List of 1977 box office number-one films in the United States explained

This is a list of films which placed number one at the weekly box office in the United States during 1977 per Variety. The data was based on grosses from 20 to 22 key cities and therefore, the gross quoted may not be the total that the film grossed nationally in the week.

Number-one films

Week endingFilmGrossNotes
1 King Kong$3,025,159 [1]
2 $2,088,200[2]
3 $1,206,064[3]
4 Rocky$1,251,000Rocky reached number one in its ninth week on the chart[4]
5 $1,135,500 [5]
6 $1,351,500 [6]
7 $1,710,167[7]
8 $1,887,822[8]
9 $1,715,985[9]
10 $1,533,124[10]
11 $1,212,454[11]
12 $1,177,547[12]
13 Airport '77$1,350,700[13]
14 Rocky$1,792,674Rocky returned to number one in its 19th week on the chart[14]
15 $1,688,305[15]
16 $1,277,740[16]
17 $1,088,195 [17]
18 It's Alive (reissue)$786,250 It's Alive reached number one in its 15th week on the chart[18]
19 Annie Hall$855,733Annie Hall reached number one in its third week of release[19]
20 $851,382[20]
21 The Greatest$1,361,800[21]
22 Star Wars$1,947,500 Star Wars grossed $2,556,418 nationally in its first six days to the end of the Memorial Day weekend from 43 theaters. Smokey and the Bandit grossed $2,689,851 in the four-day weekend from 386 theaters[22] [23] [24]
23 $1,971,000[25]
24 $2,231,800 [26]
25 The Deep$3,033,800 The Deep grossed $8,124,316 nationally from all markets in the weekend ended June 19, an opening weekend record[27] [28]
26 $2,931,262[29]
27 $2,679,766[30]
28 Star Wars$2,291,696Star Wars returned to number one in its seventh week of release grossing $6,197,462 nationally in the weekend ended July 10[31] [32]
29 $2,231,720Star Wars grossed $6,806,951 nationally in the weekend ended July 17[33] [34]
30 $2,789,667Star Wars grossed $7,000,644 nationally in the weekend ended July 24[35] [36]
31 $2,102,935Star Wars grossed $6,234,376 nationally (not including Canada theaters) in the weekend ended July 24[37] [38] [39]
32 $3,620,800Star Wars grossed $7,195,573 nationally in the weekend ended August 7[40] [41]
33 $3,267,789Star Wars grossed $6,705,755 nationally in the weekend ended August 14[42] [43]
34 $2,784,881 Star Wars grossed $5,908,751 nationally in the weekend ended August 21[44] [45]
35 $2,387,982 Star Wars grossed $5,239,535 nationally in the weekend ended August 28[46] [47]
36 $2,330,800Star Wars grossed $7,737,847 nationally in the 4-day Labor Day weekend[48] [49]
37 $1,661,131Star Wars grossed $4,648,085 nationally in the weekend ended September 11[50]
38 $2,051,900 Star Wars grossed $5,684,969 nationally in the weekend ended September 18[51] [52]
39 $2,005,746Star Wars grossed $5,117,235 nationally in the weekend ended September 25[53] [54]
40 $1,752,210 Star Wars grossed $4,475,000 nationally in the weekend ended October 2[55] [56]
41 $1,446,583Star Wars grossed $4,538,323 nationally for the 4-day Columbus Day weekend[57] [58]
42 $1,227,260[59]
43 Looking For Mr Goodbar$1,293,400Star Wars placed second on the chart based on 104 theaters but grossed $2,891,000 nationally in the weekend ended October 23 compared to $1,540,635 for Looking For Mr Goodbar[60] [61]
44 Oh, God!$1,320,452Oh, God! reached number one in its fourth week of release. It grossed $1,508,511 nationally for the weekend ended October 30. Star Wars placed third on the chart based on 98 theaters but grossed $3,292,879 for the same period nationally from 739 theaters[62] [63] [64]
45 Looking For Mr Goodbar$1,742,750Looking For Mr Goodbar returned to number one in its third week of release. Nationally it was only in 110 theaters; Star Wars placed third on the chart based on 104 theaters but in 665 theaters nationally it grossed $2,626,914 for the weekend ended November 6[65] [66] [67]
46 $1,194,150Looking For Mr Goodbar was only in 110 theaters nationally; Star Wars placed third on the chart based on 105 theaters but in 642 theaters nationally it grossed $2,269,052 for the weekend ended November 13[68] [69]
47 $1,027,000Looking For Mr Goodbar expanded to 214 theaters nationally; Star Wars placed third on the chart based on 91 theaters but in 605 theaters nationally it grossed $1,949,157 for the weekend ended November 20[70] [71]
48 Star Wars$1,283,735Star Wars returned to number one in its 27th week of release grossing $2,472,656 nationally for the weekend ended November 27[72] [73]
49 Oh, God!$888,857Oh, God! returned to number one in its ninth week of release[74]
50 Star Wars$585,541Star Wars returned to number one in its 29th week of release grossing $1,152,953 nationally for the weekend ended December 11[75] [76]
51 Close Encounters of the Third Kind$3,856,656 Close Encounters of the Third Kind reached number one in its fifth week of release and grossed $5,379,460 nationally from all markets in the weekend ended December 18[77] [78]
52 $3,868,450[79]

