This movie page looks at 125 1976 Top Grossing Movies. Finding box office information for movies made before 1980 is not an easy task. For somebody looking for box office information on 1976 it is very very frustrating. Over the years, we have researched and collected information on over 30,000 movies. So we figured we would show all the 1976 movies in our database.
To make this list a movie had to be made in 1976. Obviously many movies (One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest and Dog Day Afternoon) made in 1975 earned box office dollars in 1976. On the other side many movies made in 1976 made money in 1977 and later. This page will looks at 125 1976 Top Grossing Movies. The movies are listed in a massive table that lets you rank the movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information.
Drivel Part: So why 1976? There are a couple of reasons….first it was a request from Flora….who happens to have been born in 1976. Secondly …..this was the last year that some of my favorites (John Wayne & Alfred Hitchcock) made movies. And thirdly….our previous yearly UMR pages have been very popular.
Our UMR Top 50 of 1976
Year
Movie (Year)
Rating
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Year Movie (Year) Rating S
1976
Rocky (1976)
AA Best Picture Win
1976
Network (1976)
AA Best Picture Nom
1976
All the President's Men (1976)
AA Best Picture Nom
1976
Taxi Driver (1976)
AA Best Picture Nom
1976
Carrie (1976)
1976
Silver Streak (1976)
1976
The Omen (1976)
1976
Marathon Man (1976)
1976
The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
1976
Murder by Death (1976)
1976
The Bad News Bears (1976)
1976
Silent Movie (1976)
1976
The Enforcer (1976)
1976
The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)
1976
Ode To Billy Joe (1976)
1976
Midway (1976)
1976
Freaky Friday (1976)
1976
A Star Is Born (1976)
1976
No Deposit, No Return (1976)
1976
King Kong (1976)
1976
Logan's Run (1976)
1976
The Shootist (1976)
1976
Family Plot (1976)
1976
Car Wash (1976)
1976
In Search of Noah's Ark (1976)
1976
Across the Great Divide (1976)
1976
The Shaggy D.A. (1976)
1976
The Message (1976)
1976
Alice in Wonderland: An X-Rated Musical Fantasy (1976)
1976
Bingo Long's Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings (1976)
1976
Two-Minute Warning (1976)
1976
The Front (1976)
1976
Bound for Glory (1976)
1976
Obsession (1976)
1976
The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With The Sea (1976)
1976
The Man Who Fell To Earth (1976)
1976
The Missouri Breaks (1976)
1976
Grizzly (1976)
1976
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976)
1976
Mother, Jugs & Speed (1976)
1976
Drive-In (1976)
1976
Gus (1976)
1976
Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)
1976
The Tenant (1976)
1976
Voyage of the Damned (1976)
1976
Face to Face (1976)
1976
The Pom Pom Girls (1976)
1976
That's Entertainment! II (1976)
1976
The Littlest Horse Thieves (1976)
1976
The Slipper and the Rose: The Story of Cinderella (1976)
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| 1976 | Rocky (1976) AA Best Picture Win |
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| 1976 | All the President's Men (1976) AA Best Picture Nom |
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| 1976 | Taxi Driver (1976) AA Best Picture Nom |
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| 1976 | Carrie (1976) | |
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| 1976 | Silver Streak (1976) | |
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| 1976 | The Omen (1976) | |
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| 1976 | Marathon Man (1976) | |
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| 1976 | The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976) | |
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| 1976 | Murder by Death (1976) | |
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| 1976 | The Bad News Bears (1976) | |
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| 1976 | Silent Movie (1976) | |
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| 1976 | The Enforcer (1976) | |
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| 1976 | The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976) | |
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| 1976 | Ode To Billy Joe (1976) | |
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| 1976 | Midway (1976) | |
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| 1976 | Freaky Friday (1976) | |
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| 1976 | A Star Is Born (1976) | |
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| 1976 | No Deposit, No Return (1976) | |
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| 1976 | King Kong (1976) | |
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| 1976 | Logan's Run (1976) | |
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| 1976 | The Shootist (1976) | |
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| 1976 | Family Plot (1976) | |
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| 1976 | Car Wash (1976) | |
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| 1976 | In Search of Noah's Ark (1976) | |
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| 1976 | Across the Great Divide (1976) | |
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| 1976 | The Shaggy D.A. (1976) | |
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| 1976 | The Message (1976) | |
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| 1976 | Alice in Wonderland: An X-Rated Musical Fantasy (1976) | |
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| 1976 | Bingo Long's Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings (1976) | |
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| 1976 | Two-Minute Warning (1976) | |
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| 1976 | The Front (1976) | |
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| 1976 | Bound for Glory (1976) | |
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| 1976 | Obsession (1976) | |
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| 1976 | The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With The Sea (1976) | |
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| 1976 | The Man Who Fell To Earth (1976) | |
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| 1976 | The Missouri Breaks (1976) | |
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| 1976 | Grizzly (1976) | |
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| 1976 | The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976) | |
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| 1976 | Mother, Jugs & Speed (1976) | |
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| 1976 | Drive-In (1976) | |
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| 1976 | Gus (1976) | |
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| 1976 | Assault on Precinct 13 (1976) | |
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| 1976 | The Tenant (1976) | |
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| 1976 | Voyage of the Damned (1976) | |
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| 1976 | Face to Face (1976) | |
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| 1976 | The Pom Pom Girls (1976) | |
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| 1976 | That's Entertainment! II (1976) | |
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| 1976 | The Littlest Horse Thieves (1976) | |
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| 1976 | The Slipper and the Rose: The Story of Cinderella (1976) | |
1976 Top Grossing Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies anyway you want.
- Sort 1976 Top Grossing Movies by the stars or in some cases the director of the movie.
