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The year 1978 in film involved some significant events.
Highest-grossing films (U.S.)
The top ten 1978 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:
| Rank | Title | Studio | Domestic gross |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Grease | Paramount Pictures | $159,978,870[1] |
| 2. | Superman | Warner Bros. | $134,218,018[2] |
| 3. | National Lampoon's Animal House | Universal Pictures | $120,091,123[3] |
| 4. | Every Which Way but Loose | Warner Bros. | $85,196,485[4] |
| 5. | Heaven Can Wait | Paramount Pictures | $81,640,278[5] |
| 6. | Hooper | Warner Bros. | $78,000,000[6] |
| 7. | Jaws 2 | Universal Pictures | $77,737,272[7] |
| 8. | Revenge of the Pink Panther | United Artists | $49,579,269[8] |
| 9. | The Deer Hunter | Universal Pictures | $48,979,328[9] |
| 10. | Halloween | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | $47,000,000[10] |
Events
- February 1 – Bob Dylan's film Renaldo and Clara, a documentary of the "Rolling Thunder Revue" tour premieres in Los Angeles, California.
- March 1 – Charlie Chaplin's coffin is stolen from a Swiss cemetery three months after burial. After recovery a few weeks later, the casket is sealed in a concrete vault which is then buried in the same grave.
- March – Leigh Brackett completes the first draft for The Empire Strikes Back, but dies only two weeks later.
- June 4 – Grease, starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John, has its world premiere at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood.
- August – Production begins on Star Trek: The Motion Picture.
- September – George Lucas purchases Bulltail Ranch, on Lucas Valley Road, for the development of Skywalker Ranch.
- November 17 – Star Wars Holiday Special airs on CBS. The special gives fans their first glimpse of Boba Fett, a character from the upcoming sequel.
- December – Superman premieres at the Kennedy Centre in Washington DC on December 10 and has a European Royal Charity Premiere at the Empire, Leicester Square in London three days later in the presence of HM Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Andrew.
Awards
- Best Picture: The Deer Hunter – EMI Films/Cimino, Universal
- Best Director: Michael Cimino – The Deer Hunter
- Best Actor: Jon Voight – Coming Home
- Best Actress: Jane Fonda – Coming Home
- Best Supporting Actor: Christopher Walken – The Deer Hunter
- Best Supporting Actress: Maggie Smith – California Suite
- Best Foreign Language Film: Get Out Your Handkerchiefs (Preparez vos mouchoirs), directed by Bertrand Blier, France
- Drama:
- Best Picture: Midnight Express
- Best Actor: Jon Voight – Coming Home
- Best Actress: Jane Fonda – Coming Home
- Musical or comedy:
- Best Picture: Heaven Can Wait
- Best Actor: Warren Beatty – Heaven Can Wait
- Best Actress (tie): Ellen Burstyn – Same Time, Next Year
- Best Actress (tie): Maggie Smith – California Suite
- Other
- Best Director: Michael Cimino – The Deer Hunter
- Best Foreign Language Film: Autumn Sonata, Sweden
Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):
- The Tree of Wooden Clogs (L'Albero degli zoccoli), directed by Ermanno Olmi, Italy
Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):
- Trout (Las Truchas), directed by José Luis García Sánchez, Spain
- What Max Said (Las Palabras de Max), directed by Emilio Martínez-Lázaro, Spain
1978 film releases
January–March
- February 1978
- Remember My Name
- 1 February
- 2 February
- 3 February
- 10 February
- March 1978
- 5 March
- 10 March
- 15 March
- 17 March
April–June
- April 1978
- 20 April
- 21 April
- May 1978
- Warlords of Atlantis
- 10 May
- 12 May
- 18 May
- 19 May
- June 1978
- 2 June
- 6 June
- 9 June
- The Cat from Outer Space
- The Jungle Book (re-release)
- 10 June
- 16 June
- 21 June
- 23 June
- 28 June
July–September
- July 1978
- 5 July
- 19 July
- 28 July
- August 1978
- 2 August
- September 1978
- 8 September
- 15 September
- 22 September
- 29 September
October–December
- October 1978
- 6 October
- 15 December
- 20 October
- 24 October
- 25 October
- November 1978
- 1 November
- 2 November
- 15 November
- 22 November
- December 1978
- 8 December
- 15 December
- 16 December
- Pinocchio (re-release)
- 20 December
- 31 December
Notable films released in 1978
U.S.A. unless stated
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- The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (Shao Lin san shi liu fang), starring Gordon Liu – (Hong Kong)
A
- The Adventures of Jody Shanan
- Almost Summer, directed by Martin Davidson, starring Bruno Kirby and Lee Purcell
- American Boy: A Profile of Steven Prince, directed by Martin Scorsese (documentary)
- American Hot Wax, a biopic of Alan Freed, starring Tim McIntire, Fran Drescher, Laraine Newman, Jay Leno
- L'argent des autres (Other People's Money), starring Jean-Louis Trintignant and Catherine Deneuve – (France)
- The Astral Factor, starring Robert Foxworth and Stefanie Powers
- Autumn Sonata (Höstsonaten), directed by Ingmar Bergman, starring Ingrid Bergman and Liv Ullmann – (Sweden)
- Avalanche, starring Rock Hudson, Robert Forster, Mia Farrow
B
- The Bad News Bears Go to Japan, starring Tony Curtis and Jackie Earle Haley
- Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron (Kumokiri Nizaemon) – (Japan)
- Battlestar Galactica (Canada and most European countries only; released in U.S. theatres the following year)
- The Betsy, starring Laurence Olivier, Robert Duvall, Tommy Lee Jones, Katharine Ross, Kathleen Beller, Lesley-Anne Down
- The Big Fix, starring Richard Dreyfuss, Susan Anspach, F. Murray Abraham, John Lithgow
- The Big Sleep, starring Robert Mitchum, Sarah Miles, Oliver Reed, Richard Boone, Candy Clark, Joan Collins, James Stewart – (U.K.)
- Big Wednesday, directed by John Milius, starring Jan-Michael Vincent, William Katt, Gary Busey
- Bloodbrothers, starring Richard Gere and Paul Sorvino
- Blue Collar, directed by Paul Schrader, starring Richard Pryor, Yaphet Kotto, Harvey Keitel
- Born Again, starring Dean Jones and Anne Francis
- The Boys from Brazil, directed by Franklin J. Schaffner, starring Gregory Peck, Laurence Olivier, James Mason – (U.K./U.S.A.)
- The Boys in Company C, starring Stan Shaw, Andrew Stevens and Craig Wasson
- The Brink's Job, directed by William Friedkin, starring Peter Falk, Gena Rowlands, Peter Boyle, Paul Sorvino, Warren Oates
- The Buddy Holly Story, starring Gary Busey, Don Stroud and Charles Martin Smith
- Bye Bye Monkey (Rêve de singe / Ciao maschio), starring Gérard Depardieu and Marcello Mastroianni – (France/Italy)
C
- La Cage aux Folles, directed by Édouard Molinaro, starring Ugo Tognazzi and Michel Serrault – (France/Italy)
- California Suite, starring Alan Alda, Jane Fonda, Michael Caine, Maggie Smith, Richard Pryor, Bill Cosby, Elaine May, Walter Matthau
- Capricorn One, directed by Peter Hyams, starring Elliott Gould, James Brolin, O. J. Simpson, Sam Waterston, Hal Holbrook, Brenda Vaccaro
- Caravans, starring Anthony Quinn, Jennifer O'Neill, Michael Sarrazin
- Casey's Shadow, starring Walter Matthau, Alexis Smith, Robert Webber
- The Cat from Outer Space, starring Ronnie Schell and Sandy Duncan
- Centennial, TV miniseries, starring Raymond Burr, Richard Chamberlain, Richard Crenna, Andy Griffith, David Janssen, Alex Karras
- La chambre verte (The Green Room), directed by and starring François Truffaut – (France)
- The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith, directed by Fred Schepisi – (Australia)
- The Cheap Detective, starring Peter Falk, Ann-Margret, Marsha Mason, Sid Caesar
- China 9, Liberty 37 (Amore, piombo e furore), starring Fabio Testi, Jenny Agutter, Warren Oates – (Italy/Spain)
- The Class of Miss MacMichael, starring Glenda Jackson - (U.K.)
