1974 Hollywood Highest Grossing Movies

1974 Hollywood Highest Grossing Movies:

Highest-grossing films of 1974

Rank	Title	Studio	Box-office gross rental
1	The Towering Inferno	20th Century Fox/Warner Bros.	$50,000,000[1]
2	Blazing Saddles	Warner Bros.	$45,200,000[1]
3	Young Frankenstein	20th Century Fox	$38,800,000[1]
4	Earthquake	Universal Pictures	$36,300,000[1]
5	The Godfather Part II	Paramount Pictures	$30,700,000[1]
6	Airport 1975	Universal Pictures	$25,800,000[1]
7	The Trial of Billy Jack	Warner Bros.	$24,000,000[1]
8	The Longest Yard	Paramount Pictures	$23,000,000[1]
9	The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams	Sunn Classic Pictures	$21,895,000[2]
10	Murder on the Orient Express	Paramount Pictures	$19,124,000[2]

1) The Towering Inferno

The Towering Inferno
Theatrical release poster by John Berkey[1]
Directed by	John Guillermin
Produced by	Irwin Allen
Screenplay by	Stirling Silliphant
Based on	The Tower by Richard Martin Stern The Glass Inferno by Thomas N. Scortia Frank M. Robinson
Starring	Steve McQueen Paul Newman William Holden Faye Dunaway Fred Astaire Susan Blakely Richard Chamberlain Jennifer Jones O. J. Simpson Robert Vaughn Robert Wagner
Music by	John Williams
Cinematography	Fred J. Koenekamp Joseph Biroc
Edited by	Carl Kress Harold F. Kress
Production company	20th Century Fox Warner Bros. Irwin Allen Productions
Distributed by	20th Century Fox (United States) Warner Bros. (International)
Release date	December 14, 1974
Running time	165 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$14 million[2]
Box office	$139.7 million[3]

 
2) Blazing Saddles

Blazing Saddles
Theatrical release poster by John Alvin[1]
Directed by	Mel Brooks
Produced by	Michael Hertzberg
Screenplay by	Mel Brooks Norman Steinberg Andrew Bergman Richard Pryor Al Uger
Story by	Andrew Bergman
Starring	Cleavon Little Gene Wilder Slim Pickens Harvey Korman Madeline Kahn Mel Brooks Alex Karras
Music by	John Morris Songs: Mel Brooks (music & lyrics)
Cinematography	Joseph Biroc
Edited by	Danford Greene John C. Howard
Production company	Crossbow Productions
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date	February 7, 1974 (NYC & LA)
Running time	93 minutes[2]
Country	United States
Budget	$2.6 million
Box office	$119.6 million (US and Canada)[3]

3) Young Frankenstein
 

Young Frankenstein
Theatrical release poster by John Alvin
Directed by	Mel Brooks
Produced by	Michael Gruskoff
Screenplay by	Gene Wilder Mel Brooks
Based on	Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
Starring	Gene Wilder Peter Boyle Marty Feldman Cloris Leachman Teri Garr Kenneth Mars Madeline Kahn
Music by	John Morris
Cinematography	Gerald Hirschfeld
Edited by	John C. Howard
Production company	Gruskoff/Venture Films Crossbow Productions, Inc. Jouer Limited[1]
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date	December 15, 1974
Running time	105 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$2.78 million[2]
Box office	$86.2 million[3]

4) Earthquake
 

Earthquake
Film poster by Joseph Smith[1]
Directed by	Mark Robson
Produced by	Mark Robson
Written by	George Fox Mario Puzo
Starring	Charlton Heston Ava Gardner George Kennedy Lorne Greene Geneviève Bujold Richard Roundtree Marjoe Gortner Barry Sullivan Lloyd Nolan Victoria Principal
Music by	John Williams
Cinematography	Philip H. Lathrop
Edited by	Dorothy Spencer
Production company	Universal Pictures
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	November 15, 1974
Running time	123 minutes 161 minutes (extended)
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$7 million
Box office	$79.7 million[2]

