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1. The average cost of a movie admission in 1975 was $2.05.
2. Average weekly movie attendance was 19,900,000. That was the best average since 1966.
3. 362 movies were produced in the United States in 1975.
4. 242 movies were produced outside the United States in 1975.
5. Top 3 Most Profitable Movie Studios of 1975: 1st Universal $95.50 million 2nd Disney 61.40 million 3rd MGM $31.90 million.
6. Released in 1975, The Rocky Horror Picture Show had the longest-running theatrical release in film history.
7. 1975’s Jaws is considered the groundbreaking summer blockbuster that changed Hollywood.
8. Before Jaws destroyed the box office in the summer of 1975, Hollywood studios considered the summer as the worst time of the year to release movies.
9. Jaws was actually beaten to theaters by another shark movie by 2 months. Shark’s Treasure opened in April while Jaws opened in June.
10. December 15th 1975 was an important day in movie history: 20th-Century Fox’s board of directors decided to go ahead with the production of ???? ????. ????? ????? had been working on his original script since May 1974 and finally convinced Alan Ladd Jr,, the head of production for the studio, to back the project.
The missing words? Star Wars and George Lucas.
11. Oscar winning director, George Stevens, passed away on March 8th.
12. Oscar winning actress, Susan Hayward, passed away on March 14th.
13. Oscar winning actor, Fredric March, passed away on April 14th.
14. Oscar winning composer, Bernard Hermann, passed away on December 25th.
15. Bradley Cooper was born on January 5th.
16. Drew Barrymore was born on February 22nd.
17. Angelina Jolie was born on June 4th.
18. Marion Cotillard was born on September 30th.
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