- Closed Circuit (Circuito chiuso) – (Italy)
- Coma, directed by Michael Crichton, starring Geneviève Bujold, Michael Douglas, Richard Widmark
- Comes a Horseman, directed by Alan J. Pakula, starring Jane Fonda, James Caan, Jason Robards
- Coming Home, directed by Hal Ashby, starring Jane Fonda, Jon Voight, Bruce Dern, Penelope Milford
- Convoy, directed by Sam Peckinpah, starring Kris Kristofferson, Ali MacGraw and Ernest Borgnine
- Corvette Summer, starring Mark Hamill
- Cosi' come sei (aka Stay As You Are) starring Marcello Mastroianni and Nastassja Kinski – (Italy)
- Crippled Avengers (Can que), directed by Chang Cheh – (Hong Kong)
D
- The Dain Curse, mini-series for TV, starring James Coburn and Jean Simmons
- Damien: Omen II, starring William Holden and Lee Grant
- d'Artagnan and Three Musketeers (d'Artanyan i tri mushketera) – (U.S.S.R.)
- Dawn of the Dead, directed by George A. Romero – (U.S.A./Italy)
- Days of Heaven, directed by Terrence Malick, starring Richard Gere, Sam Shepard, Brooke Adams
- Death on the Nile, directed by John Guillermin, starring Peter Ustinov, David Niven, Bette Davis, Maggie Smith, Angela Lansbury, Olivia Hussey, Mia Farrow – (U.K.)
- Deathsport, starring David Carradine
- Debbie Does Dallas, pornographic comedy
- The Deer Hunter, directed by Michael Cimino, starring Robert De Niro, John Cazale, John Savage, Christopher Walken, Meryl Streep
- The Demon (Kichiku) – (Japan)
- A Different Story, starring Meg Foster, Perry King, Valerie Curtin
- El diputado (The Deputy) – (Spain)
- Don, starring Amitabh Bachchan – (India)
- A Dream of Passion (Kravgi gynaikon), directed by Jules Dassin, starring Melina Mercouri and Ellen Burstyn – (Greece)
- The Driver, directed by Walter Hill, starring Ryan O'Neal, Bruce Dern, Isabelle Adjani, Ronee Blakley
- Drunken Master (Jui kuen), starring Jackie Chan – (Hong Kong)
E
- Ecce bombo, directed by and starring Nanni Moretti – (Italy)
- Empire of Passion (Ai no Bōrei), directed by Nagisa Oshima – (Japan)
- The End, directed by and starring Burt Reynolds, with Dom DeLuise, Joanne Woodward, Pat O'Brien, Myrna Loy, Sally Field
- An Enemy of the People, starring Steve McQueen
- Enter the Fat Dragon (Fei Lung gwoh gong), starring Sammo Hung – (Hong Kong)
- Every Which Way but Loose, directed by James Fargo, starring Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Geoffrey Lewis
- Eyes of Laura Mars, directed by Irvin Kershner, starring Faye Dunaway and Tommy Lee Jones
F
- F.I.S.T., directed by Norman Jewison, starring Sylvester Stallone, Melinda Dillon, Rod Steiger
- FM, starring Cleavon Little and Eileen Brennan
- Fedora, directed by Billy Wilder, starring William Holden and Marthe Keller
- Fingers, directed by James Toback, starring Harvey Keitel
- Five Deadly Venoms
- Force 10 from Navarone, starring Robert Shaw, Edward Fox, Harrison Ford – (U.K.)
