Top Grossing Films (U.S.)
| Rank | Title | Studio | Actors | Gross |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Love Story | Paramount | Ryan O'Neal, Ali MacGraw | $106,397,186 |
| 2. | Airport | Universal | Burt Lancaster, Dean Martin, Jean Seberg, Jacqueline Bisset | $100,489,151 |
| 3. | MASH | 20th Century Fox | Donald Sutherland, Elliott Gould | $81,600,000 |
| 4. | Patton | 20th Century Fox | George C. Scott, Karl Malden | $61,749,765 |
| 5. | The Aristocats | Walt Disney Productions | Phil Harris, Eva Gabor | $55,675,257 |
| 6. | Woodstock | Warner Bros. | Crosby, Stills & Nash, Jimi Hendrix, Joan Baez | $50,000,000 |
| 7. | Little Big Man | Cinema Center | Dustin Hoffman, Faye Dunaway | $31,559,552 |
| 8. | Ryan's Daughter | MGM | Sarah Miles, Robert Mitchum | $30,846,306 |
| 9. | Tora! Tora! Tora! | 20th Century Fox | Martin Balsam, Joseph Cotten | $29,548,291 |
| 10. | Chariots of the Gods | Terra Film | Heinz-Detlev Bock, Klaus Kindler, Christian Marschall | $25,948,300 |
| 11. | Catch-22 | Paramount | Alan Arkin | $24,911,670 |
| 12. | The Owl and the Pussycat | Rastar/Columbia | Barbra Streisand, George Segal | $23,681,338 |
| 13. | Joe | Cannon Films | Peter Boyle, Susan Sarandon | $19,319,254 |
| 14. | Beneath the Planet of the Apes | 20th Century Fox | James Franciscus, Kim Hunter | $18,999,718 |
| 15. | The Boatniks | Walt Disney Productions | Robert Morse, Stefanie Powers | $18,607,492 |
| 16. | Five Easy Pieces | Columbia | Jack Nicholson, Karen Black | $18,099,091 |
| 17. | Ann and Eve | Chevron Pictures | Gio Petré, Marie Liljedahl | $18,000,000 |
| 18. | Beyond the Valley of the Dolls | 20th Century Fox | Dolly Read, Cynthia Myers | $9,000,000 |
| 19. | Chisum | Warner Bros. | John Wayne, Ben Johnson | $6,000,000 |
| 20. | Kelly's Heroes | MGM | Clint Eastwood, Telly Savalas | $5,200,000 |
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