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1978 Box Office Grosses

1978 Box Office Grosses – Adjusted Domestic

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CreditRank Movie (Year) UMR Co-Star Links Domestic Box Office Adjusted (mil) S
CreditRank Movie (Year) UMR Co-Star Links Domestic Box Office Adjusted (mil) S
1 The Deer Hunter (1978)
AA Best Picture Win
Robert De Niro &
Meryl Streep
261.60
3 Superman (1978) Marlon Brando &
Gene Hackman
717.40
2 Heaven Can Wait (1978)
AA Best Picture Nom
Warren Beatty &
Football Movies
436.10
8 Midnight Express (1978)
AA Best Picture Nom
John Hurt &
Oliver Stone
182.80
5 Animal House (1978) Harold Ramis &
Donald Sutherland
747.00
5 Halloween (1978) John Carpenter &
Jamie Lee Curtis
219.60
7 Coming Home (1978)
AA Best Picture Nom
Jane Fonda &
Jon Voight
157.90
6 Grease (1978) John Travolta 960.90
9 An Unmarried Woman (1978)
AA Best Picture Nom
Jill Clayburgh 185.40
9 Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978) Peter Sellers 301.60
10 Foul Play (1978) Goldie Hawn &
Chevy Chase
240.40
13 The End (1978) Burt Reynolds &
Sally Field
239.90
16 Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) Leonard Nimoy &
Donald Sutherland
132.20
12 Hooper (1978) Burt Reynolds &
Sally Field
416.70
18 Coma (1978) Richard Widmark &
Michael Douglas
173.30
15 The Cheap Detective (1978) Ann-Margret &
Peter Falk
231.50
17 California Suite (1978) Michael Caine &
Richard Pryor
229.20
20 The Buddy Holly Story (1978) Gary Busey 143.00
22 House Calls (1978) Walter Matthau 197.30
17 Jaws 2 (1978) Roy Scheider &
Lorraine Gary
415.30
21 Magic (1978) Anthony Hopkins &
Ann-Margret
157.50
23 The Fury (1978) Kirk Douglas 144.50
24 The Lord of the Rings (1978) John Hurt &
William Squire
162.80
27 La Cage aux Folles (1978) Edouard Molinaro 109.10
22 Every Which Way But Loose (1978) Clint Eastwood 455.10
25 Dawn of the Dead (1978) David Emge &
Directed by George Romero
60.50
29 Same Time, Next Year (1978) Ellen Burstyn 105.30
30 Up in Smoke (1978) Tommy Chong 113.60
31 The Boys from Brazil (1978) Laurence Olivier &
Gregory Peck
120.70
28 Days of Heaven (1978) Richard Gere &
Sam Shepard
17.80
31 Death on the Nile (1978) Bette Davis &
David Niven
77.80
35 Hot Lead and Cold Feet (1978) Don Knotts &
Joel Hirschhorn
118.70
30 Straight Time (1978) Dustin Hoffman 49.90
37 Damien: Omen II (1978) William Holden &
Sylvia Sidney
143.00
32 Interiors (1978) Diane Keaton &
Directed by Woody Allen
54.60
36 Convoy (1978) Ernest Borgnine &
Directed by Sam Peckinpah
112.80
37 Autumn Sonata (1978) Ingrid Bergman 14.80
40 F.I.S.T. (1978) Sylvester Stallone &
Rod Steiger
112.80
38 The Brink's Job (1978) Warren Oates &
Peter Falk
82.30
38 The Great Train Robbery (1978) Sean Connery &
Donald Sutherland
62.30
44 Ice Castles (1978) Olympics Movies &
Robbie Benson
112.80
42 Comes a Horseman (1978) James Caan &
Jane Fonda
51.20
40 Blue Collar (1978) Richard Pryor &
Harvey Keitel
35.60
44 American Hot Wax (1978) Tim McIntire &
Fran Drescher
65.70
46 The Cat From Outer Space (1978) Roddy McDowall 97.30
46 Eyes of Laura Mars (1978) Faye Dunaway &
Tommy Lee Jones
106.80
47 The Wiz (1978) Richard Pryor &
Sidney Lumet
112.40
50 The Big Fix (1978) Richard Dreyfuss &
John Lithgow
82.80
48 Watership Down (1978) John Hurt 30.30
49 A Wedding (1978) Lillian Gish &
Carol Burnett
42.70
52 Battlestar Galactica (1978) Ray Milland 84.30
51 The Last Waltz (1978) Directed by Martin Scorsese 29.70
57 The One and Only (1978) Henry Winkler 144.60