- Sort 1976 Top Grossing Movies by actual box office grosses (in millions)
- Sort 1976 Top Grossing Movies by domestic adjusted box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
- Sort 1976 Top Grossing Movies how they were received by critics and audiences. 60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie.
- Sort by how many Oscar® nominations each1976 Top Grossing Movies received
- Sort by how many Oscar® wins each 1976 Top Grossing Movies received.
- Sort 1976 Top Grossing Movies by Ultimate Movie Ranking Score (UMR). Our UMR score puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
| R | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) | UMR Score | ||||||
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| R | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Actual B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) | B.O. Rank by Year | Review | Oscar Nom / Win | UMR Score | S |
| 3 | Rocky (1976) AA Best Picture Win |
Sylvester Stallone | 117.0 | 592.1 | 1,137.70 | 1 | 79 | 10 / 03 | 99.8 | |
| 1 | Network (1976) AA Best Picture Nom |
William Holden & Faye Dunaway |
42.2 | 213.5 | 213.50 | 13 | 91 | 10 / 04 | 99.7 | |
| 2 | All the President's Men (1976) AA Best Picture Nom |
Robert Redford & Dustin Hoffman |
90.9 | 460.1 | 460.10 | 4 | 83 | 08 / 04 | 99.5 | |
| 4 | Taxi Driver (1976) AA Best Picture Nom |
Robert DeNiro & Directed by Martin Scorsese |
27.3 | 138.2 | 138.20 | 25 | 94 | 04 / 00 | 98.1 | |
| 5 | Carrie (1976) | Sissy Spacek & John Travolta |
33.8 | 171.1 | 171.10 | 17 | 87 | 02 / 00 | 97.3 | |
| 5 | Silver Streak (1976) | Gene Wilder & Richard Pryor |
51.1 | 258.5 | 258.50 | 11 | 78 | 01 / 00 | 97.3 | |
| 6 | The Omen (1976) | Gregory Peck | 86.5 | 437.8 | 437.80 | 5 | 76 | 02 / 01 | 97.2 | |
| 7 | Marathon Man (1976) | Dustin Hoffman & Laurence Olivier |
50.2 | 254.2 | 254.20 | 12 | 78 | 01 / 00 | 97.1 | |
| 8 | The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976) | Peter Sellers | 60.3 | 304.9 | 304.90 | 8 | 75 | 01 / 00 | 96.6 | |
| 9 | Murder by Death (1976) | Alec Guinness & David Niven |
57.9 | 292.9 | 292.90 | 9 | 75 | 00 / 00 | 96.4 | |
| 12 | The Bad News Bears (1976) | Walter Matthau | 32.2 | 163.0 | 163.00 | 18 | 87 | 00 / 00 | 96.4 | |
| 13 | Silent Movie (1976) | Mel Brooks & James Caan |
36.1 | 182.9 | 182.90 | 14 | 77 | 00 / 00 | 95.5 | |
| 11 | The Enforcer (1976) | Clint Eastwood | 52.8 | 267.2 | 267.20 | 10 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 94.6 | |
| 15 | The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976) | Clint Eastwood | 29.7 | 150.3 | 150.30 | 21 | 82 | 01 / 00 | 94.4 | |
| 17 | Ode To Billy Joe (1976) | Robby Benson | 35.2 | 177.9 | 177.90 | 16 | 71 | 00 / 00 | 93.6 | |
| 14 | Midway (1976) | Charlton Heston & Henry Fonda |
65.5 | 331.4 | 331.40 | 7 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 92.4 | |
| 19 | Freaky Friday (1976) | Jodie Foster | 35.5 | 179.6 | 179.60 | 15 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 91.5 | |
| 16 | A Star Is Born (1976) | Barbra Streisand & Kris Kristofferson |
112.4 | 569.0 | 569.00 | 2 | 53 | 04 / 01 | 91.5 | |
| 20 | No Deposit, No Return (1976) | David Niven | 31.8 | 161.0 | 161.00 | 20 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 90.4 | |
| 18 | King Kong (1976) | Jeff Bridges & Jessica Lange |
108.6 | 549.8 | 549.80 | 3 | 52 | 02 / 00 | 90.1 | |
| 21 | Logan's Run (1976) | Michael York & Peter Ustinov |
28.8 | 145.7 | 145.70 | 22 | 68 | 02 / 00 | 89.7 | |
| 23 | The Shootist (1976) | John Wayne & James Stewart |
18.1 | 91.8 | 91.80 | 38 | 81 | 01 / 00 | 88.2 | |
| 24 | Family Plot (1976) | Bruce Dern & Directed by Alfred Hitchcock |
23.0 | 116.4 | 116.40 | 30 | 73 | 00 / 00 | 87.8 | |
| 25 | Car Wash (1976) | Richard Pryor & George Carlin |
