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Highest-grossing films of 1974 Rank Title Distributor Domestic gross 1 Blazing Saddles: Warner Bros. $119,500,000 2 The Towering Inferno: 20th Century Fox / Warner Bros. $116,000,000 3 The Trial of Billy Jack: Warner Bros. $89,000,000 4 Young Frankenstein: 20th Century Fox $86,300,000 5 Earthquake: Universal: $79,700,000 6 The Godfather Part II ...
February 7 – Blazing Saddles is released in the United States. May 28 - Joseph E. Levine, the founder of Embassy Pictures, resigns as president. June 20 – Chinatown, directed by Roman Polanski and featured Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, and John Huston, is released to worldwide critical acclaim.
April 6 – Swedish pop group ABBA's song "Waterloo" wins the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest in Brighton, England, UK. April 8 – In Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium, Henry "Hank" Aaron hits his 715th home run, surpassing Babe Ruth as the all-time home run king. April 11 – The Kiryat Shmona massacre takes place in Israel.
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1974: The lithium-ion battery is invented by M. Stanley Whittingham, and further developed in the 1980s and 1990s by John B. Goodenough, Rachid Yazami and Akira Yoshino. It has impacted modern consumer electronics and electric vehicles. [507] 1974: The Rubik's cube is invented by Ernő Rubik which went on to be the best selling puzzle ever. [508]
The film is tied with William Friedkin's The Exorcist in receiving ten nominations. April 3 – The 1974 Super Outbreak, at the time the largest series of tornadoes in history, occurs in 13 U.S. states and one Canadian province, leaving over 300 people dead, over 5,000 people injured, and hundreds of millions of dollars in damage.