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- Source: 1978 in film
The year 1978 in film involved some significant events.
Highest-grossing films (U.S.)
The top ten 1978 released films by box office gross in the United States and Canada are as follows:
Events
February 6 – David Begelman resigns as president of Columbia Pictures.
March 1 – Charlie Chaplin's coffin is stolen from a Swiss cemetery three months after burial. After recovery a few weeks later, the casket is sealed in a concrete vault prior to reburial.
March – Leigh Brackett completes the first draft for The Empire Strikes Back, but dies only two weeks later.
June – Daniel Melnick becomes head of Columbia Pictures after the David Begelman scandal.
June 4 – Grease, starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John, has its world premiere at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. It becomes the highest-grossing musical ever and Paramount Pictures' highest-grossing film.
July 20 – Alan Hirschfield is fired as president and CEO of Columbia Pictures. He is replaced by Francis T. Vincent.
August – Production begins on Star Trek: The Motion Picture.
September – George Lucas purchases Bulltail Ranch, on Lucas Valley Road, for the development of Skywalker Ranch.
October 25 – Halloween is released.
November 17 – Star Wars Holiday Special airs on CBS. The special gives fans their first glimpse of Boba Fett, a character from the upcoming sequel. But he was not enough for the special to avoid negative reviews upon airing.
December 10 – Superman premieres at the Kennedy Centre in Washington, D.C., and has a European Royal Charity Premiere at the Empire, Leicester Square in London three days later in the presence of HM Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Andrew, Duke of York.
Awards
Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):
The Tree of Wooden Clogs (L'Albero degli zoccoli), directed by Ermanno Olmi, Italy
Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):
Trout (Las Truchas), directed by José Luis García Sánchez, Spain
What Max Said (Las Palabras de Max), directed by Emilio Martínez-Lázaro, Spain
1978 films
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List of Kannada films of 1978
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List of Mexican films of 1978
List of Pakistani films of 1978
List of South Korean films of 1978
List of Soviet films of 1978
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List of animated feature films of 1978
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List of western films of 1978
Births
January 1 – Christian Tessier, Canadian actor
January 2
Raghda Khateb, Syrian voice actress
Megumi Toyoguchi, Japanese voice actress
January 3 – Kimberley Locke, American singer-songwriter and model
January 5
Clarine Harp, American voice actress
January Jones, American actress and model
America Olivo, American actress and singer
January 6 – Tara Spencer-Nairn, Canadian actress
January 8 – Scott Whyte, American actor
January 9 – AJ McLean, American musician, singer, dancer, actor, and entertainer
January 10 – Antonio Cupo, Canadian film and television actor
January 14 - Blake Ritson, English actor
January 15
Eddie Cahill, American actor
Jamie Clayton, actress, model
January 17
Pampita, Argentine model, actress, television personality
Takatoshi Kaneko, Japanese actor
Ricky Wilson, English actor, singer
January 20 – Omar Sy, French actor
January 24
Mark Hildreth, Canadian actor, voice actor
Kristen Schaal, American actress, comedian and writer
January 25 – Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukrainian actor and politician
January 27 – Jake Pavelka, American pilot, television personality
January 28 – Stephen Farrelly, Irish actor, professional wrestler
February 7 – Ashton Kutcher, American actor
February 9 – A. J. Buckley, Canadian actor
February 10 - Don Omar, Puerto Rican singer, rapper and actor
February 11 - Lymari Nadal, Puerto Rican actress, producer and screenwriter
February 12 –
Paul Anderson, British actor
Gethin Jones, Welsh television presenter
February 14 – Danai Gurira, actress, playwright
February 17
