Box Office

Top Grossing Movies in 1972

Rank	Title	Language	Genre(s)	Domestic	Worldwide
1	The Godfather	EN	Drama Thriller Crime	$136,381,073	$250,342,198
2	The Poseidon Adventure	EN	Action Adventure Drama	$84,563,118	$84,563,118
3	Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask	EN	Comedy	$18,016,290	$18,090,065
4	Conquest of the Planet of the Apes	EN	Action Sci-Fi	$9,043,472	$9,043,472
5	Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii	EN	Music Documentary	$2,620,076	$6,497,252
6	Joe Kidd	EN	Western	$6,330,000	$6,330,000
7	Bombay to Goa	IN	Romance Adventure Drama	-	$886,685
8	Elvis on Tour	EN	Documentary Music	$587,818	$587,818
9	The Master and Margarita	IT	Fantasy Drama Romance	-	$356,503
10	Solaris	RU	Mystery Drama	$22,168	$230,989
11	Victoria No. 203	IN	Comedy Drama	-	$201,216
12	The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie	FR	Comedy	$82,471	$103,230
13	Jesus Christ Superstar	TL	Drama	-	$101,975
14	The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds	EN	Drama	-	$84,823
15	Cabaret	EN	Drama Romance Music	-	$83,338
16	Aguirre, the Wrath of God	DE	History Drama Adventure	-	$37,794
17	Cries and Whispers	SE	Drama	-	$37,068
18	Morning of the Earth	EN	Adventure Documentary	-	$34,726
19	Dushman	IN	Drama	$31,380	$31,380
20	Cousin Jules	FR	Documentary	$29,337	$29,337
21	Avanti!	EN	Romance Comedy	-	$22,792
22	Chinese Glory	FR	War Drama	-	$17,418
23	Slap the Monster on Page One	IT	Drama Thriller	-	$16,887
24	Chung Kuo: China	IT	Documentary	-	$16,196
25	Play It Again, Sam	EN	Comedy Romance	-	$15,413
26	We Won’t Grow Old Together	FR	Drama Romance	$14,104	$14,104
27	The Getaway	PL	Action Thriller Crime	-	$9,588
28	The Canterbury Tales	IT	Comedy	-	$9,028
29	The Merchant of Four Seasons	DE	Drama	$8,144	$8,408
30	Boxcar Bertha	EN	Drama Romance Crime	-	$6,443
31	Pink Flamingos	EN	Comedy Crime	-	$5,374
32	Ningla A-Na	EN	Documentary	-	$5,151
33	Frenzy	EN	Thriller	-	$4,940
34	Deliverance	IN	Adventure Drama Thriller	-	$4,550
35	Indian Summer	IT	Drama Romance	-	$3,723
36	Love in the Afternoon	FR	Romance Drama	-	$3,520
37	Winter Soldier	EN	Documentary	-	$2,825
38	Buck and the Preacher	EN	Action Adventure Western	-	$2,762
39	To Be Twenty in the Aures	FR	War Drama	-	$2,422
40	Imagens		Drama	-	$1,422
41	Images	EN	Thriller Horror Mystery	-	$1,422
42	Silent Running	EN	Sci-Fi Drama	-	$1,104
43	Duck, You Sucker		Action Adventure War	-	$980
44	Roma	IT	Comedy Drama	-	$807
45	Five Summer Stories	EN	Documentary	-	$692
46	Ecstasy of the Angels	JP	Action Drama Romance	-	$585
47	The Dupes	AR	Drama	-	$309
48	Scarecrow	EN	Romance Fantasy Drama	-	$295
49	Sambizanga	LN	Drama	-	$263
50	The Last House on the Left	EN	Thriller Horror	-	$135