List of American films of 1978

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This is a list of American films released in 1978.

Box office

The highest-grossing American films released in 1978, by domestic box office

gross revenue, are as follows:[1]

Highest-grossing films of 1978
Rank Title Distributor Domestic gross
1 Grease Paramount $159,978,870
2 Superman Warner Bros. $134,218,018
3 National Lampoon’s Animal House Universal $120,091,123
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Every Which Way but Loose
Warner Bros. $85,196,485
5 Heaven Can Wait Paramount $81,640,278
6 Hooper Warner Bros. $78,000,000
7 Jaws 2 Universal $77,737,272
8 Revenge of the Pink Panther United Artists $49,579,269
9 The Deer Hunter Universal $48,979,328
10 Halloween Compass International $47,000,000

January–March

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6 Coma United Artists Michael Crichton (director/screenplay); Geneviève Bujold, Michael Douglas, Elizabeth Ashley, Rip Torn, Richard Widmark, Lois Chiles, Hari Rhodes, Richard Doyle, Lance LeGault, Tom Selleck, Joanna Kerns, Ed Harris, Philip Baker Hall
September 30, 1955 Universal Pictures James Bridges (director/screenplay); Richard Thomas, Susan Tyrrell, Collin Wilcox, Lisa Blount, Tom Hulce, Dennis Quaid, Dennis Christopher, Deborah Benson, Mary Kai Clark, Ben Fuhrman
11 Get Out Your Handkerchiefs Compagnie Commerciale Française / Cinématographique Bertrand Blier (director/screenplay); Gérard Depardieu, Patrick Dewaere, Carole Laure, Michel Serrault, Sylvie Joly, Riton Liebman, Liliane Rovère, Michel Beaune, Gilberte Géniat, Eléonore Hilt, Jean Rougerie
25 Renaldo and Clara Circuit Films , Mel Howard, Jack Baran, Mama Maria Frasca, Mad Bear, Ruth Tyrangel, Denise Mercedes, Linda Thomases, Sheila Shotton, Kevin Crossley, Hal Frazier, M. Will, Luther Rix, Andre Bernard Tremblay, Dominic Paulo, Claudia Carr
27 The Class of Miss MacMichael Gala Film Distributors / Brut Productions / Kettledrum Films Silvio Narizzano (director); Judd Bernard (screenplay); Glenda Jackson, Oliver Reed, Michael Murphy, Rosalind Cash, John Standing, Phil Daniels, Pamela Manson
Mean Dog Blues American International Pictures / Bing Crosby Productions Mel Stuart (director); George Lefferts (screenplay); Gregg Henry, Kay Lenz, Scatman Crothers, Tina Louise, George Kennedy, Felton Perry, Gregory Sierra, James Wainwright, William Windom
29 A Night Full of Rain Warner Bros. Lina Wertmüller (director/screenplay); Giancarlo Giannini, Candice Bergen, Michael Tucker, Lucio Amelio, Massimo Wertmüller, Flora Carabella, Jill Eikenberry, Lilli Carati, Mario Scarpetta, Anny Papa, Anne Byrne Hoffman, Anita Paltrinieri, Giuliana Carnescecchi, Alice Columbo Oxman, Paola Ojetti, Enzo Vitale, Paola Silvia Rotunno, John West Buchanan, Alison Tucker
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2 The Boys in Company C Columbia Pictures / Golden Harvest / Good Times Films S.A. Sidney J. Furie (director/screenplay); Rick Natkin (screenplay); Stan Shaw, Andrew Stevens, Michael Lembeck, Craig Wasson, Scott Hylands, James Whitmore Jr., Noble Willingham, R. Lee Ermey, Vic Diaz, James Canning
3 Jubilee
The One and Only Paramount Pictures / First Artists Carl Reiner (director); Steve Gordon (screenplay); Henry Winkler, Kim Darby, Gene Saks, William Daniels, Polly Holliday, Hervé Villechaize, Ed Begley Jr., Warren Stevens, Hard Boiled Haggerty, Ralph Manza, Chavo Guerrero Sr., Dennis James, Rowdy Roddy Piper
4 Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid Toei Company Tomoharu Katsumata (director); Mieko Koyamauchi, Ikuko Oyabu (screenplay);
9 The Betsy United Artists / Allied Artists / Harold Robbins International Company Daniel Petrie (director); William Bast, Walter Bernstein (screenplay); Laurence Olivier, Robert Duvall, Katharine Ross, Tommy Lee Jones, Jane Alexander, Lesley-Anne Down, Kathleen Beller, Joseph Wiseman, Edward Herrmann, Paul Ryan Rudd, Charlie Fields
10 Blue Collar Universal Pictures / T.A.T. Communications Company Paul Schrader (director/screenplay); Leonard Schrader (screenplay); Richard Pryor, Harvey Keitel, Yaphet Kotto, Ed Begley Jr., Harry Bellaver, George Memmoli, Lucy Saroyan, Lane Smith, Cliff DeYoung, Chip Fields, Harry Northup, Milton Selzer, Borah Silver, Leonard Gaines, Sammy Warren, Jimmy Martinez
The Other Side of the Mountain Part 2 Universal Pictures / Filmways Larry Peerce (director); Douglas Day Stewart (screenplay); Marilyn Hassett, Timothy Bottoms, Nan Martin, Belinda Montgomery, Gretchen Corbett
15 Coming Home United Artists / Jerome Hellman Productions / Jayne Productions Inc. Hal Ashby (director); Waldo Salt, Robert C. Jones (screenplay); Jane Fonda, Jon Voight, Bruce Dern, Penelope Milford, Robert Carradine, Robert Ginty, Kathleen Miller, Willie Tyler, Charles Cyphers, Olivia Cole, Tresa Hughes, Bruce French, Mary Jackson, Richard Lawson, Rita Taggart, Pat Corley, David Clennon, Marc McClure, Mary Gregory, Beeson Carroll, Lou Carello, Tim Pelt, Claudie Watson, Sally Frei, Gwen Van Dam, Jim Klein, Tokyo Ernie, Stacey Pickren, Arthur Rosenberg, Danny Tucker
The Serpent's Egg Paramount Pictures
17 Record City American International Pictures / Aubrey Company Dennis Steinmetz (director); Ron Friedman (screenplay); Ed Begley Jr., Sorrell Booke, Michael Callan, Jack Carter, Frank Gorshin, Ruth Buzzi, Dennis Bowen, Leonard Barr, Rick Dees, Kinky Friedman, Alice Ghostley, Joe Higgins, Ted Lange, Alan Oppenheimer, Harold Sakata, Wendy Schaal, Larry Storch, John Halsey, Tony Giorgio, Tim Thomerson, Susan Tolsky, Jeff Altman, Stuart Goetz, Maria Grimm, Isaac Ruiz, Elliott Street
