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box_2005 wrote:

Hey Scott, for 1979, I have:

1 Kramer Vs. Kramer $106,260,000
2 The Amityville Horror $86,432,000
3 Rocky II $85,182,160
4 Apocalypse Now $83,471,511
5 Star Trek: The Motion Picture $82,258,456
6 Alien $80,930,630
7 10 $74,865,517
8 The Jerk $73,691,419
9 Moonraker $70,308,099
10 The Muppet Movie $65,200,000
11 The Electric Horseman $61,801,971
12 The China Syndrome $51,718,367
13 Love at First Bite $43,885,000
14 Meatballs $43,046,003
15 Escape from Alcatraz $43,000,000
16 The Main Event $42,800,000
17 Manhattan $39,946,780
18 All That Jazz $37,823,676
19 The Black Stallion $37,799,643
20 The Black Hole $35,841,901
21 Starting Over $35,649,012
22 ...And Justice for All $33,300,000
23 1941 $31,755,742
24 The Champ $30,441,738
25 Being There $30,177,511
26 The Rose $29,174,648
27 Going in Style $26,869,286
28 North Dallas Forty $26,079,312
29 The Warriors $22,490,039
30 Norma Rae $22,228,000
31 Buck Rogers in the 25th Century $21,671,241
32 When a Stranger Calls $21,411,158
33 The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again $20,931,111
34 La Cage aux Folles $20,424,259
35 Dracula (1979) $20,158,970
36 Monty Python's Life of Brian $20,045,115
37 Same Time Next Year $19,703,082
38 The Seduction of Joe Tynan $19,595,168
39 Prophecy $18,389,402
40 Breaking Away $16,424,918
41 Hair $15,284,643
42 More American Graffiti $15,014,674
43 Roller Boogie $13,253,715
44 The Great Train Robbery $13,027,857
45 The Concorde: Airport '79 $13,015,688
46 Phantasm $11,988,469
47 The Promise $11,606,005
48 The Legacy $11,364,985
49 Fiddler on the Roof (Re-issue) $10,404,330
50 The Onion Field $9,890,597
51 The Frisco Kid $9,346,177
52 Meteor $8,400,000
53 The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh $8,281,246
54 Sidney Sheldon's Bloodline $8,218,695
55 The Prisoner of Zenda $7,650,600
56 Agatha $7,500,000
57 Americathon $6,171,763
58 Running $6,012,556
59 Cuba $5,610,280
60 Butch and Sundance: The Early Days $5,136,913
61 Players $4,896,094
62 The Great Santini $4,702,575
63 Yanks $3,931,010
64 Lost and Found (1979) $3,223,197
65 Hanover Street $3,000,000
66 Voices $2,631,244
67 Wanda Nevada $2,411,145
68 Sunburn $2,410,776
69 Rich Kids $1,856,122
70 Walk Proud $1,675,040
71 Last Embrace $1,537,125
72 Goldengirl $1,247,376
73 The Passage $1,101,186
74 Winter Kills $1,083,799
75 City on Fire $784,181
76 A Man, a Woman and a Bank $683,353
77 Five Days from Home $641,768
78 Fast Charlie... the Moonbeam Rider $444,334
79 The Human Factor $376,050
80 Real Life $364,642
81 An Almost Perfect Affair $85,493
82 Nest of Vipers $27,182

And 1978:

1 Grease $188,389,888
2 National Lampoon's Animal House $141,600,000
3 Superman $134,218,018
4 Every Which Way But Loose $85,196,485
5 Jaws 2 $81,766,007
6 Heaven Can Wait $81,640,278
7 Hooper $78,000,000
8 Revenge of the Pink Panther $49,579,269
9 The Deer Hunter $48,979,328
10 Halloween $47,000,000
11 Foul Play $44,999,621
12 The End $44,917,151
13 Up in Smoke $44,364,244
14 Coming Home $32,653,905
15 The Lord of the Rings (1978) $30,471,420
16 House Calls $28,460,702
17 Damien: The Omen Part II $26,518,355
18 Invasion of the Body Snatchers $24,946,533
19 Convoy $22,765,081
20 The Wiz $21,049,053
21 F.I.S.T. $20,388,920
22 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band $20,378,470
23 The One and Only $16,928,137
24 The Greek Tycoon $14,672,713
25 Death on the Nile $14,560,084
26 The Buddy Holly Story $14,363,400
27 The Big Fix $13,062,708
28 The Other Side of the Mountain Part II $11,565,678
29 Moment by Moment $10,963,824
30 Interiors $10,432,366
31 Straight Time $9,900,000
32 Comes a Horseman $9,585,769
33 American Hot Wax $7,932,571
34 The Brink's Job $7,909,950
35 Goin' South $7,435,671
36 King of the Gypsies $7,325,177
37 Force 10 From Navarone $7,230,000
38 Paradise Alley $7,185,518
39 The Bad News Bears Go to Japan $7,092,495
40 International Velvet $7,009,238
41 Blue Collar $6,521,083
42 Pretty Baby $5,786,368
43 Gray Lady Down $5,438,927
44 Brass Target $5,011,158
45 Caravans $3,930,501
46 Days of Heaven $3,446,749
47 Midnight Express $3,350,000
48 Our Winning Season $1,997,705
49 I Wanna Hold Your Hand $1,944,682
50 Skateboard $1,318,823
51 Uncle Joe Shannon $494,797
52 Nunzio $52,195

But I'm positive a number of films are missing.