- Foul Play, directed by Colin Higgins, starring Goldie Hawn, Chevy Chase, Dudley Moore and Billy Barty
- The Fury, directed by Brian De Palma, starring Kirk Douglas, John Cassavetes, Carrie Snodgress, Andrew Stevens, Amy Irving
G
- Gates of Heaven, a documentary film
- Germany in Autumn (Deutschland im Herbst) – (West Germany)
- Get Out Your Handkerchiefs (Preparez vos mouchoirs), directed by Bertrand Blier – (France)
- Girlfriends, directed by Claudia Weill, starring Melanie Mayron – Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner
- Go Tell the Spartans, starring Burt Lancaster
- Gray Lady Down, starring Charlton Heston, David Carradine, Stacy Keach, Ronny Cox, Ned Beatty
- Grease, directed by Randal Kleiser, starring John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, Jeff Conaway, Stockard Channing, Sid Caesar, Eve Arden
H
- Halloween, directed by John Carpenter, starring Jamie Lee Curtis and Donald Pleasence
- Harper Valley PTA, starring Barbara Eden
- Heaven Can Wait, directed by Buck Henry and Warren Beatty, starring Beatty, Julie Christie, Charles Grodin, Dyan Cannon, Jack Warden, James Mason
- The Herd (Sürü) – (Turkey)
- High-Ballin', starring Peter Fonda, Michael Ironside, Helen Shaver, Jerry Reed
- Holocaust, TV miniseries, starring Meryl Streep, James Woods, Michael Moriarty, Tovah Feldshuh, Fritz Weaver, Ian Holm
- Hooper, directed by Hal Needham, starring Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Jan-Michael Vincent, Robert Klein, Brian Keith
- Hot Lead and Cold Feet, directed by Robert Butler, starring Jim Dale, Karen Valentine, Don Knotts
- House Calls, directed by Howard Zieff, starring Walter Matthau, Glenda Jackson, Richard Benjamin, Art Carney
- A Hunting Accident (Moy laskovyy i nezhnyy zver) – (U.S.S.R.)
I–J
- I Wanna Hold Your Hand, directed by Robert Zemeckis, starring Nancy Allen, Marc McClure, Bobby Di Cicco
- Ice Castles, directed by Donald Wrye, starring Lynn-Holly Johnson and Robby Benson
- In a Year of 13 Moons (In einem Jahr mit 13 Monden), directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder – (West Germany)
- In Praise of Older Women, starring Tom Berenger, Karen Black, Helen Shaver – (Canada)
- Interiors, directed by Woody Allen, starring Geraldine Page, Diane Keaton, E. G. Marshall, Mary Beth Hurt, Maureen Stapleton
- International Velvet, starring Tatum O'Neal, Nanette Newman and Anthony Hopkins
- Invasion of the Body Snatchers, remake of 1956 movie, directed by Philip Kaufman, starring Donald Sutherland, Brooke Adams, Jeff Goldblum
- Jaws 2, directed by Jeannot Szwarc, starring Roy Scheider and Lorraine Gary
K–L
- Killer of Sheep, directed by Charles Burnett
- King of the Gypsies, starring Eric Roberts, Sterling Hayden, Judd Hirsch, Shelley Winters, Brooke Shields
- Kondura (The Boon), directed by Shyam Benegal – (India-Bollywood/Telugu)
- Lady on the Bus (A Dama do Lotação), starring Sônia Braga – (Brazil)
- The Left-Handed Woman (Die linkshändige Frau) – (West Germany)
- The Last Waltz, directed by Martin Scorsese, featuring The Band, Van Morrison, Neil Young, Bob Dylan
- Long Weekend, starring John Hargreaves – (Australia)
- The Lord of the Rings, animated film by Ralph Bakshi, with voices of William Squire, John Hurt, Anthony Daniels
M
- Magic, directed by Richard Attenborough, starring Anthony Hopkins, Ann-Margret, Burgess Meredith, Ed Lauter
- De Mantel der Liefde (The Mantle of Love) – (Netherlands)
- Mean Dog Blues, starring Gregg Henry, Kay Lenz, Tina Louise and George Kennedy
- The Medusa Touch, starring Richard Burton, Lino Ventura and Lee Remick – (U.K.)
- Midnight Express, directed by Alan Parker, starring Brad Davis, Randy Quaid, John Hurt – (U.K./U.S.A.)
