The year 1978 in film involved some significant events.
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The top ten 1978 released films by box office gross in the United States and Canada are as follows:
Rank | Title | Distributor | Box-office gross |
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1 | Grease | Paramount | $159,978,870[1] |
2 | Superman | Warner Bros. | $134,218,018[2] |
3 | National Lampoon's Animal House | Universal | $120,091,123[3] |
4 | Every Which Way but Loose | Warner Bros. | $85,196,485[4] |
5 | Heaven Can Wait | Paramount | $81,640,278[5] |
6 | Hooper | Warner Bros. | $78,000,000[6] |
7 | Jaws 2 | Universal | $77,737,272[7] |
8 | Revenge of the Pink Panther | United Artists | $49,579,269[8] |
9 | The Deer Hunter | Universal | $48,979,328[9] |
10 | Halloween | Compass International | $47,000,000[10] |
Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):
Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):
Month | Date | Name | Age | Country | Profession | Notable films |
January | 5 | Sally Eilers | 69 | US | Actress | |
12 | Arthur Sheekman | 76 | US | Screenwriter | ||
23 | Jack Oakie | 74 | US | Actor | ||
26 | Leo Genn | 72 | UK | Actor | ||
27 | Oskar Homolka | 79 | Austria | Actor | ||
29 | Tim McCoy | 86 | US | Actor | ||
February | 2 | Wendy Barrie | 69 | UK | Actress | |
14 | Claude Binyon | 72 | US | Writer, Director | ||
15 | Ilka Chase | 77 | US | Actress | ||
18 | Kathleen Lockhart | 83 | UK | Actress | ||
18 | Maggie McNamara | 48 | US | Actress | ||
24 | Franco Arcalli | 48 | Italy | Screenwriter | ||
28 | Philip Ahn | 72 | US | Actor | ||
March | 12 | John Cazale | 42 | US | Actor | |
16 | Reb Russell | 72 | US | Actor | ||
18 | Peggy Wood | 86 | US | Actress | ||
24 | Leigh Brackett | 62 | US | Screenwriter | ||
25 | Leslie Fenton | 76 | UK | Actor, Director | ||
25 | Jack Hulbert | 85 | UK | Actor | ||
25 | Hanna Ralph | 92 | Germany | Actress | ||
31 | Astrid Allwyn | 72 | US | Actress | ||
April | 1 | Lynne Roberts | 56 | US | Actress | |
9 | Michael Wilson | 63 | US | Screenwriter | ||
13 | Paul McGrath | 74 | US | Actor | ||
22 | Will Geer | 76 | US | Actor | ||
May | 6 | Loyal Griggs | 71 | US | Cinematographer | |
11 | Philip Ray | 79 | UK | Actor | ||
12 | Robert Coogan | 53 | US | Actor | ||
16 | Robert Florey | 78 | France | Director | ||
June | 20 | Mark Robson | 64 | Canada | Director | |
29 | Bob Crane | 49 | US | Actor | ||
30 | Frank Santillo | 65 | US | Editor | ||
July | 3 | James Daly | 59 | US | Actor | |
14 | Jack Woolgar | 64 | UK | Actor | ||
17 | Thayer David | 51 | US | Actor | ||
19 | Agnes Christine Johnston | 82 | US | Screenwriter | ||
August | 5 | Queenie Smith | 79 | US | Actress | |
13 | Ferenc Kiss | 86 | Hungary | Actor | ||
24 | Louis Prima | 67 | US | Actor, Singer | ||
26 | Charles Boyer | 78 | France | Actor | ||
28 | Robert Shaw | 51 | UK | Actor | ||
31 | Lee Garmes | 80 | US | Cinematographer | ||
September | 3 | Karin Molander | 89 | Sweden | Actress | |
9 | Jack L. Warner | 86 | Canada | Producer, Studio Executive | ||
12 | Frank Ferguson | 78 | US | Actor | ||
18 | Ann Shoemaker | 87 | US | Actress | ||
24 | Ruth Etting | 80 | US | Singer, Actress | ||
30 | Edgar Bergen | 75 | US | Actor, Ventriloquist | ||
October | 10 | Kathryn McGuire | 74 | US | Actress | |
16 | Dan Dailey | 62 | US | Actor | ||
19 | Gig Young | 64 | US | Actor | ||
30 | Brian Hayles | 47 | UK | Screenwriter | ||
November | 5 | Denis O'Dea | 73 | Ireland | Actor | |
9 | Florence Marly | 59 | Czechoslovakia | Actress | ||
16 | Claude Dauphin | 75 | France | Actor | ||
20 | Robert Alan Aurthur | 56 | US | Screenwriter | ||
23 | June Martel | 69 | US | Actress | ||
26 | Ford Beebe | 90 | US | Director | ||
27 | Susan Shaw | 44 | UK | Actress | ||
28 | André Morell | 69 | UK | Actor | ||
December | 7 | I. Stanford Jolley | 78 | US | Actor | |
10 | Ed Wood | 54 | US | Director, Screenwriter, Actor | ||
12 | Fay Compton | 84 | UK | Actress | ||
15 | Chill Wills | 76 | US | Actor | ||
19 | Duncan Lamont | 60 | UK | Actor | ||
23 | Louis de Rochemont | 89 | US | Producer |