Top Grossing Films (U.S.)
| Rank | Title | Studio | Actors | Gross |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | The Godfather | Paramount | Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, Robert Duvall James Caan | $134,966,411 |
| 2. | The Poseidon Adventure | 20th Century Fox | Gene Hackman, Ernest Borgnine, Shelley Winters | $93,300,000 |
| 3. | What's Up, Doc? | Warner Bros. | Barbra Streisand, Ryan O'Neal | $66,000,000 |
| 4. | Behind the Green Door | Mitchell Brothers Film Group | Marilyn Chambers | $50,000,000 |
| 5. | Deliverance | Warner Bros. | Jon Voight, Burt Reynolds | $46,122,355 |
| 6. | Deep Throat | Gerard Damiano Film Productions | Linda Lovelace | $45,000,000 |
| 7. | Jeremiah Johnson | Warner Bros. | Robert Redford | $44,693,786 |
| 8. | Cabaret | Allied Artists | Liza Minnelli, Joel Grey, Michael York | $42,765,000 |
| 9. | The Getaway | National General Pictures | Steve McQueen, Ali MacGraw | $36,734,619 |
| 10. | Fritz the Cat | Cinemation Industries | Skip Hinnant, Rosetta LeNoire | $25,000,000 |
| 11. | The Legend of Boggy Creek | Howco International Pictures | William Stumpp, Chuck Pierce, Jr. | $20,000,000 |
| 12. | Lady Sings the Blues | Paramount | Diana Ross, Richard Pryor, Billy Dee Williams | $19,726,490 |
| 13. | Everything You Always Wanted to Know... | United Artists | Woody Allen, Louise Lasser | $18,016,290 |
| 14. | The Valachi Papers | Columbia | Charles Bronson | $17,106,087 |
| 15. | Sounder | 20th Century Fox | Cicely Tyson, Paul Winfield | $16,889,761 |
| 16. | The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean | National General Pictures | Paul Newman, Jacqueline Bisset | $16,530,578 |
| 17. | Pete 'n' Tillie | Universal | Walter Matthau, Carol Burnett | $14,999,969 |
| 18. | Frenzy | Universal | Jon Finch, Barry Foster | $12,600,000 |
| 19. (tie) | Shaft's Big Score! | MGM | Richard Roundtree | $10,000,000 |
| 19. (tie) | Across 110th Street | United Artists | Anthony Quinn, Yaphet Kotto | $10,000,000 |
| 20. | Conquest of the Planet of the Apes | 20th Century Fox | Roddy McDowall, Ricardo Montalbán | $9,700,000 |
| 21. | The Cowboys | Warner Bros. | John Wayne, Bruce Dern, Robert Carradine | $7,500,000 |
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