27.3 | 138.0 | 138.00 | 26 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 87.1 | |
| 25 | In Search of Noah's Ark (1976) | Brad Crandall | 72.0 | 364.5 | 364.50 | 6 | 44 | 00 / 00 | 86.8 | |
| 27 | Across the Great Divide (1976) | Heather Rattray | 24.6 | 124.3 | 124.30 | 27 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 86.2 | |
| 28 | The Shaggy D.A. (1976) | Dean Jones & Tim Conway |
32.0 | 161.8 | 161.80 | 19 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 86.1 | |
| 26 | The Message (1976) | Anthony Quinn | 9.0 | 45.5 | 45.50 | 62 | 87 | 01 / 00 | 84.9 | |
| 29 | Alice in Wonderland: An X-Rated Musical Fantasy (1976) | Kristine DeBell | 27.6 | 139.6 | 139.60 | 24 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 84.5 | |
| 29 | Bingo Long's Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings (1976) | Richard Pryor | 16.2 | 81.9 | 81.90 | 41 | 76 | 00 / 00 | 84.4 | |
| 31 | Two-Minute Warning (1976) | Charlton Heston & Walter Pidgeon |
27.6 | 139.7 | 139.70 | 23 | 55 | 01 / 00 | 83.7 | |
| 31 | The Front (1976) | Woody Allen | 15.1 | 76.6 | 76.60 | 44 | 74 | 01 / 00 | 83.3 | |
| 33 | Bound for Glory (1976) | David Carradine | 7.6 | 38.3 | 38.30 | 69 | 79 | 06 / 02 | 82.8 | |
| 33 | Obsession (1976) | Directed by Brian DePalma | 13.5 | 68.5 | 68.50 | 50 | 74 | 01 / 00 | 81.9 | |
| 36 | The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With The Sea (1976) | Kris Kristofferson | 21.2 | 107.4 | 107.40 | 34 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 81.1 | |
| 35 | The Man Who Fell To Earth (1976) | David Bowie | 7.8 | 39.4 | 39.40 | 67 | 81 | 00 / 00 | 80.3 | |
| 37 | The Missouri Breaks (1976) | Marlon Brando & Jack Nicholson |
15.4 | 77.9 | 77.90 | 43 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 80.0 | |
| 40 | Grizzly (1976) | Christopher George | 22.9 | 116.0 | 116.00 | 31 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 79.7 | |
| 38 | The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976) | Robert Duvall & Laurence Olivier |
11.8 | 59.8 | 59.80 | 56 | 71 | 02 / 00 | 78.6 | |
| 42 | Mother, Jugs & Speed (1976) | Bill Crosby & Harvey Keitel |
23.1 | 117.0 | 117.00 | 29 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 78.6 | |
| 39 | Drive-In (1976) | Glenn Morshower | 12.5 | 63.4 | 63.40 | 53 | 71 | 00 / 00 | 78.3 | |
| 42 | Gus (1976) | Don Knotts & Ed Asner |
21.9 | 110.7 | 110.70 | 32 | 53 | 00 / 00 | 75.8 | |
| 41 | Assault on Precinct 13 (1976) | John Carpenter | 2.0 | 10.3 | 10.30 | 122 | 83 | 00 / 00 | 74.3 | |
| 43 | The Tenant (1976) | Shelley Winters | 2.3 | 11.6 | 11.60 | 115 | 82 | 00 / 00 | 73.6 | |
| 45 | Voyage of the Damned (1976) | James Mason & Faye Dunaway |
5.3 | 26.8 | 26.80 | 79 | 74 | 03 / 00 | 73.3 | |
| 44 | Face to Face (1976) | Liv Ullman & Directed by Ingmar Bergman |
3.0 | 15.4 | 15.40 | 101 | 78 | 02 / 00 | 72.9 | |
| 47 | The Pom Pom Girls (1976) | Robert Carradine | 21.8 | 110.4 | 110.40 | 33 | 49 | 00 / 00 | 72.2 | |
| 47 | That's Entertainment! II (1976) | Hosted by Fred Astaire & Gene Kelly |
6.1 | 30.7 | 30.70 | 76 | 74 | 00 / 00 | 71.5 | |
| 48 | The Littlest Horse Thieves (1976) | Alastair Sim | 6.4 | 32.2 | 32.20 | 75 | 73 | 00 / 00 | 70.9 | |
| 50 | The Slipper and the Rose: The Story of Cinderella (1976) | Richard Chamberlain | 4.7 | 23.8 | 23.80 | 86 | 73 | 02 / 00 | 70.2 | |
| 52 | The Eagle Has Landed (1976) | Michael Caine & Donald Sutherland |
13.6 | 69.0 | 69.00 | 49 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 69.9 | |
| 54 | Survive! (1976) | Hugo Stiglitz | 21.1 | 107.0 | 107.00 | 35 | 48 | 00 / 00 | 69.9 | |
| 53 | Mikey and Nicky (1976) | Peter Falk | 2.7 | 13.8 | 13.80 | 109 | 78 | 00 / 00 | 69.8 | |
| 52 | Lifeguard (1976) | Sam Elliott | 7.8 | 39.6 | 39.60 | 66 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 69.5 | |
