1975 in film

The year 1975 in film involved some significant events.

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Highest-grossing films

North America

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

Highest-grossing films of 1975
RankTitleDistributorDomestic rentals
1 Jaws Universal $133,400,000[1]
2 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest United Artists $59,200,000[1]
3 The Rocky Horror Picture Show 20th Century Fox $50,420,000[2]
4 Shampoo Columbia $23,822,000[2]
5 Dog Day Afternoon Warner Bros. $22,500,000[1]
6 The Return of the Pink Panther United Artists $20,017,000[2]
7 Three Days of the Condor Paramount $20,014,000[2]
8 Funny Lady Columbia $19,313,000[2]
9 The Other Side of the Mountain Universal $18,012,000[2]
10 Tommy Columbia $17,793,000[2]

International

The highest-grossing 1975 films in countries outside of North America.

International market Film Admissions Revenue Production
country
Ref
Local currency US$
Brazil The Towering Inferno 10,377,230 Un­known Un­known United States [3]
France The Towering Inferno 4,466,376 Un­known Un­known United States [4]
Germany Jaws 7,000,000 Un­known Un­known United States [5]
India Sholay 150,000,000+ ₹350,000,000 $41,790,000 India [6][n 1]
Italy My Friends 10,467,254 Un­known Un­known Italy [9]
Japan The Towering Inferno Un­known ¥3,640,000,000 Un­known United States [10]
Soviet Union Bobby 62,600,000 15,650,000 Rbls $21,440,000 India [n 2]
Spain Jaws 5,918,754 Un­known Un­known United States [15]
United Kingdom Jaws 16,200,000 £11,800,000 $26,000,000 United States [16][17]
United States & Canada Jaws 128,078,800 $260,000,000 $260,000,000 United States [18]

Worldwide gross

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.

TitleAdmissions (est.)RevenueCountry
Jaws 242,800,000[19] $470,653,000[18] United States
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 78,706,404[n 3] Un­known
The Rocky Horror Picture Show 58,431,570[n 4] $140,846,387[n 5] United Kingdom
United States
Sholay 250,000,000[29] $70,000,000[n 6] India
Dog Day Afternoon 24,861,525[n 7] Un­known United States

Events

  • March 26: The film version of The Who's Tommy premieres in London.
  • May: 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 all time and the highest-grossing movie of the year and the first movie to earn $100 million in US and Canadian theatrical rentals,[32] setting the standard for future blockbusters.
  • August 14: The cult classic film The Rocky Horror Picture Show premieres in London.
  • 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 will remain a team, and a staple among film critics, through various programs for the next twenty-four years.
  • December: Warner Bros. reorganize following John Calley's decision to step down as president-COO. Frank Wells becomes president again and shares CEO duties with Ted Ashley who also returns as chairman.[32]

Awards

Awards ceremonies

Notable awards

Category/OrganizationGolden Globe Awards
January 24, 1976
BAFTA Awards
February 29, 1976
Academy Awards
March 29, 1976
Comedy or MusicalDrama
Best FilmThe Sunshine BoysOne Flew Over the Cuckoo's NestAlice Doesn't Live Here AnymoreOne Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Best DirectorMiloš Forman
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Stanley Kubrick
Barry Lyndon
Miloš Forman
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Best ActorWalter 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 ActressAnn-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 ActorRichard Benjamin
The Sunshine Boys
Fred Astaire
The Towering Inferno
George Burns
The Sunshine Boys
Best Supporting ActressBrenda Vaccaro
Once Is Not Enough
Diane Ladd
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Lee Grant
Shampoo
Best Screenplay, AdaptedOne 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, OriginalDog Day Afternoon
Frank Pierson
Best Original ScoreJohn Williams
Jaws
John Williams
Jaws
The Towering Inferno
John Williams
Jaws
Leonard Rosenman
Barry Lyndon
Best Original Song"I'm Easy"
Nashville
N/A"I'm Easy"
Nashville
Best Foreign Language FilmLies My Father Told MeN/ADersu Uzala

1975 films

By country/region

  • 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 Hindi films of 1975
    • List of Kannada films of 1975
    • List of Malayalam films of 1975
    • List of Marathi films of 1975
    • List of Tamil films of 1975
    • List of Telugu 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/medium

  • 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

Births

  • January 1
    • Sonali Bendre, Indian actress
    • Toni Ann Gisondi, American child actress
  • January 2: Dax Shepard, American actor
  • January 3
  • 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 15: Jorge R. Gutierrez, Mexican animator, director, writer and voice actor
  • January 16: Julie Ann Emery, American actress
  • January 22: Balthazar Getty, American actor and musician
  • 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)
  • March 2: Lee Sun-kyun, South Korean actor (d. 2023)
  • March 3:
    • Patric Chiha, Austrian film director and screenwriter[33]
    • Tiger Chen, Chinese martial artist, actor and stuntman
  • March 9: Chaske Spencer, American actor and producer
  • March 11: Josh Robert Thompson, American voice actor, actor, comedian and impressionist
  • March 15:
  • 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:
  • March 24: Brennan Elliott, Canadian actor
  • March 27: Stacy Ferguson, American actress and singer-songwriter
  • April 2:
  • April 6: Zach Braff, American actor, director, screenwriter and producer
  • 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:
  • May 4: Óscar Jaenada, Spanish actor
  • May 8: Wilmer Calderon, Puerto Rican-American actor
  • May 9: Chris Diamantopoulos, Greek-Canadian actor and voice artist
  • May 20: Marc Thompson, American voice actor
  • May 22: Harriet Toompere, Estonian actress
  • 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 4:
  • June 6: Nina Kaczorowski, American actress and stuntwoman
  • June 8: Shilpa Shetty, Indian actress
  • June 10: Nicole Bilderback, Korean-born American actress
  • June 11: 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 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:
  • 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:
  • August 7:
  • 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 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[34]
  • August 27: Bodie Olmos, American actor
  • August 28: Eugene Byrd, American actor
  • August 29:
  • 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:
  • September 27: Sam Lee, Hong Kong actor
  • September 30
  • October 3 - Alanna Ubach, American actress
  • October 4 - Reggie Lee, Filipino-American actor
  • October 5
  • 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 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

