Overview of the events of 1975 in film
Overview of the events of 1975 in film
The year 1975 in film involved some significant events.
Highest-grossing films [ edit ] North America [ edit ] The top ten 1975 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:
Highest-grossing films of 1975 Rank Title Distributor Domestic 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 $17,793,000[2]
International [ edit ] The highest-grossing 1975 films in countries outside of North America.
International market Film Admissions Revenue Production country Ref Local currency US$ 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 [ edit ] 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 (est. ) Revenue Country 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
Awards ceremonies [ edit ] Notable awards [ edit ] 1975 films [ edit ] By country/region [ edit ] By genre/medium [ edit ] January 1 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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 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 Film debuts [ edit ] ^ a b Sholay in India: ₹350 million at Indian box office ,[7] 8.3759 Indian rupees per US dollar in 1975[8] ^ Bobby in the Soviet Union : 15.65 million Rbls [nb 1] (US$21.44 million,[nb 2] ₹ 19.24 crore)[nb 3] in 1975 ^ 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] ^ The Rocky Horror Picture Show box office admissions: North America – 55,069,400[24] France, Germany – 3,362,170[25] ^ 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] ^ 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 [a] ^ Dog Day Afternoon box office admissions: North America – 24,390,200[30] France – 471,325[31] ^ 62.6 million tickets sold,[11] average ticket price of 25 kopecks [12] ^ 0.73 Rbl per US dollar in 1975[13] ^ 8.973 Indian rupees per US dollar in 1975[14] References [ edit ] ^ a b c Finler, Joel Waldo (2003). 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