Box Office

Top Grossing English Movies in 1977

Rank	Title	Genre(s)	Domestic	Worldwide
1	Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope	Action Adventure Sci-Fi	$460,998,507	$775,398,507
2	Close Encounters of the Third Kind	Adventure Sci-Fi Drama	$135,189,114	$306,889,114
3	Saturday Night Fever	Drama Romance Music	$94,213,184	$237,113,184
4	Smokey and the Bandit	Action Comedy	$126,737,428	$126,750,426
5	A Bridge Too Far	Drama History War	$50,750,000	$50,750,000
6	The Deep	Adventure Mystery Thriller	$47,346,365	$47,346,365
7	The Spy Who Loved Me	Action Adventure Thriller	$46,838,673	$46,876,386
8	Oh, God!	Fantasy Comedy	$41,687,243	$41,687,243
9	Pete's Dragon	Adventure Fantasy Family	$39,588,000	$39,588,000
10	Annie Hall	Comedy Romance	$38,251,425	$38,289,445
11	Semi-Tough	Sport Comedy Romance	$37,187,139	$37,187,139
12	Heroes	Drama Comedy	$33,500,000	$33,500,000
13	High Anxiety	Comedy	$31,063,038	$31,063,038
14	Exorcist II: The Heretic	Horror	$30,749,142	$30,749,142
15	Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo	Action Adventure Comedy	$29,000,000	$29,000,000
16	Slap Shot	Drama Sport Comedy	$28,000,000	$28,000,000
17	The Gauntlet	Action Thriller Crime	$26,414,658	$26,414,658
18	Freaky Friday	Fantasy Comedy Family	$25,942,000	$25,942,000
19	The Other Side of Midnight	Romance Thriller Drama	$24,652,021	$24,652,021
20	Looking for Mr. Goodbar	Drama Romance	$22,512,655	$22,512,655
21	Julia	Drama	$20,714,400	$20,714,400
22	The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training	Sport Comedy Family	$19,104,350	$19,104,350
23	For the Love of Benji	Adventure Drama Comedy	$17,732,000	$17,732,000
24	Black Sunday	Adventure Drama Thriller	$15,769,322	$15,769,322
25	Bobby Deerfield	Drama Romance	$9,300,000	$9,300,000
26	Islands in the Stream	Drama	$5,596,173	$5,596,173
27	Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown	Adventure Animation Family	$3,223,888	$3,223,888
28	March or Die	War Drama Adventure	$1,000,000	$1,000,000
29	Joseph Andrews	Romance Comedy	$839,865	$839,865
30	Citizens Band	Drama Comedy	$815,530	$815,530
31	Fraternity Row	Drama	$290,674	$290,674
32	Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas	Music Family Fantasy	$231,710	$231,710
33	ABBA: The Movie	Comedy Documentary Drama	-	$144,398
34	Billy Connolly: Big Banana Feet	Comedy Music Documentary	-	$101,965
35	Suspiria	Horror	-	$47,000
36	The Serpent’s Egg	Thriller Mystery Drama	-	$39,238
37	Between the Lines	Comedy Drama	$15,383	$15,383
38	Sorcerer	Adventure Drama Thriller	-	$9,914
39	Short Eyes	Drama Crime	$3,456	$3,456
40	The Last Wave	Drama Fantasy Mystery	$957	$1,662
41	Desperate Living	Comedy Crime	-	$1,109
42	Empire of the Ants	Adventure Sci-Fi Horror	-	$970
43	Rollercoaster	Action Thriller	-	$908
44	Scenes from the Class Struggle in Portugal	Documentary	-	$762
45	Summerfield	Drama Mystery	-	$333
46	Gay USA	Documentary	-	$249
47	Cross of Iron	Drama War	-	$201
48	The Picture Show Man	Comedy Drama	-	$197
49	Blue Sunshine	Mystery Horror	-	$197
50	The Getting of Wisdom	Drama	-	$166