Author:	The Scottie [ Thu Apr 14, 2005 11:29 pm ]
Post subject:	The list of top grosing movies by year (before 1980).
You know how BOM has yearly charts for all years after 1980. Well, I did some research on some years before that, and I can make out most of the movie's grosses (mostly estimated) from sources like variety, movietime, and the ultimate movie theasaurus to come up with a Yearly Chart. If you have more to add, please do, as these charts will become very interesting. Well, here they are. 1979 1 Kramer Vs. Kramer $106,260,000 2 The Amityville Horror $86,432,000 3 Rocky II $85,182,160 4 Apocalypse Now $83,471,511 5 Star Trek: The Motion Picture $82,258,456 6 Alien $80,930,630 7 10 $74,865,517 8 The Jerk $73,691,419 9 Moonraker $70,308,099 10 The Muppet Movie $65,200,000 11 The Electric Horseman $61,801,971 12 The China Syndrome $51,718,367 13 Love at First Bite $43,885,000 14 Meatballs $43,046,003 15 Escape from Alcatraz $43,000,000 16 The Main Event $42,800,000 17 Manhattan $39,946,780 18 All That Jazz $37,823,676 19 The Black Stallion $37,799,643 20 The Black Hole $35,841,901 21 Starting Over $35,649,012 22 ...And Justice for All $33,300,000 23 1941 $31,755,742 24 The Champ $30,441,738 25 Being There $30,177,511 26 The Rose $29,174,648 27 Going in Style $26,869,286 28 North Dallas Forty $26,079,312 29 The Warriors $22,490,039 30 Norma Rae $22,228,000 31 Buck Rogers in the 25th Century $21,671,241 32 When a Stranger Calls $21,411,158 33 The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again $20,931,111 34 La Cage aux Folles $20,424,259 35 Dracula (1979) $20,158,970 36 Monty Python's Life of Brian $20,045,115 37 Same Time Next Year $19,703,082 38 The Seduction of Joe Tynan $19,595,168 39 Prophecy $18,389,402 40 Breaking Away $16,424,918 41 Hair $15,284,643 42 More American Graffiti $15,014,674 43 Roller Boogie $13,253,715 44 The Great Train Robbery $13,027,857 45 The Concorde: Airport '79 $13,015,688 46 Phantasm $11,988,469 47 The Promise $11,606,005 48 The Legacy $11,364,985 49 Fiddler on the Roof (Re-issue) $10,404,330 50 The Onion Field $9,890,597 51 The Frisco Kid $9,346,177 52 Meteor $8,400,000 53 The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh $8,281,246 54 Sidney Sheldon's Bloodline $8,218,695 55 The Prisoner of Zenda $7,650,600 56 Agatha $7,500,000 57 Americathon $6,171,763 58 Running $6,012,556 59 Cuba $5,610,280 60 Butch and Sundance: The Early Days $5,136,913 61 Players $4,896,094 62 The Great Santini $4,702,575 63 Yanks $3,931,010 64 Lost and Found (1979) $3,223,197 65 Hanover Street $3,000,000 66 Voices $2,631,244 67 Wanda Nevada $2,411,145 68 Sunburn $2,410,776 69 Rich Kids $1,856,122 70 Walk Proud $1,675,040 71 Last Embrace $1,537,125 72 Goldengirl $1,247,376 73 The Passage $1,101,186 74 Winter Kills $1,083,799 75 City on Fire $784,181 76 A Man, a Woman and a Bank $683,353 77 Five Days from Home $641,768 78 Fast Charlie... the Moonbeam Rider $444,334 79 The Human Factor $376,050 80 Real Life $364,642 81 An Almost Perfect Affair $85,493 82 Nest of Vipers $27,182 1978 1 Grease $188,389,888 2 National Lampoon's Animal House $141,600,000 3 Superman $134,218,018 4 Every Which Way But Loose $85,196,485 5 Jaws 2 $81,766,007 6 Heaven Can Wait $81,640,278 7 Hooper $78,000,000 8 Revenge of the Pink Panther $49,579,269 9 The Deer Hunter $48,979,328 10 Halloween $47,000,000 11 Foul Play $44,999,621 12 The End $44,917,151 13 Up in Smoke $44,364,244 14 California Suite $42,900,000 15 The Midnight Express $35,000,000 16 Coming Home $32,653,905 17 The Lord of the Rings (1978) $30,471,420 18 House Calls $28,460,702 19 The Cheap Detective $28,200,000 20 Damien: The Omen Part II $26,518,355 21 Invasion of the Body Snatchers $24,946,533 22 Convoy $22,765,081 23 The Wiz $21,049,053 24 F.I.S.T. $20,388,920 25 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band $20,378,470 26 The One and Only $16,928,137 27 The Greek Tycoon $14,672,713 28 Death on the Nile $14,560,084 29 The Buddy Holly Story $14,363,400 30 The Big Fix $13,062,708 31 The Other Side of the Mountain Part II $11,565,678 32 Moment by Moment $10,963,824 33 Interiors $10,432,366 34 Straight Time $9,900,000 35 Comes a Horseman $9,585,769 36 American Hot Wax $7,932,571 37 The Brink's Job $7,909,950 38 Goin' South $7,435,671 39 King of the Gypsies $7,325,177 40 Force 10 From Navarone $7,230,000 41 Paradise Alley $7,185,518 42 The Bad News Bears Go to Japan $7,092,495 43 International Velvet $7,009,238 44 Blue Collar $6,521,083 45 Pretty Baby $5,786,368 46 Gray Lady Down $5,438,927 47 Brass Target $5,011,158 48 Caravans $3,930,501 49 Days of Heaven $3,446,749 50 Our Winning Season $1,997,705 51 I Wanna Hold Your Hand $1,944,682 52 Skateboard $1,318,823 53 Uncle Joe Shannon $494,797 54 Nunzio $52,195 1977 1. Star Wars - $307,263,857 2. Smokey and the Bandit - $126,737,428 3. Close Encounters of the Third Kind - $116,395,460 4. Saturday Night Fever - $94,213,184 5. The Goodbye Girl - $83,700,000 6. A Bridge Too Far - $50,750,000 7. The Rescuers - $$48,775,599 8. The Deep - $47,346,365 9. The Spy Who Loved Me - $46,838,673 10. Oh, God! - $41,687,243 11. In Search of Noah's Ark - $38,530,940 12. Annie Hall - $38,251,425 13. Semi-Tough - $37,187,139 14. Pete's Dragon - $36,000,000 15. The Gauntlet - $35,400,000 16. Heroes - $33,500,000 17. Slap Shot - $28,000,000 18. Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo - $28,000,000 19. High Anxiety - $31,063,000 20. Airport '77 - $30,000,000 21. The Exorcist II - $25,011,000 22. The Other Side of Midnight - $24,652,021 23. Turning Point - $25,933,445 24. Looking for Mr. Goodbar - $22,500,000 25. The World's Greatest Lover - $21,000,000 26. Julia - $20,700,000 27. The Bad News Bears Two - $19,100,000 28. For the Love of Benji - $17,700,000 29. Kingdom of Spiders - $17,000,000 30. Which Way is Up? - $17,000,000 31. New York, New York - $16,400,000 32. Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger - $16,000,000 33. Black Sunday - $15,800,000 34. Kentucky Fried Movie - $15,000,000 35. Orca - $14,717,854 36. The Sorcerer - $12,000,000 1976 1 Rocky - $117,200,000 2 To Fly - $86,700,000 3 A Star is Born - $80,000,000 4 All the Presidents Men - $70,600,000 5 The Omen - $60,900,000 6 King Kong - $52,600,000 7 Silver Streak - $51,079,000 8 The Enforcer - $46,236,000 9 Midway - $43,220,000 10 Silent Movie - $36,146,000 11 The Pink Panther Strikes Again - $33,833,000 12 Carrie - $33,800,000 13 Murder By Death - $32,500,000 14 The Bad News Bears - $32,000,000 15 The Outlaw Josey Wales - $31,800,000 16 Marathon Man - $28,200,000 17 Taxi Driver - $27,300,000 18 Freaky Friday - $25,942,000 19 Logan's Run - $25,000,000 20 Network - $23,690,000 21 Gus - $21,873,000 Those are all the available grosses (if there are movies missing from this chart, add them here, because I will be very interested in looking at them). Enjoy.

