| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope | - | - | - | $195,666,111 | 1,750 | $307,263,857 | May 25 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 2 | The Deep | - | - | - | $47,346,365 | 731 | $47,346,365 | Jun 17 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 3 | The Spy Who Loved Me | - | - | - | $45,313,255 | 200 | $46,838,673 | Jul 13 | United Artists | false |
| 4 | Oh, God! | - | - | - | $41,687,243 | 198 | $41,687,243 | Oct 7 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 5 | Exorcist II: The Heretic | - | - | - | $30,749,142 | 703 | $30,749,142 | Jun 17 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 6 | The Turning Point | - | - | - | $25,815,410 | 5 | $25,933,445 | Nov 14 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 7 | Looking for Mr. Goodbar | - | - | - | $22,512,655 | 110 | $22,512,655 | Oct 19 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 8 | Saturday Night Fever | - | - | - | $18,234,852 | 726 | $94,213,184 | Dec 16 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 9 | Close Encounters of the Third Kind | - | - | - | $16,172,445 | 650 | $116,395,460 | Nov 16 | Columbia Pictures | false |