| 55 | The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane (1976) | Jodie Foster & Martin Sheen |
1.8 | 9.2 | 9.20 | 126 | 78 | 00 / 00 | 67.9 | |
| 58 | Treasure of Matecumbe (1976) | Robert Foxworth & Peter Ustinov |
14.3 | 72.3 | 72.30 | 46 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 67.9 | |
| 56 | Bugsy Malone (1976) | Jodie Foster & Scott Baio |
2.8 | 14.1 | 14.10 | 108 | 75 | 01 / 00 | 67.8 | |
| 59 | The Gumball Rally (1976) | Michael Sarrazin | 23.9 | 121.2 | 121.20 | 28 | 42 | 00 / 00 | 67.8 | |
| 57 | Fellini's Casanova (1976) | Donald Sutherland | 1.5 | 7.7 | 7.70 | 129 | 75 | 02 / 01 | 67.2 | |
| 61 | The Smurfs and the Magic Flute (1976) | Georges Atlas | 11.2 | 56.9 | 56.90 | 57 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 65.5 | |
| 62 | Gable and Lombard (1976) | James Brolin | 18.3 | 92.7 | 92.70 | 36 | 48 | 00 / 00 | 64.0 | |
| 61 | Mr. Klein/Monsieur Klein (1976) | 0.7 | 3.6 | 9.20 | 146 | 76 | 00 / 00 | 63.7 | ||
| 63 | The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976) | Ben Gazzara | 0.7 | 3.6 | 3.60 | 145 | 76 | 00 / 00 | 62.8 | |
| 62 | Led Zeppelin: The Song Remains the Same (1976) | Jimmy Page & Robert Plant |
4.2 | 21.5 | 21.50 | 89 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 62.3 | |
| 65 | J.D.'s Revenge (1976) | Louis Gossett, Jr. | 7.3 | 36.8 | 36.80 | 70 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 60.7 | |
| 66 | The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday (1976) | Lee Marvin & Oliver Reed |
10.9 | 55.2 | 55.20 | 58 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 60.2 | |
| 67 | Sky Riders (1976) | James Coburn | 5.3 | 26.6 | 26.60 | 81 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 60.1 | |
| 70 | The Town That Dreaded Sundown (1976) | Ben Johnson | 12.1 | 61.3 | 61.30 | 54 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 60.0 | |
| 69 | Stay Hungry (1976) | Jeff Bridges & Arnold Schwarzenegger |
2.9 | 14.6 | 14.60 | 107 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 58.9 | |
| 71 | The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox (1976) | George Segal & Goldie Hawn |
15.1 | 76.3 | 76.30 | 45 | 50 | 00 / 00 | 58.8 | |
| 71 | Robin and Marian (1976) | Sean Connery & Audrey Hepburn |
8.8 | 44.5 | 44.50 | 63 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 58.6 | |
| 72 | Next Stop, Greenwich Village (1976) | Shelley Winters | 3.2 | 16.3 | 16.30 | 99 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 58.0 | |
| 72 | Buffalo Bill and The Indians (1976) | Paul Newman & Burt Lancaster |
3.9 | 19.7 | 19.70 | 91 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 56.4 | |
| 75 | Swashbuckler (1976) | Robert Shaw | 8.3 | 42.2 | 42.20 | 65 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 56.0 | |
| 73 | Alice, Sweet Alice (1976) | Brooke Shields | 3.0 | 15.3 | 15.30 | 102 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 55.7 | |
| 76 | Harry and Walter Go to New York (1976) | Michael Caine & James Caan |
13.9 | 70.5 | 70.50 | 48 | 49 | 00 / 00 | 54.1 | |
| 76 | Shadow Of The Hawk (1976) | Jan-Michael Vincent | 6.7 | 33.7 | 33.70 | 74 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 53.7 | |
| 78 | Leadbelly (1976) | Ernie Hudson | 1.5 | 7.7 | 7.70 | 131 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 53.2 | |
| 77 | The Ritz (1976) | Jack Weston | 7.6 | 38.3 | 38.30 | 68 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 51.9 | |
| 78 | The Big Bus (1976) | Joseph Bologna | 5.4 | 27.5 | 27.50 | 78 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 50.6 | |
| 80 | Drum (1976) | Warren Oates & Pam Grier |
7.3 | 36.7 | 36.70 | 71 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 49.5 | |
| 82 | Futureworld (1976) | Yul Brynner | 12.1 | 61.3 | 61.30 | 55 | 50 | 00 / 00 | 49.2 | |
| 83 | Shout At The Devil (1976) | Lee Marvin & Roger Moore |