The Toolbox Murders Cal-Am Artists / Tony DiDio Productions Dennis Donnelly (director); Ann Kindberg, Robert Easter, Neva Friedenn (screenplay); Cameron Mitchell, Pamelyn Ferdin, Wesley Eure, Tim Donnelly, Aneta Corsaut, Evelyn Guerrero, Don Diamond, Kelly Nichols, Kathleen O'Malley, James Nolan, Nicholas Beauvy, Faith McSwain, Marciee Drake, Betty Cole, John Hawker
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1 And the Devil is Their Third Accomplice Union Films and Dollar Films Gamal Hamad (screenplay);
Farouk al-Fishawy
2 Fingers Brut Productions James Toback (director/screenplay); Harvey Keitel, Tisa Farrow, Michael V. Gazzo, Jim Brown, Tanya Roberts, Marian Seldes, Danny Aiello, Ed Marinaro, Tony Sirico, Dominic Chianese, Largo Woodruff, Sam Coppola
Laserblast
Irwin Yablans Company
Michael Rae (director); Frank Ray Perilli, Franne Schacht (screenplay); Kim Milford, Cheryl Smith, Gianni Russo, Roddy McDowall, Keenan Wynn, Dennis Burkley, Eddie Deezen, Ron Masak, Barry Cutler, Mike Bobenko, Rick Walters, Joanna Lipari, Wendy Wernli
Sextette Crown International Pictures Ken Hughes (director); Herbert Baker (screenplay); Mae West, Timothy Dalton, Dom DeLuise, Tony Curtis, Ringo Starr, Keith Moon, George Hamilton, Alice Cooper, Walter Pidgeon, Van McCoy, Rona Barrett, Regis Philbin, George Raft, Gil Stratton
Tomorrow Never Comes Cinépix Film Properties , Delores Etienne
5 An Unmarried Woman
20th Century Fox
, Andrew Duncan, Penelope Russianoff, Ivan Karp
8 The Evil New World Pictures / Rangoon Productions Gus Trikonis (director/screenplay); Galen Thompson (screenplay); Richard Crenna, Joanna Pettet, Andrew Prine, Cassie Yates, Victor Buono, Lynne Moody, Mary Louise Weller, Robert Viharo, Milton Selzer, Ed Bakey, George O'Hanlon Jr., Galen Thompson
10 Coach Crown International Pictures / Marimark Productions Bud Townsend (director); Stephen Bruce Rose, Nancy Larson, Mark Tenser (screenplay); Cathy Lee Crosby, Michael Biehn, Keenan Wynn, Meridith Baer, Brent Huff, Rosanne Katon, Otto Felix, Sidney Wicks, Channing Clarkson, Steve Nevil, Jack David Walker, Myron McGill, Robyn Pohle, Kristine Greco, Cindy Daly, Lenka Novak, Milt Oberman, Bill McLean, Patricia Garrison, Ted Dawson, Nate Roth, Barbara Minkus, Ron Wright
Gray Lady Down Universal Pictures David Greene (director); James Whittaker, Howard Sackler (screenplay); Charlton Heston, David Carradine, Stacy Keach, Ned Beatty, Ronny Cox, Stephen McHattie, Rosemary Forsyth, Dorian Harewood, Hilly Hicks, Charles Cioffi, William Jordan, Jack Rader, Michael O'Keefe, Charlie Robinson, Christopher Reeve, Melendy Britt, Robert Symonds, Ted Gehring, Charles Cyphers, Michael Cavanaugh, Robert Ito
Return from Witch Mountain Walt Disney Productions / Buena Vista Distribution
William Bassett, Denver Pyle, Brian Part
, Poindexter Yothers, Helene Winston
The Fury
20th Century Fox / Frank Yablans Presentations
Brian De Palma (director); John Farris (screenplay); Kirk Douglas, John Cassavetes, Carrie Snodgress, Charles Durning, Amy Irving, Andrew Stevens, Fiona Lewis, Rutanya Alda, William Finley, Dennis Franz, Alice Nunn, Melody Thomas Scott, Hilary Thompson, Patrick Billingsley, Gordon Jump, Daryl Hannah, Laura Innes, Betty Buckley, Carol Rossen, Joyce Easton, Jane Lambert, Sam Laws, J. Patrick McNamara, J.P. Bumstead
13 The Big Sleep United Artists / ITC Entertainment Michael Winner (director/screenplay); Robert Mitchum, Sarah Miles, Richard Boone, Candy Clark, Joan Collins, Edward Fox, John Mills, James Stewart, Oliver Reed, Harry Andrews, Colin Blakely, Richard Todd, Diana Quick, James Donald, John Justin, Simon Fisher Turner, Martin Potter
15 House Calls Universal Pictures Howard Zieff (director); Alan Mandel, Charles Shyer (screenplay); Walter Matthau, Glenda Jackson, Art Carney, Richard Benjamin, Candice Azzara, Dick O'Neill, Thayer David, Anthony Holland, Reva Rose, Sandra Kerns, Brad Dexter, Jane Connell, Lloyd Gough, Gordon Jump, Bill Fiore, Taurean Blacque, Charles Matthau, Ken Olfson, Len Lesser, Nancy Hsueh, Lee Weaver, Susan Batson, Alma Beltran, John Pleshette
17 American Hot Wax Paramount Pictures Floyd Mutrux (director); John Kaye (screenplay); Tim McIntire, Fran Drescher, Jay Leno, Laraine Newman, Moosie Drier, Jeff Altman, Richard Perry, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Frankie Ford, Arnold McCuller, Brenda Russell, Jo Ann Harris, Kenny Vance, Joe Esposito, Bruce Sudano, Ed Hokenson, John Lehne, Charles Greene, Carl Earl Weaver, Al Chalk, Sam Harkness, Stephanie Spruill, Joyce King, Yolanda Howard, Charles Irwin, Jeanne Sheffield
Casey's Shadow
Rastar
Martin Ritt (director); Carol Sobieski (screenplay); Walter Matthau, Alexis Smith, Murray Hamilton, Robert Webber, Andrew Rubin, Harry Caesar, Joel Fluellen, Whit Bissell, Stephan Gerard Burns, Susan Myers, Michael Hershewe, James M. Halty, William Pitt, Dean Turpitt, Sanders Delhomme
An Enemy of the People Warner Bros. / First Artists George Schaefer (director); Alexander Jacobs (screenplay); Steve McQueen, Charles Durning, Bibi Andersson, Eric Christmas, Michael Cristofer, Richard Dysart, Michael Higgins, Richard Bradford, Ham Larsen, John Levin, Robin Pearson Rose
18 Straight Time Warner Bros. / First Artists Ulu Grosbard (director); Alvin Sargent, Edward Bunker, Jeffrey Boam (screenplay); Dustin Hoffman, Harry Dean Stanton, Gary Busey, Theresa Russell, M. Emmet Walsh, Kathy Bates, Rita Taggart, Sandy Baron, Jake Busey, Edward Bunker
23 Game of Death Columbia Pictures / Golden Harvest
Fung Hark-On
, Tony Leung, Billy McGill, Jim James, Russell Cawthorne, John Ladalski, David Hu, Don Barry, Jess Hardie, Eddie Dye, Peter Nelson, Peter Gee, Peter Chan, Tai San, Jason Williams

