I'm gonna start a series of posts covering top 10 movies of each year that premiered in North American theaters, beginning with 1977, the year blockbuster cinema was officially born. Hope you like my series.
1. Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope
Gross: $307,263,857
Release Date: May 25
Opening Theaters: 43
Studio: Twentieth Century Fox
2. Smokey and the Bandit
Gross: $126,737,428
Release Date: May 27
Opening Theaters: N/A
Studio: Universal Pictures
3. Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Gross: $116,395,460
Release Date: November 16
Opening Theaters: N/A
Studio: Columbia Pictures
4. Saturday Night Fever
Gross: $94,213,184
Release Date: December 16
Opening Theaters: 504
Studio: Paramount Pictures
5. A Bridge Too Far
Gross: $50,750,000
Release Date: June 15
Opening Theaters: N/A
Studio: United Artists
6. The Deep
Gross: $47,346,365
Release Date: June 17
Opening Theaters: 731
Studio: Columbia Pictures
7. The Spy Who Loved Me
Gross: $46,838,673
Release Date: July 13
Opening Theaters: 200
Studio: United Artists
8. Oh, God!
Gross: $41,687,243
Release Date: October 7
Opening Theaters: 198
Studio: Warner Bros.
9. Annie Hall
Gross: $38,251,425
Release Date: April 20
Opening Theaters: N/A
Studio: United Artists
10. Semi-Tough
Gross: $37,187,139
Release Date: November 11
Opening Theaters: N/A
Studio: United Artists
Source:
Domestic Box Office For 1977
WWW.BOXOFFICEMOJO.COM
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