Box Office

Top Grossing English Movies in 1978

Rank	Title	Genre(s)	Domestic	Worldwide
1	Grease	Romance Musical	$190,071,103	$396,271,103
2	Jaws 2	Adventure Drama Thriller	$81,766,007	$187,884,007
3	Every Which Way But Loose	Action Comedy	$85,196,485	$85,196,485
4	Hooper	Action Comedy	$78,000,000	$78,000,000
5	Revenge of the Pink Panther	Mystery Comedy Crime	$49,579,269	$49,579,269
6	The Deer Hunter	Drama War	$48,979,328	$49,080,312
7	Halloween	Thriller Horror	$47,160,000	$47,173,315
8	Foul Play	Mystery Thriller Comedy	$44,999,621	$44,999,621
9	Up in Smoke	Comedy Music	$44,364,244	$44,364,244
10	Midnight Express	Biography Drama Thriller	$35,000,000	$35,000,000
11	Coming Home	Drama Romance War	$32,653,905	$32,654,046
12	The Lord of the Rings	Fantasy Adventure Animation	$30,471,420	$30,477,175
13	House Calls	Romance Comedy	$28,460,702	$28,460,702
14	Damien: Omen II	Horror	$26,518,355	$26,518,355
15	Invasion of the Body Snatchers	Sci-Fi Horror	$24,946,533	$24,949,050
16	F.I.S.T.	Drama Thriller Crime	$20,388,920	$20,388,920
17	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Adventure Fantasy Comedy	$20,378,470	$20,378,470
18	Eyes of Laura Mars	Mystery Thriller	$20,000,000	$20,000,000
19	Same Time, Next Year	Comedy Romance Drama	$19,703,082	$19,703,082
20	The One and Only	Romance Comedy	$16,928,137	$16,928,137
21	Return from Witch Mountain	Adventure Sci-Fi Fantasy	$16,393,000	$16,393,000
22	Corvette Summer	Adventure Comedy	$15,514,367	$15,514,367
23	The Greek Tycoon	Drama	$14,672,713	$14,672,713
24	Death on the Nile	Drama Mystery Crime	$14,560,084	$14,569,266
25	The Buddy Holly Story	Biography Drama Music	$14,363,400	$14,363,400
26	The Big Fix	Comedy Thriller Mystery	$13,062,708	$13,062,708
27	The Other Side of the Mountain: Part II	Drama Romance	$11,565,678	$11,565,678
28	Moment by Moment	Romance Drama	$10,963,824	$10,963,824
29	Interiors	Drama	$10,432,366	$10,432,366
30	Straight Time	Drama Crime	$9,900,000	$9,900,000
31	Comes a Horseman	Drama Romance Western	$9,585,769	$9,585,769
32	American Hot Wax	Drama Music History	$7,932,571	$7,932,571
33	The Brink's Job	Drama History Comedy	$7,909,950	$7,909,950
34	Goin' South	Comedy Romance Crime	$7,435,671	$7,435,671
35	King of the Gypsies	Drama	$7,325,177	$7,325,177
36	Force 10 from Navarone	Action Drama War	$7,230,000	$7,230,000
37	Paradise Alley	Drama	$7,185,518	$7,185,518
38	The Bad News Bears Go to Japan	Sport Comedy Family	$7,092,495	$7,092,495
39	International Velvet	Family Drama	$7,009,238	$7,009,238
40	Blue Collar	Drama Crime	$6,521,083	$6,521,083
41	Pretty Baby	Drama	$5,786,368	$5,786,368
42	Gray Lady Down	Drama Thriller Action	$5,438,927	$5,438,927
43	Brass Target	Action	$5,011,158	$5,011,158
44	Days of Heaven	Drama Romance	$3,446,749	$3,493,915
45	Days of Heaven	Drama Romance	$3,446,749	$3,492,909
46	Our Winning Season	Romance Drama	$1,997,705	$1,997,705
47	I Wanna Hold Your Hand	Comedy Music	$1,944,682	$1,944,682
48	Skateboard	Comedy Action	$1,318,823	$1,318,823
49	Killer of Sheep	Drama	$500,662	$564,614
50	Uncle Joe Shannon	Drama	$494,797	$494,797