4.8 | 24.5 | 24.50 | 84 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 48.9 | |
| 83 | Tunnel Vision (1976) | Chevy Chase & John Candy |
13.2 | 66.7 | 66.70 | 51 | 47 | 00 / 00 | 47.7 | |
| 84 | Shaolin Wooden Men (1976) | 0.1 | 0.3 | 5.40 | 174 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 46.4 | ||
| 85 | The Captive: The Longest Drive 2 (1976) | Kurt Russell | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 177 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 46.1 | |
| 87 | The Last Woman (1976) | 0.2 | 0.8 | 0.80 | 164 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 45.8 | ||
| 88 | Cool Red (1976) | 1.5 | 7.7 | 7.70 | 130 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 44.9 | ||
| 91 | Nickelodeon (1976) | Burt Reynolds & Ryan O'Neal |
18.2 | 92.0 | 92.00 | 37 | 38 | 00 / 00 | 44.5 | |
| 90 | Baby Blue Marine (1976) | Jan-Michael Vincent | 5.2 | 26.5 | 26.50 | 82 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 44.0 | |
| 90 | The Incredible Sarah (1976) | Glenda Jackson | 1.9 | 9.6 | 9.60 | 124 | 62 | 02 / 00 | 43.7 | |
| 91 | The Return of a Man Called Horse (1976) | Richard Harris | 4.2 | 21.2 | 21.20 | 90 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 43.7 | |
| 93 | Gator (1976) | Burt Reynolds | 16.7 | 84.4 | 84.40 | 40 | 40 | 00 / 00 | 43.7 | |
| 92 | Mad Dog Morgan (1976) | Dennis Hopper | 1.4 | 7.1 | 7.10 | 134 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 42.9 | |
| 93 | Welcome To L.A. (1976) | Sissy Spacek & Harvey Keitel |
3.0 | 15.3 | 15.30 | 105 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 41.9 | |
| 96 | The Cassandra Crossing (1976) | Burt Lancaster & Sophia Loren |
12.7 | 64.2 | 64.20 | 52 | 45 | 00 / 00 | 41.8 | |
| 95 | The Wild Duck (1976) | 0.2 | 0.8 | 0.80 | 169 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 41.7 | ||
| 99 | Eat My Dust (1976) | Ron Howard | 16.7 | 84.4 | 84.40 | 39 | 39 | 00 / 00 | 41.6 | |
| 98 | 1900 (1976) | Robert DeNiro | 3.3 | 16.9 | 16.90 | 96 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 41.0 | |
| 98 | The Tough Ones (1976) | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.60 | 171 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 40.5 | ||
| 103 | Norman... Is That You? (1976) | Redd Foxx | 8.5 | 42.9 | 42.90 | 64 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 40.3 | |
| 104 | Sparkle (1976) | Irene Cara | 5.2 | 26.1 | 26.10 | 83 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 39.4 | |
| 102 | From Noon Till Three (1976) | Charles Bronson | 2.7 | 13.8 | 13.80 | 111 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 39.4 | |
| 103 | Echoes of a Summer (1976) | Jodie Foster & Richard Harris |
2.7 | 13.8 | 13.80 | 110 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 39.3 | |
| 104 | Jackson County Jail (1976) | Tommy Lee Jones & Yvette Mimieux |
7.0 | 35.3 | 35.30 | 73 | 53 | 00 / 00 | 39.1 | |
| 106 | A Small Town In Texas (1976) | Timothy Buttons | 9.7 | 49.1 | 49.10 | 60 | 49 | 00 / 00 | 38.7 | |
| 105 | Hollywood Boulevard (1976) | Paul Bartel | 3.0 | 15.3 | 15.30 | 103 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 38.5 | |
| 106 | Aces High (1976) | Christopher Plummer | 1.4 | 7.2 | 7.20 | 132 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 38.4 | |
| 107 | The First Nudie Musical (1976) | Cindy Williams | 1.4 | 7.1 | 7.10 | 133 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 38.3 | |
| 109 | Birch Interval (1976) | Rip Torn | 0.2 | 0.8 | 0.80 | 167 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 37.0 | |
| 111 | The Blue Bird (1976) | Elizabeth Taylor & Jane Fonda |
10.6 | 53.7 | 53.70 | 59 | 46 | 00 / 00 | 36.4 | |
| 110 | Je t'aime moi non plus (1976) | 0.2 | 0.8 | 6.40 | 161 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 36.1 | ||
