jugs & Speed (1976)

1976 The Man Who Fell To Earth (1976)

1976 The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976)

1976 Drive-In (1976)

1976 Gus (1976)

1976 The Pom Pom Girls (1976)

1976 Survive! (1976)

1976 Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)

1976 The Gumball Rally (1976)

1976 Voyage of the Damned (1976)

1976 The Tenant (1976)

1976 The Eagle Has Landed (1976)

1976 Face to Face (1976)

Year	Movie (Year)	Rating	S
1976	Rocky (1976) AA Best Picture Win
1976	Network (1976) AA Best Picture Nom
1976	All the President's Men (1976) AA Best Picture Nom
1976	Taxi Driver (1976) AA Best Picture Nom
1976	Carrie (1976)
1976	The Bad News Bears (1976)
1976	Silver Streak (1976)
1976	The Omen (1976)
1976	Marathon Man (1976)
1976	Silent Movie (1976)
1976	The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
1976	Murder by Death (1976)
1976	The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)
1976	Ode To Billy Joe (1976)
1976	The Enforcer (1976)
1976	Freaky Friday (1976)
1976	No Deposit, No Return (1976)
1976	Midway (1976)
1976	Logan's Run (1976)
1976	A Star Is Born (1976)
1976	King Kong (1976)
1976	Family Plot (1976)
1976	The Shootist (1976)
1976	Car Wash (1976)
1976	The Shaggy D.A. (1976)
1976	Across the Great Divide (1976)
1976	Alice in Wonderland: An X-Rated Musical Fantasy (1976)
1976	In Search of Noah's Ark (1976)
1976	Two-Minute Warning (1976)
1976	Bingo Long's Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings (1976)
1976	The Message (1976)
1976	The Front (1976)
1976	The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With The Sea (1976)
1976	Obsession (1976)
1976	Bound for Glory (1976)
1976	Grizzly (1976)
1976	The Missouri Breaks (1976)
1976	Mother, Jugs & Speed (1976)
1976	The Man Who Fell To Earth (1976)
1976	The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976)
1976	Drive-In (1976)
1976	Gus (1976)
1976	The Pom Pom Girls (1976)
1976	Survive! (1976)
1976	Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)
1976	The Gumball Rally (1976)
1976	Voyage of the Damned (1976)
1976	The Tenant (1976)
1976	The Eagle Has Landed (1976)
1976	Face to Face (1976)

