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Top 1977 Movies at the Domestic Box Office
See also:
Top 1977 International -
Top 1977 Worldwide
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This chart contains the total domestic box office for movies released in 1977.
See Top Grossing Movies of 1977 for a list of movies that earned most at the domestic box office during 1977, including films released in 1976 and earlier.
| Rank |
Movie |
Distributor |
Domestic
Box
Office |
Opening
Weekend
Box Office |
Max
Theater
Count |
| 1 |
Star Wars Ep. IV: A New Hope |
20th Cent… |
$460,998,007 |
$1,554,475 |
2,375 |
| 2 |
Close Encounters of the Third Kind |
Columbia |
$169,100,479 |
|
901 |
| 3 |
Saturday Night Fever |
Paramount… |
$139,486,124 |
$3,878,099 |
726 |
| 4 |
Smokey and the Bandit |
Universal |
$126,737,428 |
$1,728,060 |
498 |
| 5 |
The Goodbye Girl |
MGM |
$83,700,000 |
$766,296 |
309 |
| 6 |
In Search of Noah's Ark |
Sunn Clas… |
$55,700,000 |
|
|
| 7 |
Oh, God! |
Warner Bros. |
$51,061,196 |
$1,900,000 |
198 |
| 8 |
A Bridge Too Far |
United Ar… |
$50,800,000 |
|
|
| 9 |
The Deep |
Columbia |
$50,681,884 |
$6,835,540 |
731 |
| 10 |
The Rescuers |
Walt Disney |
$48,775,599 |
|
1,482 |
| 11 |
The Spy Who Loved Me |
United Ar… |
$46,800,000 |
$1,347,927 |
194 |
| 12 |
Annie Hall |
United Ar… |
$38,251,425 |
|
|
| 13 |
Semi-Tough |
United Ar… |
$37,187,139 |
|
|
| 14 |
Pete’s Dragon |
Walt Disney |
$36,000,000 |
|
|
| 15 |
The Gauntlet |
Warner Bros. |
$35,400,000 |
|
|
| 16 |
The Turning Point |
20th Cent… |
$33,600,000 |
$118,035 |
5 |
| 17 |
Heroes |
Universal |
$33,000,000 |
|
|
| 18 |
High Anxiety |
20th Cent… |
$31,063,038 |
|
|
| 19 |
Airport '77 |
Universal |
$30,000,000 |
|
|
| 20 |
Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo |
Walt Disney |
$28,000,000 |
|
|
| 21 |
Slap Shot |
Universal |
$28,000,000 |
|
|
| 22 |
Freaky Friday |
Walt Disney |
$25,942,000 |
|
|
| 23 |
Exorcist II: The Heretic |
Warner Bros. |
$25,011,000 |
|
|
| 24 |
The Other Side of Midnight |
20th Cent… |
$24,652,021 |
|
|
| 25 |
For the Love of Benji |
Joe Camp … |
$22,257,624 |
|
|
| 26 |
The World's Greatest Lover |
20th Cent… |
$21,000,000 |
|
|
| 27 |
Kingdom of the Spiders |
Dimension… |
$17,000,000 |
|
|
| 28 |
Which Way Is Up? |
Universal |
$17,000,000 |
|
|
| 29 |
Looking for Mr. Goodbar |
Paramount… |
$16,900,000 |
$1,540,635 |
110 |
| 30 |
MacArthur |
Universal |
$16,320,000 |
|
|
| 31 |
Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger |
Columbia |
$16,000,000 |
|
|
| 32 |
The Kentucky Fried Movie |
United Fi… |
$15,000,000 |
|
|
| 33 |
Orca |
Paramount… |
$14,717,854 |
|
|
| 34 |
New York, New York |
United Ar… |
$13,800,000 |
|
|
| 35 |
Sorcerer |
Paramount… |
$12,000,000 |
|
|
The Domestic Market is defined as the North American movie territory (consisting of the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and Guam).
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.