53 The Other Side of the Mountain: Part II (1978) Marilyn Hassett &
Timothy Bottoms
87.20
53 The Boys in Company C (1978) Stan Shaw &
Marines
49.30
55 The Driver (1978) Bruce Dern &
Ryan O'Neal
26.70
58 Pretty Baby (1978) Susan Sarandon &
Brooke Shields
49.10
56 Martin (1978) Directed by George A. Romero 0.50
60 Who Is Killing The Great Chefs of Europe? (1978) George Segal 59.40
59 Goin' South (1978) Jack Nicholson 39.70
60 Casey's Shadow (1978) Walter Matthau &
Alexis Smith
51.00
61 The Wild Geese (1978) Richard Burton &
Roger Moore
41.50
66 Corvette Summer (1978) Mark Hamill 82.90
63 The Silent Partner (1978) Elliott Gould &
Christopher Plummer
5.00
66 King of the Gypsies (1978) Susan Sarandon &
Shelley Winters
39.20
66 Get Out Your Handkerchiefs (1978) 11.90
65 Fedora (1978) William Holden &
Marthe Keller
11.90
73 Return from Witch Mountain (1978) Bette Davis 87.80
67 Drunken Master (1978) 0.30
72 Gray Lady Down (1978) Charlton Heston 55.30
68 I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978) Directed by Robert Zemeckis 13.90
74 The Betsy (1978) Laurence Olivier &
Robert Duvall
93.20
70 Snake in the Eagle's Shadow (1978) 0.30
73 Bully: An Adventure with Teddy Roosevelt (1978)
Film Festival Circuit Only
0.10
79 The Legacy (1978) Katharine Ross &
Sam Elliott
60.70
75 Who'll Stop The Rain (1978) Nick Nolte 29.70
79 Game of Death (1978) Dean Jagger &
Bruce Lee
53.40
74 Fingers (1978) Harvey Keitel 11.90
77 The Medusa Torch (1978) Richard Burton &
Lee Remick
1.30
80 Piranha (1978) Keenan Wynn 32.40
80 Big Wednesday (1978) Jan-Michael Vincent 16.60
82 Girlfriends (1978) Christopher Guest 0.80
85 FM (1978) Eileen Brennan 34.70
91 Oliver's Story (1978) Ray Milland &
Ryan O'Neal
100.40
84 Despair (1978) 5.90
83 Stevie (1978) Glenda Jackson 1.30
84 Remember My Name (1978) Anthony Perkins 10.10
87 The Shout (1978) Alan Bates 2.20
87 The Sea Gypsies (1978) Robert Logan 14.20
88 The Thirty Nine Steps (1978) John Mills 5.60
91 Force 10 From Navarone (1978) Harrison Ford &
Robert Shaw
38.00
90 Movie Movie (1978) George C. Scott 10.10
94 The Greek Tycoon (1978) Anthony Quinn &
Jacqueline Bisset
78.40
93 Caravans (1978) Anthony Quinn &
Joseph Cotten
23.70
94 Nunzio (1978) David Proval 0.30
95 The Odd Job (1978) 0.20
100 Thank God It's Friday (1978) Jeff Goldblum 39.00
97 Stay As You Are/Così come sei (1978) 0.60
97 An Enemy of the People (1978) Steve McQueen 0.50
97 Nest of Vipers (1978) Capucine 0.10
105 Almost Summer (1978) Bruno Kirby 30.90
101 The Magic of Lassie (1978) James Stewart &
Mickey Rooney
21.20
100 The Class of Miss MacMichael (1978) 4.90
104 Snake and Crane Arts of Shaolin (1978) 0.30
108 High-Ballin' (1978) Peter Fonda &
Jerry Reed
47.50
103 Attention the Kids Are Watching/Attention les enfants regardent (1978) 2.40
107 International Velvet (1978) Anthony Hopkins &
Christopher Plummer
11.90
104 A Dream Of Passion (1978) 0.30
108 Uncle Joe Shannon (1978) Burt Young 2.60
110 Circle of Iron (1978) Roddy McDowall 11.90
109 Mean Dog Blues (1978) George Kennedy &
Scatman Crothers
6.70
112 Our Winning Season (1978) Dennis Quaid 11.90
113 Five Days from Home (1978) George Peppard 3.40
114 Go Tell The Spartans (1978) Burt Lancaster 6.50
116 In Praise Of Older Women (1978) Tom Berenger &
Karen Black
13.70
114 Renaldo and Clara (1978) Bob Dylan 0.70
120 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978) Steve Martin &
George Burns
108.90
116 Somebody Killed Her Husband (1978) Jeff Bridges 20.80
118 Youngblood (1978) Lawrence-Hilton Jacobs 11.90
119 The Mafu Cage (1978) 6.70