1976 Top Grossing Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table

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R	Movie (Year)	UMR Co-Star Links			Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil)				UMR Score
R	Movie (Year)	UMR Co-Star Links	Actual B.O. Domestic (mil)	Adj. B.O. Domestic (mil)	Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil)	B.O. Rank by Year	Review	Oscar Nom / Win	UMR Score	S
3	Rocky (1976) AA Best Picture Win	Sylvester Stallone	117.0	686.6	1,319.20	1	79	10 / 03	99.8
1	Network (1976) AA Best Picture Nom	William Holden & Faye Dunaway	42.2	247.6	247.60	13	91	10 / 04	99.7
2	All the President's Men (1976) AA Best Picture Nom	Robert Redford & Dustin Hoffman	90.9	533.5	533.50	4	83	08 / 04	99.5
4	Taxi Driver (1976) AA Best Picture Nom	Robert DeNiro & Directed by Martin Scorsese	27.3	160.2	160.20	25	94	04 / 00	98.9
5	Carrie (1976)	Sissy Spacek & John Travolta	33.8	198.4	198.40	17	87	02 / 00	98.6
6	The Bad News Bears (1976)	Walter Matthau	32.2	189.0	189.00	18	87	00 / 00	97.8
5	Silver Streak (1976)	Gene Wilder & Richard Pryor	51.1	299.8	299.80	11	78	01 / 00	97.0
6	The Omen (1976)	Gregory Peck	86.5	507.6	507.60	5	76	02 / 01	96.9
7	Marathon Man (1976)	Dustin Hoffman & Laurence Olivier	50.2	294.8	294.80	12	78	01 / 00	96.8
10	Silent Movie (1976)	Mel Brooks & James Caan	36.1	212.1	212.10	14	77	00 / 00	96.4
11	The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)	Peter Sellers	60.3	353.6	353.60	8	75	01 / 00	96.3
12	Murder by Death (1976)	Alec Guinness & David Niven	57.9	339.7	339.70	9	75	00 / 00	96.1
15	The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)	Clint Eastwood	29.7	174.3	174.30	21	82	01 / 00	95.8
14	Ode To Billy Joe (1976)	Robby Benson	35.2	206.3	206.30	16	71	00 / 00	95.0
15	The Enforcer (1976)	Clint Eastwood	52.8	309.9	309.90	10	68	00 / 00	93.9
16	Freaky Friday (1976)	Jodie Foster	35.5	208.2	208.20	15	64	00 / 00	92.6
20	No Deposit, No Return (1976)	David Niven	31.8	186.7	186.70	20	66	00 / 00	92.0
17	Midway (1976)	Charlton Heston & Henry Fonda	65.5	384.3	384.30	7	60	00 / 00	91.3
21	Logan's Run (1976)	Michael York & Peter Ustinov	28.8	168.9	168.90	22	68	02 / 00	90.9
19	A Star Is Born (1976)	Barbra Streisand & Kris Kristofferson	112.4	659.8	659.80	2	53	04 / 01	90.2
21	King Kong (1976)	Jeff Bridges & Jessica Lange	108.6	637.6	637.60	3	52	02 / 00	88.8
24	Family Plot (1976)	Bruce Dern & Directed by Alfred Hitchcock	23.0	135.0	135.00	30	73	00 / 00	88.5
23	The Shootist (1976)	John Wayne & James Stewart	18.1	106.5	106.50	38	81	01 / 00	88.5
25	Car Wash (1976)	Richard Pryor & George Carlin	27.3	160.1	160.10	26	64	00 / 00	88.2
25	The Shaggy D.A. (1976)	Dean Jones & Tim Conway	32.0	187.6	187.60	19	54	00 / 00	87.7
27	Across the Great Divide (1976)	Heather Rattray	24.6	144.2	144.20	27	66	00 / 00	87.1
29	Alice in Wonderland: An X-Rated Musical Fantasy (1976)	Kristine DeBell	27.6	161.8	161.80	24	58	00 / 00	85.8
25	In Search of Noah's Ark (1976)	Brad Crandall	72.0	422.7	422.70	6	44	00 / 00	85.2
31	Two-Minute Warning (1976)	Charlton Heston & Walter Pidgeon	27.6	162.0	162.00	23	55	01 / 00	85.1
