This is a list of films which placed number one at the weekly box office in the United States during 1977.
Number-one films †This implies the highest-grossing movie of the year. Week ending Film Gross Notes 1 King Kong$3,025,159 2 $2,088,200 3 $1,206,064 4 Rocky $1,251,000Rocky reached number one in its ninth week on the chart 5 $1,135,500 6 $1,351,500 7 $1,710,167 8 $1,887,822 9 $1,715,985 10 $1,533,124 11 $1,212,454 12 $1,177,547 13 Airport '77$1,350,700 14 Rocky$1,792,674Rocky returned to number one in its 19th week on the chart 15 $1,688,305 16 $1,277,740 17 $1,088,195 18 It's Alive (reissue)$786,250 It's Alive reached number one in its 15th week on the chart 19 Annie Hall$855,733Annie Hall reached number one in its third week of release 20 $851,382 21 The Greatest$1,361,800 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 23 $1,971,000 24 $2,231,800 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 26 $2,931,262 27 $2,679,766 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 29 $2,231,720Star Wars grossed $6,806,951 nationally in the weekend ended July 17 30 $2,789,667Star Wars grossed $7,000,644 nationally in the weekend ended July 24 31 $2,102,935Star Wars grossed $6,234,376 nationally (not including Canadian theaters) in the weekend ended July 24 32 $3,620,800Star Wars grossed $7,195,573 nationally in the weekend ended August 7 33 $3,267,789Star Wars grossed $6,705,755 nationally in the weekend ended August 14 34 $2,784,881 Star Wars grossed $5,908,751 nationally in the weekend ended August 21 35 $2,387,982 Star Wars grossed $5,239,535 nationally in the weekend ended August 28 36 $2,330,800Star Wars grossed $7,737,847 nationally in the 4-day Labor Day weekend 37 $1,661,131Star Wars grossed $4,648,085 nationally in the weekend ended September 11 38 $2,051,900 Star Wars grossed $5,684,969 nationally in the weekend ended September 18 39 $2,005,746Star Wars grossed $5,117,235 nationally in the weekend ended September 25 40 $1,752,210 Star Wars grossed $4,475,000 nationally in the weekend ended October 2 41 $1,446,583Star Wars grossed $4,538,323 nationally for the 4-day Columbus Day weekend 42 $1,227,260 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 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 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 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 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 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 49 Oh, God!$888,857Oh, God! returned to number one in its ninth week of release 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 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 52 $3,868,450
See also List of American films — American films by year Lists of box office number-one films
References
External links Domestic Box Office Weekends For 1977 (Box Office Mojo) Theatrical Weekly Box Office Chart Calendar for 1977 (The Numbers)
Chronology