Top Grossing Drama Movies in 1977
| Rank | Title | Language | Domestic | Worldwide |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Close Encounters of the Third Kind |  EN | $135,189,114 | $306,889,114 |
| 2 | Saturday Night Fever | EN | $94,213,184 | $237,113,184 |
| 3 | A Bridge Too Far | EN | $50,750,000 | $50,750,000 |
| 4 | Heroes | EN | $33,500,000 | $33,500,000 |
| 5 | Slap Shot | EN | $28,000,000 | $28,000,000 |
| 6 | The Turning Point |  IT | $25,933,445 | $25,933,445 |
| 7 | The Other Side of Midnight | EN | $24,652,021 | $24,652,021 |
| 8 | Looking for Mr. Goodbar | EN | $22,512,655 | $22,512,655 |
| 9 | Julia | EN | $20,714,400 | $20,714,400 |
| 10 | For the Love of Benji | EN | $17,732,000 | $17,732,000 |
| 11 | New York, New York |  CN | $16,400,000 | $16,400,658 |
| 12 | Black Sunday | EN | $15,769,322 | $15,769,322 |
| 13 | Orca |  IR | $14,717,854 | $14,717,854 |
| 14 | Bobby Deerfield | EN | $9,300,000 | $9,300,000 |
| 15 | Islands in the Stream | EN | $5,596,173 | $5,596,173 |
| 16 | March or Die | EN | $1,000,000 | $1,000,000 |
| 17 | Citizens Band | EN | $815,530 | $815,530 |
| 18 | Fraternity Row | EN | $290,674 | $290,674 |
| 19 | ABBA: The Movie | EN | - | $144,398 |
| 20 | The Girl with the Red Scarf |  TR | - | $45,123 |
| 21 | The Serpent’s Egg | EN | - | $39,238 |
| 22 | Opening Night | $23,488 | $32,191 | |
| 23 | The Devil, Probably |  FR | $26,816 | $29,158 |
| 24 | One Sings, the Other Doesn’t | FR | $19,919 | $19,919 |
| 25 | Between the Lines | EN | $15,383 | $15,383 |
| 26 | Sorcerer | EN | - | $9,914 |
| 27 | The Stationmaster’s Wife |  DE | $8,144 | $8,408 |
| 28 | The American Friend | DE | - | $3,978 |
| 29 | The Left-Handed Woman | DE | - | $3,773 |
| 30 | Short Eyes | EN | $3,456 | $3,456 |
| 31 | Stroszek | DE | - | $3,451 |
| 32 | That Obscure Object of Desire | FR | - | $3,140 |
| 33 | The Last Wave | EN | $957 | $1,662 |
| 34 | 1900 | IT | - | $1,112 |
| 35 | Summerfield | EN | - | $333 |
| 36 | Cross of Iron | EN | - | $201 |
| 37 | The Picture Show Man | EN | - | $197 |
| 38 | The Getting of Wisdom | EN | - | $166 |
| 39 | Rolling Thunder | EN | - | $115 |
| 40 | Backroads | EN | - | $105 |
| 41 | Proof of the Man |  JP | - | $57 |
| 42 | Airport '77 | EN | - | - |
| 43 | A Special Day | IT | - | - |
| 44 | Hot Tomorrows | EN | - | - |
| 45 | The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane | EN | - | - |
| 46 | The Cassandra Crossing | EN | - | - |
| 47 | Rembrandt fecit 1669 |  NL | - | - |
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