29	Bingo Long's Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings (1976)	Richard Pryor	16.2	94.9	94.90	41	76	00 / 00	84.7
31	The Message (1976)	Anthony Quinn	9.0	52.8	52.80	62	87	01 / 00	84.3
31	The Front (1976)	Woody Allen	15.1	88.8	88.80	44	74	01 / 00	83.5
36	The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With The Sea (1976)	Kris Kristofferson	21.2	124.5	124.50	34	61	00 / 00	82.3
33	Obsession (1976)	Directed by Brian DePalma	13.5	79.5	79.50	50	74	01 / 00	82.1
33	Bound for Glory (1976)	David Carradine	7.6	44.5	44.50	69	79	06 / 02	82.1
36	Grizzly (1976)	Christopher George	22.9	134.5	134.50	31	56	00 / 00	81.4
37	The Missouri Breaks (1976)	Marlon Brando & Jack Nicholson	15.4	90.4	90.40	43	69	00 / 00	80.6
39	Mother, Jugs & Speed (1976)	Bill Crosby & Harvey Keitel	23.1	135.7	135.70	29	54	00 / 00	80.6
38	The Man Who Fell To Earth (1976)	David Bowie	7.8	45.7	45.70	67	81	00 / 00	79.9
38	The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976)	Robert Duvall & Laurence Olivier	11.8	69.4	69.40	56	71	02 / 00	78.9
39	Drive-In (1976)	Glenn Morshower	12.5	73.5	73.50	53	71	00 / 00	78.7
42	Gus (1976)	Don Knotts & Ed Asner	21.9	128.4	128.40	32	53	00 / 00	78.3
43	The Pom Pom Girls (1976)	Robert Carradine	21.8	128.0	128.00	33	49	00 / 00	75.8
48	Survive! (1976)	Hugo Stiglitz	21.1	124.0	124.00	35	48	00 / 00	73.8
44	Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)	John Carpenter	2.0	11.9	11.90	122	83	00 / 00	73.1
51	The Gumball Rally (1976)	Michael Sarrazin	23.9	140.5	140.50	28	42	00 / 00	73.0
45	Voyage of the Damned (1976)	James Mason & Faye Dunaway	5.3	31.1	31.10	79	74	03 / 00	72.9
46	The Tenant (1976)	Shelley Winters	2.3	13.5	13.50	115	82	00 / 00	72.4
52	The Eagle Has Landed (1976)	Michael Caine & Donald Sutherland	13.6	80.0	80.00	49	60	00 / 00	72.0
47	Face to Face (1976)	Liv Ullman & Directed by Ingmar Bergman	3.0	17.9	17.90	101	78	02 / 00	72.0
47	That's Entertainment! II (1976)	Hosted by Fred Astaire & Gene Kelly	6.1	35.6	35.60	77	74	00 / 00	71.5
52	The Littlest Horse Thieves (1976)	Alastair Sim	6.4	37.3	37.30	75	73	00 / 00	71.0
55	Treasure of Matecumbe (1976)	Robert Foxworth & Peter Ustinov	14.3	83.8	83.80	46	58	00 / 00	70.6
52	Lifeguard (1976)	Sam Elliott	7.8	45.9	45.90	66	69	00 / 00	70.2
53	The Slipper and the Rose: The Story of Cinderella (1976)	Richard Chamberlain	4.7	27.5	27.50	86	73	02 / 00	69.9
56	Mikey and Nicky (1976)	Peter Falk	2.7	16.0	16.00	111	78	00 / 00	69.0
61	Gable and Lombard (1976)	James Brolin	18.3	107.5	107.50	36	48	00 / 00	68.5
61	The Smurfs and the Magic Flute (1976)	Georges Atlas	11.2	65.9	65.90	57	61	00 / 00	67.6
56	Bugsy Malone (1976)	Jodie Foster & Scott Baio	2.8	16.3	16.30	108	75	01 / 00	67.2
58	The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane (1976)	Jodie Foster & Martin Sheen	1.8	10.7	10.70	126	78	00 / 00	67.0
60	Fellini's Casanova (1976)	Donald Sutherland	1.5	8.9	8.90	131	75	02 / 01	66.4
68	The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox (1976)	George Segal & Goldie Hawn	15.1	88.5	88.50	45	50	00 / 00	63.5
65	The Town That Dreaded Sundown (1976)	Ben Johnson	12.1	71.1	71.10	54	56	00 / 00	63.5
