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MOVIES

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Grosses

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Highest Grossing Films of 1978

This list features movies that have earned the highest box-office revenue during the year 1978.

RANK

FILMS

WORLDWIDE GROSS

1

Grease

$387,472,317

2

Superman

$300,200,000

3

Jaws 2

$208,900,376

4

National Lampoon’s Animal House

$141,607,202

5

Every Which Way but Loose

$104,268,727

6

Heaven Can Wait

$98,800,000

7

Halloween

$70,274,000

8

Hooper

$51,290,536

9

The Deer Hunter

$50,065,119

10

Revenge of the Pink Panther

$49,979,269

11

Convoy

$45,000,000

12

California Suite

$42,913,571

13

Up in Smoke

$41,590,893

14

Foul Play

$40,415,179

15

Midnight Express

$35,000,134

16

Coming Home

$32,653,000

17

The End

$32,334,477

18

The Lord of the Rings

$30,474,857

19

House Calls

$28,460,702

20

Damien: Omen II

$26,518,355

21

Invasion of the Body Snatchers

$24,946,800

22

The Wiz

$21,049,053

23

F.I.S.T.

$20,388,920

24

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

$20,378,470

25

Eyes of Laura Mars

$20,000,000

26

The One and Only

$16,928,137

27

Return from Witch Mountain

$16,393,000

28

Corvette Summer

$15,514,367

29

The Greek Tycoon

$14,672,713

30

Death on the Nile

$14,560,084


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References

The Numbers (2025). Top Grossing Movies of 1978. Available at: https://www.the-numbers.com/market/1978/top-grossing-movies [Accessed 1 December 2025]. Wikipedia (2025). 1978 in Film. Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1978_in_film [Accessed 1 December 2025].
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