1976 in film

The year 1976 in film involved some significant events.

List of years in film (table)
In home video
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
In television
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979

Highest-grossing films (U.S.)

The top ten 1976 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

Highest-grossing films of 1976
RankTitleStudioBox-office gross rental
1 Rocky United Artists $55,900,000[1]
2 A Star Is Born Warner Bros. Pictures $37,100,000[1]
3 King Kong Paramount Pictures $36,900,000[1]
4 Silver Streak 20th Century Fox $30,018,000[2]
5 All the President's Men Warner Bros. Pictures $30,000,000[1]
6 The Omen 20th Century Fox $28,500,000[1]
7 The Bad News Bears Paramount Pictures $24,800,000[1]
8 The Enforcer Warner Bros. Pictures $24,000,000[1]
9 In Search of Noah's Ark Sunn Classic Pictures $23,800,000[1]
10 Midway Universal Pictures $21,610,435[2]

Events

Awards

Category/Organization34th Golden Globe Awards
January 29, 1977
30th BAFTA Awards
March 24, 1977
49th Academy Awards
March 28, 1977
DramaMusical or Comedy
Best FilmRockyA Star Is BornOne Flew Over the Cuckoo's NestRocky
Best DirectorSidney Lumet
Network
Milos Forman
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
John G. Avildsen
Rocky
Best ActorPeter Finch
Network
Kris Kristofferson
A Star Is Born
Jack Nicholson
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Peter Finch
Network
Best ActressFaye Dunaway
Network
Barbra Streisand
A Star Is Born
Louise Fletcher
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Faye Dunaway
Network
Best Supporting ActorLaurence Olivier
Marathon Man
Brad Dourif
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Jason Robards
All the President's Men
Best Supporting ActressKatharine Ross
Voyage of the Damned
Jodie Foster
Taxi Driver and Bugsy Malone
Beatrice Straight
Network
Best Screenplay, AdaptedPaddy Chayefsky
Network
Alan Parker
Bugsy Malone
William Goldman
All the President's Men
Best Screenplay, OriginalPaddy Chayefsky
Network
Best Original ScoreKenneth Ascher and Paul Williams
A Star Is Born
Bernard Herrmann
Taxi Driver
Jerry Goldsmith
The Omen
Leonard Rosenman
Bound for Glory
Best Original Song"Evergreen"
A Star Is Born
N/A"Evergreen"
A Star Is Born
Best Foreign Language FilmFace to FaceN/ABlack and White in Color

Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):

Taxi Driver, directed by Martin Scorsese, United States

Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):

Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson, directed by Robert Altman, United States

Notable films released in 1976

United States unless stated

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1976 Wide-release movies

January–March

April–June

July–September

October–December

Births

Michelle Monaghan, American actress Keri Russel, American actress

Notable deaths

MonthDateNameAgeCountryProfessionNotable films
January 1Walter Janssen88GermanyActor
12Agatha Christie85UKWriter
13Margaret Leighton53UKActress
18Sonia Dresdel66UKActress
23Paul Robeson77USActor, Singer
29Michael Gwynn59UKActor
February 4Roger Livesey69UKActor
11Lee J. Cobb64USActor
11John Twist77USScreenwriter
12Sal Mineo37USActor
13Lily Pons77FranceSinger, Actress
13John Lounsbery64USAnimator
15Maria Corda77HungaryActress
16Campbell Singer66UKActor
24Peter Madden71UKActor
26Frieda Inescort75UKActress
March 3Doris Hill70USActress
5Charles Lederer69USScreenwriter
14Busby Berkeley80USDirector, Choreographer
17Luchino Visconti69ItalyDirector, Writer
20Michael Goodliffe61UKActor
28Richard Arlen76USActor
April 2Ray Teal74USActor
4George Pastell53CyprusActor
5Howard Hughes70USDirector, Producer
5Robert Lord75USScreenwriter, Producer
11Liam Dunn59USActor
12Paul Ford74USActor
21Léonide Moguy75RussiaDirector, Writer
25Carol Reed69UKDirector, Writer
26Neil McCallum46CanadaActor
26Sid James62UKActor
29Thelma Connell63UKFilm Editor
May 3David Bruce62USActor
7Alan Baxter67USActor
27Hilde Hildebrand78GermanyActress
27Ruth McDevitt80USActress
June 5Violet Wilkey73USActress
6Victor Varconi85HungaryActor
9Sybil Thorndike93UKActress
10Adolph Zukor103USProducer, Studio Executive
25Johnny Mercer66USSongwriter
28Stanley Baker48UKActor
July 2Frances Howard73USActress
7Norman Foster72USActor, Director
12James Wong Howe76ChinaCinematographer
17Rina Morelli67ItalyActress
28Lucie Mannheim77GermanyActress
August 2Fritz Lang85GermanyDirector, Writer
6William Mervyn64UKActor
10Ray Corrigan74USActor
17William Redfield49USActor
17Murvyn Vye60USActor
18Luigi Serventi91ItalyActor
28Alastair Sim75UKActor
September 10Dalton Trumbo70USScreenwriter
30Paul Dehn63UKScreenwriter
October 5Barbara Nichols47USActress
14Edith Evans88UKActress
November 15Jean Gabin72FranceActor
22Rupert Davies60UKActor
28Rosalind Russell69USActress
29Godfrey Cambridge43USActor
December 3Mary Nash92USActress
8Cathy Downs50USActress
12Jack Cassidy49USActor
20Walter Fitzgerald80UKActor

Film debuts

References

  1. Finler, Joel Waldo (2003). The Hollywood Story. Wallflower Press. pp. 360–361. ISBN 978-1-903364-66-6.
  2. Top 20 Films of 1976 by Domestic Revenue
  3. "Day-By-Day News Summary, Oct. '75-Sept. '76". Daily Variety. October 26, 1976. p. 208.
  4. rock Horror Picture Show film booking in Feb 2011 Archived 2011-07-17 at the Wayback Machine
  5. "Steadicam 30th anniversary press release". Archived from the original on 2014-04-30.
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