| 112 | A Matter of Time (1976) | Ingrid Bergman & Directed by Vincent Minnelli |
6.1 | 30.7 | 30.70 | 77 | 53 | 00 / 00 | 35.9 | |
| 113 | The Hunter Will Get You (1976) | 0.5 | 2.3 | 19.50 | 150 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 34.6 | ||
| 114 | Trackdown (1976) | James Mitchum | 3.2 | 16.3 | 16.30 | 98 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 34.5 | |
| 116 | Hawmps! (1976) | Slim Pickens | 16.1 | 81.5 | 81.50 | 42 | 37 | 00 / 00 | 34.5 | |
| 115 | Mistress (1976) | 0.1 | 0.3 | 4.10 | 175 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 34.2 | ||
| 118 | At The Earth's Core (1976) | Peter Cushing & Doug McClure |
9.1 | 46.0 | 46.00 | 61 | 47 | 00 / 00 | 33.2 | |
| 118 | I Will... I Will... For Now (1976) | Diane Keaton | 5.3 | 26.6 | 26.60 | 80 | 53 | 00 / 00 | 32.5 | |
| 120 | Crime and Passion/Ace Up My Sleeve (1976) | Omar Sharif | 0.5 | 2.3 | 2.30 | 152 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 32.4 | |
| 120 | Alex & The Gypsy (1976) | Jack Lemmon & James Woods |
3.3 | 16.9 | 16.90 | 97 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 31.5 | |
| 120 | The Death Collector (1976) | Joe Pesci | 0.2 | 0.8 | 0.80 | 165 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 31.5 | |
| 122 | W.C. Fields and Me (1976) | Rod Steiger | 1.3 | 6.5 | 6.50 | 136 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 30.6 | |
| 123 | Police Python 357 (1976) | Simone Signoret | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.40 | 172 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 30.0 | |
| 125 | St. Ives (1976) | Charles Bronson | 7.0 | 35.3 | 35.30 | 72 | 49 | 00 / 00 | 29.3 | |
| 125 | God Told Me To/Demon (1976) | Sylvia Sidney | 1.3 | 6.5 | 6.50 | 135 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 28.8 | |
| 127 | The Last Tycoon (1976) | Robert DeNiro & Jack Nicholson |
3.5 | 17.7 | 17.70 | 95 | 53 | 01 / 00 | 28.6 | |
| 128 | The Last Hard Men (1976) | Charlton Heston & James Coburn |
2.4 | 12.3 | 12.30 | 113 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 28.6 | |
| 128 | Fighting Mad (1976) | Peter Fonda & Gino Franco |
0.4 | 2.2 | 2.20 | 154 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 28.3 | |
| 130 | No Way Back (1976) | 2.3 | 11.5 | 11.50 | 117 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 28.1 | ||
| 130 | Mustang Country (1976) | Joel McCrea | 1.0 | 4.8 | 4.80 | 140 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 28.0 | |
| 130 | Baker's Hawk (1976) | Clint Walker & Burl Ives |
1.0 | 5.0 | 5.00 | 137 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 26.3 | |
| 131 | Barocco (1976) | 0.2 | 1.2 | 1.20 | 159 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 26.0 | ||
| 133 | The Far Side of Paradise/Foxtrot (1976) | 1.9 | 9.5 | 9.50 | 125 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 25.7 | ||
| 135 | The Hand of Death (1976) | 0.1 | 0.3 | 4.30 | 176 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 25.6 | ||
| 135 | Cannonball! (1976) | David Carradine & Robert Carradine |
4.5 | 23.0 | 23.00 | 87 | 50 | 00 / 00 | 24.7 | |
| 137 | The River Niger (1976) | James Earl Jones & Louis Gossett Jr. |
0.2 | 0.8 | 0.80 | 160 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 23.9 | |
| 137 | Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976) | Victor Mature & Bruce Dern |
3.6 | 18.4 | 18.40 | 94 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 22.9 | |
| 138 | Burnt Offerings (1976) | Bette Davis & Oliver Reed |
4.7 | 23.9 | 23.90 | 85 | 49 | 00 / 00 | 22.3 | |
| 139 | Boomerang/Comme un boomerang (1976) | 0.8 | 4.0 | 9.50 | 142 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 22.2 | ||
| 141 | The Human Tornado (1976) | Ernie Hudson | 0.8 | 3.8 | 3.80 | 143 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 22.1 | |
