List of animated feature films of 1977
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This is a list of animated feature films first released in 1977.
List
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! scope="col" | Country ! scope="col" | Director ! scope="col" | Studio ! scope="col" | Animation technique ! scope="col" | Format | Notes | Release date | Duration | |||||
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| Around the World with Bolek and Lolek {{small|Wielka podróż Bolka i Lolka (Bolek and Lolek's Great Journey)}} | Poland | Stanislaw Dulz Wladyslaw Nehrebecki | Studio Filmów Rysunkowych (Bielsko-Biała) | Traditional | Theatrical | First Polish animated feature. | September 16, 1977 | 104 minutes |
| Bugs Bunny's Easter Special | United States | Friz Freleng | DePatie–Freleng Enterprises Warner Bros. Television | Traditional | Television special | Compilation of theatrical animated shorts; only hour-long Looney Tunes animated television special. | April 7, 1977 | 50 minutes |
| Donald Duck's Summer Magic | United States | Jack Hannah Jack King Dick Huemer Milt Schaffer | Walt Disney Productions | Traditional | Theatrical Compilation film | Film compiled from Disney theatrical animated shorts; originally released theatrically for overseas markets and never in the United States until December 17, 1977. | July 23, 1977 | 75 minutes |
| Dot and the Kangaroo | Australia | Yoram Gross | Yoram Gross Films Hoyts | Traditional/Live action | Theatrical Live-action animated film | December 15, 1977 | 71 minutes | |
| The Easter Bunny Is Comin' to Town | United States Japan | Jules Bass Arthur Rankin Jr. | Rankin/Bass Productions Video Tokyo Production | Stop motion | Television special | April 6, 1977 | 50 minutes | |
| Electronic Man 337 {{small|전자인간 337}} | South Korea | Lim Jung-kyu | Samdo Film Co., Ltd. | Traditional | Theatrical | December 9, 1977 | 65 minutes | |
| Fantastic Animation Festival | United States | Dean A. Berko Christopher Padilla | Voyage Productions | Traditional/Stop motion | Theatrical Anthology film Compilation film Experimental film | Compilation of fourteen selected animated short films of varying quality and style. | May 27, 1977 | 91 minutes |
| 5 Weeks in a Balloon | Australia United States | Chris Cuddington | Hanna-Barbera Australia | Traditional | Television special | Originally aired as the 25th installment of the CBS animated anthology series Famous Classic Tales (1970–1984). | November 24, 1977 | 60 minutes |
| A Flintstone Christmas | United States | Charles A. Nichols | Hanna-Barbera | Traditional | Television special | December 7, 1977 | 48 minutes | |
| Gulliver's Travels | United Kingdom Belgium | Peter R. Hunt | Belvision | Traditional/Live action | Theatrical Live-action animated film | May 6, 1977 | 80 minutes | |
| The Hobbit | United States Japan | Jules Bass Arthur Rankin Jr. | Rankin/Bass Topcraft | Traditional | Television film | November 27, 1977 | 78 minutes | |
| The Holiday of Disobedience {{small|Праздник непослушания (Prazdnik neposlushaniya)}} | Soviet Union | Yulian Kalisher | Studio Ekran | Stop motion/Live action | Theatrical Live-action animated film | The first, and so far the only, full-length animated feature film from Studio Ekran.[http://www.animator.ru/db/?ver=eng&p=show_film&fid=5237 Russian animation in letters and figures | Films | ╚THE HOLIDAY OF DESOBEDIENCE╩] | 1977 | 47 minutes |
| A Journey to the Center of the Earth | Australia | Richard Slapczynski | Air Programs International | Traditional | Television special | Originally aired as the 24th installment of the CBS animated anthology series Famous Classic Tales (1970–1984). | November 13, 1977 | 60 minutes |
| Krabat – The Sorcerer's Apprentice {{small|Krabat, Čarodějův učeň}} | Czechoslovakia West Germany | Karel Zeman | Bavaria Atelier Ceskoslovenský Filmexport Filmové Studio Gottwaldov Krátký Film Praha Süddeutscher Rundfunk (SDR) Ustredni Pujcovna Filmu | Cutout | Theatrical | March 1, 1978 | 73 minutes | |
| The Lighthouse Island {{small|Die Leuchtturminsel}} | East Germany | Günter Rätz | DEFA-Studio für Trickfilme | Stop motion | Theatrical | Made from 1974 to 1976, released in 1977.[http://www.defa-stiftung.de/DesktopDefault.aspx?TabID=412&FilmID=Q6UJ9A002MYZ&qpn=0 Film database of the DEFA-Stiftung], accessed on 2017-07-15. | February 4, 1977 | 41 minutes |
| The Little Magician and the Big Bad Mark {{small|Der kleine Zauberer und die große Fünf}} | East Germany | Erwin Stranka | DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme Künstlerische Arbeitsgruppe "Babelsberg" {{small|(as DEFA Gruppe Babelsberg)}} VEB Progress Film-Vertrieb (GDR) {{small|(distributor)}} | Traditional | Theatrical | February 4, 1977 | 70 minutes | |
