1975 in film
Template:Short description Template:Year nav topic5 Template:Yearsinfilm The year 1975 in film involved some significant events. 20th Century-Fox will celebrate their 40th anniversary.
Highest-grossing filmsEdit
North AmericaEdit
Template:See also The top ten 1975 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:
| Rank | Title | Distributor | Domestic rentals |
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| 1 | Jaws | Universal | $133,400,000<ref name=Finler>Template:Cite book</ref> |
| 2 | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | United Artists | $59,200,000<ref name=Finler/> |
| 3 | The Rocky Horror Picture Show | 20th Century Fox | $50,420,000*<ref name="1975DomesticRevenue"/> |
| 4 | Shampoo | Columbia | $23,822,000<ref name="1975DomesticRevenue">Top 20 Films of 1975 by Domestic Revenue</ref> |
| 5 | Dog Day Afternoon | Warner Bros. | $22,500,000<ref name=Finler/> |
| 6 | The Return of the Pink Panther | United Artists | $20,017,000<ref name="1975DomesticRevenue"/> |
| 7 | Three Days of the Condor | Paramount | $20,014,000<ref name="1975DomesticRevenue">Top 20 Films of 1975 by Domestic Revenue</ref> |
| 8 | Funny Lady | Columbia | $19,313,000<ref name="1975DomesticRevenue"/> |
| 9 | The Other Side of the Mountain | Universal | $18,012,000<ref name="1975DomesticRevenue"/> |
| 10 | Tommy | Columbia | $17,793,000<ref name="1975DomesticRevenue"/> |
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InternationalEdit
The highest-grossing 1975 films in countries outside of North America.
| International market | Film | Admissions | Revenue | Production country |
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| Brazil | The Towering Inferno | 10,377,230 | Template:Unknown | Template:Unknown | United States | citation | CitationClass=web
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| France | The Towering Inferno | 4,466,376 | Template:Unknown | Template:Unknown | United States | citation | CitationClass=web
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| West Germany | Jaws | 7,000,000 | Template:Unknown | Template:Unknown | United States | citation | CitationClass=web
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| India | Sholay | 150,000,000+ | Template:INR | $41,790,000 | India | citation | CitationClass=web
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| Italy | My Friends | 10,467,254 | Template:Unknown | Template:Unknown | Italy | citation | CitationClass=web
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| Japan | The Towering Inferno | Template:Unknown | Template:JPY | Template:Unknown | United States | <ref name="Japan1975">Template:Cite magazine</ref> | ||
| Soviet Union | Bobby | 62,600,000 | 15,650,000 Rbls | $21,440,000 | India | <ref group="n" name="Bobby">Bobby in the Soviet Union: 15.65 million Rbls<ref group="nb">62.6 million tickets sold,<ref name="soviet">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
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| Spain | Jaws | 5,918,754 | Template:Unknown | Template:Unknown | United States | citation | CitationClass=web
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| United Kingdom | Jaws | 16,200,000 | £11,800,000 | $Template:To USD,000,000 | United States | <ref name="BFI 2013">Template:Cite book</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
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| United States & Canada | Jaws | 128,078,800 | $260,000,000 | $260,000,000 | United States | citation | CitationClass=web
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Worldwide grossEdit
The following table lists known worldwide gross figures for several high-grossing films that originally released in 1975. Note that this list is incomplete and is therefore not representative of the highest-grossing films worldwide in 1975. This list also includes gross revenue from later re-releases.
| Title | Admissions (Template:Estimation) | Revenue | Country | |||
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| Jaws | 242,800,000<ref name="Guinness 2015">Template:Cite book</ref> | $470,653,000<ref name="jaws"/> | United States | |||
| One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | 78,706,404<ref group="n">One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest box office admissions:
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| Sholay | 250,000,000<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> | $70,000,000<ref group="n">Sholay estimated gross revenue Template:Ndash Template:INR (Template:US$)
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| Dog Day Afternoon | 24,861,525<ref group="n">Dog Day Afternoon box office admissions:
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EventsEdit
- March 26: The film version of The Who's Tommy premieres in London.
- May 26: In order to create the necessary special effects for his film, Star Wars, George Lucas forms Industrial Light and Magic.
- June 20: Jaws is released and becomes the highest-grossing movie of the year and the first movie to earn $100 million in US and Canadian theatrical rentals,<ref name=DaybyDay>Template:Cite news</ref> setting the standard for future blockbusters.