5) The Godfather Part II
 

The Godfather Part II
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Francis Ford Coppola
Produced by	Francis Ford Coppola
Screenplay by	Francis Ford Coppola Mario Puzo
Based on	The Godfather by Mario Puzo
Starring	Al Pacino Robert Duvall Diane Keaton Robert De Niro Talia Shire Morgana King John Cazale Mariana Hill Lee Strasberg
Music by	Nino Rota
Cinematography	Gordon Willis
Edited by	Peter Zinner Barry Malkin Richard Marks
Production companies	Paramount Pictures The Coppola Company
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	December 12, 1974 (New York City) December 20, 1974 (United States)
Running time	200 minutes[1]
Country	United States
Language	English Sicilian
Budget	$13 million[2][3]
Box office	$48–88 million[N 1]

6) Airport 1975
 

Airport 1975
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Jack Smight
Produced by	William Frye Jennings Lang
Screenplay by	Don Ingalls
Based on	Airport by Arthur Hailey
Starring	Charlton Heston Karen Black George Kennedy Gloria Swanson Efrem Zimbalist Jr. Susan Clark Sid Caesar Linda Blair Dana Andrews Roy Thinnes Nancy Olson Ed Nelson Myrna Loy Augusta Summerland Helen Reddy
Music by	John Cacavas
Cinematography	Philip H. Lathrop
Edited by	J. Terry Williams
Color process	Technicolor
Production company	Universal Pictures
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	October 18, 1974
Running time	106 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$3 million[1]
Box office	$50 million (worldwide rentals)[2]

7) The Trial of Billy Jack
 

The Trial of Billy Jack
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Tom Laughlin
Produced by	Joe Cramer
Written by	Frank Christina Teresa Christina (pen names for Tom Laughlin and Delores Taylor)
Starring	Delores Taylor Tom Laughlin
Music by	Elmer Bernstein
Cinematography	Jack A. Marta
Edited by	Michael Economou George Grenville Michael Kahn Michael Karr Jules Nayfack Tom Rolf Toni Rolf
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Taylor-Laughlin
Release date	November 13, 1974
Running time	170 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$2.5 million
Box office	$89 million[1]

8) The Longest Yard
 

The Longest Yard
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Robert Aldrich
Produced by	Albert S. Ruddy
Screenplay by	Tracy Keenan Wynn
Story by	Albert S. Ruddy
Starring	Burt Reynolds Eddie Albert Ed Lauter Mike Conrad
Music by	Frank De Vol
Cinematography	Joseph Biroc
Edited by	Michael Luciano
Production company	Albert S. Ruddy Productions Long Road Productions
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	August 21, 1974 (New York)
Running time	121 minutes[1]
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$2.9 million[2]
Box office	$43 million[3]

9) The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams
 

The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams (film)
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Richard Friedenberg
Produced by	Charles E. Sellier Jr. Raylan D. Jensen
Written by	Lawrence Dobkin
Starring	Dan Haggerty
Music by	Thom Pace
Cinematography	George Stapleford
Edited by	George Stapleford
Production company	Sunn Classic Pictures
Distributed by	Sunn Classic Pictures Sun International
Release date	November 13, 1974
Running time	93 minutes
Country	United States
Budget	$125,000[1]
Box office	$65 million[2] or $24 million[1]

10) Murder on the Orient Express

Murder on the Orient Express
Original British quad format film poster
Directed by	Sidney Lumet
Produced by	John Brabourne Richard Goodwin
Screenplay by	Paul Dehn
Based on	Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
Starring	Albert Finney Lauren Bacall Martin Balsam Ingrid Bergman Jacqueline Bisset Jean-Pierre Cassel Sean Connery John Gielgud Wendy Hiller Anthony Perkins Vanessa Redgrave Rachel Roberts Richard Widmark Michael York
Music by	Richard Rodney Bennett
Cinematography	Geoffrey Unsworth
Edited by	Anne V. Coates
Production company	G.W. Films Limited
Distributed by	Anglo-EMI Film Distributors (UK) Paramount Pictures (USA)
Release date	21 November 1974 (UK)
Running time	128 minutes[1]
Country	United Kingdom[2]
Language	English
Budget	₤554,100 ($1.4 million)[3]
Box office	$35.7 million[4]

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