| 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 | Superman | - | - | - | $134,218,018 | 817 | $7,465,343 | 5.6% | 508 | Dec 15 | - | Warner Bros. | false |
| 3 | National Lampoon's Animal House | - | - | - | $120,091,123 | 12 | $276,538 | 0.2% | 12 | Jul 28 | - | Universal Pictures | false |
| 4 | Every Which Way But Loose | - | - | - | $85,196,485 | 1,275 | $10,272,294 | 12.1% | 1,275 | Dec 20 | - | Warner Bros. | false |
| 5 | Heaven Can Wait | - | - | - | $81,640,278 | 540 | $3,652,486 | 4.5% | 540 | Jun 28 | - | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 6 | Hooper | - | - | - | $78,000,000 | - | - | - | - | Jul 28 | - | Warner Bros. | false |
| 7 | Jaws 2 | - | - | - | $77,737,272 | 640 | $9,866,023 | 12.7% | 640 | Jun 16 | - | Universal Pictures | false |
| 8 | Revenge of the Pink Panther | - | - | - | $49,579,269 | - | - | - | - | Jul 19 | - | United Artists | false |
| 9 | The Deer Hunter | - | - | - | $48,979,328 | - | - | - | - | Dec 8 | - | Universal Pictures | false |
| 10 | Halloween | - | - | - | $47,000,000 | - | - | - | - | Oct 25 | - | Compass International Pictures | false |
| 11 | Foul Play | - | - | - | $44,999,621 | - | - | - | - | Jul 19 | - | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 12 | The End | - | - | - | $44,917,151 | - | - | - | - | May 10 | - | United Artists | false |
| 13 | Up in Smoke | - | - | - | $44,364,244 | - | - | - | - | Aug 11 | - | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 14 | Midnight Express | - | - | - | $35,000,000 | - | - | - | - | Oct 27 | - | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 15 | Coming Home | - | - | - | $32,653,905 | - | - | - | - | Feb 15 | - | United Artists | false |
| 16 | The Lord of the Rings | - | - | - | $30,471,420 | 31 | $626,649 | 2.1% | 31 | Nov 15 | - | United Artists | false |
| 17 | House Calls | - | - | - | $28,460,702 | - | - | - | - | Jan 1 | - | Universal Pictures | false |
| 18 | Damien: Omen II | - | - | - | $26,518,355 | 525 | $3,880,880 | 14.6% | 525 | Jun 9 | - | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 19 | Invasion of the Body Snatchers | - | - | - | $24,946,533 | 445 | $1,298,129 | 5.2% | 445 | Dec 22 | - | United Artists | false |
| 20 | Convoy | - | - | - | $22,765,081 | - | - | - | - | Jun 28 | - | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 21 | The Wiz | - | - | - | $21,049,053 | - | - | - | - | Oct 1 | - | Universal Pictures | false |
| 22 | F.I.S.T. | - | - | - | $20,388,920 | - | - | - | - | Apr 26 | - | United Artists | false |
| 23 | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | - | - | - | $20,378,470 | - | - | - | - | Jul 21 | - | Universal Pictures | false |
| 24 | Eyes of Laura Mars | - | - | - | $20,000,000 | - | - | - | - | Aug 2 | - | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 25 | The One and Only | - | - | - | $16,928,137 | - | - | - | - | Feb 2 | - | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 26 | Return from Witch Mountain | - | - | - | $16,393,000 | - | - | - | - | Mar 10 | - | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 27 | Corvette Summer | - | - | - | $15,514,367 | - | - | - | - | Jun 2 | - | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 28 | The Greek Tycoon | - | - | - | $14,672,713 | - | - | - | - | Jan 1 | - | Universal Pictures | false |
| 29 | Death on the Nile | - | - | - | $14,560,084 | - | - | - | - | Sep 29 | - | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 30 | The Buddy Holly Story | - | - | - | $14,363,400 | - | - | - | - | May 19 | - | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 31 | The Big Fix | - | - | - | $13,062,708 | - | - | - | - | Oct 1 | - | Universal Pictures | false |
| 32 | The Other Side of the Mountain: Part II | - | - | - | $11,565,678 | - | - | - | - | Jan 1 | - | Universal Pictures | false |
| 33 | Moment by Moment | - | - | - | $10,963,824 | - | - | - | - | Dec 22 | - | Universal Pictures | false |
| 34 | Interiors | - | - | - | $10,432,366 | - | - | - | - | Aug 2 | - | United Artists | false |
| 35 | Straight Time | - | - | - | $9,900,000 | - | - | - | - | Mar 17 | - | Warner Bros. | false |
| 36 | Comes a Horseman | - | - | - | $9,585,769 | - | - | - | - | Oct 25 | - | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 37 | American Hot Wax | - | - | - | $7,932,571 | - | - | - | - | Mar 17 | - | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 38 | The Brink's Job | - | - | - | $7,909,950 | - | - | - | - | Dec 8 | - | Universal Pictures | false |
| 39 | Goin' South | - | - | - | $7,435,671 | - | - | - | - | Oct 6 | - | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 40 | King of the Gypsies | - | - | - | $7,325,177 | - | - | - | - | Dec 20 | - | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 41 | Force 10 from Navarone | - | - | - | $7,230,000 | - | - | - | - | Dec 22 | - | American International Pictures (AIP) | false |
| 42 | Paradise Alley | - | - | - | $7,185,518 | - | - | - | - | Sep 22 | - | Universal Pictures | false |
| 43 | The Bad News Bears Go to Japan | - | - | - | $7,092,495 | - | - | - | - | Jun 2 | - | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 44 | International Velvet | - | - | - | $7,009,238 | - | - | - | - | Jul 12 | - | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 45 | Blue Collar | - | - | - | $6,521,083 | - | - | - | - | Feb 10 | - | Universal Pictures | false |
| 46 | Pretty Baby | - | - | - | $5,786,368 | - | - | - | - | Apr 5 | - | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 47 | Gray Lady Down | - | - | - | $5,438,927 | - | - | - | - | Jan 1 | - | Universal Pictures | false |
| 48 | Brass Target | - | - | - | $5,011,158 | 334 | $354,797 | 7.1% | 334 | Dec 22 | - | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 49 | Caravans | - | - | - | $3,930,501 | - | - | - | - | Nov 2 | - | Universal Pictures | false |
| 50 | Days of Heaven | - | - | - | $3,446,749 | - | - | - | - | Sep 13 | - | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 51 | Our Winning Season | - | - | - | $1,997,705 | - | - | - | - | Jun 2 | - | American International Pictures (AIP) | false |
| 52 | I Wanna Hold Your Hand | - | - | - | $1,944,682 | - | - | - | - | Jan 1 | - | Universal Pictures | false |
| 53 | Skateboard | - | - | - | $1,318,823 | - | - | - | - | Feb 1 | - | Universal Pictures | false |
| 54 | Uncle Joe Shannon | - | - | - | $494,797 | - | - | - | - | Dec 15 | - | United Artists | false |
| 55 | Nunzio | - | - | - | $52,195 | - | - | - | - | May 12 | - | Universal Pictures | false |
