English box office · 1977

English Box Office 1977: Highest-Grossing English Movies, Page 2

Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) is the highest-grossing English-language movie released in 1977, with $775.4M worldwide, ahead of Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) at $306.9M and Saturday Night Fever (1977) at $237.1M. 53 English-language films released in 1977 report a worldwide gross, $2.1B in all, 70% of it from the US & Canada. 4 films crossed $100 million; none reached $1 billion. That is 3.4 times the total of 1976, whose releases took $624.6M. By genre, Adventure leads with $1.3B across 12 English releases.

1977 releases with a gross: 53
combined worldwide: $2.1B
films crossed $100M: 4
vs 1976: ×3.4

Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) movie poster

#1 of 53

#1 English-language movie of 1977

Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)

1977 · Action, Adventure

$775.4M worldwide · 37% of the chart's total

$461M US & Canada · 59% $314.4M elsewhere · 41%

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Every English Release of 1977, Ranked by Worldwide Gross

Ranks 51 to 53 of 53. Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada. Films are grouped by their release date in 1977.

51
The Getting of Wisdom (1977) Aug 25, 1977 · Drama $166 worldwide

Aug 25, 1977 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $166
52
Rolling Thunder (1977) Oct 14, 1977 · Drama, Thriller $115 worldwide

Oct 14, 1977 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $115
53
Backroads (1977) Jun 27, 1977 · Action, Drama $105 worldwide

Jun 27, 1977 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $105