Most Popular Movies 1976
This chart shows the 1976 movie releases that have attracted the most interest on The Numbers web site over the past 24 hours. A share of 100 corresponds to 1 percent of the total views for all 1976 releases.
See also: Domestic Release Schedule for 1976 - Top 1976 Worldwide
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| At the Earth's Core |
| Director: Kevin Connor |
| Initial Theatrical Release: August 7, 1976 (Wide), released as Chitei ôkoku (Japan) |
| Classification: Based on Fiction Book/Short Story, Adventure, Live Action, Science Fiction |
Synopsis
There's more than lava at the Earth's core. There's also Pellucidar: an underground empire where gargantuan pterodactyls torture and enslave all humanoids - including the lovely Dia. But all that could change when a surface-dwelling scientist and an American businessman drive their powerful "Iron Mole" straight into Pellucidar... stirring up a great deal more than dirt, rocks and lava!
2
| Taxi Driver |
| Director: Martin Scorsese |
| Lead Roles: Robert De Niro as Travis Bickle |
| Initial Theatrical Release: February 8, 1976 (Wide) by Columbia |
| Keywords: Film Noir, Vietnam War, Relationships Gone Wrong, Crime Drama, Mental Illness, Ex-soldier, Child Prostitution, Prostitution, Romance, PTSD, 1977 Oscars Best Picture Nominee |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Drama, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
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Domestic BO: $28,262,574 |
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International BO: $186,080 |
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| Touki-Bouki |
| Director: Djibril Diop Mambéty |
| Initial Theatrical Release: October 21, 1976 (Wide) (Hungary) |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Drama, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
4
| The Pink Panther Strikes Again |
| Director: Blake Edwards |
| Initial Theatrical Release: December 15, 1976 (Wide) by United Artists |
| Keywords: Crime Comedy |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Comedy, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
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Domestic BO: $33,833,201 |
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| Assault on Precinct 13 |
| Director: John Carpenter |
| Initial Theatrical Release: November 5, 1976 (Limited) by Turtle Releasing |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Action, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
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| The Omen |
| Director: Richard Donner |
| Initial Theatrical Release: June 25, 1976 (Wide) by 20th Century Fox |
| Keywords: Religious, Switched At Birth, The Devil, Supernatural, Supernatural Horror |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Horror, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
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Domestic BO: $48,570,885 |
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International BO: $6,546 |
7
| Rocky |
| Director: John G. Avildsen |
| Lead Roles: Sylvester Stallone as Rocky Balboa, Talia Shire as Adrian |
| Initial Theatrical Release: November 21, 1976 (Wide) by United Artists |
| Keywords: Boxing, Organized Crime, Big Break, Underdog, Romance, Inspired by a True Story, Training Montage, Sports Drama, Oscars Best Picture Winner, 1977 Oscars Best Picture Nominee |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Drama, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
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Domestic BO: $117,235,147 |
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International BO: $107,764,853 |
8
| Trollflöjten |
| Director: Ingmar Bergman |
| Initial Theatrical Release: October 30, 1976 (Wide) (Portugal) |
| Classification: Based on Musical or Opera, Musical, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
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International BO: $13,703 |
9
| All the President’s Men |
| Director: Alan J. Pakula |
| Lead Roles: Dustin Hoffman as Carl Bernstein, Robert Redford as Bob Woodward |
| Initial Theatrical Release: April 2, 1976 (Wide) by Warner Bros. |
| Keywords: News, Biographical Drama, Cover Up, Government Corruption, 1977 Oscars Best Picture Nominee |
| Classification: Based on Factual Book/Article, Drama, Live Action, Dramatization |
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Domestic BO: $51,048,435 |
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International BO: $422 |
10
| Two-Minute Warning |
| Director: Larry Peerce |
| Lead Roles: Charlton Heston as Captain Peter Holly, John Cassavetes as Sgt. Button |
| Initial Theatrical Release: November 12, 1976 (Limited) by Universal |
| Classification: Based on Fiction Book/Short Story, Thriller/Suspense, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
11
| The Witch Who Came From The Sea |
| Director: Matt Cimber |
| Initial Theatrical Release: January 2, 1976 (Limited) by Self Distributed |
| Classification: Horror, Live Action |
12
| Futureworld |
| Director: Richard T. Heffron |
| Initial Theatrical Release: August 13, 1976 (Wide) by American International Pictures |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Thriller/Suspense, Live Action, Science Fiction |
13
| Special Delivery |
| Director: Paul Wendkos |
| Lead Roles: Bo Svenson, Cybill Shepherd |
| Initial Theatrical Release: July, 1976 (Limited) by American International Pictures |
| Classification: Comedy, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
