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List of 1974 box office number-one films in the United States

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This is a list of films which placed number one at the weekly box office in the United States during 1974 per Variety. The data was based on grosses from 20 to 24 key cities and therefore, the gross quoted may not be the total that the film grossed nationally in the week.

Number-one films

# Week ending Film Gross Notes Ref
1 January 2, 1974 Papillon $1,463,300 Papillon reached number one in its second week of release
2 January 9, 1974 The Exorcist $1,007,800 The Exorcist reached number one in its second week of release
3 January 16, 1974 $1,365,500
4 January 23, 1974 $1,532,611
5 January 30, 1974 $1,535,896
6 February 6, 1974 $1,589,500
7 February 13, 1974 $1,369,500
8 February 20, 1974 $1,506,188
9 February 27, 1974 $1,312,000
10 March 6, 1974 $1,182,600
11 March 13, 1974 $1,012,100
12 March 20, 1974 $835,200
13 March 27, 1974 $743,283
14 April 3, 1974 The Sting $1,332,300 The Sting reached number one in its 14th week on the chart
15 April 10, 1974 $1,585,100
16 April 17, 1974 Blazing Saddles $1,233,700 Blazing Saddles reached number one in its tenth week of release
17 April 24, 1974 The Sting $1,145,900 The Sting returned to number one in its 17th week on the chart
18 May 1, 1974 $1,032,900
19 May 8, 1974 $853,300
20 May 15, 1974 $815,000
21 May 22, 1974 $725,500
22 May 29, 1974 The Great Gatsby $1,044,438 The Great Gatsby reached number one in its ninth week on the chart
23 June 5, 1974 The Sting $759,700 The Sting returned to number one in its 23rd week on the chart
24 June 12, 1974 The Poseidon Adventure (reissue) $575,500
25 June 19, 1974 The Lords of Flatbush $612,000 The Lords of Flatbush reached number one in its seventh week on the chart
26 June 26, 1974 The Exorcist $4,061,300 The Exorcist returned to number one in its 26th week of release. First film to gross over $4 million in a week in the cities sampled
27 July 3, 1974 $2,547,437
28 July 10, 1974 $1,542,825
29 July 17, 1974 Herbie Rides Again $860,200 Herbie Rides Again reached number one in its sixth week on the chart
30 July 24, 1974 Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry $869,202 Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry reached number one in its ninth week on the chart
31 July 31, 1974 For Pete's Sake $1,015,150 For Pete's Sake reached number one in its fifth week on the chart
32 August 7, 1974 $661,500
33 August 14, 1974 Return of the Dragon $1,168,500 Return of the Dragon reached number one in its third week on the chart
34 August 21, 1974 That's Entertainment! $1,307,900 That's Entertainment! reached number one in its 14th week on the chart
35 August 28, 1974 Chinatown $1,272,000 Chinatown reached number one in its tenth week on the chart
36 September 4, 1974 $1,175,900
37 September 11, 1974 That's Entertainment! $781,150 That's Entertainment! returned to number one in its 17th week on the chart
38 September 18, 1974 $524,350
39 September 25, 1974 Macon County Line $458,000 Macon County Line reached number one in its twelfth week on the chart
40 October 2, 1974 The Longest Yard $513,630 The Longest Yard reached number one in its sixth week on the chart
41 October 9, 1974 Cabaret (reissue) $1,345,000
42 October 16, 1974 $687,000
43 October 23, 1974 Airport 1975 $903,934
44 October 30, 1974 The Longest Yard $905,854 The Longest Yard returned to number one in its tenth week on the chart
45 November 6, 1974 $926,200
46 November 13, 1974 $816,500
47 November 20, 1974 The Trial of Billy Jack $2,390,000
48 November 27, 1974 $2,026,000
49 December 4, 1974 $1,268,200
50 December 11, 1974 Death Wish $693,951 Death Wish reached number one in its twentieth week on the chart
51 December 18, 1974 $600,900
52 December 25, 1974 The Godfather Part II $1,450,135 The Godfather Part II reached number one in its second week of release

Highest-grossing films

Highest-grossing films of 1974 by calendar year gross based on the cities covered by Variety for the weekly charts.

Rank Title Studio Playing weeks Gross ($)
1. The Exorcist Warner Bros. 1,522 31,541,887
2. The Sting Universal 2,099 26,380,982
3. Papillon Allied Artists 2,024 14,732,236
4. Serpico Paramount 1,312 10,287,816
5. American Graffiti Universal 1,321 9,526,412
6. That's Entertainment! United Artists 842 9,368,447
7. Blazing Saddles Warner Bros. 1,197 9,234,062
8. Chinatown Paramount 994 8,570,732
9. The Longest Yard Paramount 1,037 7,604,614
10. The Great Gatsby Paramount 848 7,443,580
11. The Trial of Billy Jack Taylor-Laughlin 854 6,789,030
12. Vanishing Wilderness Pacific International Enterprises 367 6,117,307
13. Death Wish Paramount 611 6,089,607
14. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 20th Century Fox 878 6,025,067
15. For Pete's Sake Columbia 820 5,856,767
16. Sleeper United Artists 811 5,852,424
17. Uptown Saturday Night Warner Bros. 444 5,413,089
18. Airport 1975 Universal 394 5,390,607
19. Magnum Force Warner Bros. 534 5,309,704
20. Mame Warner Bros. 364 4,955,672
21. Herbie Rides Again Buena Vista 477 4,769,028
22. Earthquake Universal 153 4,535,053
23. The Way We Were Columbia 943 4,489,653
24. Buck and the Preacher 20th Century Fox 685 4,234,429
25. Return of the Dragon Bryanston 398 4,223,269

See also

Notes

  1. Variety noted that the total grosses that they collated represented about one-third of total U.S. grosses as defined by the US Department of Commerce. The grosses of the top 25 films represented 47% of the total grosses collated. Variety noted that the grosses they reported were based on mostly first-run theatres in major metropolitan markets and that the performance of films from distributors such as Walt Disney Studios, Universal Pictures and American International Pictures, which sought out smaller markets and subsequent run marketing strategies for their films, were not fully reflected in their charts.
  2. Playing weeks represent one film in one theatre for one week

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