1975 in film

Overview of the events of 1975 in film

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The year 1975 in film involved some significant events. 20th Century-Fox will celebrate their 40th anniversary.

## Highest-grossing films

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### North America

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See also: List of 1975 box office number-one films in the United States

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

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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]

* Because of its long theatrical lifespan, the figure for The Rocky Horror Picture Show is not 100% accurate.[2]

### International

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

International market  | Film  | Admissions  | Revenue  | Production
country  | Ref

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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]
West 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

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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

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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] | $166,000,000[n 5] | United Kingdom
United States
Sholay | 250,000,000[30] | $70,000,000[n 6] | India
Dog Day Afternoon | 24,861,525[n 7] | Un­known  | United States

## Events

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* 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,[33] 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 receives negative critical reviews and a tepid commercial response, but favourable word-of-mouth publicity helps it to become a box office success. It breaks records for continuous showings in many theatres across India. It is the highest-grossing Indian film ever at this time, and is 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.[33]
* December 23: Bernard Herrmann completes recording his film soundtrack for Taxi Driver, dying the following day.[34]

## Awards

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### Awards ceremonies

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* 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 awards

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Category/Organization | Golden Globe Awards
January 24, 1976 | BAFTA Awards
February 29, 1976 | Academy Awards
March 29, 1976

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Comedy or Musical | 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
Best Original Score | John 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 Film | Lies My Father Told Me | N/A | Dersu Uzala

## 1975 films

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### By country/region

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* 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

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* 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

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* 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[35]
* 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 14: Adrian Grunberg, Mexican director and screenwriter
* 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:
* Kenny Doughty, English actor and director
* Stacy Ferguson, American actress and singer-songwriter
* March 28:
* Richard Kelly, American director, screenwriter and producer
* Shanna Moakler, American actress
* 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
* Sergio Peris-Mencheta, Spanish actor
* 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 2: Finlay Roberts, Scottish 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 8: Matt Shakman, American director and former child actor
* 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[36]
* 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
* Diane Morgan, English actress, comedian and writer
* 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 22: Jesse Tyler Ferguson, American actor
* 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

## Deaths

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Month | Date | Name | Age | Country | Profession | Notable films

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January  | 1 | Arthur Pierson | 73 | Norway/US | Director, Actor |

* The Fighting O'Flynn
* Home Town Story

9 | Pierre Fresnay | 77 | France | Actor |

* La Grande Illusion
* Le Corbeau

18 | Gertrude Olmstead | 77 | US | Actress |

* The Boob
* The Monster

21 | Marie Lohr | 84 | Australia | Actress |

* The Winslow Boy
* Great Catherine

24 | Larry Fine | 72 | US | Actor |

* The Three Stooges
* 4 for Texas

27 | Bill Walsh | 61 | US | Screenwriter, Producer |

* Mary Poppins
* Bedknobs and Broomsticks

February  | 1 | Richard Wattis | 62 | UK | Actor |

* The Longest Day
* The Man Who Knew Too Much

11 | Maria Balcerkiewiczówna | 71 | Poland | Actress |

* Vampires of Warsaw
* Augustus the Strong

17 | George Marshall | 83 | US | Director |

* How the West Was Won
* Destry Rides Again

20 | Robert Strauss | 61 | US | Actor |

* Stalag 17
* The Seven Year Itch

20 | Lillian Fontaine | 88 | UK | Actress |

* The Locket
* The Lost Weekend

March  | 3 | Edward H. Griffith | 86 | US | Director |

* Honeymoon in Bali
* Virginia

3 | Therese Giehse | 76 | Germany | Actress |

* Mädchen in Uniform
* Black Moon

4 | Renée Björling | 76 | Sweden | Actress |

* Summer Interlude
* A Lesson in Love

7 | Ben Blue | 73 | Canada/US | Actor |

* The Big Broadcast of 1938
* The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming

