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Years in film |
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19th century |
1870s |
The year 1979 in film involved many significant events.
The top ten 1979 released films by North American gross are as follows:
Rank | Title | Distributor | Box-office gross |
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1 | Kramer vs. Kramer | Columbia | $106,260,000 |
2 | The Amityville Horror | American International | $86,432,520 |
3 | Rocky II | United Artists | $85,182,160 |
4 | Apocalypse Now | $83,471,511 | |
5 | Star Trek: The Motion Picture | Paramount | $82,258,456 |
6 | Alien | 20th Century Fox | $80,931,801 |
7 | 10 | Warner Bros. | $74,865,517 |
8 | The Jerk | Universal | $73,691,419 |
9 | Moonraker | United Artists | $70,308,099 |
10 | The Muppet Movie | Associated Film | $65,200,000 |
International market |
Title | Distributor | Admissions | Gross revenue | Production country | |
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Local currency | US$ | |||||
China | Gunshots in the CIB | Changchun Film Studio | 600,000,000 | CN¥180,000,000 | $116,000,000 | China |
France | The Gendarme and the Extra-Terrestrials | SNC | 6,280,070 | Unknown | Unknown | France |
Germany | The Jungle Book | 20th Century Fox | 9,103,582 | €32,092,155 | $44,000,000 | United States |
India | Suhaag | Sharma Cine Associates | Unknown | ₹100,000,000 | $12,310,000 | India |
Italy | Superman | Columbia-EMI-Warner | 904,000 | Unknown | Unknown | United States |
Japan | Galaxy Express 999 | Toei | Unknown | ¥16,500,000,000 | $76,120,000 | Japan |
Soviet Union | Sholay (Embers) | R. K. Films | 60,000,000 | 15,000,000 Rbls[n 1] | $28,200,000 | India |
Spain | Superman | Warner Bros. | 4,795,628 | ₧655,346,759 | $9,763,080 | United States |
United Kingdom | Superman | Columbia-EMI-Warner | 10,190,000 | £11,547,308 | $24,455,309 |
Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):
Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):
Month | Date | Name | Age | Country | Profession | Notable films |
January | 11 | Jack Soo | 61 | US | Actor | |
16 | Peter Butterworth | 63 | UK | Actor, writer | ||
16 | Ted Cassidy | 46 | US | Actor | ||
18 | Cyril J. Mockridge | 82 | UK | Composer | ||
25 | Dick Crockett | 63 | US | Stuntman, Actor | ||
February | 12 | Jean Renoir | 84 | US | Director, writer, actor | |
16 | Louise Allbritton | 58 | US | Actress | ||
17 | William Gargan | 73 | US | Actor | ||
19 | Leigh Jason | 74 | US | Director | ||
28 | Jane Hylton | 51 | UK | Actress | ||
March | 1 | Dolores Costello | 75 | US | Actress | |
2 | Edith Craig | 71 | US | Actress | ||
6 | John Robinson | 70 | UK | Actor | ||
9 | Barbara Mullen | 64 | UK | Actress | ||
19 | John Tate | 64 | UK | Actor | Invasion | |
21 | Bomba Tzur | 50 | Israel | Actor | ||
22 | Ben Lyon | 78 | US | Actor, writer | ||
24 | Yvonne Mitchell | 63 | UK | Actress | ||
April | 4 | Edgar Buchanan | 76 | US | Actor | |
6 | Norman Tokar | 59 | US | Director | ||
10 | Nino Rota | 67 | Italy | Composer | ||
24 | John Carroll | 72 | US | Actor | ||
May | 6 | Rosemary La Planche | 55 | US | Actress | |
8 | Victor Saville | 83 | UK | Producer, director | ||
10 | Beatrice Campbell | 56 | UK | Actress | ||
11 | Joan Chandler | 55 | US | Actress | ||
