Domestic Release Schedule for 1976

This chart lists all movies that had a release in theaters in the United States and/or Canada in 1976.

See also: Top 1976 Worldwide - Most Popular 1976

Current Release Schedule 1977 →
Release DateMovieDistributorDomestic
Box Office
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January, 1976
During 1976 Across the Great Divide (Wide) Pacific International $18,800,000  
The Blue Bird (Wide) 20th Century Fox $887,000  
The Enforcer (Wide) Warner Bros. $46,200,000  
Gator (Wide) United Artists $11,000,000  
Logan's Run (Wide) MGM $25,000,000  
Marathon Man (Wide) Paramount Pictures $28,204,261  
The Missouri Breaks (Wide) United Artists $14,000,000  
Murder by Death (Wide) Columbia $32,511,047  
Network (Wide) MGM $23,689,877  
The Outlaw Josey Wales (Wide) Warner Bros. $27,000,000  
The Pom Pom Girls (Wide) Crown International $17,900,000  
That's Entertainment part 2 (Wide) MGM $3,000,000  
F for Fake (Limited)    
To Fly! (IMAX) IMAX Films $86,600,000  
 
January 2 The Witch Who Came From The Sea (Limited) Self Distributed    
February, 1976
February 5 Mackintosh and T.J. (Limited) Penland    
 
February 8 Taxi Driver (Wide) Columbia $28,262,574  
 
February 15 The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (Limited)    
 
February 19 Grey Gardens (Limited) $36,923  
March, 1976
March 11 Robin and Marian (Wide) Columbia $8,000,000  
 
March 12 Born for Hell (Limited) Seaberg Film Distribution    
 
March 31 Not a Pretty Picture (Limited)    
April, 1976
April 1 The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox (Limited) 20th Century Fox    
 
April 2 All the President’s Men (Wide) Warner Bros. $51,048,435  
 
April 6 Face to Face (Wide) Paramount Pictures    
 
April 7 The Bad News Bears (Wide) Paramount Pictures $42,349,782  
Sparkle (Wide) Warner Bros.    
They Came From Within (Wide) American International Pictures    
 
April 9 Family Plot (Wide) Universal $13,200,000  
 
April 11 The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With the Sea (Limited)    
May, 1976
May 1 Heartworn Highways (Limited)    
 
May 21 Embryo (Limited) Cine Artists Pictures    
Grizzly (Limited) Film Ventures International    
 
May 26 Mother, Jugs & Speed (Wide) 20th Century Fox $15,000,000  
 
May 28 The Man Who Fell to Earth (Limited) Columbia $89,026  
 
May 31 Kiss of the Tarantula (Limited)    
June, 1976
June 4 Ode to Billy Joe (Limited) Warner Bros.    
Trackdown (Limited) United Artists    
 
June 18 Midway (Wide) Universal $43,220,000  
 
June 20 The Tenant (Wide) Paramount Pictures    
 
June 23 The Big Bus (Wide) Paramount Pictures    
The Last Victim (Limited) Howard Mahler Films    
 
June 25 The Great Scout & Cathouse (Wide) American International Pictures    
The Omen (Wide) 20th Century Fox $48,570,885  
Silent Movie (Wide) 20th Century Fox $36,145,695  
 
July, 1976
During 1976 Cannonball! (Wide) New World    
 
July 6 Shivers (Limited)    
 
July 16 They're Coming to Get You (Limited) Independent-International Pictures    
 
July 31 To the Devil…a Daughter (Limited) Cine Artists Pictures    
 
July TBD Special Delivery (Limited) American International Pictures    
August, 1976
August 1 Obsession (Limited) Columbia    
 
August 4 Survive! (Limited) Paramount Pictures    
 
August 13 Futureworld (Wide) American International Pictures    
 
August 18 Devil’s Express (Limited) Howard Mahler Films    
 
August 25 Burnt Offerings (Limited)    
J.D.’s Revenge (Limited) American International Pictures    
 
August 30 General Idi Amin Dada (Limited) Self Distributed    
September, 1976
September 1 St. Ives (Limited)    
 
September 14 Daguerréotypes (Limited)    
October, 1976
October 24 The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (Limited)    
November, 1976
November 4 The Slipper and the Rose: The Story of Cinderella (Limited) Universal    
 
November 5 Assault on Precinct 13 (Limited) Turtle Releasing    
 
November 10 Massacre at Central High (Limited) Brian Distributing    
 
November 12 Two-Minute Warning (Limited) Universal    
 
November 13 Alice, Sweet Alice (Limited) Allied Artists    
 
November 16 Carrie (Wide) United Artists $25,878,153  
 
November 17 The Last Tycoon (Wide) Paramount Pictures    
 
November 21 Rocky (Wide) United Artists $117,235,147  
December, 1976
December 3 Silver Streak (Wide) 20th Century Fox $51,079,064  
 
December 5 Bound for Glory (Limited)    
 
December 15 The Pink Panther Strikes Again (Wide) United Artists $33,833,201  
 
December 17 King Kong (Wide) Paramount Pictures $52,614,445  
A Star is Born (Wide) Warner Bros. $63,129,898  
 
December 21 Mikey and Nicky (Limited) Paramount Pictures    
 
December 24 The Town That Dreaded Sundown (Limited) American International Pictures    
 
December 30 Chulas Fronteras (Limited) Brazos Films    
 
 
During 1976 Mastermind (Limited)