Top-earning actor
Jack Nicholson
$1,250,000
The Missouri Breaks: $1.25M + 10% of grossDeal
About $7.1 million in 2025 dollars
$1.25 million for 10 weeks, plus 10% of the gross over $12.5 million.
New Hollywood · 1970s
1976
Top-earning actress
Barbra Streisand
≈ $15,000,000
A Star Is Born, with profits and soundtrackEstimate
About $84.9 million in 2025 dollars
She starred in and co-produced the film; with profits and the hit soundtrack her take was reported at about $15 million.
The pictures that paid
Box office champions of 1976
By U.S. theatrical rentals, the studios' share of ticket sales
- 1
Rocky
$55.9 million
- 2
A Star Is Born
$37.1 million
★ Starring Barbra Streisand
- 3
King Kong
$36.9 million