Author:	The Scottie [ Thu Apr 14, 2005 11:47 pm ]
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Updated with 1978.

Author:	Box [ Thu Apr 14, 2005 11:53 pm ]
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Hey Scott, for 1979, I have: 1 Kramer Vs. Kramer $106,260,000 2 The Amityville Horror $86,432,000 3 Rocky II $85,182,160 4 Apocalypse Now $83,471,511 5 Star Trek: The Motion Picture $82,258,456 6 Alien $80,930,630 7 10 $74,865,517 8 The Jerk $73,691,419 9 Moonraker $70,308,099 10 The Muppet Movie $65,200,000 11 The Electric Horseman $61,801,971 12 The China Syndrome $51,718,367 13 Love at First Bite $43,885,000 14 Meatballs $43,046,003 15 Escape from Alcatraz $43,000,000 16 The Main Event $42,800,000 17 Manhattan $39,946,780 18 All That Jazz $37,823,676 19 The Black Stallion $37,799,643 20 The Black Hole $35,841,901 21 Starting Over $35,649,012 22 ...And Justice for All $33,300,000 23 1941 $31,755,742 24 The Champ $30,441,738 25 Being There $30,177,511 26 The Rose $29,174,648 27 Going in Style $26,869,286 28 North Dallas Forty $26,079,312 29 The Warriors $22,490,039 30 Norma Rae $22,228,000 31 Buck Rogers in the 25th Century $21,671,241 32 When a Stranger Calls $21,411,158 33 The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again $20,931,111 34 La Cage aux Folles $20,424,259 35 Dracula (1979) $20,158,970 36 Monty Python's Life of Brian $20,045,115 37 Same Time Next Year $19,703,082 38 The Seduction of Joe Tynan $19,595,168 39 Prophecy $18,389,402 40 Breaking Away $16,424,918 41 Hair $15,284,643 42 More American Graffiti $15,014,674 43 Roller Boogie $13,253,715 44 The Great Train Robbery $13,027,857 45 The Concorde: Airport '79 $13,015,688 46 Phantasm $11,988,469 47 The Promise $11,606,005 48 The Legacy $11,364,985 49 Fiddler on the Roof (Re-issue) $10,404,330 50 The Onion Field $9,890,597 51 The Frisco Kid $9,346,177 52 Meteor $8,400,000 53 The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh $8,281,246 54 Sidney Sheldon's Bloodline $8,218,695 55 The Prisoner of Zenda $7,650,600 56 Agatha $7,500,000 57 Americathon $6,171,763 58 Running $6,012,556 59 Cuba $5,610,280 60 Butch and Sundance: The Early Days $5,136,913 61 Players $4,896,094 62 The Great Santini $4,702,575 63 Yanks $3,931,010 64 Lost and Found (1979) $3,223,197 65 Hanover Street $3,000,000 66 Voices $2,631,244 67 Wanda Nevada $2,411,145 68 Sunburn $2,410,776 69 Rich Kids $1,856,122 70 Walk Proud $1,675,040 71 Last Embrace $1,537,125 72 Goldengirl $1,247,376 73 The Passage $1,101,186 74 Winter Kills $1,083,799 75 City on Fire $784,181 76 A Man, a Woman and a Bank $683,353 77 Five Days from Home $641,768 78 Fast Charlie... the Moonbeam Rider $444,334 79 The Human Factor $376,050 80 Real Life $364,642 81 An Almost Perfect Affair $85,493 82 Nest of Vipers $27,182 And 1978: 1 Grease $188,389,888 2 National Lampoon's Animal House $141,600,000 3 Superman $134,218,018 4 Every Which Way But Loose $85,196,485 5 Jaws 2 $81,766,007 6 Heaven Can Wait $81,640,278 7 Hooper $78,000,000 8 Revenge of the Pink Panther $49,579,269 9 The Deer Hunter $48,979,328 10 Halloween $47,000,000 11 Foul Play $44,999,621 12 The End $44,917,151 13 Up in Smoke $44,364,244 14 Coming Home $32,653,905 15 The Lord of the Rings (1978) $30,471,420 16 House Calls $28,460,702 17 Damien: The Omen Part II $26,518,355 18 Invasion of the Body Snatchers $24,946,533 19 Convoy $22,765,081 20 The Wiz $21,049,053 21 F.I.S.T. $20,388,920 22 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band $20,378,470 23 The One and Only $16,928,137 24 The Greek Tycoon $14,672,713 25 Death on the Nile $14,560,084 26 The Buddy Holly Story $14,363,400 27 The Big Fix $13,062,708 28 The Other Side of the Mountain Part II $11,565,678 29 Moment by Moment $10,963,824 30 Interiors $10,432,366 31 Straight Time $9,900,000 32 Comes a Horseman $9,585,769 33 American Hot Wax $7,932,571 34 The Brink's Job $7,909,950 35 Goin' South $7,435,671 36 King of the Gypsies $7,325,177 37 Force 10 From Navarone $7,230,000 38 Paradise Alley $7,185,518 39 The Bad News Bears Go to Japan $7,092,495 40 International Velvet $7,009,238 41 Blue Collar $6,521,083 42 Pretty Baby $5,786,368 43 Gray Lady Down $5,438,927 44 Brass Target $5,011,158 45 Caravans $3,930,501 46 Days of Heaven $3,446,749 47 Midnight Express $3,350,000 48 Our Winning Season $1,997,705 49 I Wanna Hold Your Hand $1,944,682 50 Skateboard $1,318,823 51 Uncle Joe Shannon $494,797 52 Nunzio $52,195 But I'm positive a number of films are missing.

