1975 in film

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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

March 26 - The film version of The Who's Tommy premieres in London.
May - George Lucas opens Industrial Lights & Magic for his 1977 Star Wars: A New Hope.
July - In order to create the necessary special effects for his film, Star Wars, George Lucas forms Industrial Light and Magic.
August 14 - The cult classic film The Rocky Horror Picture Show premieres in London.
Jaws becomes the first movie to gross $100 million in US theatrical rentals,^{[citation needed]} setting the standard for future blockbusters.
November 23 - Sneak Previews, the first American film review show, premieres and launches the careers of critics Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert. They will remain a team, and a staple among film critics, through various programs for the next twenty-four years.

Awards

Academy Awards

Golden Globe Awards

Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):

Chronicle of the Years of Fire (Chronique des années de braise), directed by Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina, Algeria

Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):

Adoption (Örökbefogadás), directed by Márta Mészáros, Hungary

Awards

Category/Organization	33rd Golden Globe Awards January 24, 1976		29th BAFTA Awards February 29, 1976	48th Academy Awards March 29, 1976
Category/Organization	Musical or Comedy	Drama	29th BAFTA Awards February 29, 1976	48th Academy Awards March 29, 1976
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 Jacqueline Susann		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			Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore Robert Getchell	Dog Day Afternoon Frank Pierson

Notable films released in 1975

U.S.A. unless stated

Zaklęte rewiry (a.k.a. Hotel Pacific) - (Poland)
Xala, directed by Ousmane Sembène - (Senegal)
The Yakuza, directed by Sydney Pollack, starring Robert Mitchum and Ken Takakura - (U.S./Japan)

Births

January 3
- Jason Marsden, actor
- Danica McKellar, American actress
January 5 - Bradley Cooper, American actor
February 14 - Malik Zidi, French actor
February 22 - Drew Barrymore, American actress and director
March 27 - Stacy Ferguson, American actress/singer
May 3 - Christina Hendricks, American actress
June 4 - Angelina Jolie, American actress
June 25 - Linda Cardellini, American actress
June 27 - Tobey Maguire, American actor
July 11
- Bridgette Andersen, American actress (d. 1997)
- Cécile de France, Belgian actress
July 23 - Surya Sivakumar, Indian actor
August 7 - Charlize Theron, South African actress
August 12 - Casey Affleck, American actor
September 30 - Marion Cotillard, French actress
October 5
- Parminder Nagra, English actress
- Kate Winslet, English actress
October 7 - Kaspars Znotiņš, Latvian actor
November 6 - Sean Patrick Maclam, Scottish Grindhouse film director
November 19 - Sushmita Sen, Indian actress
December 17 - Milla Jovovich, Ukrainian-American actress
December 27 - Heather O'Rourke, American actress (d.1988)

Notable deaths

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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