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In-season releases
Calendar grosses
All releases
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Summer 1978 is May 5-September 4.
Rank
Release
Genre
Budget
Running Time
Gross
Max Th
Opening
% of Total
Open Th
Open
Close
Distributor
Estimated
1
Grease
-
-
-
$159,978,870
862
$8,941,717
5.6%
862
Jun 16
-
Paramount Pictures
false
2
National Lampoon's Animal House
-
-
-
$120,091,123
12
$276,538
0.2%
12
Jul 28
-
Universal Pictures
false
3
Heaven Can Wait
-
-
-
$81,640,278
540
$3,652,486
4.5%
540
Jun 28
-
Paramount Pictures
false
4
Hooper
-
-
-
$78,000,000
-
-
-
-
Jul 28
-
Warner Bros.
false
5
Jaws 2
-
-
-
$77,737,272
640
$9,866,023
12.7%
640
Jun 16
-
Universal Pictures
false
6
Revenge of the Pink Panther
-
-
-
$49,579,269
-
-
-
-
Jul 19
-
United Artists
false
7
Foul Play
-
-
-
$44,999,621
-
-
-
-
Jul 19
-
Paramount Pictures
false
8
The End
-
-
-
$44,917,151
-
-
-
-
May 10
-
United Artists
false
9
Up in Smoke
-
-
-
$44,364,244
-
-
-
-
Aug 11
-
Paramount Pictures
false
10
Damien: Omen II
-
-
-
$26,518,355
525
$3,880,880
14.6%
525
Jun 9
-
Twentieth Century Fox
false
11
Convoy
-
-
-
$22,765,081
-
-
-
-
Jun 28
-
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
false
12
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
-
-
-
$20,378,470
-
-
-
-
Jul 21
-
Universal Pictures
false
13
Eyes of Laura Mars
-
-
-
$20,000,000
-
-
-
-
Aug 2
-
Columbia Pictures
false
14
Corvette Summer
-
-
-
$15,514,367
-
-
-
-
Jun 2
-
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
false
15
The Buddy Holly Story
-
-
-
$14,363,400
-
-
-
-
May 19
-
Columbia Pictures
false
16
Interiors
-
-
-
$10,432,366
-
-
-
-
Aug 2
-
United Artists
false
17
The Bad News Bears Go to Japan
-
-
-
$7,092,495
-
-
-
-
Jun 2
-
Paramount Pictures
false
18
International Velvet
-
-
-
$7,009,238
-
-
-
-
Jul 12
-
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
false
19
Our Winning Season
-
-
-
$1,997,705
-
-
-
-
Jun 2
-
American International Pictures (AIP)
false
20
Nunzio
-
-
-
$52,195
-
-
-
-
May 12
-
Universal Pictures
false