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

• List of American films — American films by year
• Lists of box office number-one films