Top-grossing Films (U.S.)
| Rank | Title | Studio | Actors | Director(s) | Gross |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Fiddler on the Roof | United Artists | Topol, Leonard Frey | Norman Jewison | $80,500,000 |
| 2. | The French Connection | 20th Century Fox | Gene Hackman, Roy Scheider, Fernando Rey | William Friedkin | $51,700,000 |
| 3. | Diamonds Are Forever | United Artists | Sean Connery, Jill St. John | Guy Hamilton | $43,819,547 |
| 4. | Dirty Harry | Warner Bros. | Clint Eastwood, Andy Robinson | Don Siegel | $35,976,000 |
| 5. | Summer of '42 | Warner Bros. | Jennifer O'Neill, Gary Grimes | Robert Mulligan | $32,063,634 |
| 6. | The Last Picture Show | Columbia | Cybill Shepherd, Jeff Bridges and Cloris Leachman | Peter Bogdanovich | $29,133,000 |
| 7. | Carnal Knowledge | Embassy | Jack Nicholson, Ann-Margret, Candice Bergen, Art Garfunkel | Mike Nichols | $28,623,000 |
| 8. | A Clockwork Orange | Warner Bros. | Malcolm McDowell | Stanley Kubrick | $26,589,355 |
| 9. | Bedknobs and Broomsticks | Walt Disney Pictures | Angela Lansbury and David Tomlinson | Robert Stevenson | $17,871,174 |
| 10. | Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song | Cinemation Industries | Melvin Van Peebles | Melvin Van Peebles | $15,200,000 |
| 11. | Willard | Cinerama Releasing Corporation | Bruce Davison, Elsa Lanchester and Ernest Borgnine | Daniel Mann | $14,545,941 |
| 12. | The Hospital | United Artists | George C. Scott and Diana Rigg | Arthur Hiller | $14,142,409 |
| 13. | Shaft | MGM | Richard Roundtree | Gordon Parks | $13,000,000 |
| 14. | Klute | Warner Bros. | Jane Fonda, Donald Sutherland | Alan J. Pakula | $12,512,637 |
| 15. | The Andromeda Strain | Universal | Arthur Hill, James Olson | Robert Wise | $12,376,563 |
| 16. | Escape from the Planet of the Apes | 20th Century Fox | Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter | Don Taylor | $12,348,905 |
| 17. | Straw Dogs | Cinerama Releasing Corporation | Dustin Hoffman, Susan George | Sam Peckinpah | $11,148,828 |
| 18. | Cold Turkey | United Artists | Dick Van Dyke, Bob Newhart | Norman Lear | $11,000,000 |
| 19. | Play Misty for Me | Universal | Clint Eastwood, Jessica Walter | Clint Eastwood | $10,600,000 |
| 20. | The Big Doll House | New World Pictures | Judy Brown, Roberta Collins, Pam Grier | Jack Hill | $10,000,000 |
| 21. | McCabe & Mrs. Miller | Warner Bros. | Warren Beatty, Julie Christie | Robert Altman | $8,200,000 |
| 22. | Big Jake | National General Pictures | John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara | George Sherman | $7,500,000 |
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