26 | George Brent | 80 | US | Actor | ||
29 | Mary Pickford | 87 | US | Actress, producer, writer | ||
June | 1 | Jack Mulhall | 91 | US | Actor | |
2 | Larisa Shepitko | 41 | Soviet Union | Director | ||
2 | Jim Hutton | 45 | US | Actor | ||
6 | Jack Haley | 80 | US | Actor | ||
11 | John Wayne | 72 | US | Actor, producer, director | ||
12 | Henry Berman | 65 | US | Editor, Producer | ||
14 | David Butler | 84 | US | Director | ||
16 | Nicholas Ray | 67 | US | Director, writer, actor | ||
19 | Nick Grinde | 86 | US | Director | ||
21 | Julian Orchard | 49 | UK | Actor, writer | ||
July | 2 | Larisa Shepitko | 41 | USSR | Director, writer, actress | |
8 | Michael Wilding | 66 | UK | Actor, producer | ||
13 | Corinne Griffith | 84 | US | Actress | ||
22 | Kathleen Case | 45 | US | Actress | ||
25 | Eric Pohlmann | 66 | Germany | Actor | ||
26 | Virginia Brissac | 96 | US | Actress | ||
27 | Ettore Manni | 52 | Italy | Actor | ||
27 | Shirley Mason | 79 | US | Actress | ||
28 | George Seaton | 68 | US | Director | ||
28 | Frederick Stafford | 51 | Czechoslovakia | Actor | ||
31 | Beatrix Lehmann | 76 | UK | Actress | The Spy Who Came in from the Cold | |
August | ?? | Betty Henderson | 72 | UK | Actress | |
6 | Kurt Kasznar | 65 | Austria | Actor | ||
7 | Vicente Salumbides | 85 | Philippines | Actor | ||
10 | Dick Foran | 69 | US | Actor | ||
17 | Vivian Vance | 70 | US | Actress | ||
21 | Stuart Heisler | 82 | US | Director | ||
30 | Jean Seberg | 40 | US | Actress | ||
September | 1 | Doris Kenyon | 81 | US | Actress | |
2 | Felix Aylmer | 90 | UK | Actor | ||
12 | Les Clark | 71 | US | Animator | ||
12 | Jocelyne LaGarde | 54 | Tahiti | Actress | Hawaii | |
17 | Willis Goldbeck | 80 | US | Screenwriter | ||
22 | Frederick Piper | 76 | UK | Actor | ||
23 | Catherine Lacey | 75 | UK | Actress | ||
26 | John Cromwell | 91 | US | Director | ||
26 | Arthur Hunnicutt | 69 | US | Actor | ||
27 | Gracie Fields | 81 | UK | Actress, singer | ||
October | 1 | Dorothy Arzner | 82 | US | Director | |
3 | Dorothy Peterson | 81 | US | Actress | ||
12 | Celia Lovsky | 82 | Austria | Actress | ||
17 | John Stuart | 81 | UK | Actor | ||
25 | Fernando Soler | 83 | Mexico | Actor | ||
30 | Graham Ashley | 52 | UK | Actor | ||
November | 2 | Saro Urzì | 66 | Italy | Actor | |
5 | Amedeo Nazzari | 71 | Italy | Actor | ||
8 | Sydney Tafler | 63 | UK | Actor | ||
11 | Dimitri Tiomkin | 85 | Russia | Composer | ||
20 | Michael Darbyshire | 62 | UK | Actor, writer | ||
21 | Paul Wexler | 50 | US | Actor | ||
22 | George Froeschel | 88 | US | Screenwriter | ||
23 | Merle Oberon | 68 | India | Actress, producer | ||
30 | Joyce Grenfell | 69 | UK | Actress | ||
30 | Zeppo Marx | 78 | US | Actor, director | ||
December | 5 | Jesse Pearson | 49 | US | Actor | Bye Bye Birdie |
5 | Lesley Selander | 70 | US | Director | ||
9 | James Neilson | 70 | US | Director | ||
10 | Ann Dvorak | 68 | US | Actress | ||
11 | Claire Carleton | 66 | US | Actress | ||
12 | Jon Hall | 64 | US | Actor, director | ||
22 | George Pollock | 72 | UK | Director | ||
23 | Ernest B. Schoedsack | 86 | US | Director, cinematographer, producer | ||
25 | Michael Collins | 57 | Canada | Actor | ||
25 | Lee Bowman | 79 | US | Actor | ||
25 | Joan Blondell | 73 | US | Actress |