Biggest movie of the year the year you you were born.

[edisonprime]

The Empire Strikes Back

 

[EatMyVolts]

Proving I'm an old fart: Cinderella

 

[Bobby]

Proving I'm an old fart: Cinderella

Gotcha beat: Casablanca

 

[Foxbat]

"Old Yeller"

 

[Bruce]

The Graduate was the biggest Box Office, but my fav that premiered that year was You Only Live Twice.

I have never seen The Graduate.

 

[KAB]

The Robe, followed by From Here to Eternity.

 

[dfergie]

The Ten Commandments...

 

[TheKrell]

According to Wikipedia, we have the following highest-grossing films. I haven't seen a one of those!

Rank	Title	Studio	Box-office gross rental
1	The Greatest Show on Earth	Paramount Pictures	$12,800,000[1]
2	The Snows of Kilimanjaro	20th Century Fox	$6,500,000[1]
3	Hans Christian Andersen	RKO Radio Pictures/Samuel Goldwyn Productions	$6,000,000[1]
4	Ivanhoe	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	$5,810,000[2]
5	Sailor Beware	Paramount Pictures	$4,300,000[1]
6	Moulin Rouge	United Artists/British Lion Films	$4,252,000[3]
7	Jumping Jacks	Paramount Pictures	$4,000,000[1]
8	The Quiet Man	Republic Pictures	$3,800,000[3]
9	Come Back, Little Sheba	Paramount Pictures	$3,500,000[3]
10	High Noon Son of Paleface	United Artists Paramount Pictures	$3,400,000[3]

 

[osu1991]

Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid

 

[fayrich]

Geez---since I was rather young at the time, I don't really remember.

 

[navychop]

Just ask Alexa!

 

[comfortably_numb]

Kramer vs Kramer

 

[thomasjk]

This is the Army 1943

 

[Mr Tony]

Jaws

 

[sdfntx]

The Robe, followed by From Here to Eternity.

I'm going with Gentlemen Prefer Blondes for this year!

 

[navychop]

I wonder about 1972….

 

[TheKrell]

I wonder about 1972….

OK, but why? I see from Wikipedia that there were numerous memorable files.

Top Grossing Movies of 1972

Rank	Movie	Release Date	Distributor	Genre	1972 Gross	Tickets Sold
1	The Godfather	Mar 15, 1972	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$133,698,921	78,646,424
2	The Poseidon Adventure	Dec 13, 1972	20th Century Fox		$93,300,000	54,882,352
3	What's Up, Doc?	Mar 10, 1972	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$57,142,740	33,613,376
4	Deliverance	Jul 21, 1972	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$46,122,355	27,130,797
5	Deep Throat	Jun 30, 1972			$45,000,000	26,470,588
6	Jeremiah Johnson	May 12, 1972	Warner Bros.		$44,693,786	26,290,462
7	Cabaret	Feb 12, 1972	Allied Artists	Musical	$41,326,446	24,309,674
8	The Getaway	Dec 15, 1972	Universal	Action	$36,734,619	21,608,599
9	Last Tango in Paris	Oct 14, 1972	MGM	Drama	$36,144,824	21,261,661
10	Lady Sings the Blues	Oct 20, 1972	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$19,726,490	11,603,817
11	Everything You Always Wante…	Aug 11, 1972	MGM	Comedy	$18,016,290	10,597,817
12	The Valachi Papers	Oct 27, 1972	Sony Pictures		$17,106,087	10,062,404
13	Sounder	Aug 18, 1972	20th Century Fox		$16,889,761	9,935,153
14	The Life and Times of Judge…	Dec 15, 1972	National General …	Western	$16,530,578	9,723,869
15	Pete 'n' Tillie	Dec 15, 1972	Universal		$14,999,969	8,823,511
16	Frenzy	Jun 21, 1972	Universal	Thriller/Suspense	$12,600,000	7,411,764
17	Across 110th Street	Jan 1, 1972	United Artists	Thriller/Suspense	$10,000,000	5,882,352
18	Shaft's Big Score	Jun 8, 1972	MGM	Action	$10,000,000	5,882,352
19	Conquest of the Planet of t…	Jun 30, 1972	20th Century Fox		$9,700,000	5,705,882
20	The Cowboys	Jan 13, 1972	Warner Bros.		$7,500,000	4,411,764
21	Joe Kidd	Jan 1, 1972	Universal	Western	$6,330,000	3,723,529
22	The Last House on the Left	Aug 30, 1972			$3,100,000	1,823,529

 

[Bobby]

and I saw most of those. Yes, even Deep Throat!

 

[Ziptied]

Haven't looked at other years but 1972 did have a lot of good ones.

 

[KAB]

I'm going with Gentlemen Prefer Blondes for this year!

Sorry, The Robe "smothered" it, in 1953