April–June

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5 Pretty Baby Paramount Pictures Louis Malle (director); Polly Platt (screenplay); Brooke Shields, Keith Carradine, Susan Sarandon, Frances Faye, Antonio Fargas, Diana Scarwid, Barbara Steele, Seret Scott, Gerrit Graham, Mae Mercer, Matthew Anton, Cheryl Markowitz, Susan Manskey, Laura Zimmerman, Miz Mary
7 Dot and the Kangaroo Hoyts / Yoram Gross Films Yoram Gross (director/screenplay); John Palmer (screenplay); Barbara Frawley, Joan Bruce, Spike Milligan, June Salter, Ross Higgins, Ron Haddrick, Lola Brooks, Peter Gwynne, Richard Meikle
9 Rabbit Test AVCO Embassy Pictures / Laugh or Die / Melvin Simon Productions
12 Deathsport New World Pictures
H.B. Haggerty, Brenda Venus
, Will Walker, Peter Hooper
14 The Medusa Touch ITC Entertainment / Coatesgold / Bulldog / Citeca Productions Jack Gold (director); John Briley (screenplay); Richard Burton, Lino Ventura, Lee Remick, Harry Andrews, Alan Badel, Marie-Christine Barrault, Jeremy Brett, Michael Hordern, Gordon Jackson, Derek Jacobi, Robert Lang, Michael Byrne, John Normington, Robert Flemyng, Philip Stone, Malcolm Tierney, Norman Bird, Jennifer Jayne, Avril Elgar, James Hazeldine, David de Keyser, Gordon Honeycombe, James Burke
Passion Flower Hotel
Atlantic Releasing Corporation
/ Audifilm
André Farwagi (director); Ken Globus, Paul Nicholas (screenplay); Nastassja Kinski, Gerry Sundquist, Sean Chapman, Marion Kracht, Fabiana Udenio, Kurt Raab, Stefano D'Amato, Gabriele Blum, Veronique Delbourg, Nigel Graves, Carolin Ohrner
The Scenic Route New Line Cinema Mark Rappaport (director/screenplay); Randy Danson, Marilyn Jones, Kevin Wade
20 Dawn of the Dead United Film Distribution Company / Laurel Group George A. Romero (director/screenplay); David Emge, Ken Foree, Scott Reiniger, Gaylen Ross, George A. Romero, Christine Forrest, David Early, Howard Smith, Richard France, Tony Buba, Pasquale Buba, Taso N. Stavrakis, Tom Savini, Joseph Pilato, James A. Baffico, John Amplas, David Crawford, Daniel Dietrich, Molly McClosky, Rudy Ricci, Joey Baffico
Silver Saddle Adria Filmverleih / Jupiter-Film Lucio Fulci (director); Adriano Bolzoni (screenplay); Giuliano Gemma, Ettore Manni, Cinzia Monreale, Licinia Lentini, Donald O'Brien, Aldo Sambrell, Philippe Hersent, Geoffrey Lewis, Sven Valsecchi, Gianni De Luigi
21 Five Days from Home
Universal Pictures
/ Long Rifle Productions
George Peppard (director); William Moore (screenplay); George Peppard, Sherry Boucher, Neville Brand, Robert Donner, Ronnie Claire Edwards, Savannah Smith Boucher, Victor Campos, Jessie Lee Fulton, William Larsen, Robert Magruder
I Wanna Hold Your Hand Universal Pictures Robert Zemeckis (director/screenplay); Bob Gale (screenplay); Nancy Allen, Bobby Di Cicco, Marc McClure, Theresa Saldana, Wendie Jo Sperber, Eddie Deezen, Christian Juttner, Will Jordan, Read Morgan, James Houghton, Dick Miller, Kristine DeBell, Murray the K, Leslie Hoffman, Susan Kendall Newman, Richard Singer, Claude Earl Jones, James Hewitson
Jennifer American International Pictures Brice Mack (director); Kay Cousins Johnson (screenplay); Lisa Pelikan, Bert Convy, Nina Foch, John Gavin, Jeff Corey, Wesley Eure, Amy Johnston, Florida Friebus, Lillian Randolph, Daniel Magder, Louise Hoven, Ray Underwood, Georganne La Piere, Domingo Ambriz
Silver Bears
EMI Films
Ivan Passer (director); Paul Erdman, Peter Stone (screenplay); Michael Caine, Cybill Shepherd, Louis Jourdan, Stéphane Audran, David Warner, Tom Smothers, Martin Balsam, Joss Ackland, Charles Gray, Jay Leno, Jeremy Clyde
26 F.I.S.T. United Artists / Chateau Productions / Huron Productions Inc. Norman Jewison (director); Joe Eszterhas, Sylvester Stallone (screenplay); Sylvester Stallone, Rod Steiger, Peter Boyle, Melinda Dillon, David Huffman, Kevin Conway, Tony Lo Bianco, Cassie Yates, Peter Donat, Frank McRae, Henry Wilcoxon, Richard Herd, Ken Kercheval, James Karen, Stuart Gillard, Brian Dennehy, Nada Rowand, Sam Chew Jr., John Bleifer, Cole Dammett, Bruce McGill, Tony Mendia, Rozsika Halmos, Elena Karam, John Lehne, Deanne Fator, Jack Slate, James Jeter, Ron Delagardelle, Hugo Bolba, M. Patrick Hughes, Reid Cruickshanks, Chuck Gradi, Earl Montgomery, Vincent Williams
The Last Waltz United Artists
Ron Wood
28 FM Universal Pictures John A. Alonzo (director); Ezra Sacks (screenplay); Michael Brandon, Eileen Brennan, Alex Karras, Cleavon Little, Martin Mull, Cassie Yates, Norman Lloyd, James Keach, Robert Patten, Linda Ronstadt, Jimmy Buffett, Tom Petty, REO Speedwagon, Jay Fenichel, Joe Smith, Tom Tarpey
The Manitou AVCO Embassy Pictures / Herman Weist & Associates / Melvin Simon Productions William Girdler (director/screenplay); Jon Cedar, Thomas Pope (screenplay); Tony Curtis, Michael Ansara, Susan Strasberg, Stella Stevens, Jon Cedar, Ann Sothern, Burgess Meredith, Paul Mantee, Jeanette Nolan, Lurene Tuttle, Hugh Corcoran
30 The Stud Brent Walker Film Distributing / Artoc Films Quentin Masters (director); Dave Humphries, Christopher Stagg (screenplay); Joan Collins, Oliver Tobias, Sue Lloyd, Walter Gotell, Mark Burns, Doug Fisher, Natalie Ogle, Constantin De Goguel, Sarah Lawson, Jeremy Child, Peter Dennis, Chris Jagger, Minah Bird, Hilda Fenemore, John Conteh, Milo Sperber, Suzanne Danielle, Susie Silvey, Emma Jacobs, Peter Lukas, Guy Ward, Peter Bourke, Tania Rogers, Felicity Buirski, Sharon Fussey, Bernard Stone
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5 Warlords of Atlantis Columbia Pictures Kevin Connor (director); Brian Hayles (screenplay); Doug McClure, Peter Gilmore, Shane Rimmer, Lea Brodie, Michael Gothard, Hal Galili, John Ratzenberger, Derry Power, Donald Bisset, Ashley Knight, Robert Brown, Cyd Charisse, Daniel Massey
10 A Different Story AVCO Embassy Pictures / American Cinema Releasing / Petersen Films Paul Aaron (director); Henry Olek (screenplay); Meg Foster, Perry King, Valerie Curtin, Peter Donat, Richard Bull, Burke Byrnes, Barbara Collentine, Guerin Barry, Doug Higgins, Lisa James
It Lives Again Warner Bros. / Larco Productions , Bobby Ramsen, Glenda Young, Melissa Inger, Jill Gatsb, Lynn Wood, Dennis O'Flaherty, James Dixon
The End United Artists / Gordon-Reynolds Productions Burt Reynolds (director); Jerry Belson (screenplay); Burt Reynolds, Dom DeLuise, Sally Field, Strother Martin, David Steinberg, Joanne Woodward, Norman Fell, Myrna Loy, Kristy McNichol, Pat O'Brien, Robby Benson, Carl Reiner, Bill Ewing, James Best, Frank McRae, Jock Mahoney
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Libra Films / Laurel Tape and Film / Braddock Associates George A. Romero (director/screenplay); John Amplas, Lincoln Maazel, Christine Forrest, Tom Savini, George A. Romero, Tony Buba, Pasquale Buba, Elayne Nadeau, Sara Venable, Fran Middleton, Roger Caine, J. Clifford Forrest Jr., Clayton McKinnon
Nunzio Universal Pictures Paul Williams (director); James Andronica (screenplay); David Proval, James Andronica, Morgana King, Joe Spinell, Tovah Feldshuh, Theresa Saldana, Glenn Scarpelli, Tom Quinn, Maria Smith, Vincent Russo, Jaime Alba, Tony Panetta, Steve Gucciardo, Sonia Zomina, Crystal Hayden, Vincent Igneri
Our Winning Season American International Pictures , Deborah Benson, Robert Wahler, Randy Hermann, Wendy Rastattar, Damon Douglas, Jeff Soracco
12 The Greek Tycoon
ABKCO Films
, Robin Clarke
18 The Buddy Holly Story Columbia Pictures
Stymie Beard
, John Goff, Gloria Irizarry, Jody Berry, Richard Kennedy, Jim Beach, Freeman King, Craig White, Jerry Zaremba, Gilbert Melgar
