Box Office

Top Grossing Movies in 1974

Rank	Title	Language	Genre(s)	Domestic	Worldwide
1	Blazing Saddles	EN	Comedy Western	$119,616,663	$119,625,121
2	The Towering Inferno	EN	Action Drama Thriller	$116,000,000	$116,001,993
3	Young Frankenstein	EN	Comedy	$86,273,333	$86,277,485
4	Earthquake		Action Drama Thriller	$79,666,653	$79,666,653
5	The Godfather: Part II	EN	Drama Thriller Crime	$47,834,595	$47,983,687
6	The Longest Yard	EN	Drama Sport Comedy	$43,008,075	$43,008,075
7	Benji	EN	Adventure Romance Family	$39,552,000	$39,552,000
8	Herbie Rides Again	EN	Fantasy Comedy Romance	$38,229,000	$38,229,000
9	The Texas Chain Saw Massacre	EN	Mystery Thriller Horror	$30,859,000	$30,920,518
10	Chinatown	EN	Drama Mystery Thriller	$29,200,000	$29,232,172
11	Murder on the Orient Express		Drama Mystery Crime	$27,634,716	$27,659,517
12	That's Entertainment!	EN	Family Musical Documentary	$26,890,200	$26,890,200
13	Death Wish	EN	Action Drama Thriller	$22,000,000	$22,000,000
14	Thunderbolt and Lightfoot	EN	Drama Comedy Crime	$21,700,000	$21,700,000
15	The Man with the Golden Gun	EN	Action Adventure Thriller	$20,972,000	$20,972,986
16	The Great Gatsby	EN	Drama Romance	$20,563,273	$20,563,766
17	Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore	EN	Drama Romance	$18,600,000	$18,600,211
18	The Sugarland Express	EN	Drama Crime	$7,500,000	$7,505,037
19	The Conversation	EN	Drama Mystery Thriller	$4,852,199	$4,888,092
20	Karlsson on the Roof	SE	Family	-	$606,162
21	The Terminal Man	EN	Sci-Fi Thriller Horror	$148,882	$551,886
22	The Wicker Man		Mystery Thriller Horror	$148,882	$551,886
23	A Bigger Splash	EN	Biography Drama Documentary	$95,826	$130,327
24	We All Loved Each Other So Much	IT	Drama Comedy	-	$117,948
25	A Poem Is a Naked Person	EN	Music Documentary	$96,592	$96,775
26	Flower & Snake	JP	Drama Horror Thriller	-	$95,697
27	Edvard Munch	NO	Drama History	$43,539	$76,949
28	Alice in the Cities	DE	Drama	-	$59,294
29	Parade	FR	Comedy	-	$50,694
30	Scent of a Woman	IT	Drama Comedy	-	$41,998
31	Hearts and Minds	EN	War Documentary	$28,754	$28,754
32	A Woman Under the Influence	EN	Drama Romance	-	$25,601
33	Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia	EN	Action Drama Thriller	-	$18,894
34	Ali: Fear Eats the Soul	DE	Drama Romance	$8,144	$16,507
35	Akenfield	EN	Drama	-	$14,963
36	Stavisky…	FR	History Drama Crime	$13,793	$13,793
37	Unbelievable Adventures of Italians in Russia	RU	Adventure Comedy	-	$13,518
38	Female Trouble	EN	Comedy Crime	-	$9,820
39	Effi Briest	DE	Drama History	$8,144	$8,158
40	Zardoz	EN	Sci-Fi Fantasy	-	$7,227
41	Dunderklumpen!	SE	Family Animation Adventure	-	$5,869
42	Vincent, Francois, Paul and the Others	FR	Drama	$5,063	$5,603
43	Stone	EN	Action Thriller Crime	-	$5,108
44	Promised Lands	FR	Documentary	$4,546	$4,546
45	Conversation Piece	IT	Drama Romance	-	$4,367
46	Black Christmas	EN	Mystery Thriller Horror	-	$4,316
47	The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser	DE	History Drama	-	$3,451
48	The Parallax View	EN	Drama Thriller	-	$3,416
49	Lacombe, Lucien	FR	War Drama	-	$3,228
50	Phantom of the Paradise	EN	Drama Thriller Fantasy	-	$2,245