1975 in film

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## 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]

### 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] | $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

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* 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

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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
* 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 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 7: Sarayu Rao, American actress
* 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
* April 2:
* Deedee Magno, Filipino-American actress and singer
* Pedro Pascal, Chilean and American actor
* Adam Rodriguez, American actor
* 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:
* 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 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[34]
* August 27: Bodie Olmos, American actor
* August 28: Eugene Byrd, American actor
* August 29:
* Dante Basco, American actor
* Juan Diego Botto, Argentine-Spanish 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 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

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

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

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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* 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
* 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
* Sandra Seacat – Night Moves
* Lin Shaye – Hester Street
* Don Stark – Switchblade Sisters
* Patrick Stewart – Hennessy
* John Travolta – The Devil's Rain
* 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:
* 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[a]
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.

## References

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1. ^ a b c Finler, Joel Waldo (2003). The Hollywood Story. Wallflower Press. pp. 360–361. ISBN 978-1-903364-66-6.
2. ^ a b c d e f g 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. ^ Hemley, Matthew (18 September 2015). "Rocky Horror Show tops UK cinema box office". The Stage.
28. ^ "The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) – International". The Numbers. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
29. ^ 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.
30. ^ "Dog Day Afternoon (1975) – Domestic Total Est. Tickets". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
31. ^ "Dog Day Afternoon (1975)". JP's Box-Office. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
32. ^ a b "Day-By-Day News Summary, Oct. '75-Sept. '76". Daily Variety. October 26, 1976. p. 206.
33. ^ "Patric Chiha". AlloCiné (in French). Archived from the original on 22 January 2022. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
34. ^ "黃浩然44歲生日 老婆坐大髀搞驚喜".

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