19 The Sea Gypsies Warner Bros. Stewart Raffill (director/screenplay); Robert Logan, Mikki Jamison, Heather Rattray, Shannon Saylor, Cjon Damitri Patterson, Mark Litke, Nancy Loomis
Thank God It's Friday
Motown Productions
Robert Klane (director); Armyan Bernstein (screenplay); Jeff Goldblum, Debra Winger, Donna Summer, DeWayne Jessie, Ray Vitte, Valerie Landsburg, Terri Nunn, Paul Jabara, John Friedrich, Andrea Howard, Marya Small, Chick Vennera, Mark Lonow, Robin Menken, Chuck Sacci, Hilary Beane
20 In Search of Anna Esben Storm (director/screenplay); Richard Moir, Judy Morris, Chris Haywood, Bill Hunter, Gary Waddell, Alex Taifer, Ian Nimmo, Richard Murphett
23 Harper Valley PTA April Fools Productions Richard Bennett (director); George Edwards, Barry Schneider (screenplay); Barbara Eden, Ronny Cox, Nanette Fabray, Louis Nye, Susan Swift, Pat Paulsen, John Fiedler, Ron Masak, Clint Howard, Amzie Strickland, Bob Hastings, Audrey Christie, Molly Dodd, Irene Yah-Ling Sun, Royce D. Applegate, Woody Harrelson, Fay DeWitt, DeVera Marcus, Louise Foley, Brian Cook, Laura Teige, Jan Teige, Tobias Anderson, J.J. Barry, Pitt Herbert, Arlen Stuart
24 If Ever I See You Again Columbia Pictures Joe Brooks (director/screenplay); Martin Davidson (screenplay); Joe Brooks, Shelley Hack, Jimmy Breslin, Jerry Keller, George Plimpton, Shannon Bolin, Danielle Brisebois, Branch Emerson, Peter Billingsley, Kenny Karen, Caroline Mignini
Youngblood American International Pictures Noel Nosseck (director); , Bryan O'Dell, Vince Cannon, David Pendleton, Ron Trice, Herb Rice, Maurice Sneed, Ann Weldon
26 American Graffiti (re-issue) Universal Pictures / Lucasfilm Ltd. / The Coppola Company George Lucas (director/screenplay); Gloria Katz, Willard Huyck (screenplay); Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Howard, Paul Le Mat, Charles Martin Smith, Candy Clark, Mackenzie Phillips, Cindy Williams, Wolfman Jack, Bo Hopkins, Manuel Padilla Jr., Harrison Ford, Lynne Marie Stewart, Terry McGovern, Kathleen Quinlan, Scott Beach, Susan Richardson, Kay Ann Kemper, Joe Spano, Debralee Scott, Suzanne Somers
Big Wednesday Warner Bros. / A-Team Productions John Milius (director/screenplay); Dennis Aaberg (screenplay); Jan-Michael Vincent, William Katt, Gary Busey, Patti D'Arbanville, Lee Purcell, Sam Melville, Darrell Fetty, Robert Englund, Barbara Hale, Fran Ryan, Reb Brown, Joe Spinell, Gerry Lopez
Here Come the Tigers American International Pictures / Sean S. Cunningham Films Sean S. Cunningham (director); Arch McCoy (screenplay); Richard Lincoln, James Zvanut, Samantha Grey, Manny Lieberman, William Caldwell, Fred Lincoln, Xavier Rodrigo, Sean P. Griffin
High-Ballin' American International Pictures / Jon Slan Productions Inc. / Pando Company / Stanley Chase Productions Peter Carter (director); Richard Robinson, Stephen Schneck (screenplay); Peter Fonda, Jerry Reed, Helen Shaver, Chris Wiggins, David Ferry, Harvey Atkin, Michael Hogan, Michael Ironside, Myrna Lorrie, Prairie Oyster
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2 The Bad News Bears Go to Japan Paramount Pictures
David Pollock, Regis Philbin
, Hatsune Ishihara, Matthew Douglas Anton, Erin Blunt, George Gonzales, Jeffrey Louis Starr
Capricorn One Warner Bros. / ITC Entertainment
Corvette Summer United Artists / Plotto Productions Matthew Robbins (director/screenplay); Hal Barwood (screenplay); Mark Hamill, Annie Potts, Eugene Roche, William Bryant, Richard McKenzie, Kim Milford, Philip Bruns, Danny Bonaduce, Stanley Kamel, Brion James, Dick Miller, Jonathan Terry, Wendie Jo Sperber, Jane A. Johnston, Albert Insinnia, Jason Ronard, John Miller, Isaac Ruiz
6 Damien - Omen II
20th Century Fox / Mace Neufeld Productions
, Fritz Ford, Owen Sullivan, Corney Morgan
9 The Cat from Outer Space Walt Disney Productions / Buena Vista Distribution , Fred Whalen, Tiger Joe Marsh, Roger Pancake, Rumpler and Amber
The Jungle Book (re-issue) Walt Disney Productions / Buena Vista Distribution
10 The Driver
EMI Films
Walter Hill (director/screenplay); Ryan O'Neal, Bruce Dern, Isabelle Adjani, Ronee Blakley, Matt Clark, Felice Orlandi, Rudy Ramos, Nick Dimitri, Bob Minor, Joseph Walsh, Denny Macko, Frank Bruno, Will Walker, Sandy Brown Wyeth, Tara King, Richard Carey, Fidel Corona, Victor Gilmour
14 Go Tell the Spartans
AVCO Embassy Pictures
/ MarVista Entertainment / Spartan Productions
Ted Post (director); Wendell Mayes (screenplay); Burt Lancaster, Craig Wasson, Marc Singer, Jonathan Goldsmith, Joe Unger, David Clennon, Evan C. Kim, John Megna, Hilly Hicks, Dolph Sweet, Clyde Kusatsu, James Hong, Tad Horino, Dennis Howard, Denice Kumagai, Phong Diep, Ralph Brannen, Mark Carlton
16 The Comeback Lone Star Pictures
Grease Paramount Pictures
Sha-Na-Na, Alice Ghostley, Darrell Zwerling, Dick Patterson, Fannie Flagg
Jaws 2
Zanuck/Brown Company
, Gary Springer, G. Thomas Dunlop, David Elliott, Ben Marley, Martha Swatek, Alfred Wilde, Cyprian R. Dube, Jean Coulter, Christine Freeman, Herb Muller, David Owsley, Susan Owsley McMillan
The Shout Rank Film Distributors / Recorded Picture Company Jerzy Skolimowski (director/screenplay); Michael Austin (screenplay); Alan Bates, Susannah York, John Hurt, Robert Stephens, Tim Curry, Julian Hough, Carol Drinkwater, Susan Wooldridge, Jim Broadbent
21 The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith
The Victorian Film Corporation
Fred Schepisi (director/screenplay); Tom E. Lewis, Freddy Reynolds, Ray Barrett, Jack Thompson, Angela Punch McGregor, Steve Dodd, Peter Carroll, Ruth Cracknell, Don Crosby, Elizabeth Alexander, Peter Sumner, Tim Robertson, Ray Meagher, Brian Anderson, Jane Harders
Good Guys Wear Black American Cinema Releasing / Action One Film Partners, LTD / MarVista Productions / Western Film Productions , Anthony Mannino, Joe Bennett, Michael Payne, David Starwalt, Don Pike, Benjamin J. Perry, Kathy McCullen, Michael Stark, Virginia Wing, Warren Smith
The Great Smokey Roadblock Dimension Pictures / MarVista John Leone (director/screenplay); Henry Fonda, Eileen Brennan, John Byner, Dub Taylor, Daina House, Austin Pendleton, Robert Englund, Susan Sarandon, Melanie Mayron, Leigh French, Mews Small, Gary Sandy, Valerie Curtin, Johnnie Collins III, Bibi Osterwald
23 The Cheap Detective
Rastar
Robert Moore (director); Neil Simon (screenplay); Peter Falk, Madeline Kahn, Dom DeLuise, Louise Fletcher, Ann-Margret, Eileen Brennan, Stockard Channing, Sid Caesar, Marsha Mason, John Houseman, Vic Tayback, Abe Vigoda, Carmine Caridi, James Coco, Phil Silvers, Fernando Lamas, Nicol Williamson, James Cromwell, Scatman Crothers, Paul Williams, David Ogden Stiers, John Calvin
Matilda American International Pictures
Frank Avianca, Joe De Fish, Pat Henry
Zero to Sixty Warner Bros. / First Artists / Grandmet Productions
28 Convoy
EMI Films
, Brian Davies, Walter Kelley, Jorge Russek
Heaven Can Wait Paramount Pictures
The Wild Geese Allied Artists / Richmond Film Productions (West) Ltd / Varius Entertainment Trading A.G. Andrew V. McLaglen (director); Reginald Rose (screenplay); Richard Burton, Roger Moore, Richard Harris, Hardy Krüger, Stewart Granger, Jack Watson, Frank Finlay, Kenneth Griffith, Jeff Corey, Barry Foster, Winston Ntshona, Ronald Fraser, John Kani, David Ladd, Ian Yule, Patrick Allen, Brook Williams, Percy Herbert, Jane Hylton, Paul Spurrier, Patrick Holt
29 Fedora United Artists / Lorimar / Geria Film / Bavaria Atelier GmbH / Société Française de Production
30 The Seniors Cinema Shares International Distribution / Senior Pictures Inc. Rod Amateau (director); Stanley Shapiro (screenplay); Gary Imhoff, Jeffrey Byron, Dennis Quaid, Lou Richards, Rocky Flintermann, Priscilla Barnes, Alan Reed

