Major Blockbusters/ films by year

[Lord]

1976​

​

List of Major Budgeted films this year:​

-1900 ($9 millionhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1900_(film)#cite_note-1)
-All the President's Men ($8.5 million)
-The Bad News Bears ($9 millionhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bad_News_Bears#cite_note-1)
-The Enforcer ($9 millionhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Enforcer_(1976_film)#cite_note-1)
-King Kong ($24 million)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Kong_(1976_film)#cite_note-1
-Logan's Run ($9 million)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logan's_Run_(film)#cite_note-ebert-1
-Mohammad, Messenger of God ($10 million)
-Nickelodeon ($9 million)
-Shout at the Devil ($9 million)​

​

This wasn't exactly the best year for Major Budgeted films, since the most successful was possibly King Kong, and even then, that was only the 7th highest grossing film of the year.​

​

Highest Grossing Films in the USA:​

​

1. Rocky - $117,235,147
2. To Fly! - $86,600,000
3. A Star Is Born - $80,000,000
4. All the President's Men - $70,600,000
5. The Omen - $60,922,980
6. In Search of Noah's Ark - $55,700,000
7. King Kong - $52,614,445
8. Silver Streak - $51,079,064
9. The Enforcer - $46,236,000
10. Midway - $43,220,000
​

​

The year's big film was Rocky, being the highest grossing of the year and winning Best Picture in the Academy Awards.​

__________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ _____​

Other films that deserve mention:​

(They may not be high budgeted or even part of the Mainstream)​

-Bound for Glory​

-Network​

-Taxi Driver​

-Carrie​

-Assault on Precinct 13​

-The Pink Panther Strikes Again​

 

[Lord]

1977​

​

List of Major Budgeted films this year:​

-A Bridge Too Far ($25 million)
-Close Encounters of the Third Kind ($20 million)
-Exorcist II: The Heretic ($14 million)
-Heroes ($15 million)
-MacArthur ($9 millionhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacArthur_(film)#cite_note-1)
-March or Die ($9 million)
-New York, New York ($14 million)
-Pete's Dragon ($10 million)
-Sorcerer ($21–22 millionhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorcerer_(film)#cite_note-tycoons-1)
-The Spy Who Loved me ($14 million)
-Star Wars ($11 million)​

​

This was without a doubt Star Wars's Year, if Jaws was what inspired Hollywood to create Summer "Event films", this was the film that inspired the Summer Blockbusters we are constantly getting, with a fast pacing and lots of Special Effects.​

​

Highest Grossing Films in the USA:​

1. Star Wars - $460,998,007
2. Smokey and the Bandit - $300,000,000
3. Close Encounters of the Third Kind - $166,000,000
4. Saturday Night Fever - $139,486,124
5. The Goodbye Girl - $102,000,000
6. The Rescuers - $71,215,869
7. Oh, God! - $51,061,196
8. A Bridge Too Far - $50,800,000
9. The Deep - $50,681,884
10. The Spy Who Loved Me - $46,838,673​

__________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ _____​

Other films that deserve mention:​

(They may not be high budgeted or even part of the Mainstream)​

-Annie Hall​

-Julia​

-The Turning Point​

-The Duellists​

-Padre Padrone (Winner of the Palme d'Or)​

-Suspiria​

 

[Lord]

1978

List of Major Budgeted films this year:​

-Big Wednesday ($11 million)
-The Boys from Brazil ($12 million)
-Convoy ($12 million)
-The Deer Hunter ($15 million)
-F.I.S.T. ($11 million)
-Heaven Can Wait ($15 million)
-Jaws 2 ($30 million)
-Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band ($18 million)
-Superman ($55 million)
-The Swarm ($21 million)
-The Wild Geese ($10 million)
-The Wiz ($24 million)​

​

I decided to change to give Superman the credit as the year's biggest movie, while Grease made more money, Superman was at the time the most expensive movie made, and the teasers hyped it up as a major event. Superman is still a major influence to blockbusters nowadays, and even though Grease is still fondly remembered and a one of the most popular musicals, i believe give the points to Superman: The Movie. You could also cal this the horror film's year, with Jaws 2, Halloween, The Swarm and Dawn of the Dead.​

