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Top Grossing Movies in 1974

Rank Title Language Genre(s) Domestic Worldwide
1 Blazing Saddles
english

EN

Comedy

Western

$119,616,663 $119,625,020
2 The Towering Inferno
English

EN

Action

Drama

Thriller

$116,000,000 $116,001,993
3 Young Frankenstein
English

EN

Comedy

$86,273,333 $86,276,706
4 Earthquake

Action

Drama

Thriller

$79,666,653 $79,666,653
5 The Godfather: Part II
English

EN

Drama

Thriller

Crime

$47,834,595 $47,980,865
6 The Longest Yard
English

EN

Drama

Sport

Comedy

$43,008,075 $43,008,075
7 Benji
English

EN

Adventure

Romance

Family

$39,552,000 $39,552,000
8 Herbie Rides Again
English

EN

Fantasy

Comedy

Romance

$38,229,000 $38,229,000
9 The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
English

EN

Mystery

Thriller

Horror

$30,859,000 $30,920,518
10 Chinatown
English

EN

Drama

Mystery

Thriller

$29,200,000 $29,231,954
11 Murder on the Orient Express

Drama

Mystery

Crime

$27,634,716 $27,659,517
12 That's Entertainment!
English

EN

Family

Musical

Documentary

$26,890,200 $26,890,200
13 Death Wish
English

EN

Action

Drama

Thriller

$22,000,000 $22,000,000
14 Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
English

EN

Drama

Comedy

Crime

$21,700,000 $21,700,000
15 The Man with the Golden Gun
English

EN

Action

Adventure

Thriller

$20,972,000 $20,972,986
16 The Great Gatsby
English

EN

Drama

Romance

$20,563,273 $20,563,766
17 Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
English

EN

Drama

Romance

$18,600,000 $18,600,211
18 The Sugarland Express
English

EN

Drama

Crime

$7,500,000 $7,505,037
19 The Conversation
English

EN

Drama

Mystery

Thriller

$4,852,199 $4,888,092
20 The Wicker Man

Mystery

Thriller

Horror

$148,882 $527,688
21 The Terminal Man
English

EN

Sci-Fi

Thriller

Horror

$148,882 $527,688
22 A Bigger Splash
English

EN

Biography

Drama

Documentary

$95,826 $130,327
23 Alice in the Cities
German

DE

Drama

- $59,294
24 A Woman Under the Influence
English

EN

Drama

Romance

- $25,601
25 Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
English

EN

Action

Drama

Thriller

- $18,894
26 Zardoz
English

EN

Sci-Fi

Fantasy

- $7,227
27 Black Christmas
English

EN

Mystery

Thriller

Horror

- $4,316
28 The Parallax View
English

EN

Drama

Thriller

- $3,416
29 Phantom of the Paradise
English

EN

Drama

Thriller

Fantasy

- $2,245
30 Foxy Brown
English

EN

Action

Thriller

Crime

- $459
31 Phase IV
English

EN

Sci-Fi

Thriller

Horror

- $289
32 Lenny
English

EN

Biography

Drama

- -
33 Airport 1975
English

EN

Action

Drama

Thriller

- -
34 California Split
English

EN

Drama

Comedy

- -
35 Thieves Like Us
English

EN

Drama

Romance

Crime

- -
36 The Lords of Flatbush
English

EN

Drama

Comedy

Romance

- -
37 Caged Heat
English

EN

Action

Drama

Comedy

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