1976 in film

The year 1976 in film involved some significant events.

Highest-grossing films (U.S.)
See also: List of 1976 box office number-one films in the United States

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

Highest-grossing films of 1976

Rank

Title

Studio

Domestic 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
March 22 - Filming begins on George Lucas' Star Wars science fiction film. In one of the most lucrative business decisions in film history, Lucas declines his directing fee of $500,000 in exchange for complete ownership of merchandising and sequel rights. April 1 - The Rocky Horror Picture Show is officially re-released as a midnight movie at the Waverly Theater (Now the IFC Center) in Greenwich Village in New York City, starting through the run and still being shown in there as of 2013 all around the world.

Awards
Academy Awards: Best Picture: Rocky - Chartoff-Winkler, United ArtistsBest Director: John G. Avildsen - RockyBest Actor: Peter Finch - Network (first actor to win posthumously)Best Actress: Faye Dunaway - NetworkBest Supporting Actor: Jason Robards - All the President's MenBest Supporting Actress: Beatrice Straight - NetworkBest 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: RockyBest Actor: Peter Finch - NetworkBest Actress: Faye Dunaway - NetworkMusical or comedy:Best Picture: A Star Is BornBest Actor: Kris Kristofferson - A Star Is BornBest Actress: Barbra Streisand - A Star Is BornOtherBest Director: Sidney Lumet - NetworkBest 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

 * 1) Taxi Driver