121 A Night Full of Rain (1978) 3.00
122 Absolution (1978) Richard Burton &
Dominic Guard
0.50
123 Brass Target (1978) Sophia Loren 29.70
122 Power Play (1978) 0.60
124 Warlords of Atlantis (1978) Cyd Charisse 19.00
125 Good Guys Wear Black (1978) Chuck Norris &
Dana Andrews
23.70
128 Paradise Alley (1978) Sylvester Stallone 38.40
126 Spirtual Kung Fu (1978) 0.30
140 The Swarm (1978) Michael Caine &
Henry Fonda
91.40
133 It Lives Again (1978) Frederic Forrest &
Eddie Constantine
17.80
129 The Evil (1978) 9.80
129 Bloodbrothers (1978) Richard Gere 1.40
132 Covert Action (1978) 0.60
133 The Cat and the Canary (1978) Carol Lynley 0.60
137 The Manitou (1978) Tony Curtis 17.80
135 Jennifer (1978) John Gavin 11.90
134 The Boss' Son (1978) 0.10
136 The Big Sleep (1978) Robert Mitchum &
James Stewart
11.90
137 Skateboard (1978) Allen Garfield 7.00
138 Magnificent Bodyguards (1978) 0.30
139 Half A Loaf Of Kung Fu (1978) 0.30
140 Olly, Olly, Oxen Free (1978) Katharine Hepburn 5.90
142 Slow Dancing in the Big City (1978) Directed by John G. Avildsen 7.80
145 Stunt Rock (1978)
Limited Release
Phil Hartman 0.30
144 The Squeeze (1978) 0.60
147 Malibu Beach (1978) Kim Lankford 20.80
147 Born Again (1978) Dana Andrews 10.90
149 Message from Space (1978) Vic Morrow 13.90
153 Rabbit Test (1978) Billy Crystal &
Roddy McDowall
55.80
147 Tommorow Never Comes (1978) 0.60
150 The Seniors (1978) Dennis Quaid 5.30
152 Avalanche (1978) Rock Hudson &
Mia Farrow
11.80
155 If I Ever See You Again (1978) Michael Decker 34.40
152 The Toolbox Murders (1978) 2.60
153 Just a Gigolo (1978) Marlene Dietrich &
David Bowie
5.90
155 Zero To Sixty (1978) Sylvia Miles 0.30
159 Starcrash (1978) Christopher Plummer 26.70
160 Moment by Moment (1978) John Travolta &
Lily Tomlin
58.60
157 The Fifth Floor (1978) Mel Ferrer 0.60
159 Boarding School (1978) 1.60
164 Goin' Coconuts (1978) Donnie Osmond &
Marie Osmond
14.70
160 The Hound of the Baskervilles (1978) Dudley Moore 1.80
163 Cyclone (1978) Arthur Kennedy 0.90
164 Hi-Riders (1978) Mel Ferrer 1.90
166 The Bad News Bears Go to Japan (1978) Tony Curtis 37.90
165 They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way (1978) Tim Conway 11.90
166 Blackout (1978) Ray Milland &
June Allyson
6.40
168 Matilda (1978) Robert Mitchum &
Elliott Gould
7.40
169 Death Dimension (1978) Jim Kelly &
George Lazenby
3.70
172 Coach (1978) Michael Biehn 26.10
171 The Alpha Incident (1978)
Limited Release
Ralph Meeker 0.30
172 Land of No Return (1978) 3.70
172 Deathsport (1978) 4.50
174 The Norseman (1978) Lee Majors &
Cornel Wilde
11.90
173 The Stud (1978) 1.70
175 Here Come The Tigers (1978) Kathy Bell 11.90
176 Laserblast (1978) Roddy McDowall 3.00

1978 Box Office Grosses – Adjusted World Wide

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Movie (Year) UMR Co-Star Links World-Wide Box Office Adjusted (mil) S
Movie (Year) UMR Co-Star Links World-Wide Box Office Adjusted (mil) S
Grease (1978) John Travolta 2,062.40
Superman (1978) Marlon Brando &
Gene Hackman
1,604.20
Game of Death (1978) Dean Jagger &
Bruce Lee
167.20
Drunken Master (1978) 80.40
Half A Loaf Of Kung Fu (1978) 44.50
Thank God It's Friday (1978) Jeff Goldblum 39.10
Snake in the Eagle's Shadow (1978) 16.00
Attention the Kids Are Watching/Attention les enfants regardent (1978) 6.30
Spirtual Kung Fu (1978) 4.80
Magnificent Bodyguards (1978) 4.40
Snake and Crane Arts of Shaolin (1978) 3.80
Girlfriends (1978) Christopher Guest 1.50

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