1977 in film

The year 1977 in film involved some significant events.

Fandom movies:1977

Highest-grossing films (U.S.)

The top ten 1977 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

Rank	Title	Distributor	Box-office gross
1	Star Wars	20th Century Fox	$221,280,994
2	Smokey and the Bandit	Universal	$126,737,428
3	Close Encounters of the Third Kind	Columbia	$116,395,460
4	Saturday Night Fever	Paramount	$94,213,184
5	The Goodbye Girl	Warner Bros.	$83,700,000
6	A Bridge Too Far	United Artists	$50,750,000
7	The Deep	Columbia	$47,346,365
8	The Spy Who Loved Me	United Artists	$46,838,673
9	Oh, God!	Warner Bros.	$41,687,243
10	Annie Hall	United Artists	$38,251,425

Events

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.
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. It led to the producer hiring Industrial Light & Magic, a company producing visual effects for films such as the Star Wars and Indiana Jones films.

Awards

Palme d'Or :
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1977 films

By country/region

By genre/medium

Births

January 1
*Sam Spruell, British character actor
*Steven Robertson, Scottish actor
*Jerry Yan, Taiwanese actor, model and singer
January 6 – Genevieve O'Reilly, Irish actress
January 7 – Dustin Diamond, American actor
January 8 – Amber Benson, American actress
January 11 – Devin Ratray, American actor, producer and writer
January 12 – Piolo Pascual, Filipino actor
January 13 – Orlando Bloom, English actor
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
*Rob Delaney, American comedian, actor and writer
*Taliesin Jaffe, American voice actor
January 21 - Jerry Trainor, American actor
January 22 - Matthew Newton, Australian actor, writer and director
January 24 - Johann Urb, Estonian-American actor
January 26 - Hemky Madera, American actor
January 28
*Zhao Tao, Chinese actress
*Joey Fatone, American singer and actor
January 29
*Justin Hartley, American actor
*Sam Jaeger, American actor and screenwriter
January 31
*Bobby Moynihan, American actor, comedian and writer
*Kerry Washington, American actress
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
February 18
*Ike Barinholtz, American actor, comedian, writer, director and producer
*Kristoffer Polaha, American actor
February 21 – Cyrine Abdelnour, Lebanese actress, and model
February 24
*Libero De Rienzo, Italian actor
*Kate Mulvany, Australian actress, playwright and screenwriter
February 25 - Ingrid Oliver, British actress and comedian
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 13 - Adam G. Simon, American actor and screenwriter
March 15 – Brian Tee, Japanese-born American actor
March 19
*Jorma Taccone, American comedian, director, actor and writer
*Ebon Moss-Bachrach, American actor
March 22 – Anabel Rodríguez Ríos, Venezuelan film director and screenwriter
March 23
*Daniel Espinosa, Swedish director
*Jeremy Luke, American actor
*Joanna Page, Welsh actress and producer
*Edwin Siu, Hong Kong actor and singer
*Clayton Watson, Australian producer, actor, writer and director
March 24
*Olivia Burnette, American actress
*Jessica Chastain, American actress
March 25 – Édgar Ramírez, Venezuelan actor
March 28 – Annie Wersching, American actress
April 2 – Michael Fassbender, Irish-German actor
April 3 – Alice Lowe, English actress, writer and comedian
April 6
*Bill Holderman, American director, screenwriter and producer
*Nacho Vigalondo, Spanish filmmaker
April 8 – Ana de la Reguera, Mexican actress
April 10 – Stephanie Sheh, American voice actress
April 14
*Jon Daly, American actor, comedian, writer and producer
*Sarah Michelle Gellar, American actress
*Rob McElhenney, American actor, writer, and producer
April 16
*Tameka Empson, English actress
*Jennifer Gimenez, American actress and reality television personality
April 19 – Bryan Spears, American film and television producer
April 20 – Robert Wilfort, English actor
April 23
*John Cena, American professional wrestler and actor
*Eric Edelstein, American actor
*John Oliver, British-American comedian, producer, actor and television host
*Kal Penn, American actor
April 24
*Eric Balfour, American actor and singer
*Rebecca Mader, English actress
April 25
*Marguerite Moreau, American actress
*Jessica Prunell, American former child actress
April 26
*Jason Earles, American actor
*Tom Welling, American actor
*McKenzie Westmore, American actress and singer
May 2 – Jenna von Oÿ, American actress
May 3 – Jeffrey Garcia, American actor and stand-up comedian
May 4 - Emily Perkins, Canadian actress
May 5 – Virginie Efira, Belgian-French actress
May 10 – Todd Lowe, American actor
May 11 - Andy On, American actor and martial artist
May 12
*Michael Jelenic, American animator, storyboard artist, screenwriter, producer and director
*Rachel Wilson, Canadian actress
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
*Lynn Collins, American actress
*Melanie Lynskey, New Zealand actress
