1. E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial ($359,197,037)
2. Tootsie ($177,200,000)
3. An Officer and a Gentleman ($129,795,554)
4. Rock III ($124,146,897)
5. Porky's ($105,492,483)
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The Longest Day was the top earning box office movie released in 1962 grossing a non inflation adjusted $39,100,000.
Raiders of the Lost Ark was the top earning box office movie released in 1981 earning a non-inflation adjusted $230,329,080.
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According to Box Office Mojo, the No. 1 motion picture of 2000 was Ron Howard's live-action version of Dr. Seuss' "How the Grinch Stole Christmas." The movie earned $260 million domestically and $85 million overseas for an overall take of $345 million.
The only mildly successful movie that came out in April 1978 that I could find on the 'net is F.I.S.T with Sylvester Stallone.