1972 Hollywood Highest Grossing Movies

1972 Hollywood Highest Grossing Movies:

Highest-grossing films of 1972

Rank	Title	Studio	Box-office gross rental
1	The Godfather	Paramount Pictures	$86,300,000[1]
2	The Poseidon Adventure	20th Century Fox	$42,000,000[1]
3	What's Up, Doc?	Warner Bros.	$28,000,000[1]
4	Deliverance		$22,500,000[1]
5	Cabaret	Allied Artists Pictures	$20,250,000[2]
6	Deep Throat	Bryanston Distributing Company	$20,000,000[2]
7	The Getaway	Warner Bros.	$18,000,000[2]
8	Lady Sings the Blues	Paramount Pictures	$9,666,000[2]
9	Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex	United Artists	$8,828,000[2]
10	Sounder	20th Century Fox	$8,726,000[2]

1) The Godfather

The Godfather
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Francis Ford Coppola
Produced by	Albert S. Ruddy
Screenplay by	Mario Puzo Francis Ford Coppola
Based on	The Godfather by Mario Puzo
Starring	Marlon Brando Al Pacino James Caan Richard Castellano Robert Duvall Sterling Hayden John Marley Richard Conte Diane Keaton
Music by	Nino Rota
Cinematography	Gordon Willis
Edited by	William Reynolds Peter Zinner
Production companies	Paramount Pictures Alfran Productions
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	March 14, 1972 (Loew's State Theatre) March 24, 1972 (United States)
Running time	177 minutes[1]
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$6–7.2 million[N 1]
Box office	$246–287 million[N 2]

2) The Poseidon Adventure

The Poseidon Adventure
Theatrical poster by Mort Künstler
Directed by	Ronald Neame
Produced by	Irwin Allen
Screenplay by	Stirling Silliphant Wendell Mayes
Based on	The Poseidon Adventure by Paul Gallico
Starring	Gene Hackman Ernest Borgnine Red Buttons Carol Lynley Shelley Winters Roddy McDowall Stella Stevens Jack Albertson Pamela Sue Martin Arthur O'Connell Eric Shea Leslie Nielsen
Music by	John Williams The Song from The Poseidon Adventure: Joel Hirschhorn Al Kasha
Cinematography	Harold E. Stine
Edited by	Harold F. Kress
Production company	Kent Productions, Ltd.
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date	December 12, 1972
Running time	117 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$4.7 million[1]
Box office	$93.3 million[2]

3) What's Up, Doc?

What's Up, Doc?
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Peter Bogdanovich
Produced by	Peter Bogdanovich
Written by	Peter Bogdanovich Buck Henry David Newman Robert Benton
Starring	Barbra Streisand Ryan O'Neal Kenneth Mars Austin Pendleton Sorrell Booke Michael Murphy Madeline Kahn
Music by	Artie Butler (uncredited)
Cinematography	Laszlo Kovacs
Edited by	Verna Fields
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date	March 10, 1972 (United States)
Running time	94 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$4 million
Box office	$66 million[1]

4) Deliverance

Deliverance
Theatrical release poster by Bill Gold
Directed by	John Boorman
Produced by	John Boorman
Screenplay by	James Dickey
Based on	Deliverance by James Dickey
Starring	Jon Voight Burt Reynolds Ned Beatty Ronny Cox
Music by	Eric Weissberg
Cinematography	Vilmos Zsigmond
Edited by	Tom Priestley
Production company	Warner Bros.
Release date	July 30, 1972
Running time	109 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$2 million
Box office	$46.1 million[1]

5) Cabaret

Cabaret
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Bob Fosse
Produced by	Cy Feuer
Screenplay by	Jay Allen
Based on	Cabaret by Joe Masteroff I Am a Camera by John Van Druten Goodbye to Berlin by Christopher Isherwood
Starring	Liza Minnelli Michael York Helmut Griem Marisa Berenson Fritz Wepper Joel Grey
Music by	Songs: John Kander Fred Ebb (Lyrics) Adaptation score: Ralph Burns
Cinematography	Geoffrey Unsworth
Edited by	David Bretherton
Production company	ABC Pictures Allied Artists
Distributed by	Allied Artists
Release date	February 13, 1972
Running time	124 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English German
Budget	$4.6 million[1]
Box office	$42.8 million[2]

6) Deep Throat

Deep Throat
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Gerard Damiano
Produced by	Louis "Butchie" Peraino
Written by	Gerard Damiano
Starring	Linda Lovelace Harry Reems Dolly Sharp Carol Connors
Cinematography	João Fernandes (as Harry Flecks)
Edited by	Gerard Damiano
Distributed by	Bryanston Distributing Company
Release date	June 12, 1972
Running time	61 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$47,500
Box office	$600 million (claimed) $30–50 million (confirmed)[1]

7) The Getaway

The Getaway
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Sam Peckinpah
Produced by	Mitchell Brower David Foster[1]
Screenplay by	Walter Hill
Based on	The Getaway by Jim Thompson
Starring	Steve McQueen Ali MacGraw Ben Johnson Al Lettieri Sally Struthers
Music by	Quincy Jones
Cinematography	Lucien Ballard
Edited by	Robert L. Wolfe
Production companies	First Artists Solar Productions David Foster Productions Tatiana Films[1]
Distributed by	National General Pictures[1]
Release date	December 13, 1972
Running time	122 minutes[1]
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$3.3 million[2][3]
Box office	$36.7 million (US)[4]

8) Lady Sings the Blues

Lady Sings the Blues
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Sidney J. Furie
Produced by	Brad Dexter Berry Gordy Jay Weston James S. White
Screenplay by	Suzanne de Passe Chris Clark Terence McCloy
Based on	Lady Sings the Blues by Billie Holiday William Dufty
Starring	Diana Ross Billy Dee Williams Richard Pryor
Music by	Gil Askey Michel Legrand
Cinematography	John A. Alonzo
Edited by	Argyle Nelson
Production company	Motown Productions
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	October 12, 1972
Running time	144 minutes[1]
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$14 million
Box office	$19,726,490[2]

9) Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask)
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Woody Allen
Produced by	Charles H. Joffe
Screenplay by	Woody Allen
Based on	Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask) by David Reuben
Starring	Woody Allen John Carradine Lou Jacobi Louise Lasser Anthony Quayle Tony Randall Lynn Redgrave Burt Reynolds Gene Wilder
Music by	Mundell Lowe
Cinematography	David M. Walsh
Edited by	Eric Albertson
Production companies	Jack Rollins–Charles H. Joffe Productions Brodsky/Gould Productions
Distributed by	United Artists
Release date	August 6, 1972
Running time	88 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English Italian
Budget	$2 million
Box office	$18 million[1]

10) Sounder

Sounder
Original poster
Directed by	Martin Ritt
Produced by	Robert B. Radnitz
Screenplay by	Lonne Elder III
Based on	Sounder by William H. Armstrong
Starring	Cicely Tyson Paul Winfield Kevin Hooks Carmen Matthews Taj Mahal
Music by	Taj Mahal
Cinematography	John A. Alonzo
Edited by	Sid Levin
Production company	Radnitz/Mattel Productions, Inc.
Distributed by	20th Century Fox[1]
Release date	September 24, 1972
Running time	105 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$1.9 million[2]
Box office	$16.9 million[3]

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