66	The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday (1976)	Lee Marvin & Oliver Reed	10.9	64.0	64.00	58	58	00 / 00	63.3
62	Led Zeppelin: The Song Remains the Same (1976)	Jimmy Page & Robert Plant	4.2	24.9	24.90	89	70	00 / 00	62.8
61	Mr. Klein/Monsieur Klein (1976)		0.7	4.2	10.60	147	76	00 / 00	62.7
65	J.D.'s Revenge (1976)	Louis Gossett, Jr.	7.3	42.7	42.70	70	64	00 / 00	62.3
63	The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976)	Ben Gazzara	0.7	4.2	4.20	146	76	00 / 00	61.8
71	Robin and Marian (1976)	Sean Connery & Audrey Hepburn	8.8	51.6	51.60	63	60	00 / 00	61.1
67	Sky Riders (1976)	James Coburn	5.3	30.8	30.80	81	67	00 / 00	61.0
76	Harry and Walter Go to New York (1976)	Michael Caine & James Caan	13.9	81.8	81.80	48	49	00 / 00	59.2
69	Stay Hungry (1976)	Jeff Bridges & Arnold Schwarzenegger	2.9	16.9	16.90	107	70	00 / 00	59.0
75	Swashbuckler (1976)	Robert Shaw	8.3	48.9	48.90	65	59	00 / 00	58.5
72	Next Stop, Greenwich Village (1976)	Shelley Winters	3.2	18.9	18.90	99	69	00 / 00	58.4
75	Buffalo Bill and The Indians (1976)	Paul Newman & Burt Lancaster	3.9	22.9	22.90	91	67	00 / 00	57.2
76	Alice, Sweet Alice (1976)	Brooke Shields	3.0	17.8	17.80	103	68	00 / 00	56.2
76	Shadow Of The Hawk (1976)	Jan-Michael Vincent	6.7	39.1	39.10	74	61	00 / 00	55.8
77	The Ritz (1976)	Jack Weston	7.6	44.5	44.50	68	58	00 / 00	54.7
82	Futureworld (1976)	Yul Brynner	12.1	71.1	71.10	55	50	00 / 00	54.4
78	Leadbelly (1976)	Ernie Hudson	1.5	8.4	8.40	129	69	00 / 00	53.7
83	Tunnel Vision (1976)	Chevy Chase & John Candy	13.2	77.4	77.40	51	47	00 / 00	53.5
85	Nickelodeon (1976)	Burt Reynolds & Ryan O'Neal	18.2	106.7	106.70	37	38	00 / 00	52.9
81	The Big Bus (1976)	Joseph Bologna	5.4	31.9	31.90	78	61	00 / 00	52.6
83	Drum (1976)	Warren Oates & Pam Grier	7.3	42.6	42.60	71	58	00 / 00	52.4
82	Don's Party (1976) Film Festival Circuit Only	Bruce Beresford	0.2	0.9	0.90	164	70	00 / 00	51.8
86	Gator (1976)	Burt Reynolds	16.7	97.8	97.80	39	40	00 / 00	51.4
83	Shout At The Devil (1976)	Lee Marvin & Roger Moore	4.8	28.5	28.50	84	61	00 / 00	50.5
88	Eat My Dust (1976)	Ron Howard	16.7	97.8	97.80	40	39	00 / 00	49.5
92	The Cassandra Crossing (1976)	Burt Lancaster & Sophia Loren	12.7	74.4	74.40	52	45	00 / 00	47.9
90	Baby Blue Marine (1976)	Jan-Michael Vincent	5.2	30.8	30.80	82	58	00 / 00	46.5
89	The Captive: The Longest Drive 2 (1976)	Kurt Russell	0.0	0.1	0.10	180	68	00 / 00	46.4
87	Shaolin Wooden Men (1976)		0.1	0.3	6.20	177	68	00 / 00	46.0
93	Cool Red (1976)		1.5	8.4	8.40	130	65	00 / 00	45.5
90	The Last Woman (1976)		0.2	0.9	0.90	170	67	00 / 00	45.4
94	The Return of a Man Called Horse (1976)	Richard Harris	4.2	24.6	24.60	90	60	00 / 00	45.3
98	Norman... Is That You? (1976)	Redd Foxx	8.5	49.8	49.80	64	51	00 / 00	44.4
95	The Incredible Sarah (1976)	Glenda Jackson	1.9	11.1	11.10	124	62	02 / 00	44.3
99	A Small Town In Texas (1976)	Timothy Buttons	9.7	56.9	56.90	60	49	00 / 00	43.8
107	Hawmps! (1976)	Slim Pickens	16.1	94.5	94.50	42	37	00 / 00	43.4
96	Mad Dog Morgan (1976)	Dennis Hopper	1.4	8.2	8.20	134	64	00 / 00	43.2
97	Welcome To L.A. (1976)	Sissy Spacek & Harvey Keitel	3.0	17.8	17.80	105	61	00 / 00	43.2
