| Rank | Release Group
| Worldwide | Domestic | % | Foreign | % |
|---|
| 1 | Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope | $307,263,857 | $307,263,857 | 100% | - | - |
| 2 | Smokey and the Bandit | $126,748,082 | $126,737,428 | 100% | $87 | <0.1% |
| 3 | Close Encounters of the Third Kind | $116,398,937 | $116,395,460 | 100% | $2,696 | <0.1% |
| 4 | Saturday Night Fever | $94,214,336 | $94,213,184 | 100% | - | - |
| 5 | A Bridge Too Far | $50,750,000 | $50,750,000 | 100% | - | - |
| 6 | The Deep | $47,346,365 | $47,346,365 | 100% | - | - |
| 7 | The Spy Who Loved Me | $46,839,295 | $46,838,673 | 100% | - | - |
| 8 | Oh, God! | $41,687,243 | $41,687,243 | 100% | - | - |
| 9 | Annie Hall | $38,255,737 | $38,251,425 | 100% | $3,322 | <0.1% |
| 10 | Semi-Tough | $37,187,139 | $37,187,139 | 100% | - | - |
| 11 | Pete's Dragon | $35,488,000 | $35,488,000 | 100% | - | - |
| 12 | Heroes | $33,500,000 | $33,500,000 | 100% | - | - |
| 13 | High Anxiety | $31,063,038 | $31,063,038 | 100% | - | - |
| 14 | Exorcist II: The Heretic | $30,749,142 | $30,749,142 | 100% | - | - |
| 15 | The Rescuers | $29,000,120 | $29,000,000 | 100% | - | - |
| 16 | Slap Shot | $28,000,000 | $28,000,000 | 100% | - | - |
| 17 | Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo | $28,000,000 | $28,000,000 | 100% | - | - |
| 18 | The Gauntlet | $26,414,658 | $26,414,658 | 100% | - | - |
| 19 | The Turning Point | $25,933,445 | $25,933,445 | 100% | - | - |
| 20 | Freaky Friday | $25,642,000 | $25,642,000 | 100% | - | - |
| 21 | The Other Side of Midnight | $24,652,021 | $24,652,021 | 100% | - | - |
| 22 | Looking for Mr. Goodbar | $22,513,493 | $22,512,655 | 100% | - | - |
| 23 | Julia | $20,714,400 | $20,714,400 | 100% | - | - |
| 24 | The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training | $19,104,350 | $19,104,350 | 100% | - | - |
| 25 | For the Love of Benji | $17,732,000 | $17,732,000 | 100% | - | - |
| 26 | New York, New York | $16,400,658 | $16,400,000 | 100% | - | - |
| 27 | Black Sunday | $15,769,322 | $15,769,322 | 100% | - | - |
| 28 | Orca | $14,717,854 | $14,717,854 | 100% | - | - |
| 29 | Bobby Deerfield | $9,300,000 | $9,300,000 | 100% | - | - |
| 30 | Islands in the Stream | $5,596,173 | $5,596,173 | 100% | - | - |
| 31 | Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown | $3,223,888 | $3,223,888 | 100% | - | - |
| 32 | March or Die | $1,000,000 | $1,000,000 | 100% | - | - |
| 33 | Joseph Andrews | $839,865 | $839,865 | 100% | - | - |
| 34 | Citizens Band | $815,530 | $815,530 | 100% | - | - |
| 35 | Fraternity Row | $290,674 | $290,674 | 100% | - | - |
| 36 | Sorcerer | $3,556 | - | - | - | - |
| 37 | The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh | $2,100 | - | - | - | - |
| 38 | 1900 | $420 | - | - | - | - |
| 39 | The Last Wave | $280 | - | - | - | - |
| 40 | The American Friend | $27 | - | - | - | - |
