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Movies of the 1970s

Top-grossing films released between 1970 and 1979, ranked by worldwide box office. Toggle the inflation adjustment on the full leaderboard to compare across eras.

  1. 1Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope1978$775.4M
  2. 2Jaws1976$497.17M
  3. 3The Exorcist1974$441.31M
  4. 4Grease1978$395M
  5. 5Close Encounters of the Third Kind1978$306.89M
  6. 6Superman1979$300.48M
  7. 7Smokey and the Bandit1978$300M
  8. 8The Godfather1972$270.01M
  9. 9Saturday Night Fever1978$237.1M
  10. 10Rocky1976$225M

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