Ashton Holmes, American actor
Rory Kinnear, English actor and playwright
February 20
Jay Hernandez, American actor
Julia Jentsch, German actress
Chelsea Peretti, American comedian, actress, television writer and singer-songwriter
February 23 – Kris Lemche, Canadian actor
February 24 – Nicole Lyn, Canadian actress
February 28 - Geoffrey Arend, American actor
March 1 – Jensen Ackles, American actor
March 3 – Aarti Mann, Indian-American actress
March 5 – Kimberly McCullough, American actress, dancer, director
March 8 – Nick Zano, American actor
March 9 – Katherine Parkinson, English actress
March 16 – Sophie Hunter, English actress and singer
March 17 – Patrick Seitz, American voice actor
March 21
Kevin Federline, American rapper, DJ, actor, television personality, professional wrestler, and fashion model
Rani Mukerji, Indian actress
March 23 – Nicholle Tom and David Tom, American actress and actor
March 24 – Amanda Brugel, Canadian actress
March 25 – Teddy Lussi-Modeste, French film director, screenwriter and literature teacher
March 27 - Romesh Ranganathan, British actor, comedian and presenter
March 31 - Daniel Mays, English actor
April 1
JJ Feild, British-American actor
Anamaria Marinca, Romanian actress
April 2 – Deon Richmond, American actor
April 3 – Matthew Goode, English actor
April 6 - Lauren Ridloff, deaf American actress
April 7
Duncan James, English actor, television presenter and singer
Scott McGillivray, Canadian television host
April 8
Paola Núñez, Mexican actress and producer
Rachel Roberts, Canadian model and actress
April 12 – Riley Smith, American actor
April 13 – Kyle Howard, American actor
April 14 - Michelle Duncan, Scottish-Canadian actress
April 16 – Lara Dutta, Indian actress
April 17 – Ido Mosseri, Israeli actor, singer and musician
April 19
James Franco, American actor
Joanna Gaines, American designer, businesswoman, entrepreneur, television personality
April 20
Matt Austin, Canadian actor
Clayne Crawford, American actor
April 23 – Ian Brennan, American writer, actor, producer
April 26
Stana Katic, Canadian-American actress, producer
Pablo Schreiber, Canadian actor
April 28
Nate Richert, American actor, musician
Drew Scott, Canadian actor, realtor, and entrepreneur
Jonathan Scott, Canadian reality television personality, contractor, illusionist, and television and film producer
April 29 – Tyler Labine, Canadian actor
April 30 – Sandra Huller, German actress
May 1 – James Badge Dale, American actor
May 2 - Kumail Nanjiani, Pakistani-American comedian, actor and screenwriter
May 4 – Daisuke Ono, Japanese voice actor and singer
May 5 – Santiago Cabrera, Venezuelan-born Chilean actor
May 8
Matthew Davis, American actor
Ana Maria Lombo, American musician and television personality
Josie Maran, American model, actress, and entrepreneur
May 9 – Daniel Franzese, American actor, comedian and activist
May 10
Corri English, American actress
Kenan Thompson, American actor, comedian
May 11 – Warren Brown, English actor and former professional Thai boxer
May 12
Aaron Abrams, Canadian actor, writer
Malin Åkerman, Swedish-Canadian actress
Jason Biggs, American actor
May 13 - Patrick Hughes, Australian director and screenwriter
May 15
Caroline Dhavernas, Canadian actress
David Krumholtz, American actor
May 16 – Jim Sturgess, English actor
May 17
Gabriel Hogan, Canadian-born American actor
Kat Foster, American actress
May 18 – Chad Donella, Canadian actor
May 21 – Chris Santos, American actor
May 22 – Ginnifer Goodwin, American actress
May 24 – Bryan Greenberg, American actor
May 25 – Brian Urlacher, former American football linebacker
May 26 – Laurence Fox, English actor, singer-songwriter, and guitarist
May 28 – Jake Johnson, actor, comedian
May 29 – Adam Rickitt, English actor, singer and model
June 2
Dominic Cooper, English actor
Nikki Cox, American actress
Justin Long, American actor
June 4
Josh McDermitt, American film and television actor and comedian
Robin Lord Taylor, American actor
June 5
Nick Kroll, American actor, comedian, writer and producer
Jeff Schroeder, American television and online talk show host
June 6 - Judith Barsi, American child actress (d. 1988)
June 7