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5 Hot Lead and Cold Feet Walt Disney Productions / Buena Vista Distribution Robert Butler (director); Joe McEveety, Arthur Alsberg, Don Nelson (screenplay); Jim Dale, Karen Valentine, Don Knotts, Darren McGavin, Jack Elam, Dallas McKennon, John Williams, Warren Vanders, Michael Sharrett, Don "Red" Barry, Gregg Palmer, Ed Bakey, John Steadman, Eric Server, Paul Lukather, Stanley Clements, Don Brodie, Jack Bender, Debbie Lytton, David Cass, Richard Wright, Jimmy Van Patten, James Michaelford
Stunt Rock Film Ventures International / Intertamar / Trenchard Productions Brian Trenchard-Smith (director/screenplay); Paul-Michel Mielche Jr. (screenplay); Grant Page, Monique van de Ven, Sorcery, Phil Hartman, Margaret Trenchard-Smith, Richard Blackburn, Ron Raley, Chris Chalen, Barbra Paskin, Yana Nirvana
14 Foul Play Paramount Pictures Colin Higgins (director/screenplay); Goldie Hawn, Chevy Chase, Burgess Meredith, Brian Dennehy, Dudley Moore, Rachel Roberts, Eugene Roche, William Frankfather, Marc Lawrence, Marilyn Sokol, Billy Barty, Bruce Solomon, Don Calfa, Cyril Magnin, Chuck McCann, Thomas Jamerson
Hooper Warner Bros. Hal Needham (director); Thomas Rickman, Bill Kerby (screenplay); Burt Reynolds, Jan-Michael Vincent, Sally Field, Brian Keith, Robert Klein, John Marley, James Best, Alfie Wise, Adam West, Terry Bradshaw
Mouth to Mouth Umbrella Entertainment John Duigan (director/screenplay); Kim Krejus, Sonia Peat, Ian Gilmour, Serge Frazzetto, Walter Pym
The Swarm Warner Bros. Irwin Allen (director); Stirling Silliphant (screenplay); Michael Caine, Katharine Ross, Richard Widmark, Richard Chamberlain, Olivia de Havilland, Ben Johnson, Lee Grant, José Ferrer, Patty Duke, Slim Pickens, Bradford Dillman, Fred MacMurray, Henry Fonda, Cameron Mitchell, Christian Juttner, Morgan Paull, Alejandro Rey, Don "Red" Barry
19 Revenge of the Pink Panther United Artists / Sellers-Edwards Productions / Jewel Productions / Pimlico Films Blake Edwards (director/screenplay); Frank Waldman, Ron Clark (screenplay); Peter Sellers, Herbert Lom, Robert Webber, Dyan Cannon, Burt Kwouk, Tony Beckley, Robert Loggia, Paul Stewart, André Maranne, Graham Stark, Alfie Bass, Sue Lloyd, Douglas Wilmer, Ferdy Mayne, Valerie Leon, Ed Parker, Adrienne Corri, Henry McGee, Andrew Sachs, Julian Orchard, John Bluthal, Rita Webb, Ragbir Sraan
International Velvet United Artists Bryan Forbes (director/screenplay); Tatum O'Neal, Christopher Plummer, Anthony Hopkins, Nanette Newman, Peter Barkworth, Dinsdale Landen, Jeffrey Byron, Richard Warwick, Daniel Abineri, Norman Wooland, Susan Jameson, Brenda Cowling, David Tate, Sarah Bullen, Jason White, Martin Neil, Douglas Reith, Dennis Blanch
21 The Hound of the Baskervilles
Atlantic Releasing Corporation
Paul Morrissey (director/screenplay); Peter Cook, Dudley Moore (screenplay); Peter Cook, Dudley Moore, Denholm Elliott, Joan Greenwood, Hugh Griffith, Irene Handl, Terry-Thomas, Max Wall, Kenneth Williams, Roy Kinnear, Dana Gillespie, Lucy Griffiths, Penelope Keith, Jessie Matthews, Prunella Scales, Josephine Tewson, Rita Webb, Henry Woolf, Spike Milligan
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Universal Pictures / Robert Stigwood Organization
Star Wars (re-issue)
20th Century Fox / Lucasfilm
George Lucas (director/screenplay); Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Peter Cushing, Alec Guinness, Anthony Daniels, Kenny Baker, Peter Mayhew, James Earl Jones, David Prowse, Phil Brown, Shelagh Fraser, Jack Purvis, Eddie Byrne, Denis Lawson, Garrick Hagon, Don Henderson, Leslie Schofield, Richard LeParmentier, Alex McCrindle, Alfie Curtis, Peter Geddis, Michael Leader, Robert Clarke, Patrick Jordan, Drewe Henley, Jack Klaff, William Hootkins, Angus MacInnes, Jeremy Sinden, Scott Beach, Steve Gawley, Joe Johnston, Grant McCune, Peter Sumner, Malcolm Tierney, Phil Tippett
25 Circle of Iron AVCO Embassy Pictures Richard Moore (director); Stirling Silliphant, Stanley Mann (screenplay); David Carradine, Christopher Lee, Roddy McDowall, Eli Wallach, Anthony De Longis, Earl Maynard, Jeff Cooper, Erica Creer
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National Lampoon's Animal House
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29 Newsfront Roadshow Entertainment Phillip Noyce (director/screenplay); Bob Ellis (screenplay); Bill Hunter, Wendy Hughes, Bryan Brown, Gerard Kennedy, Chris Haywood, John Ewart, John Clayton, Angela Punch McGregor, Don Crosby, Mark Holden, Drew Forsythe, Ray Meagher, Bruce Spence, Brian Blain, Jude Kuring, John Flaus, Tony Barry, Gerry Duggan
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The Magic of Lassie International Picture Show Company / Lassie Productions Don Chaffey (director); Jean Holloway, Robert B. Sherman, Richard M. Sherman (screenplay); James Stewart, Stephanie Zimbalist, Pernell Roberts, Michael Sharrett, Mickey Rooney, Alice Faye, Gene Evans, Mike Mazurki, Lane Davies, James V. Reynolds, Rayford Barnes, Buck Young, Robert Lussier, Bob Cashell, Carl Nielsen
3 Piranha New World Pictures / Piranha Productions Joe Dante (director); John Sayles (screenplay); Bradford Dillman, Heather Menzies, Kevin McCarthy, Keenan Wynn, Dick Miller, Barbara Steele, Belinda Balaski, Melody Thomas Scott, Bruce Gordon, Barry Brown, Paul Bartel, Richard Deacon, John Sayles, Shannon Collins, Shawn Nelson