- Moment by Moment, directed by Jane Wagner, starring John Travolta and Lily Tomlin
- Movie Movie, directed by Stanley Donen, starring George C. Scott, Harry Hamlin, Barry Bostwick, Trish Van Devere, Red Buttons, Art Carney
- Muqaddar Ka Sikandar (Conqueror of Destiny), starring Amitabh Bachchan – (India)
N–O
- National Lampoon's Animal House, directed by John Landis, starring John Belushi, Tim Matheson, Peter Riegert, Tom Hulce, Karen Allen, John Vernon
- Newsfront, directed by Phillip Noyce, starring Wendy Hughes and Bryan Brown – (Australia)
- A Night Full of Rain (Una notte piena di pioggia), directed by Lina Wertmüller, starring Giancarlo Giannini and Candice Bergen – (Italy/U.S.A.)
- The Night the Prowler, directed by Jim Sharman – (Australia)
- Occupation in 26 Pictures (Okupacija u 26 slika) – (Yugoslavia)
- Oliver's Story, directed by John Korty, starring Ryan O'Neal and Candice Bergen
- The One and Only, directed by Carl Reiner, starring Henry Winkler and Kim Darby
- Orchestra Rehearsal (Prova d'orchestra), directed by Federico Fellini – (Italy)
P–Q
- Paradise Alley, directed by and starring Sylvester Stallone, with Armand Assante and Anne Archer
- Passion Flower Hotel (Leidenschaftliche Blümchen), starring Nastassja Kinski – (West Germany)
- Perceval le Gallois (Percival the Gaul), directed by Éric Rohmer – (France)
- Piranha, directed by Joe Dante, starring Bradford Dillman, Heather Menzies, Kevin McCarthy
- The Place Without Limits (El lugar sin límites) – (Mexico)
- Pretty Baby, directed by Louis Malle, starring Keith Carradine, Susan Sarandon, Brooke Shields
- The Prophet, the Gold and the Transylvanians (Profetul, aurul si Ardelenii) – (Romania)
- Pugachev – (U.S.S.R.)
R
- Rabbit Test, directed by Joan Rivers, starring Billy Crystal
- Remember My Name, starring Geraldine Chaplin and Anthony Perkins
- Renaldo and Clara, directed by and starring Bob Dylan
- Return from Witch Mountain, starring Bette Davis and Christopher Lee
- Revenge of the Pink Panther, starring Peter Sellers, Herbert Lom and Dyan Cannon – (U.K./U.S.A.)
- Rhinegold – (West Germany)
- Ringing Bell (Chirin no Suzu), an anime film – (Japan)
- Rockers, starring Burning Spear, Gregory Isaacs and Big Youth – (Jamaica)
S
- The Sailor's Return, starring Tom Bell – (U.K.)
- Same Time Next Year, starring Alan Alda and Ellen Burstyn
- The Second Awakening of Christa Klages, directed by Margarethe von Trotta – (West Germany)
- Sextette, starring Mae West, Timothy Dalton, Dom DeLuise, Ringo Starr, Keith Moon, George Hamilton, Alice Cooper
- Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, starring Peter Frampton, Steve Martin and the Bee Gees with music by The Beatles
- Shogun's Samurai (Yagu ichizoku no inbō), starring Sonny Chiba – (Japan)
- The Shout, directed by Jerzy Skolimowski, starring Alan Bates, John Hurt and Susannah York – (U.K.)
- The Silent Partner, directed by Daryl Duke, starring Elliott Gould, Christopher Plummer, Susannah York
- Slow Dancing in the Big City, directed by John G. Avildsen, starring Paul Sorvino
- The Small One
- Snake in the Eagle's Shadow (Shé xíng diāo shǒu), starring Jackie Chan – (Hong Kong)
- Somebody Killed Her Husband, starring Farrah Fawcett and Jeff Bridges
- Stevie, starring Glenda Jackson and Trevor Howard – (U.K.)
- Straight Time, directed by Ulu Grosbard, starring Dustin Hoffman, Theresa Russell, Harry Dean Stanton, Gary Busey
- The Stud, starring Joan Collins – (U.K.)