Bill Hader, American actor, comedian
Anna Torv, Australian actress
June 8 – Maria Menounos, American actress
June 9 – Michaela Conlin, American actress
June 10
DJ Qualls, American actor
Shane West, American actor
Marko Zaror, Chilean martial artist and actor
June 11 – Joshua Jackson, Canadian actor
June 12 - Timothy Simons, American actor and comedian
June 13 – Ethan Embry, American actor
June 14 - Diablo Cody, Canadian writer
June 16 – Daniel Brühl, German actor
June 18 – Tara Platt, American voice actress
June 19
Mía Maestro, Argentine actress and singer-songwriter
Zoe Saldana, American actress
June 20
Quinton Jackson, American mixed martial artist, actor and former professional wrestler
Mike Birbiglia, American stand-up comedian, actor, and writer
June 21 – Erica Durance, Canadian actress
June 27 – Courtney Ford, actress
June 28 – Ha Ji-won, South Korean actress
June 29 –
Luke Kirby, Canadian actor
Nicole Scherzinger, American singer, songwriter, dancer, actress and television personality
July 2 – Owain Yeoman, Welsh actor
July 3 – Ian Anthony Dale, American actor
July 4
Becki Newton, American actress
July 6
Adam Busch, American actor, film director and singer
Tia Mowry and Tamera Mowry, American actresses
July 8 – Rachael Lillis, American voice actress (d. 2024)
July 9 – Kyle Davis, American actor
July 11
Dustin Demri-Burns, English actor, comedian, and writer
Jonjo O'Neill, Irish actor
Thomas Stone, Hungarian pornographic actor
July 12
Topher Grace, American actor
Michelle Rodriguez, American actress
July 15 – Greg Sestero, American actor, writer
July 17
Justine Triet, French film director, screenwriter and editor
R. J. Williams, American actor, television host, CEO of Young Hollywood
July 20
Charlie Korsmo, American former child actor
Anatol Yusef, English stage, film and television actor
July 21
Justin Bartha, American actor
Josh Hartnett, American actor
July 22 – A. J. Cook, Canadian actress
July 23 - Pearry Reginald Teo, Singaporean filmmaker (d. 2023)
July 24 – Jeff Mauro, American actor, chef
July 29 - Paul King, British writer and director
August 2 – Natashia Williams, American actress, model
August 3
Tommy Dewey, American actor, producer, writer
Shanelle Workman, American actress, voice actress, producer and director
August 4 – Mick Cain, American actor
August 6 – Lee Ji-ah, South Korean actress
August 8 – Countess Vaughn, American actress
August 10
Leo Fitzpatrick, American actor
Alison Folland, American actress and filmmaker
August 18 – Andy Samberg, American actor, comedian
August 19 - Michelle Borth, American actress
August 20 – Kris Smith, English Australian model, television presenter and rugby league footballer
August 22 – James Corden, English singer, actor, television host
August 23
Kobe Bryant, American actor and basketball player (d. 2020)
Andrew Rannells, American actor, voice actor, singer
August 24 – Beth Riesgraf, American actress
August 25 – Kel Mitchell, American actor, comedian
August 28 – Sam Wills, New Zealand prop comic, busker, clown, and mime
August 30 – Gianpaolo Venuta, Canadian actor
August 31 – Mike Erwin, American actor
September 3 – Nick Wechsler, American actor
September 4 – Wes Bentley, American actor
September 5 - Yu Nan, Chinese actress
September 7 – Devon Sawa, Canadian actor
September 12 – Benjamin McKenzie, American actor
September 16
Carolina Dieckmann, Brazilian actress
Ebonie Smith, American former actress and model
September 18 – Billy Eichner, American comedian, actor, writer, and television personality
September 20 – Charlie Weber, American actor
September 21 – Paulo Costanzo, Canadian actor
September 22 – Daniella Alonso, American actress and fashion model
September 23 – Anthony Mackie, American actor
September 24 - Christopher Nowinski, American author, co-founder and executive director of the Concussion Legacy Foundation; as well as a former professional wrestler with World Wrestling Entertainment
September 25 – Rossif Sutherland, Canadian actor
September 28 – Lucas Bryant, Canadian actor
September 29 – Nathan West, American actor
September 30 - Stark Sands, American actor
October 1 – Katie Aselton, American actress, film director and producer
