Top Grossing Films (U.S.)
| Rank | Title | Studio | Actors | Gross |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Star Wars* | Lucasfilm/20th Century Fox | Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Alec Guinness | $460,998,007 |
| 2. | Close Encounters of the Third Kind* | Columbia | Richard Dreyfuss, Teri Garr, Melinda Dillon | $166,000,000 |
| 3. | Saturday Night Fever | Paramount | John Travolta, Karen Lynn Gorney | $139,486,124 |
| 4. | Smokey and the Bandit* | Universal | Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Jackie Gleason | $126,737,428 |
| 5. | The Goodbye Girl | MGM/Warner Bros. | Richard Dreyfuss, Marsha Mason, Quinn Cummings | $83,700,000 |
| 6. | The Rescuers* | Walt Disney | voices of Eva Gabor, Bob Newhart | $71,215,869 |
| 7. | Oh, God! | Warner Bros. | George Burns, Teri Garr | $51,061,196 |
| 8. | A Bridge Too Far | United Artists | James Caan, Sean Connery | $50,800,000 |
| 9. | The Deep | Columbia | Robert Shaw, Nick Nolte, Jacqueline Bisset | $50,681,884 |
| 10. | The Spy Who Loved Me | United Artists | Roger Moore, Barbara Bach | $46,838,673 |
| 11. | Annie Hall | United Artists | Woody Allen, Diane Keaton | $38,251,425 |
| 12. | Semi-Tough | United Artists | Burt Reynolds, Kris Kristofferson | $37,187,139 |
| 13. | Pete's Dragon | Buena Vista | Helen Reddy, Mickey Rooney, Shelley Winters | $36,000,000 |
| 14. | The Gauntlet | Warner Bros. | Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke | $35,400,000 |
| 15. | The Turning Point | 20th Century Fox | Shirley MacLaine, Anne Bancroft | $33,600,000 |
| 16. | Heroes | Universal | Harrison Ford, Henry Winkler, Sally Field | $33,500,000 |
| 17. | High Anxiety | 20th Century Fox | Mel Brooks, Ron Clark | $31,063,038 |
| 18. | Exorcist II: The Heretic | Warner Bros. | Linda Blair, Max von Sydow, Richard Burton | $30,749,142 |
| 19. | Airport '77 | Universal | Jack Lemmon, Lee Grant, James Stewart | $30,000,000 |
| 20. | Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo* | Buena Vista | Dean Jones, Don Knotts | $29,000,000 |
| 21. | Slap Shot | Universal | Paul Newman, Strother Martin | $28,000,000 |
(*) After at least 1 theatrical re-issue
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