- Superman, directed by Richard Donner, starring Christopher Reeve, Marlon Brando, Gene Hackman, Margot Kidder, Valerie Perrine, Ned Beatty, Glenn Ford
- The Swarm, starring Michael Caine, Katharine Ross, Richard Widmark, Henry Fonda, Fred MacMurray, Olivia de Havilland, Ben Johnson, Lee Grant
- The Swissmakers (Die Schweizermacher) – (Switzerland)
T
- Thank God It's Friday, starring Debra Winger, Donna Summer, Jeff Goldblum
- Three from Prostokvashino (Troye iz Prostokvashino) – (U.S.S.R.)
- Toplo (Heat) – (Bulgaria)
- The Tree of Wooden Clogs (L'Albero degli zoccoli), directed by Ermanno Olmi – (Italy) – Palme d'Or winner
- Trishul, starring Sanjeev Kumar and Amitabh Bachchan – (India)
- Las truchas (The Trout) – (Spain) – Golden Bear winner
- Two Solitudes, starring Jean-Pierre Aumont and Stacy Keach – (Canada)
U–V
- Uncle Joe Shannon, starring Burt Young
- An Unmarried Woman, directed by Paul Mazursky, starring Jill Clayburgh, Alan Bates, Michael Murphy
- Up in Smoke, starring Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong
- Violette Nozière, directed by Claude Chabrol, starring Isabelle Huppert and Stéphane Audran – (France)
W
- Ward Six (Paviljon VI) – (Yugoslavia)
- Warriors Two (Zan xian sheng yu zhao qian Hua), starring Bryan Leung and Sammo Hung – (Hong Kong)
- The Water Babies, directed by Lionel Jeffries, starring James Mason, Bernard Cribbins, Billie Whitelaw – (U.K./Poland)
- Watership Down, animated film directed by Martin Rosen, with the voices of John Hurt and Richard Briers – (U.K.)
- A Wedding, directed by Robert Altman, starring Desi Arnaz, Jr., Carol Burnett, Geraldine Chaplin, Lauren Hutton, Paul Dooley, Mia Farrow
- Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?, starring George Segal and Jacqueline Bisset – (West Germany/U.S.A.)
- Who'll Stop the Rain, directed by Karel Reisz, starring Nick Nolte and Tuesday Weld
- The Wild Geese, starring Richard Burton, Roger Moore, Richard Harris – (U.K.)
- Without Anesthesia (Bez znieczulenia), directed by Andrzej Wajda – (Poland)
- The Wiz, directed by Sidney Lumet, starring Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Nipsey Russell
- Wolf Lake, directed by Burt Kennedy, starring Rod Steiger
XYZ
- You Are Not Alone (Du er ikke alene) – (Denmark)
Births
- January 1 – Christian Tessier, Canadian actor
- January 5 – Clarine Harp, voice actress
- January 8 – Scott Whyte, actor
- January 9 - A. J. McLean, American musician, singer, dancer, actor, and entertainer
- January 15 – Eddie Cahill, actor
- January 17
- Ricky Wilson, English actor, singer
- Pater Sparrow, Hungarian actor, filmmaker
- January 20 – Omar Sy, French actor
- January 24 – Mark Hildreth, Canadian actor, voice actor
- February 7 – Ashton Kutcher, actor
- February 9 – A. J. Buckley, Canadian actor
- February 17 - Ashton Holmes, actor
- February 20
- Julia Jentsch, German actress
- Jay Hernandez, actor
- March 1 – Jensen Ackles, actor
- March 5 – Kimberly McCullough, actress, dancer, director
- March 8 – Nick Zano, actor
- March 17
- Patrick Seitz, voice actor
- Jason M. Burns, American writer
- March 21 – Rani Mukerji, Indian actress
- March 23 – Nicholle Tom and David Tom, actress and actor
- April 1 – Anamaria Marinca, Romanian actress
- April 2 – Deon Richmond, former child actor
- April 3 – Matthew Goode, English actor
- April 12 – Riley Smith, actor
- April 13 – Kyle Howard, actor
- April 16 – Lara Dutta, Indian actress