8 | George Stevens | 70 | US | Director, Producer |

* A Place in the Sun
* Giant

9 | Shirley Ross | 62 | US | Actress |

* The Big Broadcast of 1938
* Thanks for the Memory

14 | Susan Hayward | 57 | US | Actress |

* I Want to Live!
* The Snows of Kilimanjaro

15 | John H. Auer | 68 | Hungary | Director, Producer |

* Johnny Trouble
* City That Never Sleeps

15 | Arthur Crabtree | 74 | UK | Director, Screenwriter |

* Caravan
* Lilli Marlene

19 | Harry Lachman | 88 | US | Director |

* Charlie Chan in Rio
* It Happened in Hollywood

22 | Cass Daley | 59 | US | Actress, Singer |

* Riding High
* Ladies' Man

25 | Michele Girardon | 36 | France | Actress |

* The Lovers
* Hatari!

April  | 3 | Mary Ure | 42 | UK | Actress |

* Where Eagles Dare
* Look Back in Anger

5 | Inez Courtney | 67 | US | Actress |

* Clarence
* The 13th Man

10 | Marjorie Main | 85 | US | Actress |

* Meet Me in St. Louis
* Ma and Pa Kettle

13 | Larry Parks | 60 | US | Actor |

* The Jolson Story
* Down to Earth

14 | Fredric March | 77 | US | Actor |

* The Best Years of Our Lives
* A Star Is Born

15 | Richard Conte | 65 | US | Actor |

* The Godfather
* Ocean's 11

15 | William Hartnell | 67 | UK | Actor |

* Hell Drivers
* Carry On Sergeant

22 | Mary Philips | 74 | US | Actress |

* A Farewell to Arms
* Leave Her to Heaven

May  | 4 | Moe Howard | 77 | US | Actor |

* The Three Stooges
* Men in Black

9 | Philip Dorn | 73 | Netherlands | Actor |

* Random Harvest
* I Remember Mama

22 | Torben Meyer | 90 | Germany | Actor |

* Roberta
* Till We Meet Again

30 | Michel Simon | 80 | Switzerland | Actor |

* L'Atalante
* The Train

June  | 3 | Ozzie Nelson | 69 | US | Actor |

* Sweetheart of the Campus
* The Impossible Years

4 | Evelyn Brent | 75 | US | Actress |

* Underworld
* The Last Command

6 | Larry Blyden | 49 | US | Actor |

* On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
* Kiss Them for Me

11 | Jane Griffiths | 45 | UK | Actress |

* The Million Pound Note
* The Durant Affair

28 | Rod Serling | 50 | US | Screenwriter |

* Seven Days in May
* Planet of the Apes

July  | 2 | James Robertson Justice | 68 | UK | Actor |

* The Guns of Navarone
* Moby Dick

20 | Richard Gaines | 70 | US | Actor |

* Double Indemnity
* The More the Merrier

28 | Alfred L. Werker | 78 | US | Director |

* The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
* Repeat Performance

August  | 2 | Jean Yarbrough | 73 | US | Director |

* Inside Job
* Shed No Tears

7 | Phyllis Povah | 82 | US | Actress |

* The Women
* Pat and Mike

11 | Howard Wendell | 67 | US | Actor |

* The Fighting Chance
* The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake

23 | Sidney Buchman | 73 | US | Screenwriter |

* Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
* Here Comes Mr. Jordan

23 | Hank Patterson | 86 | US | Actor |

* The Arizona Kid
* Tarantula

25 | Joseph Kane | 81 | US | Director |

* King of the Cowboys
* Flame of Barbary Coast

29 | Bob Baker | 64 | US | Actor |

* The Singing Outlaw
* The Phantom Stage

31 | Pierre Blaise | 20 | France | Actor |

* Lacombe, Lucien
* Down the Ancient Staircase

September  | 9 | John McGiver | 61 | US | Actor |

* The Manchurian Candidate
* Midnight Cowboy

19 | Pamela Brown | 58 | UK | Actress |

* Lust for Life
* Becket

24 | Clive Morton | 71 | UK | Actor |

* The Moonraker
* Kind Hearts and Coronets

27 | Mark Frechette | 27 | US | Actor |

* Zabriskie Point
* Many Wars Ago

October  | 16 | Don Barclay | 82 | US | Actor |

* Man Hunt
* Mary Poppins

18 | Al Lettieri | 47 | US | Actor |

* The Godfather
* The Getaway

19 | Cesare Bettarini | 74 | Italy | Actor |

* Like the Leaves

24 | Martin Boddey | 68 | UK | Actor |

* Carry on Sergeant
* Carry on Nurse

31 | Joseph Calleia | 78 | Malta/US | Actor, Singer |

* After the Thin Man
* Touch of Evil

November  | 2 | Pier Paolo Pasolini | 53 | Italy | Director, Screenwriter, Actor |

