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The year 1975 in film involved some significant events.
The top ten 1975 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:
| Rank | Title | Distributor | Domestic rentals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jaws | Universal | $133,400,000[1] |
| 2 | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | United Artists | $59,200,000[1] |
| 3 | The Rocky Horror Picture Show | 20th Century Fox | $50,420,000[2] |
| 4 | Shampoo | Columbia | $23,822,000[2] |
| 5 | Dog Day Afternoon | Warner Bros. | $22,500,000[1] |
| 6 | The Return of the Pink Panther | United Artists | $20,017,000[2] |
| 7 | Three Days of the Condor | Paramount | $20,014,000[2] |
| 8 | Funny Lady | Columbia | $19,313,000[2] |
| 9 | The Other Side of the Mountain | Universal | $18,012,000[2] |
| 10 | Tommy | Columbia | $17,793,000[2] |
The highest-grossing 1975 films in countries outside of North America.
| International market | Film | Admissions | Revenue | Production country |
Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Local currency | US$ | |||||
| Brazil | The Towering Inferno | 10,377,230 | Unknown | Unknown | United States | [3] |
| France | The Towering Inferno | 4,466,376 | Unknown | Unknown | United States | [4] |
| West Germany | Jaws | 7,000,000 | Unknown | Unknown | United States | [5] |
| India | Sholay | 150,000,000+ | ₹350,000,000 | $41,790,000 | India | [6][n 1] |
| Italy | My Friends | 10,467,254 | Unknown | Unknown | Italy | [9] |
| Japan | The Towering Inferno | Unknown | ¥3,640,000,000 | Unknown | United States | [10] |
| Soviet Union | Bobby | 62,600,000 | 15,650,000 Rbls | $21,440,000 | India | [n 2] |
| Spain | Jaws | 5,918,754 | Unknown | Unknown | United States | [15] |
| United Kingdom | Jaws | 16,200,000 | £11,800,000 | $26,000,000 | United States | [16][17] |
| United States & Canada | Jaws | 128,078,800 | $260,000,000 | $260,000,000 | United States | [18] |
The following table lists known worldwide gross figures for several high-grossing films that originally released in 1975. Note that this list is incomplete and is therefore not representative of the highest-grossing films worldwide in 1975. This list also includes gross revenue from later re-releases.
| Title | Admissions (est.) | Revenue | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jaws | 242,800,000[19] | $470,653,000[18] | United States |
| One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | 78,706,404[n 3] | Unknown | |
| The Rocky Horror Picture Show | 58,431,570[n 4] | $140,846,387[n 5] | United Kingdom United States |
| Sholay | 250,000,000[29] | $70,000,000[n 6] | India |
| Dog Day Afternoon | 24,861,525[n 7] | Unknown | United States |
