Box Office Records > Worldwide > All Movies > Cumulative > Top 1978 Worldwide
Top 1978 Movies at the Worldwide Box Office
See also: Top 1978 Domestic - Top 1978 International
Other Worldwide Cumulative records: All Time Worldwide - All Time Single Market - All Time Animated Worldwide - All Time Sequel Worldwide - All Time Non-Sequel Worldwide - Top 2023 Worldwide - Top 2024 Worldwide
This chart contains the total worldwide box office for the movies released in 1978.
←Top 1977 Worldwide | Top 1979 Worldwide→ |
Rank | Movie | Worldwide Box Office | Domestic Box Office | International Box Office | Domestic Share |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Grease | $387,472,317 | $181,813,770 | $205,658,547 | 46.92% |
2 | Superman | $300,200,000 | $134,218,018 | $165,981,982 | 44.71% |
3 | Jaws 2 | $208,900,376 | $102,922,376 | $105,978,000 | 49.27% |
4 | National Lampoon’s Animal House | $141,607,202 | $141,600,000 | $7,202 | 99.99% |
5 | Every Which Way but Loose | $104,268,727 | $104,268,727 | 100.00% | |
6 | Heaven Can Wait | $98,800,000 | $98,800,000 | 100.00% | |
7 | Halloween | $70,274,000 | $47,274,000 | $23,000,000 | 67.27% |
8 | Hooper | $51,290,536 | $51,290,536 | 100.00% | |
9 | The Deer Hunter | $50,065,119 | $50,000,000 | $65,119 | 99.87% |
10 | Convoy | $45,000,000 | $45,000,000 | 100.00% | |
11 | California Suite | $42,913,571 | $42,913,571 | 100.00% | |
12 | Up in Smoke | $41,590,893 | $41,590,893 | 100.00% | |
13 | Foul Play | $40,415,179 | $40,415,179 | 100.00% | |
14 | Revenge of the Pink Panther | $37,337,746 | $37,337,746 | 100.00% | |
15 | Midnight Express | $35,000,134 | $35,000,000 | $134 | 100.00% |
16 | Coming Home | $32,653,000 | $32,653,000 | 100.00% | |
17 | The End | $32,334,477 | $30,354,004 | $1,980,473 | 93.88% |
18 | House Calls | $29,000,000 | $29,000,000 | 100.00% | |
19 | The Cheap Detective | $28,221,552 | $28,221,552 | 100.00% | |
20 | The Lord of the Rings | $27,000,000 | $27,000,000 | 100.00% | |
21 | Invasion of the Body Snatchers | $24,946,533 | $24,946,533 | 100.00% | |
22 | Damien: Omen II | $24,000,000 | $24,000,000 | 100.00% | |
23 | An Unmarried Woman | $24,000,000 | $24,000,000 | 100.00% | |
24 | Beyond and Back | $23,800,000 | $23,800,000 | 100.00% | |
25 | Magic | $23,800,000 | $23,800,000 | 100.00% | |
26 | Same Time, Next Year | $23,000,000 | $23,000,000 | 100.00% | |
27 | The Wiz | $22,000,000 | $22,000,000 | 100.00% | |
28 | F.I.S.T | $20,388,920 | $20,388,920 | 100.00% | |
29 | The Boys from Brazil | $19,000,000 | $19,000,000 | 100.00% | |
30 | Eyes of Laura Mars | $18,900,000 | $18,900,000 | 100.00% | |
31 | Good Guys Wear Black | $18,300,000 | $18,300,000 | 100.00% | |
32 | Death on the Nile | $18,007,517 | $18,000,000 | $7,517 | 99.96% |
33 | Ice Castles | $18,000,000 | $18,000,000 | 100.00% | |
34 | The Betsy | $17,700,000 | $17,700,000 | 100.00% | |
35 | Corvette Summer | $15,500,000 | $15,500,000 | 100.00% | |
36 | The Buddy Holly Story | $14,363,400 | $14,363,400 | 100.00% | |
37 | The Bad News Bears Go To Japan | $14,000,000 | $14,000,000 | 100.00% | |
38 | The Greek Tycoon | $14,000,000 | $14,000,000 | 100.00% | |
39 | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | $12,900,000 | $12,900,000 | 100.00% | |
40 | The Big Fix | $12,000,000 | $12,000,000 | 100.00% | |
41 | The Other Side of the Mountain Part II | $12,000,000 | $12,000,000 | 100.00% | |
42 | American Hot Wax | $11,000,000 | $11,000,000 | 100.00% | |
43 | Interiors | $10,432,366 | $10,432,366 | 100.00% |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.