4 China 9, Liberty 37 Fida International Films / Compagnia Europea Cinematografica / Aspa Producciones Monte Hellman (director); Jerry Harvey, Douglas Venturelli, Ennio de Concini, Don Vicente Escrivá (screenplay); Fabio Testi, Warren Oates, Jenny Agutter, Sam Peckinpah, Franco Interlenghi, Sydney Lassick, Richard C. Adams, Romano Puppo, Luis Prendes, Helga Liné, Jose Murillo, Luis Barboo, Isabel Mestres, Gianrico Tondinelli, Charly Bravo, Paco Benlloch, Natalie Kim, Mattieu Ettori, David Thomson, Daniel Panes, Piero Fondi, Tony Brandt, Frank Clement, Freda Lorente
11 Girlfriends Warner Bros. / Cyclops Films Claudia Weill (director); Vicki Polon (screenplay); Melanie Mayron, Anita Skinner, Eli Wallach, Christopher Guest, Bob Balaban, Amy Wright, Viveca Lindfors, Mike Kellin, Roderick Cook, Kathryn Walker, Kristoffer Tabori, Jane Anderson, Tanya Berezin, Kenneth McMillan, Gina Rogak, Jean De Baer, Nancy Mette, Stacey Lomoe-Smith, Norma Mayron
Who'll Stop the Rain United Artists / Katzka-Jaffe Karel Reisz (director); Judith Rascoe, Robert Stone (screenplay); Nick Nolte, Tuesday Weld, Michael Moriarty, Anthony Zerbe, Richard Masur, Ray Sharkey, Gail Strickland, Charles Haid, David Opatoshu, Joaquín Martínez, James Cranna, Timothy Blake, Shelby Balik, Jean Howell, José Carlos Ruiz
18 Absolution Trans World Entertainment Anthony Page (director); Anthony Shaffer (screenplay); Richard Burton, Dominic Guard, Dai Bradley, Billy Connolly, Andrew Keir, Willoughby Gray, Preston Lockwood, James Ottaway, Brook Williams, Jon Plowman, Robin Soans, Trevor Martin, Sharon Duce, Brian Glover
Debbie Does Dallas VCX / School Day Films Jim Clark (director); Maria Minestra (screenplay); Bambi Woods, Richard Balla, Robin Byrd, Eric Edwards, Bill Barry, Christie Ford, Rikki O'Neal, Jenny Cole, David Pierce, Merle Michaels, Jack Teague, Georgette Sanders, Peter Lerman, Ben Pierce, Arcadia Lake, Tony Mansfield, David Morris, Kasey Rodgers
25 Olly Olly Oxen Free Sanrio Communications / Rico Lion Richard A. Colla (director); Eugene Poinc (screenplay); Katharine Hepburn, Joseph McBride, Kevin McKenzie, Dennis Dimster, Peter Kilman, Jayne Marie Mansfield
29 A Wedding
20th Century Fox / Lion's Gate Films, Inc.
, Amy Stryker, Gerald Busby, Lesley Rogers, Mary Seibel, Ann Ryerson, Cedric Scott, Beverly Ross
30 Avalanche New World Pictures Corey Allen (director/screenplay); Claude Pola (screenplay); Rock Hudson, Robert Forster, Mia Farrow, Jeanette Nolan, Rick Moses, Steve Franken, Barry Primus, Cathey Paine, Jerry Douglas, Antony Carbone, X Brands
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Peter Medak (director); Graham Chapman, Bernard McKenna (screenplay); Graham Chapman, David Jason, Diana Quick, Simon Williams, Edward Hardwicke, Bill Paterson, Michael Elphick, Carolyn Seymour, Joe Melia, George Innes, James Bree, Richard O'Brien, Carl Andrews, Dave Atkins, Stewart Harwood, Zulema Dene
14 Stay as You Are Columbia Pictures Alberto Lattuada (director/screenplay); Enrico Oldoini (screenplay); Marcello Mastroianni, Nastassja Kinski, Barbara De Rossi, Ania Pieroni, Francisco Rabal, Mónica Randall, José María Caffarel, Giuliana Calandra, Massimo Bonetti, Maria Pia Attanasio, Raimondo Penne, Claudio Aliotti, Mario Cecchi, Adriana Falco, Rodolfo Bigotti
15 Up in Smoke Paramount Pictures Lou Adler (director); Tommy Chong, Cheech Marin (screenplay); Cheech Marin, Tommy Chong, Strother Martin, Edie Adams, Stacy Keach, Mills Watson, Zane Buzby, Tom Skerritt, June Fairchild, Rainbeaux Smith, Otto Felix, Louisa Moritz, David Nelson, Rodney Bingenheimer, Ellen Barkin, Harry Dean Stanton, Gary Mule Deer, Wally Ann Wharton, Angelina Estrada, Corey Fortenberry, Ruth Hernandez
22 Almost Summer Universal Pictures , Harvey Lewis, Allen G. Norman, Petronia Paley, David Wilson, Robert Resnick
29 Born Again AVCO Embassy Pictures Irving Rapper (director); Walter Bloch (screenplay); Dean Jones, Anne Francis, Jay Robinson, Dana Andrews, Raymond St. Jacques, George Brent, Harold Hughes, Billy Graham, Robert Gray, Peter Jurasik, Robert Broyles, Harry Spillman, Scott Walker, Arthur Roberts, Ned Wilson, Dean Brooks, Christopher Conrad, Stuart Lee, Richard Caine, Brigid O'Brien, Anthony Canne, Corinne Michaels
Death on the Nile
EMI Films
/ Mersham Productions
John Guillermin (director); Anthony Shaffer (screenplay); Peter Ustinov, Jane Birkin, Lois Chiles, Bette Davis, Mia Farrow, Jon Finch, Olivia Hussey, George Kennedy, Angela Lansbury, Simon MacCorkindale, David Niven, Maggie Smith, Jack Warden, I. S. Johar, Harry Andrews, Sam Wanamaker, Celia Imrie, Saeed Jaffrey
The Legacy Universal Pictures
Hildegard Neil
, Marianne Broome
Somebody Killed Her Husband Columbia Pictures / Melvin Simon Productions Lamont Johnson (director); Reginald Rose (screenplay); Farrah Fawcett-Majors, Jeff Bridges, John Wood, Tammy Grimes, John Glover, Patricia Elliott, Mary McCarty, Laurence Guittard, Eddie Lawrence, Sands Hall, Vincent Robert Santa Lucia, Beeson Carroll
Two Solitudes Compass Films Lionel Chetwynd (director/screenplay); Jean-Pierre Aumont, Stacy Keach, Gloria Carlin, Chris Wiggins, Claude Jutra, Raymond Cloutier, Jean-Louis Roux, John Boylan, Louis Negin, Murray Westgate