- August 14: The cult classic film The Rocky Horror Picture Show premieres in London.
- August 15: Sholay, directed by Ramesh Sippy, produced by his father G. P. Sippy, and written by Salim–Javed, is released in Bombay. The film stars Dharmendra, Sanjeev Kumar, Hema Malini, Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan, and Amjad Khan. When first released, Sholay received negative critical reviews and a tepid commercial response, but favourable word-of-mouth publicity helped it to become a box office success. It broke records for continuous showings in many theatres across India. It was the highest-grossing Indian film ever at the time, and was the highest-grossing film in India up until Hum Aapke Hain Koun..! (1994). By numerous accounts, Sholay remains one of the highest-grossing Indian films of all time, adjusted for inflation. Sholay is often regarded as one of the greatest and most influential Indian films of all time.
- November 2: Italian director Pier Paolo Pasolini is brutally murdered in Ostia (Rome).
- November 23: Sneak Previews, the first American film review show, premieres and launches the careers of critics Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert. They remained as a team, and a staple among film critics, through various programs for the next twenty-four years.
- December: Warner Bros. reorganizes following John Calley's decision to step down as president-COO. Frank Wells returns as president and shares CEO duties with Ted Ashley, who also returns as chairman.<ref name=DaybyDay/>
AwardsEdit
Awards ceremoniesEdit
- Academy Awards
- BAFTA Awards
- Golden Globe Awards
- Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival): Chronicle of the Years of Fire (Chronique des années de braise)
- Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival): Adoption (Örökbefogadás)
Notable awardsEdit
1975 filmsEdit
By country/regionEdit
- List of American films of 1975
- List of Argentine films of 1975
- List of Australian films of 1975
- List of Bangladeshi films of 1975
- List of British films of 1975
- List of Canadian films of 1975
- List of French films of 1975
- List of Hong Kong films of 1975
- List of Indian films of 1975
- List of Japanese films of 1975
- List of Mexican films of 1975
- List of Pakistani films of 1975
- List of South Korean films of 1975
- List of Soviet films of 1975
- List of Spanish films of 1975
By genre/mediumEdit
- List of action films of 1975
- List of animated feature films of 1975
- List of avant-garde films of 1975
- List of comedy films of 1975
- List of drama films of 1975
- List of horror films of 1975
- List of science fiction films of 1975
- List of thriller films of 1975
- List of western films of 1975
BirthsEdit
- January 1
- Sonali Bendre, Indian actress
- Toni Ann Gisondi, American child actress
- Danielle Schneider, American actress, writer and improvisational comedian
- January 2: Dax Shepard, American actor
- January 3
- Jason Marsden, American actor
- Danica McKellar, American actress
- January 5: Bradley Cooper, American actor and film director
- January 6: Nicole DeHuff, American actress (d. 2005)
- January 9: Patrick Sabongui, Canadian actor and stunt performer
- January 14: Jordan Ladd, American actress
- January 15: Jorge R. Gutierrez, Mexican animator, director, writer and voice actor
- January 16: Julie Ann Emery, American actress
- January 17: Freddy Rodriguez, American actor
- January 21: Michael Shaeffer, English actor
- January 22: Balthazar Getty, American actor and musician
- January 25: Mia Kirshner, Canadian actress and writer
- January 29: Kelly Packard, American actress
- January 31: Preity Zinta, Indian actress
- February 3: Terry Chen, Canadian actor
- February 4: Natalie Imbruglia, Australian-British singer and actress
- February 5: Alison Hammond, English television personality and actress
- February 7: Dan Green, American voice actor, voice director and screenwriter
- February 9: Rawson Marshall Thurber, American filmmaker and actor
- February 14: Malik Zidi, French actor
- February 17: Raymond S. Persi, American animator, director, screenwriter, producer, storyboard artist and voice actor
- February 18: Hristo Zhivkov, Bulgarian actor (d. 2023)
- February 22: Drew Barrymore, American actress and director
- February 23: Callan Mulvey, Australian actor