104	Jackson County Jail (1976)	Tommy Lee Jones & Yvette Mimieux	7.0	40.9	40.90	72	53	00 / 00	42.6
101	1900 (1976)	Robert DeNiro	3.3	19.6	19.60	97	60	00 / 00	42.4
108	The Blue Bird (1976)	Elizabeth Taylor & Jane Fonda	10.6	62.2	62.20	59	46	00 / 00	42.3
104	Sparkle (1976)	Irene Cara	5.2	30.2	30.20	83	56	00 / 00	42.1
101	The Wild Duck (1976)		0.2	0.9	0.90	169	65	00 / 00	41.4
106	Echoes of a Summer (1976)	Jodie Foster & Richard Harris	2.7	16.0	16.00	109	60	00 / 00	40.8
105	From Noon Till Three (1976)	Charles Bronson	2.7	16.0	16.00	110	60	00 / 00	40.8
109	Hollywood Boulevard (1976)	Paul Bartel	3.0	17.8	17.80	104	59	00 / 00	40.4
106	The Tough Ones (1976)		0.1	0.6	0.60	174	65	00 / 00	40.1
112	A Matter of Time (1976)	Ingrid Bergman & Directed by Vincent Minnelli	6.1	35.6	35.60	76	53	00 / 00	38.9
111	The First Nudie Musical (1976)	Cindy Williams	1.4	7.8	7.80	133	62	00 / 00	38.8
110	Aces High (1976)	Christopher Plummer	1.4	8.3	8.30	132	62	00 / 00	38.8
114	At The Earth's Core (1976)	Peter Cushing & Doug McClure	9.1	53.4	53.40	61	47	00 / 00	38.2
113	Birch Interval (1976)	Rip Torn	0.2	0.9	0.90	168	63	00 / 00	37.2
117	Trackdown (1976)	James Mitchum	3.2	18.9	18.90	98	57	00 / 00	36.3
115	Je t'aime moi non plus (1976)		0.2	0.9	7.40	163	63	00 / 00	35.8
118	I Will... I Will... For Now (1976)	Diane Keaton	5.3	30.9	30.90	80	53	00 / 00	35.7
117	The Hunter Will Get You (1976)		0.5	2.5	21.20	154	62	00 / 00	34.8
119	Mistress (1976)		0.1	0.3	4.80	179	62	00 / 00	33.9
120	Alex & The Gypsy (1976)	Jack Lemmon & James Woods	3.3	19.6	19.60	96	56	00 / 00	33.1
125	St. Ives (1976)	Charles Bronson	7.0	40.9	40.90	73	49	00 / 00	32.4
120	Crime and Passion/Ace Up My Sleeve (1976)	Omar Sharif	0.5	2.7	2.70	153	61	00 / 00	32.3
122	W.C. Fields and Me (1976)	Rod Steiger	1.3	7.6	7.60	136	59	00 / 00	31.4
123	The Death Collector (1976)	Joe Pesci	0.2	0.9	0.90	165	61	00 / 00	31.3
126	Police Python 357 (1976)	Simone Signoret	0.1	0.4	0.40	175	60	00 / 00	30.3
127	The Last Tycoon (1976)	Robert DeNiro & Jack Nicholson	3.5	20.5	20.50	95	53	01 / 00	30.2
128	The Last Hard Men (1976)	Charlton Heston & James Coburn	2.4	14.2	14.20	114	56	00 / 00	29.4
128	God Told Me To/Demon (1976)	Sylvia Sidney	1.3	7.6	7.60	135	58	00 / 00	29.3
130	No Way Back (1976)		2.3	12.5	12.50	117	56	00 / 00	28.9
131	Fighting Mad (1976)	Peter Fonda & Gino Franco	0.4	2.5	2.50	156	59	00 / 00	28.3
130	Mustang Country (1976)	Joel McCrea	1.0	5.6	5.60	141	58	00 / 00	28.3
137	Lipstick (1976)	Margaux Hemingway & Chris Sarandon	14.0	82.1	82.10	47	33	00 / 00	27.8
135	Cannonball! (1976)	David Carradine & Robert Carradine	4.5	26.7	26.70	87	50	00 / 00	26.7
133	Baker's Hawk (1976)	Clint Walker & Burl Ives	1.0	5.8	5.80	138	57	00 / 00	26.6
133	The Far Side of Paradise/Foxtrot (1976)		1.9	11.1	11.10	125	55	00 / 00	26.1
134	Barocco (1976)		0.2	1.3	1.30	161	58	00 / 00	25.8
135	The Hand of Death (1976)		0.1	0.3	5.00	178	58	00 / 00	25.4
138	Burnt Offerings (1976)	Bette Davis & Oliver Reed	4.7	27.8	27.80	85	49	00 / 00	24.7
137	Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)	Victor Mature & Bruce Dern	3.6	21.3	21.30	94	51	00 / 00	24.6