- April 19 – James Franco, actor
- April 20
- Matt Austin, Canadian actor
- Clayne Crawford, actor
- April 23 - Ian Brennan, writer, actor, producer
- April 26 – Pablo Schreiber, Canadian actor
- April 29 – Tyler Labine, Canadian actor
- May 8 – Matthew Davis, actor
- May 10 – Kenan Thompson, actor, comedian
- May 12 – Jason Biggs, actor
- May 15
- Caroline Dhavernas, Canadian actress
- David Krumholtz, actor
- May 16 – Jim Sturgess, actor
- May 18 – Chad Donella, Canadian actor
- May 24 – Bryan Greenberg, actor
- June 2
- Nikki Cox, actress
- Dominic Cooper, actor
- June 4 - Robin Lord Taylor, actor
- June 6 – Judith Barsi, child actress (d. 1988)
- June 7 – Bill Hader, actor, comedian
- June 8 – Maria Menounos, actress
- June 10
- Shane West, actor
- DJ Qualls, actor
- June 11 – Joshua Jackson, Canadian actor
- June 13 – Ethan Embry, actor
- June 14 – Diablo Cody, Canadian writer
- June 16 – Daniel Brühl, German actor
- June 19 – Zoe Saldana, actress
- June 21 – Erica Durance, Canadian actress
- July 2 – Owain Yeoman, Welsh actor
- July 3 – Ian Anthony Dale, actor
- July 4 – Becki Newton, actress
- July 6 – Tia Mowry and Tamera Mowry, actresses
- July 8 – Rachael Lillis, voice actress
- July 12
- Michelle Rodriguez, actress
- Topher Grace, actor
- July 19 – R. J. Williams, actor, television host, CEO of Young Hollywood
- July 20 – Charlie Korsmo, former child actor
- July 21
- Josh Hartnett, actor
- Justin Bartha, actor
- July 22 – A. J. Cook, Canadian actress
- July 24 – Jeff Mauro, actor, chef
- August 3 - Tommy Dewey, actor, producer, writer
- August 8 – Countess Vaughn, actress
- August 10 - Leo Fitzpatrick, actor
- August 18 – Andy Samberg, actor, comedian
- August 22 – James Corden, singer, actor, television host
- August 25 – Kel Mitchell, actor, comedian
- August 31 – Mike Erwin, actor
- September 3 – Nick Wechsler, actor
- September 4 – Wes Bentley, actor
- September 7 – Devon Sawa, Canadian actor
- September 12 - Benjamin McKenzie, actor
- September 18 – Billy Eichner, American comedian, actor, writer, and television personality
- September 20 – Charlie Weber, actor
- September 23 – Anthony Mackie, American actor
- September 28 – Lucas Bryant, Canadian actor
- September 29 – Nathan West, actor
- October 3 – Shannyn Sossamon, actress
- October 9 – Randy Spelling, actor
- October 10 – Trevor Eyster, actor
- October 11 – Trevor Donovan, actor
- October 14 – Usher, singer, actor
- October 15 – Devon Gummersall, actor
- October 18 – Wesley Jonathan, actor
- October 21
- Will Estes, actor
- Michael McMillian, actor
- October 27 – David Walton, actor
- October 30 – Matthew Morrison, singer, actor
- October 31 – Brian Hallisay, actor
- November 1 – Mary Kate Schellhardt, actress
- November 9 – Sisqó, singer, actor, songwriter
- November 10
- David Paetkau, Canadian actor
- Diplo, actor, DJ, record producer, rapper, songwriter
- November 11 - Dean S. Jagger, English actor
- November 17
- Tom Ellis, Welsh actor
- Rachel McAdams, Canadian actress
- November 24 – Katherine Heigl, actress
- December 7
- Shiri Appleby, actress
- Kristofer Hivju, Norwegian film actor, producer and writer
- December 8 – Ian Somerhalder, actor
- December 9 – Jesse Metcalfe, actor
- December 13 – Cameron Douglas, actor
- December 16 – Joe Absolom, English actor
- December 18
- Katie Holmes, actress
- Josh Dallas, actor
- December 21 – Mike Vitar, American actor
- December 24 – Carlson Twins, American actors, models
