List of animated feature films of 1977

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A list of animated feature films first released in 1977.

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Animated feature films of 1977
TitleCountryDirectorStudioTechniqueTypeNotesRelease dateDuration
Angelica Pickles: Where Have My Little Fish Gone? United States Robert Alvarez Lee Mendelson Productions
Bill Melendez Productions
King Features Syndicate, Inc. 		Traditional Television special The second and final installment of the Angelica Pickles TV special.August 10, 197720 minutes
Around the World with Bolek and Lolek
Wielka podróż Bolka i Lolka (Bolek and Lolek's Great Journey)		Poland Stanislaw Dulz
Wladyslaw Nehrebecki 		Studio Filmów Rysunkowych (Bielsko-Biała) Traditional TheatricalFirst Polish animated feature.September 16, 1977104 minutes
Bugs Bunny's Easter Special United States Friz Freleng DePatie–Freleng Enterprises
Warner Bros. Television 		Traditional Television special Compilation of theatrical animated shorts; only hour-long Looney Tunes animated television special.April 7, 197750 minutes
Donald and His Duckling Gang United States Walt Disney Productions Traditional Theatrical
Compilation film 		Film compiled from Disney theatrical animated shorts; originally released theatrically for overseas markets and never in the United States.November 19, 197770 minutes
Donald Duck's Summer Magic United States Jack Hannah
Jack King
Dick Huemer
Milt Schaffer		 Walt Disney Productions Traditional Theatrical
Compilation film 		Film compiled from Disney theatrical animated shorts; originally released theatrically for overseas markets and never in the United States until December 17, 1977.July 23, 197775 minutes
Dot and the Kangaroo Australia Yoram Gross Yoram Gross Films
Hoyts 		Traditional/Live action Theatrical
Live-action animated film 		December 15, 197771 minutes
The Easter Bunny Is Comin' to Town United States
Japan		 Jules Bass
Arthur Rankin Jr. 		Rankin/Bass Productions
Video Tokyo Production		 Stop motion Television special April 6, 197750 minutes
Electronic Man 337
전자인간 337		South KoreaLim Jung-kyuSamdo Film Co., Ltd. Traditional TheatricalDecember 9, 197765 minutes
Fantastic Animation Festival United StatesDean A. Berko
Christopher Padilla		Voyage Productions Traditional/Stop motion Theatrical
Anthology film
Compilation film
Experimental film 		Compilation of fourteen selected animated short films of varying quality and style.May 27, 197791 minutes
5 Weeks in a Balloon Australia
United States		 Chris Cuddington Hanna-Barbera Australia Traditional Television special Originally aired as the 25th installment of the CBS animated anthology series Famous Classic Tales (1970–1984).November 24, 197760 minutes
A Flintstone Christmas United States Charles A. Nichols Hanna-Barbera Traditional Television special December 7, 197748 minutes
Gulliver's Travels United Kingdom
Belgium		 Peter R. Hunt Belvision Traditional/Live action Theatrical
Live-action animated film 		May 6, 197780 minutes
The Hobbit United States
Japan		 Jules Bass
Arthur Rankin Jr. 		Rankin/Bass
Topcraft 		Traditional Television film November 27, 197778 minutes
The Holiday of Disobedience
Праздник непослушания (Prazdnik neposlushaniya)		Soviet Union Yulian Kalisher Studio Ekran Stop motion/Live action Theatrical
Live-action animated film 		The first, and so far the only, full-length animated feature film from Studio Ekran. [1] 197747 minutes
A Journey to the Center of the Earth Australia Richard Slapczynski Air Programs International Traditional Television special Originally aired as the 24th installment of the CBS animated anthology series Famous Classic Tales (1970–1984).November 13, 197760 minutes
Krabat – The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Krabat, Čarodějův učeň		Czechoslovakia
West Germany		 Karel Zeman Bavaria Atelier
Ceskoslovenský Filmexport
Filmové Studio Gottwaldov
Krátký Film Praha
Süddeutscher Rundfunk (SDR)
Ustredni Pujcovna Filmu		 Cutout TheatricalMarch 1, 197873 minutes
The Lighthouse Island
Die Leuchtturminsel		East Germany Günter Rätz DEFA-Studio für Trickfilme Stop motion TheatricalMade from 1974 to 1976, released in 1977. [2] February 4, 197741 minutes