* The Hawks and the Sparrows
* Teorema

4 | Sheila Ryan | 54 | US | Actress |

* Dressed to Kill
* Song of Texas

5 | Annette Kellerman | 88 | Australia | Actress |

* Venus of the South Seas
* A Daughter of the Gods

17 | Kay Johnson | 70 | US | Actress |

* Dynamite
* Of Human Bondage

December  | 7 | Hardie Albright | 71 | US | Actor |

* Three-Cornered Moon
* The Scarlet Letter

9 | William A. Wellman | 79 | US | Director |

* Wings
* Battleground

13 | Cyril Delevanti | 88 | UK | Actor |

* Mary Poppins
* Soylent Green

14 | Arthur Treacher | 81 | UK | Actor |

* Thank You, Jeeves!
* Heidi

17 | Frank Sully | 67 | US | Actor |

* The Grapes of Wrath
* Joe Palooka in the Counterpunch

20 | William Lundigan | 61 | US | Actor |

* The House on Telegraph Hill
* Love Nest

21 | Rowland V. Lee | 84 | US | Director |

* Son of Frankenstein
* Captain Kidd

24 | Bernard Herrmann | 64 | US | Composer |

* Psycho
* Taxi Driver

## Film debuts

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* Tom Alter – Mrig Trishna
* Jack Angel – Funny Lady
* Pernilla August – Giliap
* Michael Berryman – Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze
* Bruce Boxleitner – Sixpack Annie
* Jay Brazeau – The Melting Pot
* Bryan Brown – Scobie Malone
* Kim Cattrall – Rosebud
* Maury Chaykin – Me
* George Cheung – The Killer Elite
* Tom Conti – Galileo
* Robert Costanzo – Dog Day Afternoon
* Tim Curry – The Rocky Horror Picture Show
* Ken Davitian – Sons of Sassoun
* John de Lancie – Legacy
* John Debney (film composer) – The Strongest Man in the World
* Brad Dourif – One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
* Griffin Dunne – The Other Side of the Mountain
* Joe Estevez – Lucky Lady
* Conchata Ferrell – Deadly Hero
* Laurence Fishburne – Cornbread, Earl and Me
* Carrie Fisher – Shampoo
* M. C. Gainey – Hard Times
* Richard Gere – Report to the Commissioner
* Patrick Gorman – Three Days of the Condor
* Debbie Harry – Deadly Hero
* Bernard Hill – It Could Happen to You
* Danny Huston – The "Human" Factor
* Brion James – Hard Times
* James Keane – Three Days of the Condor
* Nastassja Kinski – The Wrong Move
* Christopher Lloyd – One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
* Mary Stuart Masterson – The Stepford Wives
* Richard Masur – Whiffs
* Rudy Ray Moore – Dolemite
* Chris Mulkey – Loose Ends
* Sam Neill – Landfall
* Bill Paxton – Crazy Mama
* Dennis Quaid – Crazy Mama
* Rajinikanth – Apoorva Raagangal
* Leo Rossi – Alias Big Cherry
* Chris Sarandon – Dog Day Afternoon
* Gailard Sartain – Nashville
* Sandra Seacat – Night Moves
* Lin Shaye – Hester Street
* Don Stark – Switchblade Sisters
* Patrick Stewart – Hennessy
* John Travolta – The Devil's Rain
* Vlasta Vrána – Shivers
* Dee Wallace – The Stepford Wives
* Steven Williams – Cooley High
* Treat Williams – Deadly Hero

## Notes

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1. ^ a b 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:
* United States and Canada – 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]
* International to 1990 – $24,324,290 [27]
* International since 2007 – $2,628,789[28]
* United Kingdom – £600,000[29] ($916,667) included above
*   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[a]
7. ^ Dog Day Afternoon box office admissions:
* North America – 24,390,200[31]
* France – 471,325[32]

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.

