Movies Released in 1972
| Release Date | Movie | Genre | Production Budget | Domestic Box Office to Date | Trailer |
January, 1972 |
| January 1 |
Across 110th Street |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$10,000,000 |
|
|
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes |
|
$1,700,000 |
$9,700,000 |
|
|
The Cowboys |
|
|
$7,500,000 |
|
|
High Plains Drifter |
Western |
$15,700,000 |
$15,700,000 |
|
|
Joe Kidd |
Western |
|
$6,330,000 |
|
|
Shaft's Big Score |
|
|
$10,000,000 |
|
February, 1972 |
| February 12 |
Cabaret |
Musical |
|
$41,326,446 |
|
March, 1972 |
| March 10 |
What's Up, Doc? |
Comedy |
|
$57,142,740 |
|
| |
| March 15 |
The Godfather |
|
$7,000,000 |
$134,966,411 |
|
May, 1972 |
| May 12 |
Jeremiah Johnson |
|
|
$44,693,786 |
|
June, 1972 |
| June 21 |
Frenzy |
Thriller/Suspense |
$3,500,000 |
$12,600,000 |
|
| |
| June 30 |
Deep Throat |
|
$25,000 |
$45,000,000 |
|
July, 1972 |
| July 12 |
La Samourï |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$39,481 |
|
| |
| July 21 |
Deliverance |
|
|
$46,122,355 |
|
August, 1972 |
| August 11 |
Everything You Always Wanted to Know |
Comedy |
$2,000,000 |
$18,016,290 |
|
| |
| August 18 |
Sounder |
|
|
$16,889,761 |
|
| |
| August 30 |
The Last House on the Left |
|
$87,000 |
$3,100,000 |
|
October, 1972 |
| October 14 |
Last Tango in Paris |
|
|
$36,144,824 |
|
| |
| October 20 |
Lady Sings the Blues |
|
|
$19,726,490 |
|
| |
| October 27 |
The Valachi Papers |
|
|
$17,106,087 |
|
November, 1972 |
| November 9 |
1776 |
Drama |
$4,000,000 |
$0 |
|
December, 1972 |
| December 13 |
The Poseidon Adventure |
|
|
$93,300,000 |
|
| |
| December 15 |
The Getaway |
Action |
|
$36,734,619 |
|
|
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean |
|
|
$16,530,578 |
|
|
Pete 'n' Tillie |
|
|
$14,999,969 |
|
| |
| December 31 |
Godzilla vs. Gigan |
|
|
$0 |
|
|
Hammersmith Is Out |
|
|
$0 |
|
|
Hickey & Boggs |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$0 |
|
|
King Lear |
|
|
$0 |
|
|
Silent Running |
|
|
$0 |
|
|
Together for Days |
Drama |
|
$0 |
|
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