Editing 1976 in film (section)

==Events==
*January – [[Paramount Pictures]] sets up a separate motion picture division and names [[David V. Picker]] as president.<ref>{{cite news|work=Daily Variety|date=October 26, 1976|title=Day-By-Day News Summary, Oct. '75-Sept. '76|page=208}}</ref>
*March 22 – Filming begins on [[George Lucas]]' ''[[Star Wars (film)|Star Wars]]'' science fiction film. In one of the most lucrative business decisions in film history, Lucas declines his directing fee of $500,000 in exchange for complete ownership of merchandising and sequel rights.
*April 1 – ''[[The Rocky Horror Picture Show]]'' is officially re-released as a [[midnight movie]] at the Waverly Theater (Now the [[IFC Center]]) in [[Greenwich Village]] in New York City, starting through the run and still being shown in there {{As of|2013|lc=y}} all around the world.<ref>[http://www.visitlondon.com/events/detail/8039158 rock Horror Picture Show film booking in Feb 2011] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717220522/http://www.visitlondon.com/events/detail/8039158 |date=2011-07-17 }}</ref>
*April 9 – [[Alfred Hitchcock]]'s last film, ''[[Family Plot]]'', is released.
*August 11 – [[John Wayne]] appears in his final film, ''[[The Shootist]]''.
*August 26 – [[Alan Ladd Jr.]] is promoted from head of worldwide production to president of [[20th Century Fox]]'s film division.
*November 15 – [[Michael Eisner]] is brought in as president and CEO of [[Paramount Pictures]].
*November 21 – ''[[Rocky]]'', the first in the film series opens.  It becomes the highest-grossing film released in the year and goes on to win the [[Academy Award for Best Picture]].
*December 5 – ''[[Bound for Glory (1976 film)|Bound for Glory]]'' debuts and is the first motion picture in which inventor/operator [[Garrett Brown]] used his new [[Steadicam]] for filming moving scenes,<ref>{{cite web| url=http://lserv2.dtopinc.com/tiffen/staging_html/tiffen_news_Steadicam30th_Anniv.html| title=Steadicam 30th anniversary press release| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140430033456/http://lserv2.dtopinc.com/tiffen/staging_html/tiffen_news_Steadicam30th_Anniv.html| archive-date=2014-04-30}}</ref> although its use had already been seen in ''[[Marathon Man (film)|Marathon Man]]'' and ''Rocky'' which were filmed later but released earlier.
*December 17 - ''[[King Kong (1976 film)|King Kong]]'' opens to the year's highest opening weekend gross and overall box office success.