## References

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2. ^ a b c d e f g h Top 20 Films of 1975 by Domestic Revenue
3. ^ "Les Entrees Au Bresil: 1975" [Entries in Brazil: 1975]. JP's Box-Office (in French). Archived from the original on 2022-04-02. Retrieved 2022-04-02.
4. ^ "Bilan Annuel France – 1975". JP's Box-Office. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
5. ^ "Bilan Annuel Allemagne – 1975". JP's Box-Office. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
6. ^ "AskIndicine: Live QnA starts at 4:30PM". Indicine. 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-08-16. Retrieved 2022-03-29.
7. ^ "Sholay emerges as Bollywood's most successful re-run product even after 20 years". India Today. 15 September 1995.
8. ^ "Pacific Exchange Rate Service" (PDF). UBC Sauder School of Business. University of British Columbia. p. 3. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
9. ^ "Bilan Annuel Italie – 1975". JP's Box-Office. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
10. ^ "1975年度日本映画/外国映画業界総決算". Kinema Junpo (in Japanese). No. 1976年（昭和51年）2月下旬号. Kinema Junposha. 1976. p. 117.
11. ^ Sergey Kudryavtsev. "Зарубежные популярные фильмы в советском кинопрокате (Индия)".
12. ^ Moscow Prime Time: How the Soviet Union Built the Media Empire that Lost the Cultural Cold War, page 48, Cornell University Press, 2011
13. ^ Archive of Bank of Russia http://cbr.ru/currency_base/OldDataFiles/USD.xls
14. ^ "Reserve Bank of India - Publications".
15. ^ "Bilan Annuel Espagne – 1975". JP's Box-Office. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
16. ^ BFI Statistical Yearbook (PDF) (2012 ed.). London: British Film Institute. 2013. pp. 22 & 32. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 December 2013. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
17. ^ "Jaws". British Film Institute. 28 November 2004. Archived from the original on 3 August 2012. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
18. ^ a b "Jaws (1975)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
19. ^ Records, Guinness World (2014). Guinness World Records. Vol. 60 (2015 ed.). pp. 160–161. ISBN 9781908843708.
20. ^ "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) – Domestic Total Est. Tickets". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
21. ^ "The Ultimate Film Chart". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 3 August 2012. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
22. ^ "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)". JP's Box-Office. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
23. ^ "Пролетая над гнездом кукушки (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, 1975) – Премьеры". KinoPoisk (in Russian). Retrieved 5 January 2019.
24. ^ "The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) – Domestic Total Est. Tickets". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
25. ^ "The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)". JP's Box-Office. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
26. ^ Box Office Information for The Rocky Horror Picture Show. The Numbers. Retrieved 25 August 2013.
27. ^ "The long, Rocky road to profit". Screen International. 27 March 1993. p. 23.
28. ^ "The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved March 8, 2024.
29. ^ Hemley, Matthew (18 September 2015). "Rocky Horror Show tops UK cinema box office". The Stage.
30. ^ Mitra, Sumit (31 July 1985). "After series of box-office duds, Ramesh Sippy strikes back with romantic venture Saagar". India Today. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
31. ^ "Dog Day Afternoon (1975) – Domestic Total Est. Tickets". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
32. ^ "Dog Day Afternoon (1975)". JP's Box-Office. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
33. ^ a b "Day-By-Day News Summary, Oct. '75-Sept. '76". Daily Variety. October 26, 1976. p. 206.
34. ^ "Bernard Herrmann, Composer, Oscar Winner for Score, Dead". The New York Times. 1975-12-24. Retrieved 2018-02-15.
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36. ^ "黃浩然44歲生日 老婆坐大髀搞驚喜".

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