*Emilíana Torrini, Icelandic singer
May 18 – Evan Helmuth, American actor
May 19 – Kelly Sheridan, Canadian voice actress
May 20
*Matt Czuchry, American actor
*Angela Goethals, American former actress
May 23
*Caroline Amiguet, French actress
*Richard Ayoade, British comedian, actor, filmmaker, writer, author and television presenter
*Heather Wahlquist, American actress
May 25 - Julian Bailey, Canadian actor
May 27 – Anna Maxwell Martin, British actress
May 31 – Eric Christian Olsen, American actor
June 1
*Christian Ditter, German director, producer and screenwriter
*Danielle Harris, American actress
June 2 – Zachary Quinto, American actor
June 5 – Liza Weil, American actress
June 11 - Shane Meier, Canadian actor
June 14 – Sullivan Stapleton, Australian actor
June 22
* Bernadette Heerwagen, German actress
* Denis Moschitto, German actor
June 23 - Sian Heder, American filmmaker
June 25 – Josh Braaten, American actor
June 29 - Jeff Baena, American screenwriter and director
June 30 – Christopher Sommers, Irish actor
July 1 – Liv Tyler, American actress
July 4 – Vesela Kazakova, Bulgarian actress
July 6 – Audrey Fleurot, French actress
July 8 – Milo Ventimiglia, American actor
July 10
*Chiwetel Ejiofor, English actor
*Cary Joji Fukunaga, American director, producer, screenwriter and cinematographer
*Gwendoline Yeo, Singaporean actress
July 11 - Edward Moss (impersonator), American actor
July 12 - Steve Howey, American actor
July 13
*Ashley Scott, American actress
*Kari Wahlgren, American voice actress
July 14 - Tim Downie, English actor and writer
July 15 - Lana Parrilla, American actress
July 18
*Daniel and Luis Moncada, Honduran-American actors
*Kelly Reilly, English actress
July 22
*Joaquim Dos Santos, Portuguese-American animator, storyboard artist, director, producer and writer
*Parisa Fitz-Henley, Jamaican-born American actress
July 23 - Shane McRae, American actor
July 24
*Danny Dyer, English actor and presenter
*Michelle Buteau, American actress and comedian
July 26
*Tony Sampson, Canadian oiler, former actor and voice artist
*Rebecca St. James, Australian-American singer-songwriter and actress
July 27 – Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Irish actor
July 30 – Jaime Pressly, American actress
August 2
*Edward Furlong, American actor
*Artemis Pebdani, American actress
*Krzysztof Soszynski, Polish-Canadian actor and retired mixed martial artist
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
*Dar Salim, Iraqi-born Danish actor
August 23 – Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Ghanaian-British actor
August 25 - Jonathan Togo, American actor
August 26 - Patrick Kennedy, English actor and director
August 30
*Raúl Castillo, American actor
*Michael Gladis, American actor
*Elden Henson, American actor
September 3
*Chen Shu, Chinese actress and singer
*James Daniel Wilson, English actor and writer
September 6 - Bertie Carvel, British actor
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
* Divya Dutta, Indian actress
* Clea DuVall, American actress
* Joel David Moore, American character actor and director
September 27
*Michael C. Maronna, American actor
*Dan Starkey, English 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
*Travis Wester, American actor
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 28 - Miloud Mourad Benamara, Algerian-born Italian actor
October 29
*Jon Abrahams, American actor
*Brendan Fehr, Canadian actor
November 1 - Martin Copping, Australian actor
November 2 – Randy Harrison, American actor
November 3 – Greg Plitt, American fitness model and actor
November 4 – Tom Vaughan-Lawlor, Irish actor
November 10 – Brittany Murphy, American actress
November 11 – Scoot McNairy, American actor
November 14 – Brian Dietzen, American actor
November 15
*Sean Murray, American actor
*Ursula Yovich, Aboriginal Australian actress and singer
November 16 – Maggie Gyllenhaal, American actress
November 18 - Miranda Raison, British-French 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
November 25 - Lisa Dwan, Irish actress
November 30 - Nelsan Ellis, American actor
December 1
*Akiva Schaffer, American writer, director, actor, comedian and musician
*Nate Torrence, American comedic actor
December 5 – Armando Riesco, Puerto Rican actor
December 6 - Jefferson Hall, English actor
December 8
*Maarja Jakobson, Estonian actress
*Matthias Schoenaerts, Belgian actor
December 10 – Emmanuelle Chriqui, Canadian actress
December 15 – Geoff Stults, American actor
December 17 - Katheryn Winnick, Canadian actress
December 21
*Colombe Jacobsen-Derstine, American actress
*Kevin Miller, American voice actor, comedian and podcast host
*Gregory Siff, American writer and actor
December 24 - Michael Raymond-James, American actor
December 28
*Vanessa Ferlito, American actress
*Michael Spears, Indigenous American actor
December 30 – Lucy Punch, English actress
December 31 - Psy, South Korean singer