List of 1972 box office number-one films in the United States

This is a list of films which placed number one at the weekly box office in the United States during 1972 per Variety. The data was based on grosses from 20 to 24 key cities and therefore, the gross quoted may not be the total that the film grossed nationally in the week.

Number-one films
# Week ending Film Gross Notes Ref
1January 5, 1972Diamonds Are Forever$1,551,359[1]
2January 12, 1972Diamonds Are Forever$1,717,800[2]
3January 19, 1972Diamonds Are Forever$963,450[3]
4January 26, 1972Diamonds Are Forever$834,600[4]
5February 2, 1972Diamonds Are Forever$660,962[5]
6February 9, 1972The French Connection$769,200The French Connection returned to number one in its 18th week on the chart[6]
7February 16, 1972The French Connection$711,400[7]
8February 23, 1972Dirty Harry$601,500Dirty Harry reached number one in its ninth week on the chart[8]
9March 1, 1972The Last Picture Show$465,350The Last Picture Show reached number one in its 21st week on the chart[9]
10March 8, 1972The Hospital$623,380The Hospital reached number one in its twelfth week on the chart[10]
11March 15, 1972Dirty Harry$726,500Dirty Harry returned to number one in its twelfth week on the chart[11]
12March 22, 1972The Godfather$568,800[12]
13March 29, 1972The Godfather$2,698,500[13]
14April 5, 1972The Godfather$2,495,100[14]
15April 12, 1972The Godfather$2,348,100[15]
16April 19, 1972The Godfather$1,978,300[16]
17April 26, 1972The Godfather$1,775,800[17]
18May 3, 1972The Godfather$1,574,200[18]
19May 10, 1972The Godfather$1,313,600[19]
20May 17, 1972The Godfather$1,164,700[20]
21May 24, 1972The Godfather$3,188,000First film to gross over $3 million in a week in the cities sampled[21]
22May 31, 1972The Godfather$2,976,600[22]
23June 7, 1972The Godfather$2,691,200[23]
24June 14, 1972The Godfather$1,814,100[24]
25June 21, 1972The Godfather$1,633,600[25]
26June 28, 1972The Godfather$1,687,800[26]
27July 5, 1972The Godfather$1,398,541[27]
28July 12, 1972The Godfather$1,112,900[28]
29July 19, 1972The Godfather$1,811,400[29]
30July 26, 1972The Godfather$1,316,800[30]
31August 2, 1972The Godfather$1,275,435[31]
32August 9, 1972The Godfather$895,500[32]
33August 16, 1972The Godfather$719,200[33]
34August 23, 1972The Godfather$610,810[34]
35August 30, 1972Butterflies Are Free$678,900Butterflies Are Free reached number one in its eighth week on the chart[35]
36September 6, 1972The Godfather$1,029,900The Godfather returned to number one in its 25th week of release[36]
37September 13, 1972The Godfather$668,000[37]
38September 20, 1972The Godfather$456,150[38]
39September 27, 1972Super Fly$625,500Super Fly reached number one in its eighth week on the chart[39]
40October 4, 1972Super Fly$457,050[40]
41October 11, 1972The New Centurions$652,550The New Centurions reached number one in its tenth week on the chart[41]
42October 18, 1972The New Centurions$429,950[41]
43October 25, 1972Slaughter$525,000Slaughter reached number one in its tenth week on the chart[42]
44November 1, 1972Deliverance$324,720Deliverance reached number one in its thirteenth week on the chart[43]
45November 8, 1972The Valachi Papers$749,000The Valachi Papers reached number one in its third week on the chart[44]
46November 15, 1972The Valachi Papers$740,300[45]
47November 22, 1972Lady Sings the Blues$868,300Lady Sings the Blues reached number one in its fifth week on the chart[46]
48November 29, 1972Lady Sings the Blues$924,250[47]
49December 6, 1972Lady Sings the Blues$581,600[48]
50December 13, 1972Lady Sings the Blues$468,245[49]
51December 20, 1972Man of La Mancha$365,996[50]
52December 27, 1972The Poseidon Adventure$777,700The Poseidon Adventure reached number one in its second week of release[51]

References
  1. "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety. January 12, 1972. p. 11.
  2. "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety. January 19, 1972. p. 17.
  3. "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety. January 26, 1972. p. 9.
  4. "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety. February 2, 1972. p. 9.
  5. "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety. February 9, 1972. p. 11.
  6. "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety. February 16, 1972. p. 13.
  7. "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety. February 23, 1972. p. 16.
  8. "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety. March 1, 1972. p. 9.
  9. "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety. March 8, 1972. p. 11.
  10. "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety. March 15, 1972. p. 9.
  11. "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety. March 22, 1972. p. 9.
  12. "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety. March 29, 1972. p. 21.
  13. "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety. April 5, 1972. p. 11.
  14. "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety. April 12, 1972. p. 13.
  15. "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety. April 19, 1972. p. 9.
  16. "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety. April 26, 1972. p. 14.
  17. "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety. May 3, 1972. p. 17.
  18. "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety. May 10, 1972. p. 17.
  19. "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety. May 17, 1972. p. 13.
  20. "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety. May 24, 1972. p. 9.
  21. "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety. May 31, 1972. p. 11.
  22. "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety. June 7, 1972. p. 9.
  23. "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety. June 14, 1972. p. 9.
  24. "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety. June 21, 1972. p. 10.
  25. "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety. June 28, 1972. p. 9.
  26. "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety. July 5, 1972. p. 9.
  27. "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety. July 12, 1972. p. 9.
  28. "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety. July 19, 1972. p. 9.
  29. "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety. July 26, 1972. p. 12.
  30. "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety. August 2, 1972. p. 9.
  31. "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety. August 9, 1972. p. 11.
  32. "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety. August 16, 1972. p. 11.
  33. "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety. August 23, 1972. p. 11.
  34. "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety. August 30, 1972. p. 9.
  35. "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety. September 6, 1972. p. 11.
  36. "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety. September 13, 1972. p. 10.
  37. "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety. September 20, 1972. p. 11.
  38. "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety. September 27, 1972. p. 9.
  39. "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety. October 4, 1972. p. 9.
  40. "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety. October 11, 1972. p. 9.
  41. "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety. October 25, 1972. p. 17.
  42. "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety. November 1, 1972. p. 11.
  43. "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety. November 8, 1972. p. 10.
  44. "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety. November 15, 1972. p. 9.
  45. "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety. November 22, 1972. p. 9.
  46. "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety. November 29, 1972. p. 21.
  47. "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety. December 6, 1972. p. 9.
  48. "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety. December 13, 1972. p. 11.
  49. "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety. December 20, 1972. p. 9.
  50. "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety. December 27, 1972. p. 11.
  51. "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety. January 10, 1973. p. 9.

See also
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