Top Grossing Films (U.S.)
| Rank | Title | Studio | Actors | Gross |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Blazing Saddles | Warner Bros. | Cleavon Little, Gene Wilder, Harvey Korman, Madeleine Kahn | $119,500,000 |
| 2. | The Towering Inferno | 20th Century Fox / Warner Bros. | Steve McQueen, Paul Newman, William Holden, Faye Dunaway, Fred Astaire | $116,000,000 |
| 3. | Young Frankenstein | 20th Century Fox | Gene Wilder, Marty Feldman, Kenneth Mars, Teri Garr | $86,273,333 |
| 4. | Earthquake | Universal | Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner, George Kennedy, Richard Roundtree | $79,666,653 |
| 5. | The Godfather: Part II | Paramount | Al Pacino, Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton, John Cazale | $57,300,000 |
| 6. | Airport 1975 | Universal | Charlton Heston, Karen Black, Gloria Swanson, Myrna Loy | $47,285,152 |
| 7. | The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams | Sunn Classic Pictures | Dan Haggerty, Denver Pyle | $45,411,063 |
| 8. | The Longest Yard | Paramount | Burt Reynolds, Eddie Albert, Ed Lauter, Michael Conrad | $43,008,075 |
| 9. | Benji | MGM | Higgins, Patsy Garrett, Peter Breck | $39,552,000 |
| 10. | Herbie Rides Again | Buena Vista Distribution | Helen Hayes, Ken Berry, Stefanie Powers, Keenan Wynn | $38,229,000 |
| 11. | Murder on the Orient Express | Paramount | Albert Finney, Lauren Bacall, Sean Connery, Anthony Perkins, Ingrid Bergman | $35,733,867 |
| 12. | The Texas Chain Saw Massacre | Bryanston Pictures | Marilyn Burns, Paul A. Partain, Edwin Neal | $30,859,000 |
| 13. | Freebie and the Bean | Warner Bros. | James Caan, Alan Arkin | $30,000,000 |
| 14. | Chinatown | Paramount | Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston | $29,200,000 |
| 15. | Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry | 20th Century Fox | Peter Fonda, Susan George | $28,401,735 |
| 16. | The Great Gatsby | Paramount | Robert Redford, Mia Farrow | $26,533,200 |
| 17. | Thunderbolt and Lightfoot | United Artists | Clint Eastwood, Jeff Bridges | $25,000,000 |
| 18. | Death Wish | Paramount | Charles Bronson, Hope Lange | $22,000,000 |
| 19. | The Man with the Golden Gun | United Artists | Roger Moore, Christopher Lee | $21,000,000 |
| 20. | The Groove Tube | Levitt-Pickman | Ken Shapiro, Richard Belzer, Chevy Chase | $20,447,000 |
| 21. | That's Entertainment! | MGM | Frank Sinatra, Fred Astaire, Bing Crosby | $19,100,000 |
| 22. | Macon County Line | American International Pictures | Alan Vint, Cheryl Waters | $18,800,000 |
| 23. | Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore | Warner Bros. | Ellen Burstyn, Alfred Lutter, Kris Kristofferson | $18,600,000 |
| 24. | The Front Page | Universal | Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau | $15,000,000 |
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