October 3
Christian Coulson, English actor
Shannyn Sossamon, American actress
October 6 - Lindsey Pearlman, American actress (d. 2022)
October 7
Joe Armstrong, English actor
Hattie Morahan, English actress
October 9 – Randy Spelling, American actor
October 10
Trevor Eyster, American actor
Edan Gross, American former child actor
Jodi Lyn O'Keefe, American actress
October 11
Wes Chatham, American actor
Trevor Donovan, American actor
October 14 – Usher, American singer, actor
October 15
Devon Gummersall, American actor
Matt Lutz, American actor
October 16 – Kala Savage, American actress
October 18 – Wesley Jonathan, American actor
October 21
Will Estes, American actor
Michael McMillian, American actor
October 26 –
CM Punk, American mixed martial artist, comic book writer and retired professional wrestler
Anthony Carrino, American contractor, designer, developer and television personality
October 27 – David Walton, American actor
October 28
Gwendoline Christie, English actress and model
Justin Guarini, American singer and actor
October 30 - Matthew Morrison, American singer, actor
October 31 – Brian Hallisay, American actor
November 1 – Mary Kate Schellhardt, American actress
November 2
Oliver Chris, English actor
Whit Hertford, American theatre director, writer and actor
November 7 - Will Gluck, American director, producer, screenwriter and composer
November 8 – Keir O'Donnell, Australian-American actor
November 9 – Sisqó, American singer, actor, songwriter
November 10
David Paetkau, Canadian actor
Diplo, American actor, DJ, record producer, rapper, songwriter
November 12
Nicolas Giraud, French actor and filmmaker
Alexandra Maria Lara, Romanian-German actress
Ashley Williams, American actress
November 13 - Marit Velle Kile, Norwegian former actress
November 17
Nonso Anozie, British actor
Zoe Bell, New Zealand stuntwoman, actress
Tom Ellis, Welsh actor
Rachel McAdams, Canadian actress
November 19 – Eric Nenninger, American actor
November 20 - Nadine Velazquez, American actress and model
November 21 – Yasmine Al Massri, International actress, dancer, video artist and human rights advocate
November 23 – Kayvan Novak, British actor, voice actor, and comedian
November 24 – Katherine Heigl, American actress
November 25 – Taís Araújo, Brazilian actress
November 26 – Jun Fukuyama, Japanese voice actor and singer
November 28 – Jodie Resther, Canadian actress
November 29 – Lauren German, actress
November 30
Gael García Bernal, Mexican film actor, director, and producer
Nelsan Ellis, American actor (d. 2017)
December 1 – Stefan Kapičić, Serbian actor
December 7
Shiri Appleby, American actress
Kristofer Hivju, Norwegian film actor, producer and writer
December 8 – Ian Somerhalder, American actor
December 9 – Jesse Metcalfe, American actor
December 10 - Summer Phoenix, American actress
December 12 - Gbenga Akinnagbe, American actor and writer
December 13 – Cameron Douglas, American actor
December 15 – Will Wikle, American actor and reality television personality
December 16 – Joe Absolom, English actor
December 17 – Douglas Tait, American actor, stuntman, filmmaker
December 18
Josh Dallas, American actor
Katie Holmes, American actress
Ravi Patel, American actor
December 21
Charles Dera, American pornographic actor, dancer, model, martial artist, and former U.S. Marine
Mike Vitar, American actor
December 22 – Mia Tyler, American actress, model, author, visual artist, media personality, socialite, fashion designer, talent manager and music promoter
December 23 - Josh Cowdery, American actor
December 24 – Carlson Twins, American actors, models
December 25 – Jeremy Strong, American film, television, and stage actor
December 27 - Lisa Jakub, Canadian writer and former actress
December 28 – John Legend, American composer and actor
December 30 – Tyrese Gibson, American actor, singer, model
December 31 – Johnny Sins, pornographic actor, director, and Internet personality
Deaths
Film debuts
References
External links
List of 1978 films at IMDb
1978 Domestic Grosses at Box Office Mojo
List of 1978 deaths at IMDb
List of 1978 births at IMDb
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