| 141 | Lipstick (1976) | Margaux Hemingway & Chris Sarandon |
14.0 | 70.8 | 70.80 | 47 | 33 | 00 / 00 | 21.1 | |
| 142 | Mastermind (1976) | 2.2 | 11.0 | 11.00 | 120 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 20.5 | ||
| 144 | Ebony Ivory & Jade (1976) | 0.6 | 3.3 | 3.30 | 149 | 53 | 00 / 00 | 18.0 | ||
| 143 | Mansion of the Doomed (1976) | Gloria Grahame | 2.7 | 13.7 | 13.70 | 112 | 49 | 00 / 00 | 17.9 | |
| 144 | Tracks (1976) | Dennis Hopper & Dean Stockwell |
0.1 | 0.6 | 0.60 | 170 | 53 | 00 / 00 | 17.7 | |
| 145 | The Night of the Askari (1976) | 0.7 | 3.3 | 3.30 | 148 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 17.3 | ||
| 148 | Eaten Alive (1976) | Mel Ferrer | 0.2 | 0.8 | 0.80 | 162 | 53 | 00 / 00 | 17.1 | |
| 149 | Exit the Dragon, Enter the Tiger (1976) | Bruce Li | 4.4 | 22.3 | 22.30 | 88 | 46 | 00 / 00 | 16.3 | |
| 148 | Vigilante Force (1976) | Jan-Michael Vincent | 1.0 | 4.9 | 4.90 | 138 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 15.9 | |
| 150 | The Sell-Out (1976) | Richard Widmark & Oliver Reed |
2.1 | 10.7 | 10.70 | 121 | 48 | 00 / 00 | 14.7 | |
| 152 | Killer Force (1976) Limited Release |
Telly Salavas & Peter Fonda |
0.9 | 4.6 | 4.60 | 141 | 50 | 00 / 00 | 14.6 | |
| 152 | The Next Man (1976) | Sean Connery | 3.8 | 19.2 | 19.20 | 92 | 45 | 00 / 00 | 14.5 | |
| 154 | The Monkey Hu$tle (1976) | Yaphet Kotto | 1.5 | 7.7 | 7.70 | 128 | 49 | 00 / 00 | 14.2 | |
| 153 | The Passover Plot (1976) | Scott Wilson | 0.3 | 1.5 | 1.50 | 155 | 49 | 01 / 00 | 12.8 | |
| 156 | Dragonfly (1976) | Beau Bridges | 0.8 | 3.8 | 3.80 | 144 | 49 | 00 / 00 | 12.7 | |
| 157 | Pony Express Rider (1976) | 0.7 | 3.3 | 3.30 | 147 | 49 | 00 / 00 | 12.4 | ||
| 158 | The Amazing Dobermans (1976) | Fred Astaire | 1.8 | 9.2 | 9.20 | 127 | 47 | 00 / 00 | 12.3 | |
| 159 | Dixie Dynamite (1976) | Warren Oates | 2.3 | 11.5 | 11.50 | 119 | 45 | 00 / 00 | 11.7 | |
| 160 | To the Devil a Daughter (1976) | Richard Widmark | 3.0 | 15.3 | 15.30 | 106 | 44 | 00 / 00 | 11.2 | |
| 161 | Shoot (1976) | Ernest Borgnine | 2.0 | 10.0 | 10.00 | 123 | 45 | 00 / 00 | 11.0 | |
| 160 | The Food of the Gods (1976) | Marjoe Gortner | 3.0 | 15.3 | 15.30 | 104 | 42 | 00 / 00 | 9.7 | |
| 163 | Street People (1976) | Roger Moore | 0.3 | 1.5 | 1.50 | 158 | 46 | 00 / 00 | 9.5 | |
| 164 | A Dirty Knight's Work (1976) | Barbara Hershey | 0.2 | 0.8 | 0.80 | 163 | 46 | 00 / 00 | 8.5 | |
| 165 | Slumber Party '57 (1976) | Debra Winger | 2.3 | 11.6 | 11.60 | 116 | 41 | 00 / 00 | 7.6 | |
| 166 | The Land of the Minotaur (1976) | Peter Cushing | 3.1 | 15.6 | 15.60 | 100 | 40 | 00 / 00 | 7.2 | |
| 168 | Find The Lady (1976) | Mickey Rooney & John Candy |
0.5 | 2.3 | 2.30 | 153 | 42 | 00 / 00 | 5.9 | |
| 167 | God's Gun (1976) | 0.5 | 2.3 | 2.30 | 151 | 42 | 00 / 00 | 5.9 | ||
| 169 | The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones (1976) | Trevor Howard | 1.0 | 4.8 | 4.80 | 139 | 41 | 00 / 00 | 5.4 | |
| 170 | Death Rage (1976) | Yul Brynner | 0.3 | 1.5 | 1.50 | 157 | 40 | 00 / 00 | 4.3 | |
| 171 | Emmanuelle:Joys of a Woman (1976) | Sylvia Kristel | 3.8 | 19.2 | 19.20 | 93 | 33 | 00 / 00 | 3.6 | |
| 172 | Embryo (1976) | Rock Hudson | 2.3 | 11.5 | 11.50 | 118 | 34 | 00 / 00 | 3.1 | |
| 173 | The Clown Murders (1976) | John Candy | 0.3 | 1.5 | 1.50 | 156 | 37 | 00 / 00 | 2.7 | |
| 174 | Bittersweet Love (1976) | Lana Turner | 2.4 | 12.3 | 12.30 | 114 | 33 | 00 / 00 | 2.4 | |
| 175 | The Loves and Times of Scaramouche (1976) | Michael Sarrazin | 0.2 | 0.8 | 0.80 | 168 | 35 | 00 / 00 | 1.9 | |
| 176 | Project: Kill (1976) Limited Release |
Leslie Nielsen | 0.2 | 0.8 | 0.80 | 166 | 34 | 00 / 00 | 1.6 | |
| 176 | Emmanuelle on Taboo Island (1976) | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.30 | 173 | 33 | 00 / 00 | 1.3 |
My Main Sources
Source 1: Variety – January 5th, 1977 Pages 14 and 44.