- February 25: Chelsea Handler, American comedian, actress, writer, television host and producer
- February 27: Quentin Kenihan, Australian writer and actor (d. 2018)
- February 28: Lucy Tulugarjuk, Inuk-Canadian actress, singer and director
- March 2: Lee Sun-kyun, South Korean actor (d. 2023)
- March 3:
- Patric Chiha, Austrian film director and screenwriter<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Tiger Chen, Chinese martial artist, actor and stuntman
- March 7:
- Sarayu Rao, American actress
- T. J. Thyne, American actor
- March 9: Chaske Spencer, American actor and producer
- March 11: Josh Robert Thompson, American voice actor, actor, comedian and impressionist
- March 15:
- Eva Longoria, American actress, director and producer
- Will.i.am, American actor and singer/rapper
- March 16: Sienna Guillory, English actress
- March 17: Natalie Zea, American actress
- March 18: Charles Parnell, American actor
- March 21: Justin Pierce, American-British actor and skateboarder (d. 2000)
- March 22:
- Guillermo Diaz, American actor
- Nathan Greno, American director and writer
- Cole Hauser, American actor
- March 24: Brennan Elliott, Canadian actor
- March 27: Stacy Ferguson, American actress and singer-songwriter
- March 28: Richard Kelly, American director, screenwriter and producer
- April 2:
- Deedee Magno, Filipino-American actress and singer
- Pedro Pascal, Chilean and American actor
- Adam Rodriguez, American actor
- April 3: Aries Spears, American stand-up comedian and actor
- April 6: Zach Braff, American actor, director, screenwriter and producer
- April 7: Heather Burns, American actress
- April 10: David Harbour, American actor
- April 11: Gloria Calderón Kellett, American writer, producer, director and actress
- April 12: Camila Morgado, Brazilian actress
- April 13: Angus MacLane, American director, animator, screenwriter and voice actor
- April 14:
- Amy Birnbaum, American voice actress
- Anderson Silva, Brazilian mixed martial artist and boxer.
- April 15: Elissa Knight, American employee at Pixar and voice actress
- April 21: Charlie O'Connell, American actor
- April 27: Erica Schroeder, American voice actress
- April 30: Johnny Galecki, American actor
- May 3:
- Christina Hendricks, American actress
- Dulé Hill, American actor
- May 4: Óscar Jaenada, Spanish actor
- May 8:
- Wilmer Calderon, Puerto Rican-American actor
- Jodhi May, English actress
- May 9: Chris Diamantopoulos, Greek-Canadian actor and voice artist
- May 20:
- Juan Minujín, Argentine actor and director
- Marc Thompson, American voice actor
- May 22:
- Harriet Toompere, Estonian actress
- Stephen Walters, English actor
- May 24: Will Sasso, Canadian-American actor, comedian, voice actor and podcaster
- May 26: Nicki Aycox, American actress and musician (d. 2022)
- May 27: André 3000, American singer, songwriter, rapper and actor
- June 1: Kate Magowan, English actress and producer
- June 4:
- Russell Brand, English comedian, actor and radio host
- Angelina Jolie, American actress
- June 6: Nina Kaczorowski, American actress and stuntwoman
- June 8: Shilpa Shetty, Indian actress
- June 10: Nicole Bilderback, Korean-born American actress
- June 11:
- Nick Kellington, British actor and musician
- John Tui, New Zealand actor of Tungan descent
- June 19: Hugh Dancy, English actor
- June 22: Jeff Hephner, American actor
- June 23: Jeffrey Carlson, American actor and singer (d. 2023)
- June 25: Linda Cardellini, American actress
- June 27: Tobey Maguire, American actor
- June 28: Jeff Geddis, Canadian actor
- June 29: Șerban Pavlu, Romanian actor
- July 2: Elizabeth Reaser, American actress
- July 3: Ryan McPartlin, American actor
- July 4: Mirelle Hernández, American makeup artist
- July 5: Sope Aluko, Nigerian-born British-American actress
- July 6: 50 Cent, American actor and rapper
- July 7: Nina Hoss, German film and stage actress
- July 9: Nathaniel Marston, American actor and producer (d. 2015)
- July 10: Stefán Karl Stefánsson, Icelandic actor and singer (d. 2018)
- July 11: Bridgette Andersen, American actress (d. 1997)
- July 13: Gareth Edwards, British filmmaker
- July 14: Jaime Gomez, American actor and rapper
- July 17:
- Elena Anaya, Spanish actress
- Cécile de France, Belgian actress
- July 19: Reuben Langdon, American stuntman and voice actor
- July 20:
- Judy Greer, American actress