| Love in Freedom {{small|Liefde in vrijheid}} | Belgium | Jacques Kupissonoff | Proeuropa | Theatrical | May 18, 1977 | 76 minutes | ||
| The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh | United States | Wolfgang Reitherman John Lounsbery Art Stevens | Walt Disney Productions | Traditional | Theatrical Anthology film | The first three Winnie the Pooh short films (Honey Tree, Blustery Day and Tigger Too) compiled into a three-part anthology film, with a few minutes of new wraparound animation. The shorts were previously released separately from February 4, 1966 to December 20, 1974. | March 11, 1977 | 74 minutes |
| Mattie the Goose-boy {{small|Lúdas Matyi}} | Hungary | Attila Dargay | Pannónia Filmstúdió | Traditional | Theatrical | April 7, 1977 | 75 minutes | |
| The Mouse and His Child | United States Japan | Charles Swenson Fred Wolf | Murakami-Wolf-Swenson Sanrio | Traditional | Theatrical | November 18, 1977 | 83 minutes | |
| Mr. Rossi's Dreams {{small|I sogni del signor Rossi}} | Italy | Bruno Bozzetto | Bruno Bozzetto Film Wagner-Hallig Film | Traditional | Theatrical | August 4, 1977 | 70 minutes | |
| New Star of the Giants {{small|新巨人の星}} | Japan | Tokyo Movie Shinsha | Traditional | Theatrical | December 1, 1977 | 77 minutes | ||
| Pete's Dragon | United States | Don Chaffey | Walt Disney Productions | Traditional/Live action | Theatrical Live-action animated film | The last live-action animated film produced by Disney until Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), released nine years later. | November 3, 1977 | 128 minutes |
| Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown | United States | Bill Melendez | Paramount Pictures United Feature Syndicate Mendelson/Melendez Productions | Traditional | Theatrical | Third feature film in the Peanuts franchise, and the first to be distributed by Paramount Pictures. | August 24, 1977 | 75 minutes |
| Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure | United States | Richard Williams | 20th Century-Fox Bobbs-Merrill Company | Traditional/Live action | Theatrical | April 1, 1977 | 86 minutes | |
| The Rescuers | United States | Wolfgang Reitherman John Lounsbery Art Stevens | Walt Disney Productions | Traditional | Theatrical | June 22, 1977 | 77 minutes | |
| Robot Taekwon V: Underwater Rangers {{small|로보트 태권 V 제3탄 수중특공대 (Robot Taekwon V the 3rd: The Undersea Special Forces) }} | South Korea | Kim Cheong-gi | U Production | Traditional | Theatrical | July 20, 1977 | 75 minutes | |
| Space Battleship Yamato {{small|宇宙戦艦ヤマト (Uchū Senkan Yamato)}} | Japan | Toshio Masuda | Office Academy Group TAC | Traditional | Theatrical | First installment of the Space Battleship Yamato series. | August 6, 1977 | 145 minutes |
| Taekwon dongja Maruchi Arachi {{small|태권동자 마루치 아라치 (The Taekwondo Master Maruchi Arachi)}} | South Korea | Lim Jung-kyu | Samdo Film Co., Ltd. | Traditional | Theatrical | July 27, 1977 | 78 minutes | |
| The Wild Swans {{small|世界名作童話白鳥の王子 (Sekai Meisaku Dōwa: Hakuchō no Ōji)}} | Japan | Nobutaka Nishizawa | Toei Animation | Traditional | Theatrical | First film in the anthology film series Sekai Meisaku Dōwa ({{lit}} "World Masterpiece Fairy Tales"). | March 19, 1977 | 62 minutes |
| Wizards | United States | Ralph Bakshi | Bakshi Productions 20th Century-Fox | Traditional | Theatrical | Next-to-first animated feature released by 20th Century-Fox, and the first the studio produced. | February 9, 1977 | 80 minutes |
| Xiao shizhu donghua {{small|新来的小石柱 (The New Little Stone Pillar)}} | China | Wang Shuchen Wu Qiang | Shanghai Animation Film Studio | Traditional | Theatrical | 80 minutes |
Highest-grossing animated films of the year
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| Rank | Title | Studio | Gross | Ref |
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| US$29,000,000 | {{cite web|title=The Rescuers|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=releases&id=rescuers.htm|work=Box Office Mojo|accessdate=March 21, 2018}} | ||||
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| US$23,000,000 ({{JPY|link=yes}}2,100,000,000) | {{cite news|title=Live-Action Space Battleship Yamato Film's Cast Listed (Update 3)|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-10-02/live-action-space-battleship-yamato-film-cast-listed|work=Anime News Network|date=October 22, 2009}} |
See also
References
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External links
- [https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?title_type=feature&genres=animation&release_date=1977-01-01,1977-12-31&sort=num_votes,desc&adult=include Animated films of the year], listed in the IMDb
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