List of 1976 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 1976 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 7, 1976Dog Day Afternoon$1,488,800[1]
2January 14, 1976The Adventures of the Wilderness Family$1,375,799The Adventures of the Wilderness Family reached number one in its third week on the chart[2]
3January 21, 1976Dog Day Afternoon$880,306Dog Day Afternoon returned to number one in its 17th week on the chart[3]
4January 28, 1976The Sunshine Boys$680,119The Sunshine Boys reached number one in its twelfth week on the chart[4]
5February 4, 1976The Sunshine Boys$604,423[5]
6February 11, 1976One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest$592,200One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest reached number one in its twelfth week on the chart[6]
7February 18, 1976One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest$844,199[7]
8February 25, 1976One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest$1,946,036[8]
9March 3, 1976One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest$1,709,906[9]
10March 10, 1976One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest$1,684,971[10]
11March 17, 1976One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest$1,334,384[11]
12March 24, 1976Taxi Driver$1,340,430Taxi Driver reached number one in its sixth week on the chart[12]
13March 31, 1976One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest$1,371,142One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest returned to number one in its 19th week on the chart[13]
14April 7, 1976One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest$1,936,408[14]
15April 14, 1976All the President's Men$1,947,300[15]
16April 21, 1976All the President's Men$1,909,844[16]
17April 28, 1976The Bad News Bears$1,438,400The Bad News Bears reached number one in its third week of release[17]
18May 5, 1976All the President's Men$1,336,364All the President's Men returned to number one in its fourth week of release[18]
19May 12, 1976All the President's Men$1,092,273[19]
20May 19, 1976All the President's Men$839,617[20]
21May 26, 1976The Missouri Breaks$1,616,000[21]
22June 2, 1976The Missouri Breaks$1,336,060[22]
23June 9, 1976The Missouri Breaks$661,495[23]
24June 16, 1976Mother, Jugs & Speed$889,200Mother, Jugs & Speed reached number one in its third week of release[24]
25June 23, 1976Midway$1,825,600Midway grossed $4,356,666 nationally from all markets in the weekend ended June 20[25][26]
26June 30, 1976The Omen$2,490,600The Omen grossed $4,273,886 nationally from all markets in the weekend ended June 27, 20th Century Fox's biggest opening weekend at that time[27][28][29]
27July 7, 1976The Omen$2,341,182[30]
28July 14, 1976The Omen$2,151,161[31]
29July 21, 1976The Omen$1,866,975[32]
30July 28, 1976The Omen$1,194,577[33]
31August 4, 1976The Exorcist (reissue)$950,000[34]
32August 11, 1976Silent Movie$1,837,983Silent Movie reached number one in its sixth week on the chart[35]
33August 18, 1976Silent Movie$1,385,124[36]
34August 25, 1976Silent Movie$1,175,393[37]
35September 1, 1976Silent Movie$1,063,567[38]
36September 8, 1976Survive!$1,485,362Survive! reached number one in its sixth week on the chart[39]
37September 15, 1976Obsession$638,946Obsession reached number one in its sixth week on the chart[40]
38September 22, 1976Obsession$424,979[41]
39September 29, 1976Alice in Wonderland$354,207Alice in Wonderland reached number one in its 13th week on the chart[42]
40October 6, 1976Burnt Offerings$683,100[43]
41October 13, 1976Alice in Wonderland$1,009,636Alice in Wonderland returned to number one in its 15th week on the chart[44]
42October 20, 1976Marathon Man$1,071,500Marathon Man reached number one in its second week of release[45]
43October 27, 1976Marathon Man$952,871[46]
44November 3, 1976Marathon Man$715,213[47]
45November 10, 1976The Front$686,563The Front reached number one in its sixth week on the chart[48]
46November 17, 1976Two-Minute Warning$1,084,800[49]
47November 24, 1976Carrie$1,155,200Carrie reached number one in its third week of release[50]
48December 1, 1976Carrie$1,283,735[51]
49December 8, 1976Carrie$921,765[52]
50December 15, 1976Carrie$641,909[53]
51December 22, 1976King Kong$2,710,649King Kong grossed $7,023,921 nationally from all markets in the weekend ended December 19, Paramount Pictures' biggest opening weekend at that time, and set the record for a December opening[54][55][56]
52December 29, 1976King Kong$3,347,758[57]

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See also
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1975		 1976 Succeeded by
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