Mel Brooks had a pretty good year.
(ranked by Gross Box Office)
- Blazing Saddles – $119,500,000
- The Towering Inferno – $116,000,000
- Young Frankenstein – $86,273,333
- Earthquake – $79,666,653
- The Godfather Part II – $57,300,000
- Airport 1975 – $47,285,152
- The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams – $45,411,063
- The Longest Yard – $43,008,075
- Benji – $39,552,000
- Herbie Rides Again – $38,229,000
- Murder on the Orient Express – $35,733,867
- The Texas Chain Saw Massacre – $30,859,000
- Freebie and the Bean – $30,000,000
- Chinatown – $29,200,000
- Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry – $28,401,735
- The Great Gatsby – $26,533,200
- Thunderbolt and Lightfoot – $25,000,000
- Lenny – $23,244,000
- Death Wish – $22,000,000
- Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore – $21,044,810
- The Man with the Golden Gun – $21,000,000
- The Groove Tube – $20,447,000
- That’s Entertainment! – $19,100,000
- Macon County Line – $18,800,000
- The Front Page – $15,000,000