The year 1977 in film involved some significant events.
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The top ten 1977 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:
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Highest-grossing films of 1977
Rank | Title | Distributor | Box-office gross |
1 |
Star Wars |
20th Century Fox |
$221,280,994[1][2] |
2 |
Smokey and the Bandit |
Universal |
$126,737,428[3] |
3 |
Close Encounters of the Third Kind |
Columbia |
$116,395,460[4] |
4 |
Saturday Night Fever |
Paramount |
$94,213,184[5] |
5 |
The Goodbye Girl |
Warner Bros. |
$83,700,000[6] |
6 |
A Bridge Too Far |
United Artists |
$50,750,000[7] |
7 |
The Deep |
Columbia |
$47,346,365[8] |
8 |
The Spy Who Loved Me |
United Artists |
$46,838,673[9] |
9 |
Oh, God! |
Warner Bros. |
$41,687,243[10] |
10 |
Annie Hall |
United Artists |
$38,251,425[11] |
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- February 23 – During a press conference at Sardi's in Manhattan, it is officially announced that Christopher Reeve will be playing the role of Superman.
- March 28 – At the 49th Academy Awards, Rocky picks up the Academy Award for Best Picture. Peter Finch, Faye Dunaway, and Beatrice Straight all win Oscars for their performances in Network for Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Supporting Actress, while Jason Robards wins for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in All the President's Men. He will win again the following year, becoming the only person to win two consecutive Best Supporting Actor awards.
- May 25 – Star Wars opens in theatres and becomes the highest-grossing film of the year. The film revolutionises the use of special effects in film and television production. It also embraces the notion of omitting any sort of opening credits sequence. Lucas, told by the Directors Guild of America that he must have an opening credits sequence, instead distributes the film independently, sans the opening credits. The film's release is often considered one of the most important events in film history.
- June 22 – Walt Disney Productions releases The Rescuers, which brings back an interest in animation that had been lost to both filmgoers and critics throughout the beginning of the 1970s.[12]
- November 16 – Close Encounters of the Third Kind opens to widespread critical acclaim and massive box office success, becoming one of the top-grossing films to date and cementing Steven Spielberg's status as one of the most talented and profitable film directors of all time.
- December 5 – The Solar System, produced and directed by Thomas G. Smith for Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, is released.[13] It led to the producer hiring Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), a company producing visual effects for films such as the Star Wars and Indiana Jones films.
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Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):
- Father and Master (Padre padrone), directed by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani, Italy
Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):
- The Ascent (Voskhozhdeniye), directed by Larisa Shepitko, USSR
- January 1 - Jerry Yan, Taiwanese actor, model and singer
- January 6 – Genevieve O'Reilly, Irish actress
- January 7 – Dustin Diamond, American actor (d. 2021)
- January 8 – Amber Benson, American actress
- January 11 – Devin Ratray, American actor, producer and writer
- January 12 – Piolo Pascual, Filipino actor[14]
- January 13 – Orlando Bloom, English actor[15]
- January 14 – Ruco Chan, Hong Kong actor
- January 15 – Ronald Zehrfeld, German actor
- January 17 – Leigh Whannell, Australian screenwriter, actor, producer and director
- January 19
- January 28
- January 29 – Justin Hartley, American actor
- January 31
- February 6 - Josh Stewart, American actor
- February 9 – A. J. Buckley, Irish-Canadian actor
- February 16 – Paul Brittain, American actor and comedian
- February 17 – Isaac Kappy, American actor and musician (d. 2019)
- February 18
- February 21 – Cyrine Abdelnour, Lebanese actress, and model
- February 24
- February 26 – James Wan, Australian director, producer and screenwriter