Source 2: Twentieth Century-Fox A Corporate and Financial History by Aubrey Solomon
Source 3: Wikipedia
Source 4: IMDb.com
Source 5: BoxOfficeMojo.com
How the Box Office Numbers were Calculated
Sadly in 1976….BoxOfficeMojo was not around to keep track of box office earnings. Back then earnings seem to be a secret and a secret that needed to be safely locked up. When studios did report box office stats they used “box office rentals”. Box office rentals were the amount of money the studio got back from the theaters. It is NOT the box office gross. Every year the rental to box office gross percentage changed…in 1976 this meant you had to triple the rentals to get the gross….so the multiplier used in this page was 3.0.
My Yearly Review Pages
- 1939 Movies Ranked Best to Worst Our movie of the year? Gone With The Wind
- 1942 Movies Ranked Best to Worst Our movie of the year? Mrs. Miniver
- 1946 Movies Ranked Best to Worst Our movie of the year? The Best Years of Our Lives
- 1952 Movies Ranked Best to Worst Our movie of the year? Greatest Show On Earth
- 2011 Movies Ranked Best to Worst Our movie of the year? The Help
- 2012 Movies Ranked Best to Worst Our movie of the year? Argo
- 2013 Movies Ranked Best to Worst Our movie of the year? Gravity
- 2014 Movies Ranked Best to Worst Our movie of the year? American Sniper
- 2015 Movies Ranked Best to Worst Our movie of the year? The Martian
- 2016 Movies Ranked Best to Worst Our movie of the year? Deadpool (currently)
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So I have seen 3 of these movies. Rocky, The Bad News Bears, and The Gumball Rally. Nice collection of films, I should really sit down and watch some of these others. Especially the Top 10.
Hey Bryan thanks for the tally, visit and comment on this page which is on movies that were made 12 years before you were born. 3 is actually more than I would have guessed. Then again they are all sports related movies so I guess I can figure out why you watched those three movies.
So how about one on my birth year? 1988?
Hey Bryan…I will add that to the list of subjects to do in the future.
I remember seeing it on a night I saw 3 movies summer 79. I was going to Chicago on vacation the next day and saw Hot Stuff, Americathon and Sunburn that night, all in Manhattan. I figured I wouldn’t see anything on vacation. One was at an underground cinema at 15 Columbus Circle aka at the time 1 Gulf & Western Plaza who owned Paramount at the time. Paramount’s offices were way up in the 40th floor vicinity (nice view of Central Park and the city). Now it’s the Trump International Hotel, cinema closed long ago.
Hey Dan….your memory is awesome when it comes to remembering what movies and where you saw the movie at theaters. I have a notebook from the 1980s that I used to write down all the movies I watched….if I saw it in theaters I put an * by the movie. When I am looking at the notebook….many times I say to myself…”I saw that in theaters?” That underground cinema sounds interesting. I would have loved to intern at the Paramount 40th floor…..and look through whatever financial information they had locked up from their yesteryear movies. Good comment.
Hi
I was 17 during most of 1976, I think it was the first year I took any notice of the Oscars, with Jack Nicholson winning for One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. Because ’76 was the bicentenary of American independence, there was quite a lot of documentaries about American movies, especially old Hollywood. I think it was then when I started becoming interested in American movies. 1976 was a good year for movies, All The President’s Men was a gift for Hoffman and Redford. Network was terrific, Peter Finch won the Oscar but he died before it was released.
But I think Taxi Driver stands out as the real masterpiece of the year.
King Kong was dire and only saved because of some of the cast. And of course, Carrie was another favourite. It’s interesting comparing to the top 20 compared to 40 years later with franchise movies, superheroes and animation. I think Sulley is the only one that wouldn’t be out of place in the 1976.
Hey Chris
1. I was still pretty clueless about movies back then…I remember kids in school talking about Rocky….but that year I was promoting Gus is the greatest movie ever made.
2. So the 200th anniversary got you into American movies….sounds like a good reason to me.
3. My favorite would be All The President’s Men…..I can watch that movie over and over.
4. I recognize Taxi Driver is a classic….but it is so dark and gloomy….makes it hard to watch repeatedly.
5. Kong was a huge hit….I remember people crying at the end of that movie….I remember how impressed everybody was on how Kong looked….yet it later came out that is mainly a guy in a monkey suit.
6. Good point about Sully fitting in. Sequels and computer animated movies were still only a speak in Spielberg’s eye.
Thanks for the visit and the comment.
Hot Stuff is from 1979.
Hey Dan….yep I messed that one up….deleted from the table and fixed the year in my database…thanks for the heads up. I actually saw this movie in theaters….you think I would have remembered it was 1979 and not 1976…lol.