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Richard Franklin (director); Everett De Roche (screenplay); Susan Penhaligon, Robert Helpmann, Rod Mullinar, Bruce Barry, Julia Blake, Helen Hemingway, María Mercedes, Walter Pym, Robert Thompson, Helen Hemingway, Frank Wilson, John P. Boddie
Remember My Name Columbia Pictures Alan Rudolph (director/screenplay); Geraldine Chaplin, Anthony Perkins, Moses Gunn, Jeff Goldblum, Berry Berenson, Timothy Thomerson, Alfre Woodard, Marilyn Coleman, Jeffrey S. Perry, Alan Autry, Dennis Franz
5 The Boys from Brazil
20th Century Fox / ITC Entertainment
/ Producer Circle
Franklin J. Schaffner (director); Heywood Gould (screenplay); Gregory Peck, Laurence Olivier, James Mason, Lilli Palmer, Uta Hagen, Steve Guttenberg, Denholm Elliott, Rosemary Harris, John Dehner, John Rubinstein, Anne Meara, Jeremy Black, Bruno Ganz, Walter Gotell, David Hurst, Wolfgang Preiss, Michael Gough, Joachim Hansen, Sky du Mont, Carl Duering, Linda Hayden, Richard Marner, Georg Marischka, Günter Meisner, Prunella Scales, Raúl Faustino Saldanha, Wolf Kahler
Drunken Master Seasonal Film Corporation Yuen Woo-ping (director); Siao Lung, Ng See-yuen (screenplay); Jackie Chan, Yuen Siu-tien, Hwang Jang-lee, Dean Shek, Yuen Woo-ping, Lam Kau, Fung King-man, Hsu Hsia, Linda Lin, Yuen Shun-yi, Tong Jing, Tino Wong
The Norseman American International Pictures / Charles B. Pierce Film Productions / Fawcett-Majors Productions
Christopher Connelly, Jimmy Clem, Deacon Jones, Denny Miller, Kathleen Freeman
Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?
Lorimar Productions / Aldrich Company / Geria Productions / Bavaria Films
Ted Kotcheff (director); Peter Stone (screenplay); George Segal, Jacqueline Bisset, Robert Morley, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Philippe Noiret, Jean Rochefort, Gigi Proietti, Stefano Satta Flores, Madge Ryan, Frank Windsor, Peter Sallis, Tim Barlow, John Le Mesurier, Joss Ackland, Jean Gaven, Daniel Emilfork, Jacques Marin, Jacques Balutin, Jean Parédès, Michael Chow, Anita Graham, Nicholas Ball, David Cook, Nigel Havers, Caroline Langrishe
6 The Big Fix Universal Pictures Jeremy Paul Kagan (director); Roger L. Simon (screenplay); Richard Dreyfuss, Susan Anspach, Bonnie Bedelia, John Lithgow, Ofelia Medina, Nicolas Coster, F. Murray Abraham, Fritz Weaver, Ron Rifkin
Bloodbrothers Warner Bros.
Kennedy Gordy, Jeffrey Jacquet
, Michael Hershewe, Lila Teigh, Damu King, Raymond Singer, E. Brian Dean, David Berman, Edwin Owens, Tom Signorelli
Midnight Express Columbia Pictures / Casablanca FilmWorks Alan Parker (director); Oliver Stone (screenplay); Brad Davis, Irene Miracle, Bo Hopkins, Paolo Bonacelli, Paul L. Smith, Randy Quaid, Norbert Weisser, John Hurt, Kevork Malikyan, Yashaw Adem, Mike Kellin, Franco Diogene, Michael Ensign, Gigi Ballista, Peter Jeffrey, Michael Giannatos
Goin' South Paramount Pictures Jack Nicholson (director); John Herman Shaner, Al Ramrus, Charles Shyer, Alan Mandel (screenplay); Jack Nicholson, Mary Steenburgen, Christopher Lloyd, John Belushi, Richard Bradford, Veronica Cartwright, Jeff Morris, Danny DeVito, Tracey Walter, Britt Leach, Luana Anders, Lucy Lee Flippin, Ed Begley Jr., Lin Shaye, Anne Ramsey, Gerald H. Reynolds, George W. Smith
14 Rescue from Gilligan's Island NBC / Redwood Productions / Sherwood Schwartz Productions Leslie H. Martinson (director); Sherwood Schwartz, Elroy Schwartz, Al Schwartz, David Harmon (screenplay); Bob Denver, Alan Hale Jr., Jim Backus, Natalie Schafer, Judith Baldwin, Russell Johnson, Dawn Wells, Vincent Schiavelli, Art LaFleur, Norman Bartold, Lewis Arquette, Mario Machado, Barbara Mallory, June Whitley Taylor, Martin Rudy, Mary Gregory, Glenn Robards, Diane Chesney, Victor Rogers, Michael Flanagan
17 Goin' Coconuts Osmond Entertainment / Inter Planetary Pictures Howard Morris (director); William Mark Daniels, Raymond Harvey (screenplay); Donny Osmond, Marie Osmond, Herb Edelman, Kenneth Mars, Ted Cassidy, Marc Lawrence, Khigh Dhiegh, Harold Sakata, Jack Collins, Danny Wells, Charles Walker, Tommy Fujiwara
18 Autumn Sonata Constantin Film / ITC Entertainment Ingmar Bergman (director/screenplay); Ingrid Bergman, Liv Ullmann, Lena Nyman, Halvar Björk, Marianne Aminoff, Arne Bang-Hansen, Gunnar Björnstrand, Erland Josephson, Georg Løkkeberg, Mimi Pollak, Linn Ullmann
19 Gates of Heaven New Yorker Films Errol Morris (director); Floyd McClure, Cal Harberts, Florence Rasmussen
20 Attack of the Killer Tomatoes NAI Entertainment John DeBello (director/screenplay); Costa Dillon, Stephen Peace (screenplay); David Miller, George Wilson, Sharon Taylor, Stephen Peace, Costa Dillon, Ernie Meyers, Eric Christmas, Ron Shapiro, Al Sklar, Jerry Anderson, Jack Riley, Gary Smith, John Qualls, Geoff Ramsey, Ryan Shields, Benita Barton, Don Birch, Tom Coleman, Art K. Koustik, Jack Nolen, Paul Oya, Robert Rudd, Byron Teegarden, Michael Seewald, Steve Cates, Dean Grell, Dana Ashbrook
Despair New Line Cinema , Y Sa Lo, Voli Geiler
24 The Wiz
Motown Productions
Sidney Lumet (director); Joel Schumacher (screenplay); Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Nipsey Russell, Ted Ross, Richard Pryor, Lena Horne, Mabel King, Thelma Carpenter, Theresa Merritt, Stanley Greene
25 Comes a Horseman United Artists Alan J. Pakula (director); Dennis Lynton Clark (screenplay); James Caan, Jane Fonda, Jason Robards, George Grizzard, Richard Farnsworth, Jim Davis, Mark Harmon, Macon McCalman, Basil Hoffman, James Keach, James Kline
Halloween Compass International Pictures , John Michael Graham, Mickey Yablans, Brent Le Page, David Kyle
Money Movers Roadshow Entertainment / South Australian Film Corporation
30 Message from Space Toei Company / Tohokushinsha Film , Isamu Shimizu, Masazumi Okabe, Noboru Mitani, Harumi Sone, Charles Scawthorn
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Power Play
Rank Film Distributors
, Alberta Watson
Watership Down AVCO Embassy Pictures Martin Rosen (director/screenplay); John Hurt, Richard Briers, Michael Graham Cox, John Bennett, Ralph Richardson, Simon Cadell, Roy Kinnear, Terence Rigby, Mary Maddox, Richard O'Callaghan, Denholm Elliott, Zero Mostel, Harry Andrews, Hannah Gordon, Nigel Hawthorne, Lynn Farleigh, Clifton Jones, Derek Griffiths, Michael Hordern, Joss Ackland, Michelle Price
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Universal Pictures / FIDCI James Fargo (director); Nancy Voyles Crawford, Thomas A. McMahon, Lorraine Williams (screenplay); Anthony Quinn, Jennifer O'Neill, Michael Sarrazin, Behrouz Vossoughi, Christopher Lee, Barry Sullivan, Jeremy Kemp, Joseph Cotten, Mohammad-Ali Keshavarz, Duncan Quinn, Behrouz Gramian, Parviz Gharib-Afshar, Fahimeh Amouzandeh, Mohammad Kahnemoui, Khosrow Tabatabai
3 The Silent Partner Pan-Canadian Film Distributors / AVCO Embassy Pictures Daryl Duke (director); Curtis Hanson (screenplay); Elliott Gould, Christopher Plummer, Susannah York, Celine Lomez, Ken Pogue, John Candy, Sean Sullivan, Jack Duffy, Stephen Young, John Kerr, Tony Rosato, Michael Kirby, Gail Dahms, Michael Donaghue, Charlotte Blunt, Sandy Crawley
8 Magic
20th Century Fox
Richard Attenborough (director); William Goldman (screenplay); Anthony Hopkins, Ann-Margret, Burgess Meredith, Ed Lauter, E.J. André, Jerry Houser, David Ogden Stiers, Lillian Randolph
Slow Dancing in the Big City United Artists / CIP , Anita Dangler, Linda Selman, Dick Carballo, Jack Ramage, Adam Gifford, Michael Gorrin, Tara Mitton, Matt Russo, Ben Slack, Mimi Cecchini
10 The Children of Sanchez Lone Star Pictures
Patricia Reyes Spindola, Stathis Giallelis
Paradise Alley Universal Pictures / Force Ten Productions Inc.
John Cherry Monks Jr., Frank Stallone, Ted DiBiase