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Notes and References

  1. Variety. 50 Top-Grossing Films. January 12, 1977. 29.
  2. Variety. 50 Top-Grossing Films. January 19, 1977. 9.
  3. Variety. 50 Top-Grossing Films. January 26, 1977. 17.
  4. Variety. 50 Top-Grossing Films. February 2, 1977. 15.
  5. Variety. 50 Top-Grossing Films. February 9, 1977. 13.
  6. Variety. 50 Top-Grossing Films. February 16, 1977. 16.
  7. Variety. 50 Top-Grossing Films. February 23, 1977. 9.
  8. Variety. 50 Top-Grossing Films. March 2, 1977. 9.
  9. Variety. 50 Top-Grossing Films. March 9, 1977. 9.
  10. Variety. 50 Top-Grossing Films. March 16, 1977. 9.
  11. Variety. 50 Top-Grossing Films. March 23, 1977. 9.
  12. Variety. 50 Top-Grossing Films. March 30, 1977. 11.
  13. Variety. 50 Top-Grossing Films. April 6, 1977. 13.
  14. Variety. 50 Top-Grossing Films. April 13, 1977. 9.
  15. Variety. 50 Top-Grossing Films. April 20, 1977. 16.
  16. Variety. 50 Top-Grossing Films. April 27, 1977. 9.
  17. Variety. 50 Top-Grossing Films. May 4, 1977. 17.
  18. Variety. 50 Top-Grossing Films. May 11, 1977. 39.
  19. Variety. 50 Top-Grossing Films. May 18, 1977. 9.
  20. Variety. 50 Top-Grossing Films. May 25, 1977. 9.
  21. Variety. 50 Top-Grossing Films. June 1, 1977. 9.
  22. Variety. 50 Top-Grossing Films. June 8, 1977. 11.
  23. . Star Wars' B.O. Hits Wow $2.5 Mil . June 1, 1977 . 1.
  24. Variety. 'Smokey' Doing Fine: $11.9 Mil in Four Weeks. July 6, 1977. 3.
  25. Variety. 50 Top-Grossing Films. June 15, 1977. 13.
  26. Variety. 50 Top-Grossing Films. June 22, 1977. 13.
  27. Variety. 50 Top-Grossing Films. June 29, 1977. 15.
  28. Murphy. A.D.. 'Deep' Opening a 52-year Col Peak at $8.1 mil . . 21 June 1977.
  29. Variety. 50 Top-Grossing Films. July 6, 1977. 9.
  30. Variety. 50 Top-Grossing Films. July 13, 1977. 9.
  31. Variety. 50 Top-Grossing Films. July 20, 1977. 9.
  32. Web site: Box Office Mojo. Domestic 1977 Weekend 27 July 8–10, 1977. November 1, 2020.
  33. Variety. 50 Top-Grossing Films. July 27, 1977. 13.
  34. Web site: Box Office Mojo. Domestic 1977 Weekend 28 July 15–17, 1977. November 1, 2020.
  35. Variety. 50 Top-Grossing Films. August 3, 1977. 13.
  36. Web site: Box Office Mojo. Domestic 1977 Weekend 29 July 22–24, 1977. November 1, 2020.
  37. Variety. 50 Top-Grossing Films. August 10, 1977. 9.
  38. Web site: Box Office Mojo. Domestic 1977 Weekend 30 July 29–31, 1977. November 1, 2020.
  39. Variety. Surprise Plots In Summer Pix Boom. August 3, 1977. 1. Murphy. A.D..
  40. Variety. 50 Top-Grossing Films. August 17, 1977. 13.
  41. Web site: Box Office Mojo. Domestic 1977 Weekend 31 August 5–7, 1977. November 1, 2020.
  42. Variety. 50 Top-Grossing Films. August 24, 1977. 9.
  43. Web site: Box Office Mojo. Domestic 1977 Weekend 32 August 12–14, 1977. November 1, 2020.