Author:	dolcevita [ Thu Apr 14, 2005 11:56 pm ]
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'79 was unexpected. I would have thought stuff like Alien and Moonraker made more than the top grossing film about a painful divorce. Look how the times have changed. Now the top ten rarely ever includes heavy drama. Even '78 had Loose, Heaven, and Deer Hunter in the top ten.

Author:	Star Wars [ Fri Apr 15, 2005 12:12 am ]
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1977: 1. Star Wars - $307,263,857 2. Smokey and the Bandit - $126,737,428 3. Close Encounters of the Third Kind - $116,395,460 4. Saturday Night Fever - $94,213,184 5. The Goodbye Girl - $83,700,000 6. A Bridge Too Far - $50,750,000 7. The Rescuers - $$48,775,599 8. The Deep - $47,346,365 9. The Spy Who Loved Me - $46,838,673 10. Oh, God! - $41,687,243 11. In Search of Noah's Ark - $38,530,940 12. Annie Hall - $38,251,425 13. Semi-Tough - $37,187,139 14. Pete's Dragon - $36,000,000 15. The Gauntlet - $35,400,000 16. Heroes - $33,500,000 17. Slap Shot - $28,000,000 18. Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo - $28,000,000 19. High Anxiety - $31,063,000 20. Airport '77 - $30,000,000 21. The Exorcist II - $25,011,000 22. The Other Side of Midnight - $24,652,021 23. Turning Point - $25,933,445 24. Looking for Mr. Goodbar - $22,500,000 25. The World's Greatest Lover - $21,000,000 26. Julia - $20,700,000 27. The Bad News Bears Two - $19,100,000 28. For the Love of Benji - $17,700,000 29. Kingdom of Spiders - $17,000,000 30. Which Way is Up? - $17,000,000 31. New York, New York - $16,400,000 32.Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger - $16,000,000 33. Black Sunday - $15,800,000 34. Orca - $14,717,854 35. The Sorcerer - $12,000,000 I would post more but I am too lazy. As you can clearly see, Star Wars was super dominant this year. Nothing came close. Hell, Star Wars grossed more money than most movies did in the 80's and 90's and 00's. Star Wars was THE event and still today remains a classic.

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Author:	coolmoviedude999 [ Fri Apr 15, 2005 1:05 am ]
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What's Star Wars???