- February 27 – Ji Sung, South Korean actor
- March 2 – Heather McComb, American actress
- March 8 – James Van Der Beek, American actor
- March 9 – Lydia Mackay, American voice actress
- March 15 – Brian Tee, Japanese-born American actor
- March 19
- March 22 – Anabel Rodríguez Ríos, Venezuelan film director and screenwriter[16]
- March 23
- March 24
- March 25 – Édgar Ramírez, Venezuelan actor
- March 28 – Annie Wersching, American actress (d. 2023)
- April 2 – Michael Fassbender, Irish-German actor
- April 3 – Alice Lowe, English actress, writer and comedian
- April 8 – Ana de la Reguera, Mexican actress
- April 10 – Stephanie Sheh, American voice actress
- April 14
- April 16 – Tameka Empson, English actress
- April 19 – Bryan Spears, American film and television producer[17]
- April 20 – Robert Wilfort, English actor
- April 23
- April 24 – Eric Balfour, American actor and singer
- April 25 – Marguerite Moreau, American actress
- April 26
- May 2 – Jenna von Oÿ, American actress
- May 3 – Jeffrey Garcia, American actor and stand-up comedian
- May 5 – Virginie Efira, Belgian-French actress
- May 10 – Todd Lowe, American actor
- May 12
- May 13 – Samantha Morton, English actress
- May 14 – Jacky Ido, Burkinabé-born French actor
- May 15 – Ben Whitehead, English actor, voice artist and read-in artist
- May 16
- May 18 – Evan Helmuth, American actor (d. 2017)
- May 19 – Kelly Sheridan, Canadian voice actress
- May 20 – Matt Czuchry, American actor
- May 23
- May 25 - Julian Bailey, Canadian actor
- May 27 – Anna Maxwell Martin, British actress
- May 31 – Eric Christian Olsen, American actor
- June 1 – Danielle Harris, American actress
- June 2 – Zachary Quinto, American actor
- June 5 – Liza Weil, American actress
- June 14 – Sullivan Stapleton, Australian actor
- June 22
- June 23 - Sian Heder, American filmmaker
- June 25 – Josh Braaten, American actor
- June 30 – Christopher Sommers, Irish actor
- July 1 – Liv Tyler, American actress
- July 4 – Vesela Kazakova, Bulgarian actress
- July 8 – Milo Ventimiglia, American actor
- July 10
- July 12 - Steve Howey, American actor
- July 13
- July 14 - Tim Downie, English actor and writer
- July 15 - Lana Parrilla, American actress
- July 18 - Kelly Reilly, English actress
- July 22 - Joaquim Dos Santos, Portuguese-American animator, storyboard artist, director, producer and writer
- July 23 - Shane McRae, American actor
- July 24
- July 26
- July 27 – Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Irish actor
- July 30 – Jaime Pressly, American actress
- August 2
- August 3 – Tómas Lemarquis, French-Icelandic actor
- August 8 – Lindsay Sloane, American actress
- August 10 – Yeşim Büber, Turkish actress
- August 13 - Damian O'Hare, Irish actor
- August 18 – Mizuo Peck, American actress
- August 23 – Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Ghanaian-British actor
- August 26 - Patrick Kennedy, English actor and director
- August 30
- September 3 - Chen Shu, Chinese actress and singer
- September 8 – Nate Corddry, American actor and comedian
- September 11 – Ludacris, American actor and rapper
- September 15 – Tom Hardy, English actor
- September 19 – Kyle Cease, American actor and comedian
- September 25
- September 27 – Michael C. Maronna, American actor
- September 29 - Sasha Rionda, Mexican actress
- October 3 – Hassan Johnson, American actor, model and producer
- October 5 – Luke Roberts, English actor
- October 7 – Brandon Quinn, American actor
- October 8 – Jamie Marchi, American voice actress
- October 10 - Ali Suliman, Palestinian-Israeli actor
- October 11 – Matthew Bomer, American actor
- October 16 – Tamara Podemski, Canadian actress
- October 17 - Alimi Ballard, American actor
- October 18 – Peter Sohn, American animator, voice actor, storyboard artist and director
- October 19 – Jason Reitman, Canadian-American actor and filmmaker
- October 20 – Sam Witwer, American actor and musician
- October 26 – Jon Heder, American actor
- October 29
- November 2 – Randy Harrison, American actor
- November 3 – Greg Plitt, American fitness model and actor (d. 2015)
- November 4 – Tom Vaughan-Lawlor, Irish actor
