English box office 1978

100 English films of 1978 ranked by box office. #1: Grease ($396.3 million).

#FilmLeadDirectorBudgetBox officeMultiple
1GreaseRandal Kleiser$6 million$396.3 million66.05x
2SupermanRichard Donner$55 million$300 million5.45x
3Jaws 2Jeannot Szwarc$30 million$208.9 million6.96x
4Animal HouseJohn Landis$3 million$141.6 million47.20x
5Every Which Way but LooseJames Fargo$5 million$104.3 million20.86x
6Up in SmokeTommy Chong$2 million$104 million52.00x
7Heaven Can WaitWarren Beatty$6 million$98.8 million16.47x
8HooperHal Needham$6 million$78 million13.00x
9HalloweenJohn Carpenter$325,000$70 million215.38x
10Dawn of the DeadGeorge A. Romero$650,000$66 million101.54x
11An Unmarried WomanPaul Mazursky$2.5 million$62.5 million25.00x
12Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?Ted Kotcheff$7 million$55.8 million7.97x
13ComaMichael Crichton$4 million$50 million12.50x
13Game of DeathSammo Hung$850,000$50 million58.82x
15Revenge of the Pink PantherBlake Edwards$12 million$49.5 million4.13x
16The Deer HunterMichael Cimino$15 million$49 million3.27x
17ConvoyJames Coburn$12 million$45 million3.75x
17Foul PlayColin Higgins$5 million$45 million9.00x
19The EndBurt Reynolds$3 million$44.9 million14.97x
20California SuiteHerbert Ross$42.9 million
21Corvette SummerMatthew Robbins$1.7 million$36 million21.18x
22Damien: Omen IIDon Taylor$6.8 million$35.1 million5.16x
23Midnight ExpressAlan Parker$2.3 million$35 million15.22x
23Faces of DeathJohn Alan Schwartz$450,000$35 million77.78x
23Faces of Death IIJohn Alan Schwartz$67,000$35 million522.39x
23Faces of Death IIIJohn Alan Schwartz$67,000$35 million522.39x
23The Worst of Faces of DeathJohn Alan Schwartz$67,000$35 million522.39x
23Faces of Death IVJohn Alan Schwartz$67,000$35 million522.39x
23Faces of Death VJohn Alan Schwartz$67,000$35 million522.39x
23Faces of Death VIJohn Alan Schwartz$67,000$35 million522.39x
31Coming HomeHal Ashby$3 million$32.7 million10.90x
32FMJohn A. Alonzo$2 million$32.6 million16.30x
33House CallsHoward Zieff$6.5 million$29 million4.46x
34The Cheap DetectiveRobert Moore$5 million$28.2 million5.64x
35The Boys from BrazilFranklin J. Schaffner$12 million$28 million2.33x
36Harper Valley PTARalph Senensky$1 million$25 million25.00x
37Invasion of the Body SnatchersPhilip Kaufman$3.5 million$24.9 million7.11x
38The FuryBrian De Palma$7.5 million$24 million3.20x
39Beyond and BackJames L. Conway$23.8 million
39MagicRichard Attenborough$7 million$23.8 million3.40x
41The WizSidney Lumet$24 million$21 million0.88x
42Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club BandMichael Schultz$18 million$20.4 million1.13x
43F.I.S.T.Norman Jewison$11 million$20.3 million1.85x
44The StudQuentin Masters£1.2 million$20 million
44Eyes of Laura MarsIrvin Kershner$7 million$20 million2.86x
46Same Time, Next YearRobert Mulligan$1.2 million$19.7 million16.69x
47Good Guys Wear BlackTed Post$1 million$18.3 million18.30x
48Death on the NileJohn Guillermin$7.9 million$18 million2.27x
48Ice CastlesDonald Wrye$18 million
50The BetsyDaniel Petrie$6 million$17.7 million2.95x
51The One and OnlyCarl Reiner$16.9 million
52Return from Witch MountainJohn Hough$16.3 million
53The Brink's JobWilliam Friedkin$16.4 million$14.5 million0.88x
54The Buddy Holly StorySteve Rash$1.2 million$14.3 million11.92x
55The Greek TycoonJ. Lee Thompson$6.5 million$14 million2.15x
56The First Great Train RobberyMichael Crichton$6 million$13 million2.17x
57The Big FixJeremy Kagan$3.8 million$13 million3.42x
58The Other Side of the Mountain Part 2Larry Peerce$11.6 million
59The LegacyRichard Marquand$2.5 million$11.4 million4.54x
60Moment by MomentJane Wagner$8 million$11 million1.38x
60American Hot WaxFloyd Mutrux$4 million$11 million2.75x
62InteriorsWoody Allen$3.1 million$10.4 million3.35x
63The Thirty Nine StepsDon Sharp£2 million$10 million
64Straight TimeUlu Grosbard$3.5 million$9.9 million2.83x
65Comes a HorsemanAlan J. Pakula$10 million$9.6 million0.96x
66Casey's ShadowMartin Ritt$8 million
66A WeddingRobert Altman$3.9 million$8 million2.05x
68The SwarmIrwin Allen$21 million$7.7 million0.37x
69Goin' SouthJack Nicholson$7.4 million
70King of the GypsiesFrank Pierson$5 million$7.3 million1.47x
71The Bad News Bears Go to JapanJohn Berry$7.3 million
71Thank God It's FridayRobert Klane$2.2 million$7.3 million3.32x
73International VelvetBryan Forbes$7 million
74Paradise AlleySylvester Stallone$6 million$7 million1.17x
75Blue CollarPaul Schrader$1.7 million$6.5 million3.82x
76Pretty BabyLouis Malle$3.5 million$5.8 million1.66x
77The Further Adventures of the Wilderness FamilyFrank Zuniga$5.5 million
78Gray Lady DownDavid Greene$5.4 million
79Brass TargetJohn Hough$5.1 million
80The DriverWalter Hill$4 million$4.9 million1.23x
81Rabbit TestJoan Rivers$997,000$4.7 million4.71x
82Big WednesdayJohn Milius$11 million$4.5 million0.41x
83High-Ballin'Peter Carter$2 million$4 million2.00x
84The Fifth FloorHoward Avedis$3.8 million
85Days of HeavenTerrence Malick$3 million$3.4 million1.13x
86Force 10 from NavaroneGuy Hamilton$10.5 million$3.2 million0.30x
87PiranhaJoe Dante$770,000$2.9 million3.77x
88Circle of IronRichard Moore$2.6 million
89StarcrashLuigi Cozzi$4 million$2.2 million0.56x
90CoachBud Townsend$2.2 million
91CaravansJames Fargo$14 million$2 million0.14x
92I Wanna Hold Your HandRobert Zemeckis$2.8 million$1.9 million0.68x
93Slow Dancing in the Big CityJohn G. Avildsen$2.5 million$1.6 million0.63x
94The ManitouWilliam Girdler$1.5 million
94It Lives AgainLarry Cohen$1.5 million
96Goin' CoconutsHoward Morris$1.2 million
97In Praise of Older WomenGeorge Kaczender$1.5 million$1.1 million0.77x
98StingrayJohn Kelly$1 million$1.1 million1.10x
99Here Come the TigersSean S. Cunningham$250,000$1 million4.00x
99JenniferBrice Mack$1 million$1 million1.00x

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