Author:	Star Wars [ Fri Apr 15, 2005 1:46 am ]
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coolmoviedude999 wrote: What's Star Wars??? This is probably sarcasm. But Star Wars is a 1977 movie directed and written by George Lucas. And according to Empire UK's Top 50 Best Films (11-2001) it is the greatest movie ever made, with its sequel, The Empire Strikes Back being in second, and in 2003 it was voted as the second greatest movie. Hope that answers your question!

Author:	The Scottie [ Fri Apr 15, 2005 1:58 am ]
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box_2005 wrote: Hey Scott, for 1979, I have: 1 Kramer Vs. Kramer $106,260,000 2 The Amityville Horror $86,432,000 3 Rocky II $85,182,160 4 Apocalypse Now $83,471,511 5 Star Trek: The Motion Picture $82,258,456 6 Alien $80,930,630 7 10 $74,865,517 8 The Jerk $73,691,419 9 Moonraker $70,308,099 10 The Muppet Movie $65,200,000 11 The Electric Horseman $61,801,971 12 The China Syndrome $51,718,367 13 Love at First Bite $43,885,000 14 Meatballs $43,046,003 15 Escape from Alcatraz $43,000,000 16 The Main Event $42,800,000 17 Manhattan $39,946,780 18 All That Jazz $37,823,676 19 The Black Stallion $37,799,643 20 The Black Hole $35,841,901 21 Starting Over $35,649,012 22 ...And Justice for All $33,300,000 23 1941 $31,755,742 24 The Champ $30,441,738 25 Being There $30,177,511 26 The Rose $29,174,648 27 Going in Style $26,869,286 28 North Dallas Forty $26,079,312 29 The Warriors $22,490,039 30 Norma Rae $22,228,000 31 Buck Rogers in the 25th Century $21,671,241 32 When a Stranger Calls $21,411,158 33 The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again $20,931,111 34 La Cage aux Folles $20,424,259 35 Dracula (1979) $20,158,970 36 Monty Python's Life of Brian $20,045,115 37 Same Time Next Year $19,703,082 38 The Seduction of Joe Tynan $19,595,168 39 Prophecy $18,389,402 40 Breaking Away $16,424,918 41 Hair $15,284,643 42 More American Graffiti $15,014,674 43 Roller Boogie $13,253,715 44 The Great Train Robbery $13,027,857 45 The Concorde: Airport '79 $13,015,688 46 Phantasm $11,988,469 47 The Promise $11,606,005 48 The Legacy $11,364,985 49 Fiddler on the Roof (Re-issue) $10,404,330 50 The Onion Field $9,890,597 51 The Frisco Kid $9,346,177 52 Meteor $8,400,000 53 The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh $8,281,246 54 Sidney Sheldon's Bloodline $8,218,695 55 The Prisoner of Zenda $7,650,600 56 Agatha $7,500,000 57 Americathon $6,171,763 58 Running $6,012,556 59 Cuba $5,610,280 60 Butch and Sundance: The Early Days $5,136,913 61 Players $4,896,094 62 The Great Santini $4,702,575 63 Yanks $3,931,010 64 Lost and Found (1979) $3,223,197 65 Hanover Street $3,000,000 66 Voices $2,631,244 67 Wanda Nevada $2,411,145 68 Sunburn $2,410,776 69 Rich Kids $1,856,122 70 Walk Proud $1,675,040 71 Last Embrace $1,537,125 72 Goldengirl $1,247,376 73 The Passage $1,101,186 74 Winter Kills $1,083,799 75 City on Fire $784,181 76 A Man, a Woman and a Bank $683,353 77 Five Days from Home $641,768 78 Fast Charlie... the Moonbeam Rider $444,334 79 The Human Factor $376,050 80 Real Life $364,642 81 An Almost Perfect Affair $85,493 82 Nest of Vipers $27,182 And 1978: 1 Grease $188,389,888 2 National Lampoon's Animal House $141,600,000 3 Superman $134,218,018 4 Every Which Way But Loose $85,196,485 5 Jaws 2 $81,766,007 6 Heaven Can Wait $81,640,278 7 Hooper $78,000,000 8 Revenge of the Pink Panther $49,579,269 9 The Deer Hunter $48,979,328 10 Halloween $47,000,000 11 Foul Play $44,999,621 12 The End $44,917,151 13 Up in Smoke $44,364,244 14 Coming Home $32,653,905 15 The Lord of the Rings (1978) $30,471,420 16 House Calls $28,460,702 17 Damien: The Omen Part II $26,518,355 18 Invasion of the Body Snatchers $24,946,533 19 Convoy $22,765,081 20 The Wiz $21,049,053 21 F.I.S.T. $20,388,920 22 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band $20,378,470 23 The One and Only $16,928,137 24 The Greek Tycoon $14,672,713 25 Death on the Nile $14,560,084 26 The Buddy Holly Story $14,363,400 27 The Big Fix $13,062,708 28 The Other Side of the Mountain Part II $11,565,678 29 Moment by Moment $10,963,824 30 Interiors $10,432,366 31 Straight Time $9,900,000 32 Comes a Horseman $9,585,769 33 American Hot Wax $7,932,571 34 The Brink's Job $7,909,950 35 Goin' South $7,435,671 36 King of the Gypsies $7,325,177 37 Force 10 From Navarone $7,230,000 38 Paradise Alley $7,185,518 39 The Bad News Bears Go to Japan $7,092,495 40 International Velvet $7,009,238 41 Blue Collar $6,521,083 42 Pretty Baby $5,786,368 43 Gray Lady Down $5,438,927 44 Brass Target $5,011,158 45 Caravans $3,930,501 46 Days of Heaven $3,446,749 47 Midnight Express $3,350,000 48 Our Winning Season $1,997,705 49 I Wanna Hold Your Hand $1,944,682 50 Skateboard $1,318,823 51 Uncle Joe Shannon $494,797 52 Nunzio $52,195 But I'm positive a number of films are missing. Thanks for that list box. But for 1978, you left out California Suite and The Cheap Detective (those grosses came from Variety). Interesting stats nethertheless.