- December 30 – Tyrese Gibson, actor, singer, model
Notable deaths
| Month | Date | Name | Age | Country | Profession | Notable films |
| January | 5 | Sally Eilers | 69 | USA | Actress | |
| 23 | Jack Oakie | 74 | USA | Actor | ||
| 26 | Leo Genn | 72 | UK | Actor | ||
| 27 | Oskar Homolka | 79 | Austria | Actor | ||
| 29 | Tim McCoy | 86 | USA | Actor | ||
| February | 2 | Wendy Barrie | 69 | UK | Actress | |
| 15 | Ilka Chase | 77 | USA | Actress | ||
| 18 | Maggie McNamara | 48 | USA | Actress | ||
| 24 | Franco Arcalli | 48 | Italy | Screenwriter | ||
| March | 12 | John Cazale | 42 | USA | Actor | |
| 24 | Leigh Brackett | 62 | USA | Screenwriter | ||
| 25 | Hanna Ralph | 92 | Germany | Actress | ||
| April | 22 | Will Geer | 76 | USA | Actor | |
| May | 11 | Philip Ray | 79 | UK | Actor | |
| 12 | Robert Coogan | 53 | USA | Actor | ||
| June | 20 | Mark Robson | 64 | Canada | Director | |
| 29 | Bob Crane | 49 | USA | Actor | ||
| July | 14 | Jack Woolgar | 64 | UK | Actor | |
| 17 | Thayer David | 51 | USA | Actor | ||
| August | 24 | Louis Prima | 67 | USA | Actor, Singer | |
| 26 | Charles Boyer | 78 | France | Actor | ||
| 28 | Robert Shaw | 51 | UK | Actor | ||
| September | 3 | Karin Molander | 89 | Sweden | Actress | |
| 9 | Jack L. Warner | 86 | Canada | Producer, Studio Executive | ||
| 30 | Edgar Bergen | 75 | USA | Actor | ||
| October | 16 | Dan Dailey | 62 | USA | Actor | |
| 19 | Gig Young | 64 | USA | Actor | ||
| 30 | Brian Hayles | 47 | UK | Screenwriter | ||
| November | 16 | Claude Dauphin | 75 | France | Actor | |
| 28 | André Morell | 69 | UK | Actor | ||
| December | 10 | Ed Wood | 54 | USA | Director, Screenwriter, Actor | |
| 15 | Chill Wills | 76 | USA | Actor | ||
| 19 | Duncan Lamont | 60 | UK | Actor |
Film debuts
- Karen Allen – National Lampoon's Animal House
- Pedro Almodóvar (director) – Folle...folle...fólleme Tim!
- Kevin Bacon – National Lampoon's Animal House
- Jim Broadbent – The Shout
- Jake Busey – Straight Time
- Billy Crystal – Rabbit Test
- Jamie Lee Curtis – Halloween
- Corey Feldman – Born Again
- Daryl Hannah – The Fury
- Mark Harmon – Comes a Horseman
- Ed Harris – Coma
- Michael Keaton – Rabbit Test
- Cheech Marin – Up in Smoke
- James Remar - On the Yard
- James Spader – Team-Mates
- Mary Steenburgen – Goin' South
- Alfre Woodard – Remember My Name
References
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- ^ "Superman, Box Office Information". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved February 12, 2012.
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- ^ "Every Which Way But Loose, Box Office Information". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved May 26, 2014.
- ^ "Heaven Can Wait, Box Office Information". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved May 26, 2014.
- ^ "Hooper, Box Office Information". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved June 24, 2012.
- ^ "Jaws 2, Box Office Information". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved February 12, 2012.
- ^ "Revenge of the Pink Panther, Box Office Information". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved February 12, 2012.
- ^ "The Deer Hunter, Box Office Information". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved May 26, 2014.
- ^ "Halloween, Box Office Information". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved June 6, 2016.