  44. Variety. 50 Top-Grossing Films. August 31, 1977. 9.
  45. Web site: Box Office Mojo. Domestic 1977 Weekend 33 August 19–21, 1977. November 1, 2020.
  46. Variety. 50 Top-Grossing Films. September 7, 1977. 12.
  47. Web site: Box Office Mojo. Domestic 1977 Weekend 34 August 26–28, 1977. November 1, 2020.
  48. Variety. 50 Top-Grossing Films. September 14, 1977. 9.
  49. Web site: Box Office Mojo. Domestic 1977 Weekend 35 September 2–5, 1977 – Labor Day weekend (US). November 1, 2020.
  50. Variety. 50 Top-Grossing Films. September 21, 1977. 9.
  51. Variety. 50 Top-Grossing Films. September 28, 1977. 12.
  52. Variety. Ongoing Thrust Of 'Star Wars'; See $99-Mil In Rentals. September 21, 1977. 3.
  53. Variety. 50 Top-Grossing Films. October 5, 1977. 15.
  54. Variety. 'Fnaf,' Now That Autumn's Here. September 28, 1977. 6.
  55. Variety. 50 Top-Grossing Films. October 12, 1977. 9.
  56. Variety. 'Star Wars' In Hot Pursuit Of 'Jaws'. October 5, 1977. 4.
  57. Variety. 50 Top-Grossing Films. October 19, 1977. 10.
  58. Variety. Come Thanksgiving, 'Wars' Equal To 'Jaws' Grosses. October 12, 1977. 3.
  59. Variety. 50 Top-Grossing Films. October 26, 1977. 9.
  60. Variety. 50 Top-Grossing Films. November 2, 1977. 9.
  61. Web site: Box Office Mojo. Domestic 1977 Weekend 42 October 21–23, 1977. November 1, 2020.
  62. Variety. 50 Top-Grossing Films. November 9, 1977. 9.
  63. Variety. "Oh God!" What Weekends! (advertisement). November 2, 1977. 14–15.
  64. Web site: Box Office Mojo. Domestic 1977 Weekend 43 October 28–30, 1977. November 1, 2020.
  65. Variety. 50 Top-Grossing Films. November 16, 1977. 9.
  66. Variety. 'Goodbar' Good B.O.. December 14, 1977. 3.
  67. Web site: Box Office Mojo. Domestic 1977 Weekend 44 November 4–6, 1977. November 1, 2020.
  68. Variety. 50 Top-Grossing Films. November 23, 1977. 11.
  69. Web site: Box Office Mojo. Domestic 1977 Weekend 45 November 11–13, 1977. November 1, 2020.
  70. Variety. 50 Top-Grossing Films. November 30, 1977. 9.
  71. Web site: Box Office Mojo. Domestic 1977 Weekend 46 November 18–20, 1977. November 1, 2020.
  72. Variety. 50 Top-Grossing Films. December 7, 1977. 9.
  73. Web site: Box Office Mojo. Domestic 1977 Weekend 47 November 25–27, 1977. November 1, 2020.
  74. Variety. 50 Top-Grossing Films. December 14, 1977. 9.
  75. Variety. 50 Top-Grossing Films. December 21, 1977. 13.
  76. Web site: Box Office Mojo. Domestic 1977 Weekend 49 December 9-11, 1977. November 1, 2020.
  77. Variety. 50 Top-Grossing Films. December 28, 1977. 9.
  78. Web site: Domestic 1977 Weekend 50 December 16–18, 1977. November 1, 2020. Box Office Mojo.
  79. Variety. 50 Top-Grossing Films. January 11, 1978. 23.

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