Friday, February 19, 2021

Highest Grossing Films of 1979

 I Want My Son!

The ten most successful films of 1979. 

Rank Title / Distributor / Box Office Gross

1 Kramer vs. Kramer / Columbia Pictures / $106,260,000

2 The Amityville Horror / American International Pictures / $86,432,520

3 Rocky II / United Artists / $85,182,160

4 Apocalypse Now / /$83,471,511

5 Star Trek: The Motion Picture / Paramount Pictures / $82,258,456

6 Alien / 20th Century Fox / $80,931,801

7 10 / Warner Bros. / $74,865,517

8 The Jerk / Universal Pictures / $73,691,419

9 Moonraker / United Artists / $70,308,099

10 The Muppet Movie / Associated Film Distribution / $65,200,000



Sunday, February 14, 2021

Highest Grossing Films of 1978

 It's A Bird!  It's A Plane!

The ten most successful films of 1978.

Rank Title / Studio / Box Office Gross

1 Superman / Warner Bros. / $134,218,018

2 Grease / Paramount / $132,472,560

3 Animal House / Universal / $120,091,123

4 Every Which Way but Loose / Warner Bros. / $85,196,485

5 Heaven Can Wait / Paramount / $81,640,278

6 Hooper / Warner Bros. / $78,000,000

7 Jaws 2 / Universal / $77,737,272

8 Up In Smoke / Paramount / $76,000,000

9 Revenge of the Pink Panther / United Artists / $49,579,269

10 The Deer Hunter / Universal / $48,979,328



Thursday, February 11, 2021

Highest Grossing Films of 1977

May The Force Be With You!

The ten most successful films of 1977. 

Rank Title / Studio / Box Office Gross

1 Star Wars / Fox / $221,280,994

2 Smokey and the Bandit / Universal / $126,737,428

3 Close Encounters of the Third Kind / Columbia / $116,395,460

4 Saturday Night Fever / Paramount / $94,213,184

5 The Goodbye Girl / Warner Bros. / $82,000,470

6 A Bridge Too Far / United Artists / $50,750,000

7 The Deep / Columbia / $47,346,365

8 The Spy Who Loved Me / United Artists / $46,838,673

9 Oh, God! / Warner Bros. / $41,687,243

10 Annie Hall / United Artists / $38,251,425



Monday, February 8, 2021

Highest Grossing Films of 1976

 Adrian!

The ten most successful movies of 1976.

Rank   Title / Studio / Box Office Gross

1 Rocky / United Artists / $55,900,000

2 A Star Is Born / Warner Bros. Pictures / $37,100,000

3 King Kong / Paramount Pictures / $36,900,000

4 Silver Streak / 20th Century Fox / $30,018,000

5 All the President's Men / Warner Bros. Pictures / $30,000,000

6 The Omen / 20th Century Fox / $28,500,000

7 The Bad News Bears / Paramount Pictures / $24,800,000

8 The Enforcer / Warner Bros. Pictures / $24,000,000

9 In Search of Noah's Ark / Sunn Classic Pictures / $23,800,000

10 Midway / Universal Pictures / $21,610,435


Friday, February 5, 2021

Alice Vintage Collectibles

 Kiss My Grits!

Alice was a sitcom that aired on CBS from August 1976 to March 1985. The series is based on the 1974 film Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore. The show stars Linda Lavin in the title role, a widow who moves with her young son to start life over again, and finds a job working at a roadside diner in Phoenix, Arizona. Most of the episodes revolve around events at Mel's Diner, where Alice is employed.

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Tuesday, February 2, 2021

Good Times Vintage Collectibles

 Dy-No-Mite!!!

Good Times was a sitcom that aired for six seasons on CBS, from February 1974 to January 1980. Created by Eric Monte and Mike Evans and developed by executive producer Norman Lear, it was television's first African American two-parent family sitcom. Good Times is a spin-off of Maude, which itself is a spin-off of All in the Family.

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