Movies Released in 1978
| Release Date | Movie | Genre | Production
Budget | Domestic
Box Office
to Date | Trailer |
|---|
January, 1978 |
| January 1 |
American Hot Wax |
Drama |
|
$11,000,000 |
|
|
The Bad News Bears Go To Japan |
Comedy |
|
$14,000,000 |
|
|
Beyond and Back |
Documentary |
|
$23,800,000 |
|
|
The Big Fix |
Comedy |
|
$12,000,000 |
|
|
The Boys from Brazil |
Thriller/Suspense |
$12,000,000 |
$19,000,000 |
|
|
The Brink's Job |
Comedy |
|
$9,400,000 |
|
|
The Buddy Holly Story |
Drama |
|
$14,363,400 |
|
|
Caravans |
Adventure |
$14,000,000 |
$1,000,000 |
|
|
Casey's Shadow |
Drama |
|
$8,000,000 |
|
|
Coming Home |
|
$3,000,000 |
$32,653,000 |
|
|
Corvette Summer |
|
|
$15,500,000 |
|
|
Death on the Nile |
|
|
$18,000,000 |
|
|
The Eyes of Laura Mars |
|
|
$18,900,000 |
|
|
The Fifth Floor |
|
|
$7,000,000 |
|
|
Good Guys Wear Black |
Action |
|
$18,300,000 |
|
|
The Greek Tycoon |
Drama |
|
$14,000,000 |
|
|
House Calls |
|
|
$29,000,000 |
|
|
I Wanna Hold Your Hand |
|
|
$1,900,000 |
|
|
Ice Castles |
Drama |
|
$18,000,000 |
|
|
The Other Side of the Mountain Part II |
|
|
$12,000,000 |
|
|
Same Time, Next Year |
|
|
$23,000,000 |
|
|
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band |
|
|
$12,900,000 |
|
|
The Swarm |
|
|
$10,000,000 |
|
|
Thank God It's Friday |
|
|
$7,300,000 |
|
|
An Unmarried Woman |
|
|
$24,000,000 |
|
February, 1978 |
| February 1 |
Coma |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$0 |
|
| |
| February 3 |
The One and Only |
Romantic Comedy |
|
$2,707,679 |
|
| |
| February 9 |
The Betsy |
Drama |
|
$17,700,000 |
|
| |
| February 17 |
Rabbit Test |
|
|
$90,138 |
|
April, 1978 |
| April 13 |
F.I.S.T |
Drama |
$11,000,000 |
$20,388,920 |
|
May, 1978 |
| May 5 |
The End |
|
|
$30,354,004 |
|
June, 1978 |
| June 9 |
The Cheap Detective |
Comedy |
|
$28,221,552 |
|
|
Damien: Omen II |
Horror |
|
$24,000,000 |
|
| |
| June 16 |
Grease |
Musical |
$6,000,000 |
$181,813,770 |
Play |
|
Jaws 2 |
Horror |
$20,000,000 |
$102,922,376 |
|
| |
| June 28 |
Convoy |
|
|
$45,000,000 |
|
|
Heaven Can Wait |
Comedy |
|
$98,800,000 |
|
July, 1978 |
| July 14 |
Foul Play |
Comedy |
|
$40,415,179 |
|
| |
| July 21 |
Revenge of the Pink Panther |
Comedy |
|
$37,337,746 |
|
| |
| July 28 |
Hooper |
|
|
$51,290,536 |
|
|
National Lampoon's Animal House |
Comedy |
$3,000,000 |
$141,600,000 |
|
August, 1978 |
| August 2 |
Interiors |
Drama |
|
$10,432,366 |
|
September, 1978 |
| September 13 |
Days of Heaven |
Drama |
$3,000,000 |
$3,446,749 |
|
| |
| September 15 |
Up in Smoke |
|
|
$41,590,893 |
|
| |
| September 20 |
Midnight Express |
|
|
$35,000,000 |
|
October, 1978 |
| October 17 |
Halloween |
Horror |
$325,000 |
$47,000,000 |
|
| |
| October 24 |
The Wiz |
Musical |
$24,000,000 |
$13,000,000 |
|
| |
| October 25 |
Comes a Horseman |
|
|
$0 |
|
November, 1978 |
| November 8 |
Magic |
|
|
$23,800,000 |
|
|
Slow Dancing in the Big City |
Musical |
|
$11,335 |
|
| |
| November 10 |
Paradise Alley |
|
|
$8,000,000 |
|
| |
| November 15 |
The Lord of the Rings |
|
|
$27,000,000 |
|
December, 1978 |
| December 13 |
The Secret Life of Plants |
Documentary |
|
$0 |
|
| |
| December 15 |
California Suite |
Comedy |
|
$42,913,571 |
|
|
Oliver's Story |
|
|
$0 |
|
|
Superman |
Adventure |
$55,000,000 |
$134,218,018 |
|
|
Uncle Joe Shannon |
Drama |
|
$3,697 |
|
| |
| December 20 |
Every Which Way but Loose |
Comedy |
|
$104,268,727 |
|
|
King of the Gypsies |
|
|
$8,000,000 |
|
| |
| December 22 |
Brass Target |
Drama |
|
$354,797 |
|
|
Force 10 from Navarone |
Action |
$5,000,000 |
$7,100,000 |
|
|
Invasion of the Body Snatchers |
Horror |
|
$24,946,533 |
|
|
Moment by Moment |
|
|
$0 |
|
|
Saturday, May 18, 2013