The year 1975 in film involved some significant events.
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North America
The top ten 1975 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:
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Highest-grossing films of 1975
Rank | Title | Distributor | Domestic rentals |
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 |
$17,793,000[2] |
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International
The highest-grossing 1975 films in countries outside of North America.
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International market |
Film |
Admissions |
Revenue |
Production country |
Ref |
Local currency |
US$ |
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] |
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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.
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Title | Admissions (est.) | Revenue | Country |
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 |
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Notable awards
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- January 1
- January 2: Dax Shepard, American actor
- January 3
- 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:
- 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:
- 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:
- March 24: Brennan Elliott, Canadian actor
- March 27: Stacy Ferguson, American actress and singer-songwriter
- April 2:
- 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:
- 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:
- May 4: Óscar Jaenada, Spanish actor
- May 8: Wilmer Calderon, Puerto Rican-American actor
- May 9: Chris Diamantopoulos, Greek-Canadian actor and voice artist
- May 20:
- May 22: Harriet Toompere, Estonian actress
- 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:
- June 6: Nina Kaczorowski, American actress and stuntwoman
- June 8: Shilpa Shetty, Indian actress
- June 10: Nicole Bilderback, Korean-born American actress
- June 11: 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:
- 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:
- August 7:
- 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:
- 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:
- September 1:
- 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:
- September 27: Sam Lee, Hong Kong actor
- September 30
- October 3 - Alanna Ubach, American actress
- October 4 - Reggie Lee, Filipino-American actor
- October 5
- October 7:
- 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:
- 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
- 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
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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]
The Rocky Horror Picture Show box office admissions:
- North America – 55,069,400[24]
- France, Germany – 3,362,170[25]
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]
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[lower-alpha 1]
Dog Day Afternoon box office admissions:
- North America – 24,390,200[30]
- France – 471,325[31]
8.973 Indian rupees per US dollar in 1975[14]
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