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

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

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

See also

• List of American films — American films by year
• #1 movies in 1972