| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Grease | - | - | - | $159,978,870 | 862 | $159,978,870 | Jun 16 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 2 | National Lampoon's Animal House | - | - | - | $120,091,123 | 12 | $120,091,123 | Jul 28 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 3 | Close Encounters of the Third Kind | - | - | - | $91,700,143 | 650 | $116,395,460 | Nov 16 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 4 | Every Which Way But Loose | - | - | - | $85,196,485 | 1,275 | $85,196,485 | Dec 20 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 5 | Heaven Can Wait | - | - | - | $81,640,278 | 540 | $81,640,278 | Jun 28 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 6 | Jaws 2 | - | - | - | $77,737,272 | 640 | $77,737,272 | Jun 16 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 7 | Saturday Night Fever | - | - | - | $75,978,327 | 726 | $94,213,184 | Dec 16 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 8 | Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope | - | - | - | $30,676,545 | 1,750 | $307,263,857 | May 25 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 9 | Superman | - | - | - | $30,561,867 | 817 | $134,218,018 | Dec 15 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 10 | The Lord of the Rings | - | - | - | $30,471,420 | 31 | $30,471,420 | Nov 15 | United Artists | false |
| 11 | Damien: Omen II | - | - | - | $26,518,355 | 525 | $26,518,355 | Jun 9 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 12 | Invasion of the Body Snatchers | - | - | - | $24,946,533 | 445 | $24,946,533 | Dec 22 | United Artists | false |
| 13 | Brass Target | - | - | - | $5,011,158 | 334 | $5,011,158 | Dec 22 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