140	The River Niger (1976)	James Earl Jones & Louis Gossett Jr.	0.2	0.9	0.90	162	57	00 / 00	23.8
141	The Human Tornado (1976)	Ernie Hudson	0.8	4.2	4.20	145	55	00 / 00	22.5
142	Boomerang/Comme un boomerang (1976)		0.8	4.6	11.10	143	55	00 / 00	22.3
142	Mastermind (1976)		2.2	12.7	12.70	120	52	00 / 00	21.9
143	Mansion of the Doomed (1976)	Gloria Grahame	2.7	15.9	15.90	112	49	00 / 00	19.1
144	Ebony Ivory & Jade (1976)		0.6	3.6	3.60	150	53	00 / 00	18.8
149	Exit the Dragon, Enter the Tiger (1976)	Bruce Li	4.4	25.9	25.90	88	46	00 / 00	18.1
147	Tracks (1976)	Dennis Hopper & Dean Stockwell	0.1	0.7	0.70	173	53	00 / 00	17.7
148	The Night of the Askari (1976)		0.7	3.8	3.80	149	52	00 / 00	17.7
150	Pipe Dreams (1976)	Gladys Knight & Frank McRae	1.3	7.0	7.00	137	51	00 / 00	17.3
148	Eaten Alive (1976)	Mel Ferrer	0.2	0.9	0.90	171	53	00 / 00	17.2
151	Vigilante Force (1976)	Jan-Michael Vincent	1.0	5.7	5.70	139	51	00 / 00	16.2
152	The Next Man (1976)	Sean Connery	3.8	22.2	22.20	92	45	00 / 00	16.0
153	The Sell-Out (1976)	Richard Widmark & Oliver Reed	2.1	12.4	12.40	121	48	00 / 00	15.7
155	Killer Force (1976) Limited Release	Telly Salavas & Peter Fonda	0.9	5.0	5.00	142	50	00 / 00	15.0
154	The Monkey Hu$tle (1976)	Yaphet Kotto	1.5	8.4	8.40	128	49	00 / 00	14.8
156	Dragonfly (1976)	Beau Bridges	0.8	4.2	4.20	144	49	00 / 00	13.0
156	The Passover Plot (1976)	Scott Wilson	0.3	1.8	1.80	157	49	01 / 00	12.9
158	The Amazing Dobermans (1976)	Fred Astaire	1.8	10.7	10.70	127	47	00 / 00	12.8
157	Pony Express Rider (1976)	Jack Elam	0.7	3.6	3.60	148	49	00 / 00	12.8
160	To the Devil a Daughter (1976)	Richard Widmark	3.0	17.8	17.80	106	44	00 / 00	12.3
159	Dixie Dynamite (1976)	Warren Oates	2.3	13.3	13.30	119	45	00 / 00	12.3
161	Foxtrot (1976) Limited Release	Peter O'Toole	0.5	2.5	2.50	152	48	00 / 00	12.1
164	Shoot (1976)	Ernest Borgnine	2.0	11.6	11.60	123	45	00 / 00	11.9
163	The Food of the Gods (1976)	Marjoe Gortner	3.0	17.8	17.80	102	42	00 / 00	10.7
166	Street People (1976)	Roger Moore	0.3	1.8	1.80	160	46	00 / 00	9.7
167	A Dirty Knight's Work (1976)	Barbara Hershey	0.2	0.9	0.90	166	46	00 / 00	8.6
169	The Land of the Minotaur (1976)	Peter Cushing	3.1	18.1	18.10	100	40	00 / 00	8.0
168	Slumber Party '57 (1976)	Debra Winger	2.3	13.4	13.40	116	41	00 / 00	8.0
170	God's Gun (1976)		0.5	2.5	2.50	151	42	00 / 00	6.1
168	Find The Lady (1976)	Mickey Rooney & John Candy	0.5	2.7	2.70	155	42	00 / 00	6.0
172	The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones (1976)	Trevor Howard	1.0	5.6	5.60	140	41	00 / 00	5.6
173	Death Rage (1976)	Yul Brynner	0.3	1.8	1.80	158	40	00 / 00	4.3
174	Emmanuelle:Joys of a Woman (1976)	Sylvia Kristel	3.8	22.2	22.20	93	33	00 / 00	4.0
175	Embryo (1976)	Rock Hudson	2.3	13.3	13.30	118	34	00 / 00	3.3
177	Bittersweet Love (1976)	Lana Turner	2.4	14.2	14.20	113	33	00 / 00	2.7
176	The Clown Murders (1976)	John Candy	0.3	1.8	1.80	159	37	00 / 00	2.6
178	The Loves and Times of Scaramouche (1976)	Michael Sarrazin	0.2	0.9	0.90	172	35	00 / 00	1.9
179	Project: Kill (1976) Limited Release	Leslie Nielsen	0.2	0.9	0.90	167	34	00 / 00	1.6
179	Emmanuelle on Taboo Island (1976)		0.1	0.3	0.30	176	33	00 / 00	1.3