- November 10 – Brittany Murphy, American actress (d. 2009)
- November 11 – Scoot McNairy, American actor
- November 14 – Brian Dietzen, American actor
- November 15 – Sean Murray, American actor
- November 16 – Maggie Gyllenhaal, American actress
- November 19 – Reid Scott, American actor
- November 21 – Michael Sorvino, American actor and producer
- November 23 – Lateef Crowder dos Santos, Brazilian-American actor and stuntman
- November 24 – Colin Hanks, American actor, director and producer
- December 1
- December 5 – Armando Riesco, Puerto Rican actor
- December 6 - Jefferson Hall, English actor
- December 8
- December 10 – Emmanuelle Chriqui, Canadian actress
- December 15 – Geoff Stults, American actor
- December 17 - Katheryn Winnick, Canadian actress
- December 21
- December 24 - Michael Raymond-James, American actor
- December 28
- December 30 – Lucy Punch, English actress
- December 31 - Psy, South Korean singer
Month | Date | Name | Age | Country | Profession | Notable films |
January |
3 | Tom Gries | 54 | US | Director | |
5 | Onslow Stevens | 74 | US | Actor | |
6 | Niall MacGinnis | 63 | Ireland | Actor | |
12 | Henri-Georges Clouzot | 69 | France | Director, Screenwriter | |
14 | Peter Finch | 60 | UK | Actor | |
18 | Yvonne Printemps | 82 | France | Actress, Singer | |
26 | Margaret Hayes | 60 | US | Actress | |
31 | Daniel Mainwaring | 74 | US | Screenwriter | |
February |
3 | Pauline Starke | 76 | US | Actress | |
17 | Edward G. Boyle | 78 | Canada | Production Designer | |
18 | Andy Devine | 71 | US | Actor | |
22 | Edith Barrett | 70 | US | Actress | |
27 | Allison Hayes | 46 | US | Actress | |
28 | Eddie "Rochester" Anderson | 71 | US | Actor | |
March |
8 | Henry Hull | 86 | US | Actor | |
25 | Nunnally Johnson | 79 | US | Screenwriter, Director | |
27 | Diana Hyland | 41 | US | Actress | |
April |
17 | Marjorie Gateson | 86 | US | Actress | |
19 | Marion Gering | 75 | Russia | Director | |
21 | Gummo Marx | 83 | US | Actor, Agent | |
28 | Ricardo Cortez | 76 | US | Actor | |
May |
10 | Joan Crawford | 71 | US | Actress | |
15 | Herbert Wilcox | 87 | UK | Director, Producer | |
21 | Dorothy Christy | 70 | US | Actress | |
31 | William Castle | 63 | US | Producer, Director | |
June |
2 | Stephen Boyd | 45 | Ireland | Actor | |
3 | Roberto Rossellini | 71 | Italy | Director, Screenwriter | |
5 | Luis César Amadori | 75 | Italy/Argentina | Director, Screenwriter | |
13 | Matthew Garber | 21 | UK | Actor | |
14 | Alan Reed | 69 | US | Actor | |
19 | Geraldine Brooks | 51 | US | Actress | |
20 | Abner Biberman | 68 | US | Director, Actor | |
July |
2 | William H. Ziegler | 67 | US | Film Editor | |
22 | Erik Chitty | 70 | UK | Actor | |
August |
3 | Alfred Lunt | 84 | US | Actor | |
14 | George Oppenheimer | 77 | US | Screenwriter | |
16 | Elvis Presley | 42 | US | Actor, Singer | |
17 | Delmer Daves | 73 | US | Screenwriter, Director | |
19 | Groucho Marx | 86 | US | Actor, Screenwriter | |
19 | Peter Dyneley | 56 | UK | Actor | |
21 | Danny Lockin | 34 | US | Actor | |
22 | Sebastian Cabot | 59 | UK | Actor | |
22 | Alex Segal | 62 | US | Director | |
29 | Jean Hagen | 54 | US | Actress | |
31 | H. C. Potter | 72 | US | Director | |
September |
2 | Stephen Dunne | 59 | US | Actor | |
8 | Zero Mostel | 62 | US | Actor | |
October |
3 | Tay Garnett | 83 | US | Director | |
5 | Fred F. Finklehoffe | 67 | US | Screenwriter | |
14 | Bing Crosby | 74 | US | Actor, Singer | |
31 | Joan Tetzel | 56 | US | Actress | |
November |
4 | Betty Balfour | 74 | UK | Actress | |
9 | Gertrude Astor | 90 | US | Actress | |
15 | William C. McGann | 84 | US | Director | |
18 | Victor Francen | 89 | Belgium | Actor | |
25 | Richard Carlson | 65 | US | Actor | |
30 | Olga Petrova | 93 | UK | Actress, Screenwriter | |
30 | Terence Rattigan | 66 | UK | Screenwriter | |
December |
4 | Leila Hyams | 72 | US | Actress | |
18 | Cyril Ritchard | 79 | Australia | Actor | |
19 | Jacques Tourneur | 73 | France | Director | |
25 | Charlie Chaplin | 88 | UK | Actor, Director, Screenwriter | |
26 | Howard Hawks | 81 | US | Director | |
28 | Charlotte Greenwood | 87 | US | Actress | |
"'Star Wars' B.O. History". Variety. May 17, 1999. p. 30.