The Thirty Nine Steps The Rank Organisation Don Sharp (director); Michael Robson (screenplay); Robert Powell, David Warner, Eric Porter, Karen Dotrice, John Mills, George Baker, Ronald Pickup, Donald Pickering, Timothy West, Miles Anderson, Andrew Keir, Robert Flemyng, William Squire, Paul McDowell, David Collings, John Normington, John Welsh, Edward de Souza, Tony Steedman, John Grieve, Donald Bisset, Joan Henley, Prentis Hancock, James Garbutt, Robert Gillespie, Paul Jerricho, Michael Bilton, Derek Anders, Oliver Maguire, Leo Dolan, Artro Morris, Raymond Young
11 The Wild Geese Allied Artists / Richmond Film Productions (West) Ltd / Varius Entertainment Trading A.G. Andrew V. McLaglen (director); Reginald Rose (screenplay); Richard Burton, Roger Moore, Richard Harris, Hardy Krüger, Stewart Granger, Jack Watson, Frank Finlay, Kenneth Griffith, Jeff Corey, Barry Foster, Winston Ntshona, Ronald Fraser, John Kani, David Ladd, Ian Yule, Patrick Allen, Brook Williams, Percy Herbert, Jane Hylton, Paul Spurrier, Patrick Holt
14 Killer of Sheep Third World Newsreel Charles Burnett (director/screenplay); Henry G. Sanders, Kaycee Moore, Charles Bracy, Angela Burnett, Eugene Cherry, Jack Drummond
15 Blue Fin Pacific International Enterprises / South Australian Film Corporation / McElroy and McElroy Carl Schultz (director); Sonia Borg (screenplay); Hardy Krüger, Greg Rowe, Liddy Clark, Elspeth Ballantyne, John Jarratt, Hugh Keays-Byrne
The Further Adventures of the Wilderness Family Pacific International Enterprises Frank Zuniga (director); Arthur R. Dubs (screenplay);
Susan Damante-Shaw, Heather Rattray, Ham Larsen, George Buck Flower
Just a Gigolo United Artists Classics
The Lord of the Rings United Artists / Fantasy Films Ralph Bakshi (director); Peter S. Beagle, Chris Conkling (screenplay); Christopher Guard, William Squire, Michael Scholes, John Hurt, Simon Chandler, Dominic Guard, Norman Bird, Michael Graham Cox, Anthony Daniels, David Buck, Peter Woodthorpe, Fraser Kerr, Philip Stone, Michael Deacon, André Morell, Alan Tilvern, Annette Crosbie, John Westbrook
22 Long Weekend Hoyts Distribution / Dugong Films
John Hargreaves, Briony Behets, Roy Day
, Mike McEwen, Michael Aitkens, Sue Kiss von Soly
Movie Movie Warner Bros. / ITC Entertainment Stanley Donen (director); Larry Gelbart, Sheldon Keller (screenplay); George C. Scott, Trish Van Devere, Barbara Harris, Red Buttons, Barry Bostwick, Ann Reinking, Art Carney, Eli Wallach, Rebecca York, Harry Hamlin, Jocelyn Brando, Michael Kidd, Kathleen Beller, Clay Hodges, George P. Wilbur, Peter Stader, Jimmy Lennon, Charles Lane, Stanley Donen, George Burns
Same Time, Next Year Universal Pictures / The Mirisch Company Robert Mulligan (director); Bernard Slade (screenplay); Ellen Burstyn, Alan Alda, Ivan Bonar
I Spit on Your Grave The Jerry Gross Organization / Cinemagic Pictures Meir Zarchi (director/screenplay); Camille Keaton, Eron Tabor, Richard Pace, Anthony Nichols, Gunter Kleemann, Alexis Magnotti, Tammy Zarchi, Terry Zarchi, William Tasgal
24 Carry On Emmannuelle The Rank Organisation / Hemdale Film Corporation , Malcolm Johns, Guy Ward, Suzanna East
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The Deer Hunter
EMI Films
Michael Cimino (director); Deric Washburn (screenplay); Robert De Niro, John Cazale, John Savage, Meryl Streep, Christopher Walken, George Dzundza, Pierre Segui, Shirley Stoler, Chuck Aspegren, Rutanya Alda, Amy Wright, Joe Grifasi
Force 10 from Navarone American International Pictures / Navarone Productions Guy Hamilton (director); Robin Chapman (screenplay); Robert Shaw, Harrison Ford, Barbara Bach, Edward Fox, Franco Nero, Carl Weathers, Richard Kiel, Alan Badel, Michael Byrne, Philip Latham, Angus MacInnes, Michael Sheard, Petar Buntic, Paul Humpoletz, Ramiz Pasic
Killer's Moon
Redemption Films
/ Rothernorth Films
David Jackson, JoAnne Good, Lisa Vanderpump, Georgina Kean, Nigel Gregory, Paul Rattee, Peter Spraggon, Jayne Lester, Debbie Martyn, Christine Winter, Lynne Morgan, Jean Reeve, Elizabeth Counsell, Hilda Braid, Chubby Oates, James Kerry, Hugh Ross
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Oliver's Story
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Superman Warner Bros. / Dovemead Ltd. / International Film Production Richard Donner (director); Mario Puzo, David Newman, Leslie Newman, Robert Benton (screenplay); Marlon Brando, Gene Hackman, Christopher Reeve, Ned Beatty, Jackie Cooper, Glenn Ford, Trevor Howard, Margot Kidder, Valerie Perrine, Maria Schell, Terence Stamp, Phyllis Thaxter, Susannah York, Jack O'Halloran, Marc McClure, Sarah Douglas, Harry Andrews, Larry Hagman, Rex Reed, Kirk Alyn, Noel Neill, Jeff East, Diane Sherry
16 Pinocchio (re-issue) Walt Disney Productions / Buena Vista Distribution Ben Sharpsteen, Hamilton Luske, Bill Roberts, Norman Ferguson, Jack Kinney, Wilfred Jackson, T. Hee (directors); Ted Sears, Otto Englander, Webb Smith, William Cottrell, Joseph Sabo, Erdman Penner, Aurelius Battaglia (screenplay); Cliff Edwards, Dickie Jones, Christian Rub, Walter Catlett, Charles Judels, Evelyn Venable, Frankie Darro, Clarence Nash, Stuart Buchanan, Thurl Ravenscroft
17 Uncle Joe Shannon United Artists Joseph Hanwright (director);
Adrienne Larussa
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The Malpaso Company
James Fargo (director); Jeremy Joe Kronsberg (screenplay); Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Geoffrey Lewis, Beverly D'Angelo, Ruth Gordon, John Quade, Dan Vadis, Roy Jenson, Bill McKinney, William O'Connell, Jeremy Joe Kronsberg, Gene LeBell, Judson Scott, James McEachin, Walter Barnes, Gregory Walcott, Hank Worden, George Chandler, Harry Guardino, Mel Tillis, Phil Everly, Manis, Gary Davis, Scott Dockstader, Orwin Harvey, Chuck Waters, Jerry Wills, Cary Michael Cheifer
King of the Gypsies Paramount Pictures / Dino De Laurentiis Company Frank Pierson (director/screenplay); Eric Roberts, Sterling Hayden, Shelley Winters, Susan Sarandon, Brooke Shields, Annette O'Toole, Judd Hirsch, Annie Potts, Michael V. Gazzo, Antonia Rey, Matthew Labyorteaux, Roy Brocksmith, Danielle Brisebois, Faith Minton
Starcrash New World Pictures / Bancom Audiovision Corporation / Film Enterprise Production Luigi Cozzi (director/screenplay); Nat Wachsberger, R.A. Dillon (screenplay); Marjoe Gortner, Caroline Munro, David Hasselhoff, Joe Spinell, Robert Tessier, Nadia Cassini, Judd Hamilton, Christopher Plummer
22 Brass Target United Artists John Hough (director); Alvin Boretz (screenplay); Sophia Loren, John Cassavetes, George Kennedy, Robert Vaughn, Patrick McGoohan, Bruce Davison, Edward Herrmann, Max von Sydow, Ed Bishop, Lee Montague, Bernard Horsfall, John Junkin, Sigfrit Steiner, Heinz Bennent, Brad Harris, Claudia Butenuth, Yulian Panich, Hal Galili, Reinhold Olszewski, Bob Cunningham, Osman Ragheb, Peter Armstrong, Richard Kley, Ray Le Clair, René Schoenberg
California Suite
Rastar
Herbert Ross (director); Neil Simon (screenplay); Alan Alda, Michael Caine, Bill Cosby, Jane Fonda, Walter Matthau, Elaine May, Richard Pryor, Maggie Smith, Herb Edelman, Denise Galik, Gloria Gifford, Sheila Frazier, Dana Plato, David Sheehan, Len Lawson, Brian Cummings, Lupe Ontiveros, Army Archerd, Christopher Pennock, Tawny Moyer, Richard Burton
Invasion of the Body Snatchers United Artists / Solofilm , Tom Luddy, Jerry Walter, Rose Kaufman, Joe Bellan
Moment by Moment Universal Pictures / RSO Records Jane Wagner (director/screenplay); Lily Tomlin, John Travolta, Andra Akers, Bert Kramer, Shelley R. Bonus, Debra Feuer, James Luisi
They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way The International Picture Show Company Stuart E. McGowan,
Ben L. Jones, Timothy Blake, Hank Worden
31 Ice Castles Columbia Pictures Donald Wrye (director/screenplay); Gary L. Baim (screenplay); Lynn-Holly Johnson, Robby Benson, Colleen Dewhurst, Tom Skerritt, Jennifer Warren, David Huffman, Leonard Lilyholm, Michelle McLean, Sydney Blake, Kelsey Ufford, Theresa Willmus

See also

References

  1. ^ "Domestic Box Office for 1978". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved January 12, 2024.

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