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The year 1978 in film involved some significant events.
Highest-grossing films (U.S.)[]
See also: List of 1978 box office number-one films in the United States
The top ten 1978 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:
| Rank | Title | Studio | Domestic gross |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Grease | Paramount Pictures | $159,978,870[1] |
| 2. | Superman | Warner Bros. | $134,218,018[2] |
| 3. | National Lampoon's Animal House | Universal Pictures | $120,091,123[3] |
| 4. | Every Which Way but Loose | Warner Bros. | $85,196,485[4] |
| 5. | Heaven Can Wait | Paramount Pictures | $81,640,278[5] |
| 6. | Hooper | Warner Bros. | $78,000,000[6] |
| 7. | Jaws 2 | Universal Pictures | $77,737,272[7] |
| 8. | Revenge of the Pink Panther | United Artists | $49,579,269[8] |
| 9. | The Deer Hunter | Universal Pictures | $48,979,328[9] |
| 10. | Halloween | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | $47,000,000[10] |
Events[]
- February 1 – Bob Dylan's film Renaldo and Clara, a documentary of the "Rolling Thunder Revue" tour premieres in Los Angeles, California.
- March 1 – Charlie Chaplin's coffin is stolen from a Swiss cemetery three months after burial. After recovery a few weeks later, the casket is sealed in a concrete vault which is then buried in the same grave.
- March – Leigh Brackett completes the first draft for The Empire Strikes Back, but dies only two weeks later.
- June 4 – Grease, starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John, has its world premiere at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood.
- August – Production begins on Star Trek: The Motion Picture.
- September – George Lucas purchases Bulltail Ranch, on Lucas Valley Road, for the development of Skywalker Ranch.
- November 17 – Star Wars Holiday Special airs on CBS. The special gives fans their first glimpse of Boba Fett, a character from the upcoming sequel.
- December – Superman premieres at the Kennedy Centre in Washington DC on December 10 and has a European Royal Charity Premiere at the Empire, Leicester Square in London three days later in the presence of HM Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Andrew.
Awards[]
Academy Awards:
- Best Picture: The Deer Hunter – EMI Films/Cimino, Universal
- Best Director: Michael Cimino – The Deer Hunter
- Best Actor: Jon Voight – Coming Home
- Best Actress: Jane Fonda – Coming Home
- Best Supporting Actor: Christopher Walken – The Deer Hunter
- Best Supporting Actress: Maggie Smith – California Suite
- Best Foreign Language Film: Get Out Your Handkerchiefs (Preparez vos mouchoirs), directed by Bertrand Blier, France
Golden Globe Awards:
- Drama:
- Best Picture: Midnight Express
- Best Actor: Jon Voight – Coming Home
- Best Actress: Jane Fonda – Coming Home
- Musical or comedy:
- Best Picture: Heaven Can Wait
- Best Actor: Warren Beatty – Heaven Can Wait
- Best Actress (tie): Ellen Burstyn – Same Time, Next Year
- Best Actress (tie): Maggie Smith – California Suite
- Other
- Best Director: Michael Cimino – The Deer Hunter
- Best Foreign Language Film: Autumn Sonata, Sweden
Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):
- The Tree of Wooden Clogs (L'Albero degli zoccoli), directed by Ermanno Olmi, Italy
Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):
- Trout (Las Truchas), directed by José Luis García Sánchez, Spain
- What Max Said (Las Palabras de Max), directed by Emilio Martínez-Lázaro, Spain
1978 film releases[]
Romance films released in 1978[]
- ↑ "Grease, Box Office Information". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved February 12, 2012.
- ↑ "Superman, Box Office Information". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved February 12, 2012.
- ↑ "Animal House, Box Office Information". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved February 12, 2012.
- ↑ "Every Which Way But Loose, Box Office Information". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved May 26, 2014.
- ↑ "Heaven Can Wait, Box Office Information". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved May 26, 2014.
- ↑ "Hooper, Box Office Information". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved June 24, 2012.
- ↑ "Jaws 2, Box Office Information". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved February 12, 2012.
- ↑ "Revenge of the Pink Panther, Box Office Information". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved February 12, 2012.
- ↑ "The Deer Hunter, Box Office Information". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved May 26, 2014.
- ↑ "Halloween, Box Office Information". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved June 6, 2016.