1978 in film

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The year **1978 in film** involved some significant events.

## Highest-grossing films (U.S.)

See also: List of 1978 box office number-one films in the United States
The top ten 1978 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

## Events

* February 1 – Bob Dylan's film *Renaldo and Clara*, a documentary of the "Rolling Thunder Revue" tour premieres in Los Angeles, California.
* 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 which is then buried in the same grave.
* March – Leigh Brackett completes the first draft for *The Empire Strikes Back*, but dies only two weeks later.
* June 4 – *Grease*, starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John, has its world premiere at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood.
* 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.
* 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.
* December – *Superman* premieres at the Kennedy Centre in Washington DC on December 10 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.

## Awards

**Academy Awards:**

Best Picture: ***The Deer Hunter*** – EMI Films/Cimino, Universal
Best Director: **Michael Cimino** – *The Deer Hunter*
Best Actor: **Jon Voight** – *Coming Home*
Best Actress: **Jane Fonda** – *Coming Home*
Best Supporting Actor: **Christopher Walken** – *The Deer Hunter*
Best Supporting Actress: **Maggie Smith** – *California Suite*
Best Foreign Language Film: ***Get Out Your Handkerchiefs*** (*Preparez vos mouchoirs*), directed by Bertrand Blier, France
Best Picture: ***Midnight Express***
Best Actor: **Jon Voight** – *Coming Home*
Best Actress: **Jane Fonda** – *Coming Home*
**Musical or comedy:**
Best Picture: ***Heaven Can Wait***
Best Actor: **Warren Beatty** – *Heaven Can Wait*
Best Actress (tie): **Ellen Burstyn** – *Same Time, Next Year*
Best Actress (tie): **Maggie Smith** – *California Suite*
**Other**
Best Director: **Michael Cimino** – *The Deer Hunter*
Best Foreign Language Film: ***Autumn Sonata***, Sweden
**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

## Romance films released in 1978

1. Days of Heaven

1. ↑ "*Grease*, Box Office Information". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved February 12, 2012.
2. ↑ "*Superman*, Box Office Information". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved February 12, 2012.
3. ↑ "*Animal House*, Box Office Information". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved February 12, 2012.
4. ↑ "*Every Which Way But Loose*, Box Office Information". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved May 26, 2014.
5. ↑ "*Heaven Can Wait*, Box Office Information". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved May 26, 2014.
6. ↑ "*Hooper*, Box Office Information". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved June 24, 2012.
7. ↑ "*Jaws 2*, Box Office Information". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved February 12, 2012.
8. ↑ "*Revenge of the Pink Panther*, Box Office Information". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved February 12, 2012.
9. ↑ "*The Deer Hunter*, Box Office Information". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved May 26, 2014.
10. ↑ "*Halloween*, Box Office Information". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved June 6, 2016.