Kris Kristofferson & Barbra Streisand in the 2nd biggest hit of 1976…A Star Is Born

My Main Sources

Source 1: Variety – January 5th, 1977 Pages 14 and 44.

Source 2: Twentieth Century-Fox A Corporate and Financial History by Aubrey Solomon

Source 3: Wikipedia

Source 4: IMDb.com

Source 5: BoxOfficeMojo.com

How the Box Office Numbers were Calculated

Sadly in 1976….BoxOfficeMojo was not around to keep track of box office earnings. Back then earnings seem to be a secret and a secret that needed to be safely locked up. When studios did report box office stats they used “box office rentals”. Box office rentals were the amount of money the studio got back from the theaters. It is NOT the box office gross. Every year the rental to box office gross percentage changed…in 1976 this meant you had to triple the rentals to get the gross….so the multiplier used in this page was 3.0.

My Yearly Review Pages

1939 Movies Ranked Best to Worst Our movie of the year? Gone With The Wind
1942 Movies Ranked Best to Worst Our movie of the year? Mrs. Miniver
1946 Movies Ranked Best to Worst Our movie of the year? The Best Years of Our Lives
1952 Movies Ranked Best to Worst Our movie of the year? Greatest Show On Earth
2011 Movies Ranked Best to Worst Our movie of the year? The Help
2012 Movies Ranked Best to Worst Our movie of the year? Argo
2013 Movies Ranked Best to Worst Our movie of the year? Gravity
2014 Movies Ranked Best to Worst Our movie of the year? American Sniper
2015 Movies Ranked Best to Worst Our movie of the year? The Martian
2016 Movies Ranked Best to Worst Our movie of the year? Deadpool (currently)

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45 thoughts on “1976 Top Grossing Movies”

sidney says:

September 11, 2019 at 9:00 pm

did you mean to repeat these :
#57 The Song Remains The Same (1976)
#60 Led Zeppelin: The Song Remains the Same (1976)

1. Cogerson says:
  
  September 12, 2019 at 6:19 am
  
  Hey sidney….just deleted The Song Remains the Same, while keeping Led Zeppelin: The Song Remains The Same. Tricky titles like that sometimes get by our watch…..so we appreciate when these mistakes are brought to our attention. Thanks again for you catches on this 1976 page….it is greatly appreciated.
  
sidney says:

September 11, 2019 at 8:51 pm

did you mean to have a tie for #41?
41 Grizzly (1976) Christopher George 22.9 96.5 56 00 / 00 71.3
41 Mother, Jugs & Speed (1976) Bill Crosby &
Harvey Keitel 23.1 97.4 54 00 / 00 69.4

1. Cogerson says:
  
  September 12, 2019 at 6:18 am
  
  Hey sidney…..thanks for the ranking catch. One of the glitches we have in the database/website SQL is when a new movie is added to a page….it messes up the rankings. A complete website update adds the movie to the correct page….but until we do a “specific page” update the ratings are out of whack. Well…we just did a “1976 page update”…and the rankings are back in order. Good eyes.
  
