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1978 in film
Events
Top grossing films
- North America
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Grease, starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John
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Saturday Night Fever, starring John Travolta
- Close Encounters of the Third Kind
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National Lampoon's Animal House, starring John Belushi
- Jaws 2
- Heaven Can Wait
- The Goodbye Girl
- Star Wars
- Hooper
- Foul Play
- Revenge of the Pink Panther
- Up in Smoke
Births
Deaths
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January 5 - Sally Eilers , actress
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January 29 - Tim McCoy, cowboy actor, soldier
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March 24 - Leigh Brackett, science fiction writer
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August 24 - Louis Prima, bandleader, voice actor ("King Louie of the Apes" in The Jungle Book)
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August 26 - Charles Boyer, actor
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August 28 - Robert Shaw, actor
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September 9 - Jack Warner, Hollywood studio founder
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September 30 - Edgar Bergen, actor
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October 16 - Dan Dailey, actor
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October 19 - Gig Young, actor
Other movies released
Last updated: 08-17-2005 14:47:54
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