Deaths

MonthDateNameAgeCountryProfessionNotable films
January 1Arthur Pierson73Norway/USDirector, Actor
  • The Fighting O'Flynn
  • Home Town Story
9Pierre Fresnay77FranceActor
18Gertrude Olmstead77USActress
  • The Boob
  • The Monster
21Marie Lohr84AustraliaActress
  • The Winslow Boy
  • Great Catherine
24Larry Fine72USActor
27Bill Walsh61USScreenwriter, Producer
February 1Richard Wattis62UKActor
11Maria Balcerkiewiczówna71PolandActress
  • Vampires of Warsaw
  • Augustus the Strong
17George Marshall83USDirector
20Robert Strauss61USActor
20Lillian Fontaine88UKActress
March 3Edward H. Griffith86USDirector
  • Honeymoon in Bali
  • Virginia
4Renée Björling76SwedenActress
7Ben Blue73Canada/USActor
8George Stevens70USDirector, Producer
9Shirley Ross62USActress
14Susan Hayward57USActress
15John H. Auer68HungaryDirector, Producer
  • Johnny Trouble
  • City That Never Sleeps
15Arthur Crabtree74UKDirector, Screenwriter
  • Caravan
  • Lilli Marlene
19Harry Lachman88USDirector
  • Charlie Chan in Rio
  • It Happened in Hollywood
22Cass Daley59USActress, Singer
  • Riding High
  • Ladies' Man
25Michele Girardon36FranceActress
April 3Mary Ure42UKActress
5Inez Courtney67USActress
  • Clarence
  • The 13th Man
10Marjorie Main85USActress
13Larry Parks60USActor
14Fredric March77USActor
15Richard Conte65USActor
15William Hartnell67UKActor
  • Hell Drivers
  • Carry On Sergeant
22Mary Philips74USActress
May 4Moe Howard77USActor
9Philip Dorn73NetherlandsActor
22Torben Meyer90GermanyActor
  • Roberta
  • Till We Meet Again
30Michel Simon80SwitzerlandActor
June 3Ozzie Nelson69USActor
  • Sweetheart of the Campus
  • The Impossible Years
4Evelyn Brent75USActress
6Larry Blyden49USActor
11Jane Griffiths45UKActress
28Rod Serling50USScreenwriter
July 2James Robertson Justice68UKActor
20Richard Gaines70USActor
28Alfred L. Werker78USDirector
August 2Jean Yarbrough73USDirector
  • Inside Job
  • Shed No Tears
7Phyllis Povah82USActress
11Howard Wendell67USActor
  • The Fighting Chance
  • The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake
23Sidney Buchman73USScreenwriter
23Hank Patterson86USActor
25Joseph Kane81USDirector
29Bob Baker64USActor
  • The Singing Outlaw
  • The Phantom Stage
September 9John McGiver61USActor
19Pamela Brown58UKActress
24Clive Morton71UKActor
27Mark Frechette27USActor
October 16Don Barclay82USActor
18Al Lettieri47USActor
24Martin Boddey68UKActor
  • Carry on Sergeant
  • Carry on Nurse
31Joseph Calleia78Malta/USActor, Singer
November 2Pier Paolo Pasolini53ItalyDirector, Screenwriter, Actor
4Sheila Ryan54USActress
  • Dressed to Kill
  • Song of Texas
5Annette Kellerman88AustraliaActress
17Kay Johnson70USActress
December 7Hardie Albright71USActor
  • Three-Cornered Moon
  • The Scarlet Letter
9William A. Wellman79USDirector
13Cyril Delevanti88UKActor
14Arthur Treacher81UKActor
17Frank Sully67USActor
20William Lundigan61USActor
21Rowland V. Lee84USDirector
24Bernard Herrmann64USComposer

Film debuts

Notes

  1. Sholay in India: ₹350 million at Indian box office,[7] 8.3759 Indian rupees per US dollar in 1975[8]
  2. Bobby in the Soviet Union: 15.65 million Rbls[nb 1] (US$21.44 million,[nb 2] 19.24 crore)[nb 3] in 1975
  3. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest box office admissions:
    • North America – 53,685,400[20]
    • United Kingdom – 9.65 million[21]
    • France, Germany – 10,374,879[22]
    • Spain, Denmark – 4,996,125[23]
  4. The Rocky Horror Picture Show box office admissions:
    • North America – 55,069,400[24]
    • France, Germany – 3,362,170[25]
  5. The Rocky Horror Picture Show gross revenue:
    • North America – $139,876,417[26]
    • United Kingdom – £600,000[27] ($916,667)
    • Australia, South Korea – $53,303[28]
  6. Sholay estimated gross revenue – ₹540 million ($65.08 million)
    • India (1975 release) – ₹350 million ($41.79 million)[n 1]
    • Soviet Union (1979 release) – $28.2 million[lower-alpha 1]
  7. Dog Day Afternoon box office admissions:
    • North America – 24,390,200[30]
    • France – 471,325[31]
  1. 62.6 million tickets sold,[11] average ticket price of 25 kopecks[12]
  2. 0.73 Rbl per US dollar in 1975[13]
  3. 8.973 Indian rupees per US dollar in 1975[14]
  1. See List of highest-grossing films in the Soviet Union § Highest-grossing foreign films.

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