I've put together a list of the seventy biggest moneymakers of the 1970s. Some of these figures weren't easy to find because box office results weren't widely reported back then. Now, they're like sports statistics, and that all started with the release of George Lucas' earth-shattering, game-changing pop culture juggernaut set a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. The summer blockbuster was officially born and the movie business was never the same. Oh, and Steven Spielberg's shark tale also had a little something to do with it. Hollywood starts to resemble a dictatorship when you look at the top earners for the next thirty years, with these two titans continuing to rule the roost. Many feel the '70s was one of the greatest decades in film. There are a total of nine Best Picture winners on this list. It's safe to say that will never happen again.
1. "Star Wars"(1977)............................................$322 million
2. "Jaws"(1975)....................................................$260 million
3. "Close Encounters of the Third Kind"(1977).......................$166 million
4. "The Exorcist"(1973).......................................$165 million
5. "The Sting"(1973)............................................$159 million
6. "Grease"(1978)................................................$153 million
7. "National Lampoon's Animal House"(1978)........................$141 million
8. "Superman"(1978)..........................................$134 million
9. "The Godfather"(1972)....................................$133 million
10. "Smokey and the Bandit"(1977)....................$126 million
11. "Blazing Saddles"(1974)..............................$119 million
12. "Rocky"(1976)..............................................$117 million
13. "The Towering Inferno"(1974).....................$116 million
14. "American Graffiti"(1973)............................$115 million
15. "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"(1975)..................$113 million
16. "The Rocky Horror Picture Show"(1975)......................$112 million
17. "Love Story"(1970).....................................$106 million
18. "Kramer vs. Kramer"(1979).........................$106 million
19. "Every Which Way But Loose"(1978)........$106 million
20. "Jaws 2"(1978)..........................................$103 million
21. "Airport"(1970)...........................................$100 million
22. "Saturday Night Fever"(1977)....................$100 million
23. "Heaven Can Wait"(1978)............................$98 million
24. "The Poseidon Adventure"(1972)...............$93 million
25. "The Amityville Horror"(1979).....................$86 million
26. "Young Frankenstein"(1974)........................$86 million
27. "To Fly!"(1976).............................................$86 million
28. "Rocky II"(1979)...........................................$85 million
29. "The Goodbye Girl"(1977)...........................$83 million
30. "Star Trek: The Motion Picture"(1979).........$82 million
31. "Alien"(1979).................................................$81 million
32. "MASH"(1970)................................................$81 million
33. "Fiddler on the Roof"(1971)........................$80 million
34. "A Star Is Born"(1976)..................................$80 million
35. "Earthquake"(1974)......................................$79 million
36. "Apocalypse Now"(1979)..............................$78 million
37. "Hooper"(1978)............................................$78 million
38. "The Muppet Movie"(1979)...........................$76 million
39. "10"(1979)....................................................$74 million
40. "The Jerk"(1979).........................................$73 million
41. "The Rescuers"(1977).................................$71 million
42. "Moonraker"(1979)......................................$70 million
43. "All the President's Men"(1976).................$70 million
44. What's Up, Doc?"(1972).............................$66 million
45. "The Electric Horseman"(1979)..................$61 million
46. "Patton"(1970)..............................................$61 million
47. "The Omen"(1976).......................................$60 million
48. "The Godfather Part II"(1974)......................$57 million
49. "In Search of Noah's Ark"(1976)..................$55 million
50. "The Aristocats"(1970).................................$55 million
51. "Dawn of the Dead"(1978)..........................$55 million
52. "Papillon"(1973)..........................................$53 million
53. "King Kong"(1976)......................................$52 million
54. "The China Syndrome"(1979)....................$51 million
55. "The French Connection"(1971)................$51 million
56. "A Bridge Too Far"(1977)..........................$50 million
57. "Dog Day Afternoon"(1975).......................$50 million
58. "Revenge of the Pink Panther"(1978).......$49 million
59. "Shampoo"(1975)........................................$49 million
60. "The Deer Hunter"(1978)..........................$49 million
61. "The Deep"(1977).......................................$47 million
62. "The Spy Who Loved Me"(1977)..............$47 million
63. "Halloween"(1978).....................................$47 million
64. "The Enforcer"(1976)................................$46 million
65. "Deliverance"(1972)..................................$46 million
66. "The Way We Were"(1973)......................$45 million
67. "Foul Play"(1978)......................................$45 million
68. "The End"(1978).......................................$45 million
69. "Up In Smoke"(1978).................................$44 million
70. "Love at First Bite"(1979).........................$44 million
*2,104 films were released in the 1970s. But who's counting?
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