--- {"type":"list","title":"Highest grossing movies in of the 70s","listId":2679,"canonicalUrl":"https://listium.com/@WilliamT/2679/highest-grossing-movies-in-of-the-70s","visibleItemTotal":31,"creator":{"id":"WilliamT","name":"William Tucker","url":"https://listium.com/@WilliamT"},"stats":{"views":1907,"likes":0},"category":"movies","publishedAt":"2016-04-12T01:45:44.296Z","updatedAt":"2016-04-12T01:45:44.296Z","fields":[{"id":0,"name":"Item","type":"PrimaryText"},{"id":1,"name":"Year","type":"Text","format":"short"},{"id":2,"name":"Amount (million $)","type":"Number","format":"currency"},{"id":3,"name":"Image","type":"Image"}]} --- # Highest grossing movies in of the 70s By [William Tucker (@WilliamT)](https://listium.com/@WilliamT) 1907 views · 0 likes Published 12 April 2016 · Updated 12 April 2016 Category: movies Here are the 30 top movies of the 70's based on box office takings ## Items ### 1. [Star Wars](https://listium.com/@WilliamT/2679/highest-grossing-movies-in-of-the-70s/0/star-wars) Item ID: `0` - Year: 1977 - Amount (million $): $461.00 - Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/padt1soljcbglvsby6yx.jpg) ### 2. [Jaws](https://listium.com/@WilliamT/2679/highest-grossing-movies-in-of-the-70s/1/jaws) Item ID: `1` - Year: 1975 - Amount (million $): $260.00 - Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/lnh0ajhzdg7uj4hici5s.jpg) ### 3. [The Sting](https://listium.com/@WilliamT/2679/highest-grossing-movies-in-of-the-70s/2/the-sting) Item ID: `2` - Year: 1973 - Amount (million $): $160.00 - Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/yskaetpru8yw3m5ljt5o.jpg) ### 4. [Animal House](https://listium.com/@WilliamT/2679/highest-grossing-movies-in-of-the-70s/3/animal-house) Item ID: `3` - Year: 1978 - Amount (million $): $142.00 - Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/n1b3xvgnm9bsrvr9xrpz.jpg) ### 5. [The Rocky Horror Picture Show](https://listium.com/@WilliamT/2679/highest-grossing-movies-in-of-the-70s/4/the-rocky-horror-picture-show) Item ID: `4` - Year: 1975 - Amount (million $): $140.00 - Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/uopkcrmzllxd1q20hpwd.jpg) ### 6. [The Godfather](https://listium.com/@WilliamT/2679/highest-grossing-movies-in-of-the-70s/5/the-godfather) Item ID: `5` - Year: 1972 - Amount (million $): $135.00 - Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/y6dzs5uqis1tpjoehytr.jpg) ### 7. [Superman](https://listium.com/@WilliamT/2679/highest-grossing-movies-in-of-the-70s/6/superman) Item ID: `6` - Year: 1978 - Amount (million $): $134.00 - Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/eo0v8lbvjlefdtmjqpwd.jpg) ### 8. [Close Encounters of the Third Kind](https://listium.com/@WilliamT/2679/highest-grossing-movies-in-of-the-70s/7/close-encounters-of-the-third-kind) Item ID: `7` - Year: 1977 - Amount (million $): $127.00 - Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/ynsdulgbvrh3aoso7deh.jpg) ### 9. [Smokey and the Bandit](https://listium.com/@WilliamT/2679/highest-grossing-movies-in-of-the-70s/8/smokey-and-the-bandit) Item ID: `8` - Year: 1977 - Amount (million $): $127.00 - Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/yficn4jubmjj9ejchg5b.jpg) ### 10. [Blazing Saddles](https://listium.com/@WilliamT/2679/highest-grossing-movies-in-of-the-70s/9/blazing-saddles) Item ID: `9` - Year: 1974 - Amount (million $): $120.00 - Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/bvytogdcerjn611a1pzy.jpg) ### 11. [Rocky](https://listium.com/@WilliamT/2679/highest-grossing-movies-in-of-the-70s/10/rocky) Item ID: `10` - Year: 1976 - Amount (million $): $117.00 - Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/tq0cuuyjwixjmudn7yiw.jpg) ### 12. [The Towering Inferno](https://listium.com/@WilliamT/2679/highest-grossing-movies-in-of-the-70s/11/the-towering-inferno) Item ID: `11` - Year: 1974 - Amount (million $): $116.00 - Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/fzltkmttlxvk9l4qhv6p.jpg) ### 13. [American Graffiti](https://listium.com/@WilliamT/2679/highest-grossing-movies-in-of-the-70s/12/american-graffiti) Item ID: `12` - Year: 1973 - Amount (million $): $115.00 - Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/nemnkn9fzfpn41k5ymyn.jpg) ### 14. [One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest](https://listium.com/@WilliamT/2679/highest-grossing-movies-in-of-the-70s/13/one-flew-over-the-cuckoos-nest) Item ID: `13` - Year: 1975 - Amount (million $): $112.00 - Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/ithmw2ymdva5rdrwed2l.jpg) ### 15. [Love Story](https://listium.com/@WilliamT/2679/highest-grossing-movies-in-of-the-70s/14/love-story) Item ID: `14` - Year: 1970 - Amount (million $): $106.00 - Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/md6avukmsl6fxq2fe6g5.jpg) ### 16. [Kramer vs. Kramer](https://listium.com/@WilliamT/2679/highest-grossing-movies-in-of-the-70s/15/kramer-vs-kramer) Item ID: `15` - Year: 1979 - Amount (million $): $106.00 - Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/m2z4qqijzbzj1yldeolx.jpg) ### 17. [Every Which Way But Loose](https://listium.com/@WilliamT/2679/highest-grossing-movies-in-of-the-70s/16/every-which-way-but-loose) Item ID: `16` - Year: 1978 - Amount (million $): $106.00 - Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/txkve20sd6yssmsid12f.jpg) ### 18. [Jaws 2](https://listium.com/@WilliamT/2679/highest-grossing-movies-in-of-the-70s/17/jaws-2) Item ID: `17` - Year: 1978 - Amount (million $): $103.00 - Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/rj524fhkhg297blkiteu.jpg) ### 19. [Airport](https://listium.com/@WilliamT/2679/highest-grossing-movies-in-of-the-70s/18/airport) Item ID: `18` - Year: 1970 - Amount (million $): $100.00 - Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/ytbirlvnatatboudsnbn.jpg) ### 20. [Saturday Night Fever](https://listium.com/@WilliamT/2679/highest-grossing-movies-in-of-the-70s/19/saturday-night-fever) Item ID: `19` - Year: 1977 - Amount (million $): $94.20 - Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/fw4azhtrzatpt7naiglm.jpg) ### 21. [The Poseidon Adventure](https://listium.com/@WilliamT/2679/highest-grossing-movies-in-of-the-70s/20/the-poseidon-adventure) Item ID: `20` - Year: 1972 - Amount (million $): $93.30 - Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/xivk95uoabj2ixes7tqa.jpg) ### 22. [The Amityville Horror](https://listium.com/@WilliamT/2679/highest-grossing-movies-in-of-the-70s/21/the-amityville-horror) Item ID: `21` - Year: 1979 - Amount (million $): $86.40 - Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/hh9qcnpch6p2nbbiben7.jpg) ### 23. [Young Frankenstein](https://listium.com/@WilliamT/2679/highest-grossing-movies-in-of-the-70s/22/young-frankenstein) Item ID: `22` - Year: 1974 - Amount (million $): $86.30 - Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/kouilvz566gjjdcz8mso.jpg) ### 24. [Start Trek: The Motion Picture](https://listium.com/@WilliamT/2679/highest-grossing-movies-in-of-the-70s/23/start-trek-the-motion-picture) Item ID: `23` - Year: 1979 - Amount (million $): $82.30 - Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/qj0crrxqyzlzmc833h34.jpg) ### 25. [MASH](https://listium.com/@WilliamT/2679/highest-grossing-movies-in-of-the-70s/24/mash) Item ID: `24` - Year: 1970 - Amount (million $): $81.60 - Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/jjzvktlksbxu7i8dcil4.jpg) ### 26. [Earthquake](https://listium.com/@WilliamT/2679/highest-grossing-movies-in-of-the-70s/25/earthquake) Item ID: `25` - Year: 1974 - Amount (million $): $79.70 - Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/mow9hyjl54pv4zwdju2k.jpg) ### 27. [The Muppet Movie ](https://listium.com/@WilliamT/2679/highest-grossing-movies-in-of-the-70s/26/the-muppet-movie-) Item ID: `26` - Year: 1979 - Amount (million $): $76.70 - Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/dmwngbzjtqhbraqjurla.jpg) ### 28. [Moonraker](https://listium.com/@WilliamT/2679/highest-grossing-movies-in-of-the-70s/27/moonraker) Item ID: `27` - Year: 1979 - Amount (million $): $62.70 - Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/oehrbouexai00kky1ybx.jpg) ### 29. [The Godfather: Part II](https://listium.com/@WilliamT/2679/highest-grossing-movies-in-of-the-70s/28/the-godfather-part-ii) Item ID: `28` - Year: 1974 - Amount (million $): $57.30 - Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/givyvpole60eiqz7tc1f.jpg) ### 30. [Papillion](https://listium.com/@WilliamT/2679/highest-grossing-movies-in-of-the-70s/29/papillion) Item ID: `29` - Year: 1973 - Amount (million $): $53.30 - Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/ybjmoe27eypmttuggxky.jpg) ### 31. [\[empty primary field\]](https://listium.com/@WilliamT/2679/highest-grossing-movies-in-of-the-70s/30/) Item ID: `30` - Year: - - Amount (million $): - - Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/rzbu7kfc5ycqojoxuptd.jpg)