​

Highest Grossing Films in the USA:​

1. Grease - $159,978,870
2. Superman - $134,218,018
3. National Lampoon's Animal House - $120,091,123
4. Every Which Way but Loose - $104,268,727
5. Heaven Can Wait - $98,800,000
6. Hooper - $78,000,000
7. Jaws 2 - $77,737,272
8. Halloween - $70,000,000
9. Dawn of the Dead - $55,000,000
10. The Deer Hunter - $50,000,000
​

__________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ _____​

Other films that deserve mention:​

(They may not be high budgeted or even part of the Mainstream)​

-Revenge of the Pink Panther​

-The Lord of the Rings​

-Coming Home​

-Midnight Express​

-The Tree of Woodern Clogs (Winner of the Palme d'Or)​

-Na Unmarried Woman​

 

[:eek:]

Grease had a $6 million budget compared to Superman's $55 million. Personally I would have still considered this the year of Grease even if Superman had done "a bit more money". I can't say for sure since it was so long ago, and I don't know how the talk was before release, but I can imagine Grease must have been one of those smaller movies that surprised everyone while Superman was expected to be one of the biggest movies of of the year.

 

[Lord]

Yeah, that's why i'm doing 2 lists, one for highest grossing films and another for high budgeted films. I considered Grease the film of the year because it was indeed the highest grossing one of 1978

 

[Lord]

1979​

​

List of Major Budgeted films this year:​

-1941 ($32 millionhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1941_(film)#cite_note-numbers-1)
-Apocalypse Now! ($31.5 million)
-The Black Hole ($20 million)
-Caligula ($22 million )
-The Concorde ... Airport '79 ($14 million)
-Meteor ($16 millionhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meteor_(film)#cite_note-1)
-The Muppet Movie ($8 millionhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Muppet_Movie#cite_note-JimBio-1)
-Prophecy ($12 million)
-Star Trek: The Motion Picture ($46 millionhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek:_The_Motion_Picture#cite_note-rioux-240-2)

​

This time we were starting to see na appearance of more franchises, with The Muppet Movie, Star Trek and the end of The Concorde film series.​

​

Highest Grossing Films in the USA:​

1. Kramer vs. Kramer - $106,260,000
2. The Amityville Horror - $86,432,520
3. Rocky II - $85,182,160
4. Apocalypse - $83,471,511
5. Star Trek: The Motion Picture - $82,258,456
6. Alien - $80,931,801
7. 10 - $74,865,517
8. The Jerk - $73,691,419
9. Moonraker - $70,308,099
10. The Muppet Movie - $65,200,000

​

__________________________________________________ ​

Film of the year was Kramer vs Kraven, winning the Oscars and the Box Office​

 

[OcStat]

Rocky is still one of the beat movies ever.

It was cool to see it on Cap's to-do list. I think Steve Rogers would enjoy it. Haha.

 

[Lord]

1980

List of Major Budgeted films this year:
-9 to 5 ($10 million)
-Altered States ($15 million)
-Any Which Way You Can ($15 million)
-The Blues Brothers ($30 million)
-Can't Stop the Music ($20 million)
-Coal Miner's Daughter ($15 million)
-Flash Gordon ($20 million)
-Heaven's Gate ($44 million)
-The Island ($22 million)
-Popeye ($20 million)
-Private Benjamin ($15 million)
-Raging Bull ($18 million)
-The Shining ($19 million)
-Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back ($18–33 million)
-When Time Ran Out ($20 million)
-Xanadu ($20 million)

The year's big blockbuster was The Empire Strikes Back, the direct sequel to Star Wars. While it didn't do well as the first film, this still made a very impressive ammount, at a time when sequels were mostly looked at as definite failures.

Highest Grossing Films in the USA:
1. Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back - $209,398,025
2. 9 to 5 - $103,290,500
3. Stir Crazy - $101,300,000
4. Airplane! - $83,453,539
5. Any Which Way You Can - $70,687,344
6. Private Benjamin - $69,847,348
7. Coal Miner's Daughter - $67,182,787
8. Smokey and the Bandit II - $66,132,626
9. The Blue Lagoon - $58,853,106
10. The Blues Brothers - $57,229,890​