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The year 1974 in film involved some significant events.
The top ten 1974 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:
Rank | Title | Distributor(s) | Domestic rentals |
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1 | The Towering Inferno | 20th Century Fox / Warner Bros. | $50,000,000 [1] |
2 | Blazing Saddles | Warner Bros. | $45,200,000 [1] |
3 | Young Frankenstein | 20th Century Fox | $38,800,000 [1] |
4 | Earthquake | Universal | $36,300,000 [1] |
5 | The Trial of Billy Jack | Warner Bros. | $31,100,000 [2] |
6 | The Godfather Part II | Paramount | $30,700,000 [1] |
7 | Airport 1975 | Universal Pictures | $25,800,000 [1] |
8 | The Longest Yard | Paramount | $23,000,000 [1] |
9 | Death Wish | $22,000,000 [3] | |
10 | The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams | Sunn Classic | $21,895,000 [4] |
Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):
Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):
Month | Date | Name | Age | Country | Profession | Notable films |
January | 2 | Tex Ritter | 68 | US | Actor, Singer | |
3 | Gino Cervi | 72 | Italy | Actor | ||
14 | Paul Whitsun-Jones | 50 | UK | Actor | ||
31 | Samuel Goldwyn | 94 | Poland | Producer, Studio Executive | ||
31 | Roger Pryor | 72 | US | Actor | ||
February | 7 | Arline Judge | 61 | US | Actress | |
11 | Anna Q. Nilsson | 85 | Sweden | Actress | ||
23 | Florence Rice | 67 | US | Actress | ||
23 | Harry Ruby | 79 | US | Screenwriter, Composer | ||
27 | Orry-Kelly | 66 | Australia | Costume Designer | ||
28 | Carole Lesley | 38 | UK | Actress | ||
March | 3 | Barbara Ruick | 43 | US | Actress, Singer | |
5 | Billy De Wolfe | 67 | US | Actor | ||
7 | Alberto Rabagliati | 67 | Italy | Actor, Singer | ||
8 | Martha Wentworth | 84 | US | Actress, Voice Actress | ||
13 | Howard St. John | 68 | US | Actor | ||
19 | Edward Platt | 58 | US | Actor | ||
28 | Dorothy Fields | 68 | US | Songwriter | ||
28 | Françoise Rosay | 82 | France | Actress | ||
29 | Seton I. Miller | 71 | US | Screenwriter | ||
April | 2 | Douglass Dumbrille | 84 | Canada | Actor | |
10 | Patricia Collinge | 81 | Ireland | Actress | ||
13 | Stanley Smith | 71 | US | Actor | ||
18 | Betty Compson | 77 | US | Actress | ||
20 | Peter Lee Lawrence | 30 | Germany | Actor | ||
24 | Bud Abbott | 78 | US | Actor | ||
30 | Agnes Moorehead | 73 | US | Actress | ||
May | 18 | Mary Maguire | 55 | Australia | Actress | |
24 | Duke Ellington | 75 | US | Composer | ||
25 | Donald Crisp | 91 | UK | Actor | ||
June | 6 | Blanche Yurka | 86 | US | Actress | |
10 | Lewis R. Foster | 75 | US | Director, Screenwriter | ||
17 | Pamela Britton | 51 | US | Actress | ||
28 | Frank Sutton | 50 | US | Actor | ||
July | 13 | Joe Flynn | 48 | US | Actor | |
13 | Marthe Vinot | 79 | France | Actress | ||
27 | Julián de Meriche | 65 | Mexico | Actor | ||
28 | Truman Bradley | 69 | US | Actor, Narrator | ||
August | 13 | Ilona Massey | 64 | Hungary | Actress | |
16 | Maxwell Reed | 55 | Ireland | Actor | ||
September | 6 | Olga Baclanova | 78 | Russia | Actress | |
6 | Otto Kruger | 89 | US | Actor | ||
14 | Barbara Jo Allen | 68 | US | Actress | ||
14 | Warren Hull | 71 | US | Actor | ||
18 | Edna Best | 74 | UK | Actress | ||
21 | Jacqueline Susann | 56 | US | Author, Actress | ||
21 | Walter Brennan | 80 | US | Actor | ||
22 | Stephanie Bidmead | 45 | UK | Actress | ||
27 | James R. Webb | 64 | US | Screenwriter | ||
October | 13 | Ed Sullivan | 73 | US | Actor | |
November | 7 | Rodolfo Acosta | 54 | Mexico | Actor | |
13 | Vittorio De Sica | 73 | Italy | Actor, Director, Screenwriter | ||
14 | Johnny Mack Brown | 70 | US | Actor | ||
17 | Clive Brook | 87 | UK | Actor | ||
25 | Rosemary Lane | 61 | US | Actress, Singer | ||
December | 4 | Lee Kinsolving | 36 | US | Actor | |
5 | Pietro Germi | 60 | Italy | Actor, Director, Screenwriter | ||
10 | Paul Richards | 50 | US | Actor | ||
11 | Reed Hadley | 63 | US | Actor | ||
15 | Anatole Litvak | 72 | Ukraine | Director, Producer | ||
21 | Richard Long | 47 | US | Actor | ||
26 | Jack Benny | 80 | US | Actor | ||
The year 1989 involved many significant films.
The following is an overview of events in 1987 in film, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths. Paramount Pictures celebrated its 75th anniversary in 1987.
The following is an overview of events in 1986 in film, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths.
The following is an overview of events in 1985 in film, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable births and deaths.
The following is an overview of events in 1984 in film, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths.
The following is an overview of events in 1983 in film, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths.
The following is an overview of events in 1982 in film, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths.
The following is an overview of events in 1981 in film, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths.
The following is an overview of events in 1980 in film, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths.
The year 1979 in film involved many significant events.
The year 1978 in film involved some significant events.
The year 1977 in film involved some significant events.
The year 1976 in film involved some significant events.
The year 1975 in film involved some significant events.
The significant events of the year 1973 in film are covered in this page.
The year 1971 in film involved some significant events.
The year 1970 in film involved some significant events.
The year 1969 in film involved some significant events, with Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid dominating the U.S. box office and becoming one of the highest-grossing films of all time and Midnight Cowboy, a film rated X, winning the Academy Award for Best Picture.
The year 1946 in film involved some significant events, including the release of the decade's highest-grossing film, The Best Years of Our Lives, which won seven Academy Awards.
Events from the year 1970 in the United States.