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

This is a list of films which have placed number one at the weekend box office in the United States during 1972.

# Date Film Gross Notes
1 01972-01-02 January 2, 1972 Dirty Harry $3,439,594,
2 01972-01-09 January 9, 1972 Dirty Harry $3,259,395,
3 01972-01-16 January 16, 1972 The Cowboys $3,694,906,
4 01972-01-23 January 23, 1972 The Cowboys $3,452,395,
5 01972-01-30 January 30, 1972 The Hot Rock $3,583,935,
6 01972-02-06 February 6, 1972 The Hot Rock $2,593,964,
7 01972-02-13 February 13, 1972 Cabaret $3,536,394,
8 01972-02-20 February 20, 1972 Cabaret $4,939,385,
9 01972-02-27 February 27, 1972 Cabaret $4,924,295,
10 01972-03-05 March 5, 1972 Cabaret $3,948,395,
11 01972-03-12 March 12, 1972 What's Up, Doc? $4,305,583,
12 01972-03-19 March 19, 1972 The Godfather $5,900,389,
13 01972-03-26 March 26, 1972 The Godfather $6,900,823, The Godfather (second weekend) had the highest weekend debut of 1972.
14 01972-04-02 April 2, 1972 The Godfather $6,000,424,
15 01972-04-09 April 9, 1972 The Godfather $5,385,843,
16 01972-04-16 April 16, 1972 The Godfather $5,158,835,
17 01972-04-23 April 23, 1972 The Godfather $4,948,846,
18 01972-04-30 April 30, 1972 The Godfather $4,386,893,
19 01972-05-07 May 7, 1972 Play It Again, Sam $4,853,864,
20 01972-05-14 May 14, 1972 The Godfather $4,684,395, The Godfather reclaimed #1 in it's ninth weekend of release.
21 01972-05-21 May 21, 1972 The Godfather $3,483,583,
22 01972-05-28 May 28, 1972 The Godfather $3,294,864,
23 01972-06-04 June 4, 1972 The Godfather $2,593,395,
24 01972-06-11 June 11, 1972 Shaft's Big Score $4,943,640,
25 01972-06-18 June 18, 1972 Shaft's Big Score $2,583,405
26 01972-06-25 June 25, 1972 Shaft's Big Score $1,593,390,
27 01972-07-02 July 2, 1972 Conquest of the Planet of the Apes $4,395,549,
28 01972-07-09 July 9, 1972 Butterflies Are Free $3,944,935,
29 01972-07-16 July 16, 1972 Joe Kidd $3,853,583,
30 01972-07-23 July 23, 1972 Joe Kidd $2,943,932,
31 01972-07-30 July 30, 1972 Fat City $3,584,395,
32 01972-08-06 August 6, 1972 Deliverance $4,593,395, Deliverance reached #1 in its second weekend of release.
33 01972-08-13 August 13, 1972 Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask) $4,965,395, Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask) reached #1 in its second weekend of release.
34 01972-08-20 August 20, 1972 Deliverance $4,964,935, Deliverance reclaimed #1 in its fourth weekend of release.
35 01972-08-27 August 27, 1972 Deliverance $3,438,395,
36 01972-09-03 September 3, 1972 Deliverance $3,284,294,
37 01972-09-10 September 10, 1972 Deliverance $2,489,853,
38 01972-09-17 September 17, 1972 Deliverance $2,148,395,
39 01972-09-24 September 24, 1972 Deliverance $1,482,294,
40 01972-10-01 October 1, 1972 Sounder $3,593,390, Sounder reached #1 in its second weekend of release.
41 01972-10-08 October 8, 1972 Sounder $3,249,724,
42 01972-10-15 October 15, 1972 Lady Sings the Blues $4,385,395,
43 01972-10-22 October 22, 1972 Lady Sings the Blues $3,924,943,
44 01972-10-29 October 29, 1972 Lady Sings the Blues $3,274,284,
45 01972-11-05 November 5, 1972 Lady Sings the Blues $2,348,593,
46 01972-11-12 November 12, 1972 1776 $3,948,684,
47 01972-11-19 November 19, 1972 1776 $2,492,934
48 01972-11-26 November 26, 1972 1776 $2,142,843,
49 01972-12-03 December 3, 1972 1776 $1,473,389,
50 01972-12-10 December 10, 1972 Lady Sing the Blues $3,924,294, Lady Sing the Blues reclaimed #1 in it's ninth weekend of release.
51 01972-12-17 December 17, 1972 The Poseidon Adventure $5,395,945,
52 01972-12-24 December 24, 1972 Jeremiah Johnson $5,683,395,
53 01972-12-31 December 31, 1972 The Getaway $4,935,356, The Getaway reached #1 in its third weekend of release.

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