14
| Midway |
| Director: Jack Smight |
| Lead Roles: Charlton Heston as Captain Matthew Garth, Henry Fonda as Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, James Coburn as Capatin Vinton Maddox, Glenn Ford as RAdm. Raymond A. Spruance, Hal Holbrook as Commander Joseph Rochefort, Toshiro Mifune as Admiral Yamamoto, Robert Mitchum as Admiral William F. 'Bull' Halsey, Jr., Cliff Robertson as Cmdr. Carl Jessop, Robert Wagner as Lt. Commander Ernest L. Blake |
| Initial Theatrical Release: June 18, 1976 (Wide) by Universal |
| Keywords: Historical Battles, World War II, War, War Drama, 1940s, Ensemble, In a Plane, On a Boat |
| Classification: Based on Real Life Events, Drama, Live Action, Dramatization |
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Domestic BO: $43,220,000 |
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International BO: $23,200,000 |
15
| House of Mortal Sin |
| Director: Pete Walker |
| Initial Theatrical Release: February, 1976 (Wide) (United Kingdom) |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Horror, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
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| Onna Hissatsu Ken |
| Director: Kazuhiko Yamaguchi |
| Lead Roles: Etsuko Shihomi as Lǐ Hónglóng |
| Initial Theatrical Release: February 20, 1976 () by New Line, released as Sister Street Fighter |
| Keywords: Martial Arts, Organized Crime, Narcotics, Kidnap, Rescue, Undercover, Set in Japan, Missing Person, Intertitle, Voiceover/Narration, Death of a Sibling, Death of Other Extended Family |
| Classification: Spin-Off, Action, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
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| The Bad News Bears |
| Director: Michael Ritchie |
| Lead Roles: Walter Matthau as Coach Morris Buttermaker, Tatum O'Neal as Amanda Whurlitzer |
| Initial Theatrical Release: April 7, 1976 (Wide) by Paramount Pictures |
| Keywords: Baseball, Sports Comedy, Remade, Underdog, Addiction, Former Professional Athlete, Comeback, Female Athlete in a Male Dominated Sport |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Comedy, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
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Domestic BO: $42,349,782 |
18
| Verites et mensonges |
| Director: Orson Welles |
| Lead Roles: Orson Welles as Self |
| Initial Theatrical Release: 1976 (Limited), released as F for Fake |
| Keywords: Forgery, White Collar Crime, Artists, Writing and Writers, Directing Yourself, Voiceover/Narration, Art Predicting Life |
| Classification: Based on Real Life Events, Documentary, Live Action, Factual |
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| Heartworn Highways |
| Director: James Szalapski |
| Initial Theatrical Release: May 1, 1976 (Limited) |
| Classification: Based on Real Life Events, Documentary, Live Action, Factual |
Synopsis
In the mid-‘70s, filmmaker James Szalapski traveled to Texas and Tennessee to capture the radical country artists reclaiming the genre through an appreciation for its heritage in folk and bluegrass and a rejection of the mainstream Nashville machine. The hard living – and hard partying — lifestyles of outlaw country’s figureheads are played out on screen in trailer homes, prisons and even a liquor-fueled Christmas gathering.
20
| Marathon Man |
| Director: John Schlesinger |
| Lead Roles: Dustin Hoffman as Babe |
| Initial Theatrical Release: 1976 (Wide) by Paramount Pictures |
| Keywords: Crime Thriller, Nazi, Nazis Outside of World War II, Nazi Treasure, Jewish |
| Classification: Based on Fiction Book/Short Story, Thriller/Suspense, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
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Domestic BO: $28,204,261 |
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| The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane |
| Director: Nicolas Gessner |
| Lead Roles: Jodie Foster as Rynn |
| Initial Theatrical Release: December 25, 1976 (Wide), released as Den lilla flickan i huset vid vägens slut (Sweden) |
| Keywords: Novel or Other Work Adapted by Author |
| Classification: Based on Fiction Book/Short Story, Thriller/Suspense, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
22
| Logan's Run |
| Initial Theatrical Release: 1976 (Wide) by MGM |
| Classification: Science Fiction |
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Domestic BO: $25,000,000 |
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| Brutti, sporchi e cattivi |
| Director: Ettore Scola |
| Initial Theatrical Release: September 23, 1976 (Wide) (Italy) |
| Keywords: Incest, Slums / Shantytown, Prostitution, Infidelity, Cross-Dressing, Long Take, Poverty, Set in Italy, 1970s |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Drama, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
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Domestic BO: $6,590 |
24
| The Killing of a Chinese Bookie |
| Director: John Cassavetes |
| Initial Theatrical Release: February 15, 1976 (Limited) |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Thriller/Suspense, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
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International BO: $4,794 |
25
| A*P*E |
| Director: Paul Ledar |
| Initial Theatrical Release: July 23, 1976 (Wide), released as King Kongui daeyeokseub (South Korea) |
| Keywords: Creature Feature, Kidnap, Seoul, Martial Arts, Set in South Korea |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Adventure, Live Action, Science Fiction |