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Drama box office · May 1972

Drama Box Office, May 1972: Top-Grossing Releases

We Won’t Grow Old Together (1972) is the highest-grossing drama movie released in May 1972, with $14.1K worldwide, ahead of To Be Twenty in the Aures (1972) at $2.4K. 2 drama films released in May 1972 report a worldwide gross, $16.5K in all, 85% of it from the US & Canada.

May 1972 releases with a gross
2
combined worldwide
$16.5K
We Won’t Grow Old Together (1972), the #1
$14.1K
earned in the US & Canada
85%
The chart

Every Drama Release of May 1972, Ranked by Worldwide Gross

Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada. Films are grouped by their release date in May 1972.

  1. 1 We Won’t Grow Old Together (1972) movie poster
    We Won’t Grow Old Together (1972) May 3, 1972 · French · Drama, Romance $14.1K worldwide
    May 3, 1972 US and Canada: $14.1K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $14.1K
  2. 2 To Be Twenty in the Aures (1972) movie poster
    To Be Twenty in the Aures (1972) May 1, 1972 · French · War, Drama $2.4K worldwide
    May 1, 1972 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.4K
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Drama Box Office in 1972, Month by Month

The months of 1972 with their totals: March leads with $251.3M, led by The Godfather (1972).

FAQ

Drama Box Office May 1972: Questions & Answers

The chart's numbers in short: the #1 film, the total, the billion-dollar hits and the US & Canada share, answered from the same 2 films as the chart.

What is the highest-grossing drama movie in May 1972?

We Won’t Grow Old Together (1972) leads with $14.1K worldwide, $14.1K of it in the US & Canada. Next come To Be Twenty in the Aures (1972) at $2.4K.

How much did drama movies released in May 1972 earn?

2 drama films released in May 1972 report a worldwide gross, $16.5K in all, or $8.3K per film on average.

How many drama movies released in May 1972 made $1 billion?

None. The biggest, We Won’t Grow Old Together (1972), earned $14.1K.

How much of the May 1972 Drama box office came from the US and Canada?

$14.1K of the $16.5K total, or 85%, was earned in the US & Canada (the domestic market); the rest came from other countries. 1 film of the 2 report no domestic figure.

How is the May 1972 drama box office chart ranked and where do the numbers come from?

Films are ranked by lifetime worldwide gross in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation, and grouped by their release date in May 1972. The figures are the reported box office grosses in our database. A gross that looks misattributed, such as one figure shared by two unrelated films or a blockbuster total on an obscure title, is left out rather than shown as a fact.

How often is the May 1972 drama box office chart updated?

Grosses change while films are in theaters and whenever a new figure is reported; this chart reads the latest numbers in our database, so an older film can still move after a re-release.