1976 in film

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

The year 1976 in film involved some significant events.

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
RankTitleStudioDomestic gross
1. Rocky United Artists Pictures $117,235,147[1]
2. To Fly! National Air and Space Museum $86,600,000[2]
3. A Star Is Born Warner Bros. $80,000,000[3]
4. All the President's Men Warner Bros. $70,600,000[4]
5. The Omen 20th Century Fox Film Corporation $60,922,980[5]
6. In Search of Noah's Ark Sunn Classic Pictures $55,700,000[6]
7. King Kong Paramount Pictures $52,614,445[7]
8. Silver Streak 20th Century-Fox Film Corporation $51,079,064[8]
9. The Enforcer Warner Bros. $46,236,000[9]
10. Midway Universal Studios / Cinema International Corporation $43,220,000[10]

Events

Awards

Academy Awards:

Best Picture: Rocky - Chartoff-Winkler, United Artists
Best Director: John G. Avildsen - Rocky
Best Actor: Peter Finch - Network (first actor to win posthumously)
Best Actress: Faye Dunaway - Network
Best Supporting Actor: Jason Robards - All the President's Men
Best Supporting Actress: Beatrice Straight - Network
Best Foreign Language Film: Noirs et blancs en couleur (Black and White in Color), directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud, Ivory Coast / France / W. Germany / Switzerland

Golden Globe Awards:

Drama:
Best Picture: Rocky
Best Actor: Peter Finch - Network
Best Actress: Faye Dunaway - Network
Musical or comedy:
Best Picture: A Star Is Born
Best Actor: Kris Kristofferson - A Star Is Born
Best Actress: Barbra Streisand - A Star Is Born
Other
Best Director: Sidney Lumet - Network
Best Foreign Language Film: Face to Face, Sweden

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

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U-V

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1976 film releases

January–March

April–June

July–September

October–December

Births

Notable deaths

MonthDateNameAgeCountryProfessionNotable films
January 1Walter Janssen88GermanyActor
12Agatha Christie85UKWriter
13Margaret Leighton53UKActress
14Mahagama Sekara47Sri LankaPoet, Writer, Film Director, Artist, Translator
  • Thun man handiya (1970 film)
  • Muhudu Puththu (1962 stage drama)
18Sonia Dresdel66UKActress
23Paul Robeson77USAActor, Singer
29Michael Gwynn59UKActor
February 4Roger Livesey69UKActor
11Lee J. Cobb64USAActor
11John Twist77USAScreenwriter
12Sal Mineo37USAActor
13Lily Pons77FranceSinger, Actress
13John Lounsbery64USAAnimator
15Maria Corda77HungaryActress
16Campbell Singer66UKActor
24Peter Madden71UKActor
26Frieda Inescort75UKActress
March 3Doris Hill70USAActress
5Charles Lederer69USAScreenwriter
14Busby Berkeley80USADirector, Choreographer
17Luchino Visconti69ItalyDirector, Writer
20Michael Goodliffe61UKActor
28Richard Arlen76USAActor
April 2Ray Teal74USAActor
4George Pastell53CyprusActor
5Howard Hughes70USADirector, Producer
5Robert Lord75USAScreenwriter, Producer
11Liam Dunn59USAActor
12Paul Ford74USAActor
21Léonide Moguy75RussiaDirector, Writer
25Carol Reed69UKDirector, Writer
26Neil McCallum46CanadaActor
26Sid James62UKActor
29Thelma Connell63UKFilm Editor
May 3David Bruce62USAActor
7Alan Baxter67USAActor
27Hilde Hildebrand78GermanyActress
27Ruth McDevitt80USAActress
June 5Violet Wilkey73USAActress
6Victor Varconi85HungaryActor
9Sybil Thorndike93UKActress
10Adolph Zukor103USAProducer, Studio Executive
25Johnny Mercer66USASongwriter
28Stanley Baker48UKActor
July 2Frances Howard73USAActress
7Norman Foster72USAActor, Director
12James Wong Howe76ChinaCinematographer
17Rina Morelli67ItalyActress
28Lucie Mannheim77GermanyActress
August 2Fritz Lang85GermanyDirector, Writer
6William Mervyn64UKActor
10Ray Corrigan74USAActor
17William Redfield49USAActor
17Murvyn Vye60USAActor
18Luigi Serventi91ItalyActor
28Alastair Sim75UKActor
September 10Dalton Trumbo70USAScreenwriter
30Paul Dehn63UKScreenwriter
October 5Barbara Nichols47USAActress
14Edith Evans88UKActress
November 15Jean Gabin72FranceActor
22Rupert Davies60UKActor
28Rosalind Russell69USAActress
29Godfrey Cambridge43USAActor
December 3Mary Nash92USAActress
8Cathy Downs50USAActress
12Jack Cassidy49USAActor
20Walter Fitzgerald80UKActor

Film debuts

References

  1. "Rocky, Box Office Information". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved May 26, 2014.
  2. "To Fly!, Box Office Information". The Numbers. Retrieved January 17, 2012.
  3. "A Star Is Born, Box Office Information". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved January 17, 2012.
  4. "All the President's Men, Box Office Information". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved January 17, 2012.
  5. "The Omen, Box Office Information". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved January 17, 2012.
  6. "In Search of Noah's Ark, Box Office Information". The Numbers. Retrieved January 17, 2012.
  7. "King Kong, Box Office Information". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved May 26, 2014.
  8. "Silver Streak, Box Office Information". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved January 17, 2012.
  9. "The Enforcer, Box Office Information". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved January 17, 2012.
  10. "Midway, Box Office Information". The Numbers. Retrieved January 17, 2012.
  11. "Day-By-Day News Summary, Oct. '75-Sept. '76". Daily Variety. October 26, 1976. p. 208.
  12. rock Horror Picture Show film booking in Feb 2011 Archived 2011-07-17 at the Wayback Machine.
  13. "Steadicam 30th anniversary press release". Archived from the original on 2014-04-30.
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