Robert DiMucci says:

March 9, 2019 at 7:25 pm

What happened to the ACTUAL box office figures for 1976? They aren’t in the table.

1. Cogerson says:
  
  March 9, 2019 at 7:37 pm
  
  Hey Robert…..sorry….it had the wrong table name….but I fixed it. Makes me wonder how long it has been that way. Thanks for the catch.
  
BOB says:

May 6, 2017 at 2:53 am

HI BRUCE

1 Mention of your daughter’s degree brings back my memory of watching my own daughter receive her degree in Scotland, Great Britain almost 20 years ago. While we were waiting outside to be allowed into the university hall a newspaper seller passed and I bought a paper which told me that sadly both Robert Mitchum and my all-time idol James Stewart had just died.within hours of each other on 1 and 2 July 1997 respectively. Luckily the awards ceremony was able to renew my spirits.

2 Anyway give my genuine congratulations to D of Cogerson and tell her that already knowing of the excellent work her father produces on this site and her mother’s computer wizardry and now hearing of D of C’s academic success reminded me of Paul Newman’s line towards the end of Absence of Malice. In an enquiry Newman has just outwitted all those trying to bring him down and the investigating officer played by Wilford Brimley says to him in both annoyance and wonder “You’re one smart fella” to which Newman replies truthfully and blandly “There are a LOT of smart people in this room.”

1. Cogerson says:
  
  May 8, 2017 at 9:31 am
  
  Hey Bob. Thanks for the congrats for DoC. She has worked very hard and through hard work she now has two degrees without a penny of debt.
  
  Bittersweet memory of your daughter’s graduation. Mitchum and Stewart will be a trivia answer for the rest of time. 🙂
  
BOB says:

May 5, 2017 at 12:50 pm

HI BRUCE

1 I am in the middle of one of my personal statistical exercises and have been making extensive use of your Annual Review series. As is normally the case figures are matching up 99.9% but one stat stubbornly raises a query. [As Ed Begley protested derisorily when Hank kept challenging the evidence in 12 Angry Men “Boy oh boy there’s always one!”]

2 Streisand’s own Cogerson page quotes an adjusted gross of $322.3 for A Star is Born but your 1976 review suggests it was $444.9 million. As always the other sites are so far apart that they do not help. Mojo quotes an actual figure of $80 million adjusted to $332 mil whereas The Numbers says that the actual figure is just $63.2 million which would probably equate to an adjusted gross of around $265 million.

3 Indeed it seems Mojo works slightly ahead of you in its adjustments as it uses the very latest ESTIMATED ticket prices whereas I think you don’t go beyond known ticket prices and if you and Mojo used the same base year your figure on Babs’ page would probably not differ much from Mojo’s. Anyway I always go by your figures so maybe you could clarify matters when you have a moment. Thanks BOB

1. Cogerson says:
  
  May 5, 2017 at 6:29 pm
  
  Hey Bob…..I would go with the lower number. I call that my box office mojo adjusted number. I need to fix my Babs page so the numbers match.
  
  The rental number I have is 37 million which is pretty stout. My big number gave it credit for only one release versus it is malt releases. Sorry for the confusion.
  
  P.S. did this comment while waiting to see my oldest daughter get her masters degree from ODU
  
  1. Cogerson says:
    
    May 5, 2017 at 7:10 pm
    
    Commencement speech contains mentions to The Night of the Living Dead, Silence of the Lambs and Hellraiser. My kind of speech.
    
    1. Cogerson says:
      
      May 5, 2017 at 7:14 pm
      
      Matrix just got a shout out too. When Katie got her Bachelor Degree the speaker was a former studio head. Gotta love ODU.