The Little Magician and the Big Bad Mark
Der kleine Zauberer und die große Fünf		East Germany Erwin Stranka DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme
Künstlerische Arbeitsgruppe "Babelsberg" (as DEFA Gruppe Babelsberg)
VEB Progress Film-Vertrieb (GDR) (distributor)		 Traditional TheatricalFebruary 4, 197770 minutes
Love in Freedom Liefde in vrijheidBelgium Jacques Kupissonoff Proeuropa TheatricalMay 18, 197776 minutes
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh United States Wolfgang Reitherman
John Lounsbery
Art Stevens 		Walt Disney Productions Traditional Theatrical
Anthology film 		The first three Winnie the Pooh short films ( Honey Tree , Blustery Day and Tigger Too ) compiled into a three-part anthology film, with a few minutes of new wraparound animation. The shorts were previously released separately from February 4, 1966 to December 20, 1974.March 11, 197774 minutes
Mattie the Goose-boy
Lúdas Matyi		Hungary Attila Dargay Pannónia Filmstúdió Traditional TheatricalApril 7, 197775 minutes
The Mouse and His Child United States
Japan		 Charles Swenson
Fred Wolf 		Murakami-Wolf-Swenson
Sanrio 		Traditional TheatricalNovember 18, 197783 minutes
Mr. Rossi's Dreams
I sogni del signor Rossi 		Italy Bruno Bozzetto Bruno Bozzetto Film
Wagner-Hallig Film		 Traditional TheatricalAugust 4, 197770 minutes
New Star of the Giants
新巨人の星		Japan Tokyo Movie Shinsha Traditional TheatricalDecember 1, 197777 minutes
Pete's Dragon United States Don Chaffey Walt Disney Productions Traditional/Live action Theatrical
Live-action animated film 		The last live-action animated film produced by Disney until Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), released nine years later.November 3, 1977128 minutes
Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown United States Bill Melendez Paramount Pictures
United Feature Syndicate
Mendelson/Melendez Productions		 Traditional TheatricalFourth feature film in the Peanuts franchise, and the first to be distributed by Paramount Pictures.August 24, 197775 minutes
Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure United States Richard Williams 20th Century-Fox
Bobbs-Merrill Company 		Traditional/Live action TheatricalApril 1, 197786 minutes
The Rescuers United States Wolfgang Reitherman
John Lounsbery
Art Stevens 		Walt Disney Productions Traditional TheatricalJune 22, 197777 minutes
Robot Taekwon V: Underwater Rangers
로보트 태권 V 제3탄 수중특공대 (Robot Taekwon V the 3rd: The Undersea Special Forces) 		South Korea Kim Cheong-gi U Production Traditional TheatricalJuly 20, 197775 minutes
Space Battleship Yamato
宇宙戦艦ヤマト (Uchū Senkan Yamato)		Japan Toshio Masuda Office Academy
Group TAC 		Traditional TheatricalFirst installment of the Space Battleship Yamato series.August 6, 1977145 minutes
Taekwon dongja Maruchi Arachi
태권동자 마루치 아라치 (The Taekwondo Master Maruchi Arachi)		South KoreaLim Jung-kyuSamdo Film Co., Ltd. Traditional TheatricalJuly 27, 197778 minutes
The Wild Swans
世界名作童話白鳥の王子 (Sekai Meisaku Dōwa: Hakuchō no Ōji)		JapanNobutaka Nishizawa Toei Animation Traditional TheatricalFirst film in the anthology film series Sekai Meisaku Dōwa (lit. "World Masterpiece Fairy Tales").March 19, 197762 minutes
Wizards United States Ralph Bakshi Bakshi Productions
20th Century-Fox 		Traditional TheatricalNext-to-first animated feature released by 20th Century-Fox, and the first the studio produced.February 9, 197780 minutes
Xiao shizhu donghua
新来的小石柱 (The New Little Stone Pillar)		ChinaWang Shuchen
Wu Qiang		 Shanghai Animation Film Studio Traditional Theatrical80 minutes

Highest-grossing animated films of the year

RankTitleStudioGrossRef
1 The Rescuers Walt Disney Productions US$29,000,000 [3]
2 Space Battleship Yamato Group TAC US$23,000,000 ( ¥ 2,100,000,000) [4]

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References

  1. ↑ Russian animation in letters and figures | Films | ╚THE HOLIDAY OF DESOBEDIENCE╩
  2. ↑ Film database of the DEFA-Stiftung, accessed on 2017-07-15.
  3. ↑ "The Rescuers". Box Office Mojo . Retrieved March 21, 2018.
  4. ↑ "Live-Action Space Battleship Yamato Film's Cast Listed (Update 3)". Anime News Network . October 22, 2009.
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