1975 in film

List of years in film (table)
In home video
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
In television
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978

The year 1975 in film involved some significant events, with Steven Spielberg's thriller Jaws topping the box office.

Highest-grossing films (U.S.)

The top ten 1975 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

Highest-grossing films of 1975
Rank Title Studio Domestic gross
1 Jaws Universal Pictures $260,000,000[1]
2 The Rocky Horror Picture Show 20th Century Fox $112,892,319[2]
3 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest United Artists $108,981,275[3]
4 Dog Day Afternoon Warner Bros. $50,000,000[4]
5 Shampoo Columbia Pictures $49,407,734[5]
6 The Return of the Pink Panther United Artists $41,833,347[6]
7 Funny Lady Columbia Pictures $39,000,000[7]
8 The Apple Dumpling Gang Walt Disney Productions $36,853,000[8]
9 Aloha, Bobby and Rose Columbia Pictures $35,000,000[9]
10 The Other Side of the Mountain Universal Pictures $34,673,100[10]

Events

Awards

Awards ceremonies

Notable awards

Category/Organization Golden Globe Awards
January 24, 1976 		BAFTA Awards
February 29, 1976 		Academy Awards
March 29, 1976
Musical or Comedy Drama
Best Film The Sunshine Boys One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Best Director Miloš Forman
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 		Stanley Kubrick
Barry Lyndon 		Miloš Forman
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Best Actor Walter Matthau
The Sunshine Boys 		Jack Nicholson
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 		Al Pacino
Dog Day Afternoon /
The Godfather Part II 		Jack Nicholson
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Best Actress Ann-Margret
Tommy 		Louise Fletcher
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 		Ellen Burstyn
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore 		Louise Fletcher
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Best Supporting Actor Richard Benjamin
The Sunshine Boys 		Fred Astaire
The Towering Inferno 		George Burns
The Sunshine Boys
Best Supporting Actress Brenda Vaccaro
Once Is Not Enough 		Diane Ladd
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore 		Lee Grant
Shampoo
Best Screenplay, Adapted One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Lawrence Hauben and Bo Goldman 		Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Robert Getchell 		One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Lawrence Hauben and Bo Goldman
Best Screenplay, Original Dog Day Afternoon
Frank Pierson

Films released

By date

Note: U.S. releases unless stated.

January–March

April–June

July–September

October–December

Notable films released in 1975

Note: U.S. releases unless stated

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Births

Deaths

Month Date Name Age Country Profession Notable films
January 1 Arthur Pierson 73 Norway/USA Director, Actor
9 Pierre Fresnay 77 France Actor
18 Gertrude Olmstead 77 USA Actress
24 Larry Fine 72 USA Actor
27 Bill Walsh 61 USA Screenwriter, Producer
February 1 Richard Wattis 62 UK Actor
11 Maria Balcerkiewiczówna 71 Poland Actress
17 George Marshall 83 USA Director
20 Robert Strauss 61 USA Actor
20 Lillian Fontaine 88 UK Actress
March 4 Renée Björling 76 Sweden Actress
7 Ben Blue 73 Canada/USA Actor
8 George Stevens 70 USA Director, Producer
9 Shirley Ross 62 USA Actress
14 Susan Hayward 57 USA Actress
April 3 Mary Ure 42 UK Actress
10 Marjorie Main 85 USA Actress
13 Larry Parks 60 USA Actor
14 Fredric March 77 USA Actor
15 Richard Conte 65 USA Actor
15 William Hartnell 67 UK Actor
May 4 Moe Howard 77 USA Actor
June 4 Evelyn Brent 75 USA Actress
6 Larry Blyden 49 USA Actor
28 Rod Serling 50 USA Screenwriter
July 2 James Robertson Justice 68 UK Actor
August 23 Hank Patterson 86 USA Actor
September 9 John McGiver 61 USA Actor
24 Clive Morton 71 UK Actor
27 Mark Frechette 27 USA Actor
October 18 Al Lettieri 47 USA Actor
24 Martin Boddey 68 UK Actor
31 Joseph Calleia 78 Malta/USA Actor, Singer
November 2 Pier Paolo Pasolini 53 Italy Director, Screenwriter, Actor
4 Sheila Ryan 54 USA Actress
5 Annette Kellerman 88 Australia Actress
December 9 William A. Wellman 79 USA Director
13 Cyril Delevanti 88 UK Actor
20 William Lundigan 61 USA Actor
24 Bernard Herrmann 64 USA Composer

Film debuts

References

  1. ↑ "Jaws, Box Office Information". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved January 22, 2012.
  2. ↑ "The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Box Office Information". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved May 26, 2014.
  3. ↑ "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Box Office Information". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved January 22, 2012.
  4. ↑ "Dog Day Afternoon, Box Office Information". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved January 22, 2012.
  5. ↑ "Shampoo, Box Office Information". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved January 22, 2012.
  6. ↑ "The Return of the Pink Panther, Box Office Information". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved January 22, 2012.
  7. ↑ "Funny Lady, Box Office Information". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved May 26, 2014.
  8. ↑ "The Apple Dumpling Gang, Box Office Information". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved July 7, 2012.
  9. ↑ "Aloha, Bobby and Rose, Worldwide Box Office". Worldwide Box Office. Retrieved January 22, 2012.
  10. ↑ "The Other Side of the Mountain, Box Office Information". The Numbers. Retrieved July 7, 2012.
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