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 Database: 1978

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Top 20 Films of 1978 by Domestic Revenue


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<1977
1979>

Film (distributor)

Release

Revenue

1

Grease (Para.)**

Jul 78

$96.300 m

2

Superman (WB)

Dec 78

$82.800 m

3

Animal House (Univ.)

Jul 78

$70.826 m

4

Every Which Way But Loose (WB)

Dec 78

$51.900 m

5

Jaws II (Univ.)

Jun 78

$50.432 m

6

Heaven Can Wait (Para)

Jun 78

$49.400 m

7

Hooper (WB)

Jul 78

$34.900 m

8

California Suite (Colu.)

Dec 78

$28.386 m

9

Cheech & Chong's Up in Smoke (Para.)

Sep 78

$28.300 m

10

Foul Play (Para.)

Jul 78

$27.500 m

11

The Deer Hunter (Univ.)

Dec 78

$27.436 m

12

Revenge of the Pink Panther (UA)

Jul 78

$25.406 m

13

The End (UA)

May 78

$20.654 m

14

The Cheap Detective (Colu.)

Jun 78

$19.203 m

15

Halloween (Compass)

Oct 78

$18.500 m

16

Midnight Express (Colu.)

Oct 78

$15.065 m

17

Coma (MGM)

Jan 78

$14.539 m

18

House Calls (Univ.)

Apr 78

$14.282 m

19

The Lord of the Rings (UA)

Nov 78

$14.123 m

20

Coming Home (UA)

Feb 78

$13.471 m

** - Figure for Grease does not include revenue from the 1998 reissue.

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