Domestic Box Office For January 1978
| Rank | Release | Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saturday Night Fever | $75,978,327 | 726 | $94,213,184 | Dec 16 | Paramount Pictures |
| 2 | Close Encounters of the Third Kind | $42,546,737 | 650 | $116,395,460 | Nov 16 | Columbia Pictures |
| 3 | Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope | $6,893,237 | 1,750 | $307,263,857 | May 25 | Twentieth Century Fox |