Author:	The Scottie [ Fri Apr 15, 2005 2:02 am ]
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Updated with revised 1978 chart.

Author:	The Scottie [ Fri Apr 15, 2005 2:08 am ]
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StarWarsEpisode7 wrote: 1977: 1. Star Wars - $307,263,857 2. Smokey and the Bandit - $126,737,428 3. Close Encounters of the Third Kind - $116,395,460 4. Saturday Night Fever - $94,213,184 5. The Goodbye Girl - $83,700,000 6. A Bridge Too Far - $50,750,000 7. The Deep - $47,346,365 8. The Spy Who Loved Me - $46,838,673 9. Oh, God! - $41,687,243 10. In Search of Noah's Ark - $38,530,940 11. Annie Hall - $38,251,425 12. Semi-Tough - $37,187,139 13. Pete's Dragon - $36,000,000 14. The Gauntlet - $35,400,000 15. Heroes - $33,500,000 16. Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo - $28,000,000 17. Airport '77 - $30,000,000 18. The Exorcist II - $25,011,000 19. The Other Side of Midnight - $24,652,021 20. Turning Point - $25,933,445 I would post more but I am too lazy. As you can clearly see, Star Wars was super dominant this year. Nothing came close. Hell, Star Wars grossed more money than most movies did in the 80's and 90's and 00's. Star Wars was THE event and still today remains a classic. I can fill in some of those gaps. The Rescuers - $48,800,000 High Anxiety - $31,063,000 Looking for Mr. Goodbar - $22,500,000 Julia - $20,700,000 The Bad News Bears Two - $19,100,000 New York, New York - $16,400,000 Black Sunday - $15,800,000

Author:	Star Wars [ Fri Apr 15, 2005 2:29 am ]
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Quote: I can fill in some of those gaps. The Rescuers - $48,800,000 High Anxiety - $31,063,000 Looking for Mr. Goodbar - $22,500,000 Julia - $20,700,000 The Bad News Bears Two - $19,100,000 New York, New York - $16,400,000 Black Sunday - $15,800,000 Yeah I deleted The Rescuers when I updated it. It was on there but I wonder why I took it off? Probably when I added The Goodbye Girl. I will updated the list. Thanks for the help!

Author:	The Scottie [ Sat Apr 16, 2005 12:56 pm ]
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Updated with 1976's grosses.

Author:	neo_wolf [ Sat Apr 16, 2005 1:05 pm ]
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You have to remember that many of those films were re-released,Star wars didnt pass 300mill until 2 years later.

Author:	The Scottie [ Sat Apr 16, 2005 1:14 pm ]
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We know, that's why the grosses are the grosses from it's initial releases, not including reissues.

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