- Jason Raize, American actor, singer and Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Environment Programme (d. 2004)
- July 21: David Dastmalchian, American actor
- July 22: Hannah Waterman, English actress
- July 23: Suriya, Indian actor
- July 28: Ori Pfeffer, Israeli actor
- August 5:
- Jabez Olssen, New Zealand editor
- Stéphanie Szostak, French actress
- August 7:
- Megan Gale, Australian actress
- Hans Matheson, Scottish actor and musician
- Charlize Theron, South African-American actress
- August 9: Anjali Jay, British actress and writer
- August 11: Roger Craig Smith, American actor and voice actor
- August 12: Casey Affleck, American actor
- August 13: James Carpinello, American actor
- August 16:
- Brad Morris, American actor
- Taika Waititi, New Zealand filmmaker, actor and comedian
- August 18: Kaitlin Olson, American actress, comedian and producer
- August 19: Tracie Thoms, American actress and singer
- August 21: Alicia Witt, American actress and singer
- August 22: Rodrigo Santoro, Brazilian actor
- August 24: James D'Arcy, English actor and director
- August 25: Raymond Wong Ho-yin, Hong Kong actor<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- August 27: Bodie Olmos, American actor
- August 28: Eugene Byrd, American actor
- August 29:
- Dante Basco, American actor
- Juan Diego Botto, Argentine-Spanish actor
- August 31: Sara Ramirez, American actor
- September 1:
- Scott Speedman, Canadian actor
- Jason Zumwalt, American actor, voice actor, comedian and screenwriter
- September 2: MC Chris, American rapper, voice actor, comedian and writer
- September 10: Kyle Bornheimer, American actor and comedian
- September 18: Jason Sudeikis, American actor, comedian and screenwriter
- September 20: Moon Bloodgood, American actress
- September 22: Mireille Enos, American actress
- September 23:
- Alex Karpovsky, American director, actor, screenwriter, producer and editor
- Kip Pardue, American actor and model
- September 27: Sam Lee, Hong Kong actor
- September 30
- Asia Argento, Italian actress
- Marion Cotillard, French actress
- Christopher Jackson, American actor, singer, musician and composer
- October 3 - Alanna Ubach, American actress
- October 4 - Reggie Lee, Filipino-American actor
- October 5
- Parminder Nagra, English actress
- Monica Rial, American voice actress
- Scott Weinger, American actor
- Kate Winslet, English actress
- October 7:
- Tim Minchin, British-Australian comedian, actor, writer and musician
- Kaspars Znotiņš, Latvian actor
- October 8: Richard Short, English actor
- October 10: Lenn Kudrjawizki, German actor and musician
- October 11: Nat Faxon, American actor, comedian, director and screenwriter
- October 15: Chukwudi Iwuji, Nigerian-British actor
- October 16:
- Alexandra Barreto, Puerto Rican actress
- Nelson Lee, Taiwanese-Canadian actor
- Kellie Martin, American actress
- October 26: Lennon Parham, American actress
- October 29: Aksel Hennie, Norwegian actor, director and screenwriter
- October 31: Keith Jardine, American actor
- November 2: Danny Cooksey, American actor and musician
- November 8: Tara Reid, American actress
- November 10: Halina Reijn, Dutch actress, writer and film director
- November 12: Steven Kynman, British actor, puppeteer, writer and voice actor
- November 13: Aisha Hinds, American actress
- November 15: J. C. Brandy, British-born American actress
- November 16: David Leitch, American filmmaker, actor, stunt performer and stunt coordinator
- November 17: Diane Neal, American actress
- November 19: Sushmita Sen, Indian actress
- November 22: James Madio, American actor
- November 26: DJ Khaled, American DJ, rapper and actor
- November 28: Sunny Mabrey, American actress
- December 1: David Hornsby, American actor
- December 5: Paula Patton, American actress
- December 6: Noel Clarke, British actor and filmmaker
- December 12: Mayim Bialik, American actress and game show host
- December 14: KaDee Strickland, American actress
- December 17
- Milla Jovovich, Ukrainian-American actress
- Hilje Murel, Estonian actress
- December 22: Omar Dorsey, American actor
- December 27: Heather O'Rourke, American child actress (d. 1988)
- December 29: Shawn Hatosy, American actor
- December 31: Amy Palant, American voice actress and singer
DeathsEdit
Film debutsEdit
NotesEdit
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