List of 1975 box office number-one films in the United States
This is a list of films, which placed number one at the weekly box office in the United States during 1975 , per Variety . The data was based on grosses from 20 to 24 key cities and therefore, the gross quoted may not be the total that the film grossed nationally in the week.
Number-one films
#
Week ending
Film
Gross
Notes
Ref
1
January 1, 1975
The Godfather Part II
$1,872,700
[ 1]
2
January 8, 1975
$1,473,000
[ 2]
3
January 15, 1975
The Towering Inferno
$1,158,400
The Towering Inferno reached number one in its fourth week on the chart
[ 3]
4
January 22, 1975
Murder on the Orient Express
$1,011,700
Murder on the Orient Express reached number one in its eighth week on the chart
[ 4]
5
January 29, 1975
$1,133,300
[ 5]
6
February 5, 1975
Young Frankenstein
$1,130,440
Young Frankenstein reached number one in its seventh week on the chart
[ 6]
7
February 12, 1975
The Towering Inferno
$1,171,579
The Towering Inferno returned to number one in its eighth week on the chart
[ 7]
8
February 19, 1975
$1,580,114
[ 8]
9
February 26, 1975
$1,112,071
[ 9]
10
March 5, 1975
$964,550
[ 10]
11
March 12, 1975
$1,003,132
[ 11]
12
March 19, 1975
Funny Lady
$1,072,254
Funny Lady grossed $2,254,3851 in its first five days nationally
[ 12] [ 13]
13
March 26, 1975
The Godfather Part II
$1,357,143
The Godfather Part II returned to number one in its 15th week of release
[ 14]
14
April 2, 1975
$1,509,856
[ 15]
15
April 9, 1975
$1,184,325
[ 16]
16
April 16, 1975
$1,161,950
[ 17]
17
April 23, 1975
$792,400
[ 18]
18
April 30, 1975
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
$713,250
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore reached number one in its 14th week on the chart
[ 19]
19
May 7, 1975
$668,700
[ 20]
20
May 14, 1975
The Happy Hooker
$475,000
[ 21]
21
May 21, 1975
$321,500
[ 22]
22
May 28, 1975
Breakout
$1,701,796
Breakout grossed $8.2 million in its first six days nationally
[ 23] [ 24]
23
June 4, 1975
$1,263,016
Breakout grossed $12,711,224 in its first two weeks nationally
[ 25] [ 26]
24
June 11, 1975
Shampoo
$575,500
Shampoo reached number one in its 17th week on the chart
[ 27]
25
June 18, 1975
The Return of the Pink Panther
$889,200
The Return of the Pink Panther reached number one in its fourth week of release
[ 28]
26
June 25, 1975
Jaws
$2,590,531
Jaws grossed $7,061,513 nationally from all markets in the weekend ended June 22, setting the opening weekend record
[ 29] [ 30] [ 31] [ 32]
27
July 2, 1975
$4,317,542
Jaws grossed $6,810,584 nationally from all markets in the weekend ended June 29
[ 33] [ 34] [ 31]
28
July 9, 1975
$4,029,365
Jaws grossed $6,443,138 nationally from all markets in the weekend ended July 6
[ 35] [ 36] [ 31]
29
July 16, 1975
$3,818,556
Jaws grossed $5,954,787 nationally from all markets in the weekend ended July 13
[ 37] [ 38] [ 31]
30
July 23, 1975
$3,078,793
Jaws grossed $5,229,811 nationally from all markets in the weekend ended July 20
[ 39] [ 40]
31
July 30, 1975
$2,687,163
Jaws grossed $6,150,000 nationally from all markets in the weekend ended July 27
[ 41] [ 42] [ 31]
32
August 6, 1975
$2,225,509
[ 43]
33
August 13, 1975
$2,260,793
[ 44]
34
August 20, 1975
$1,968,605
[ 45]
35
August 27, 1975
$1,913,651
[ 46]
36
September 3, 1975
$1,626,685
[ 47]
37
September 10, 1975
$1,422,753
[ 48]
38
September 17, 1975
$972,589
[ 49]
39
September 24, 1975
$729,993
[ 50]
40
October 1, 1975
Love and Death
$588,300
Love and Death reached number one in its 16th week on the chart
[ 51]
41
October 8, 1975
The Master Gunfighter
$606,350
[ 52]
42
October 15, 1975
Hard Times
$1,141,605
[ 53]
43
October 22, 1975
Three Days of the Condor
$1,071,168
Three Days of the Condor reached number one in its fourth week on the chart
[ 54]
44
October 29, 1975
$963,633
[ 55]
45
November 5, 1975
$847,609
[ 56]
46
November 12, 1975
Let's Do It Again
$726,010
Let's Do It Again reached number one in its fifth week on the chart
[ 57]
47
November 19, 1975
Three Days of the Condor
$635,425
Three Days of the Condor returned to number one in its eighth week on the chart
[ 58]
48
November 26, 1975
Let's Do It Again
$938,044
Let's Do It Again returned to number one in its seventh week on the chart
[ 58]
49
December 3, 1975
$1,154,700
[ 59]
50
December 10, 1975
$614,200
[ 60]
51
December 17, 1975
$391,300
[ 61]
52
December 24, 1975
The Killer Elite
$849,000
[ 62]
53
December 31, 1975
Dog Day Afternoon
$1,931,500
Dog Day Afternoon reached number one in its 14th week on the chart
[ 63]
See also
References
^ "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety . January 15, 1975. p. 21.
^ "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety . January 15, 1975. p. 23.
^ "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety . January 22, 1975. p. 17.
^ "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety . January 29, 1975. p. 9.
^ "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety . February 5, 1975. p. 13.
^ "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety . February 12, 1975. p. 13.
^ "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety . February 19, 1975. p. 14.
^ "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety . February 26, 1975. p. 11.
^ "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety . March 5, 1975. p. 10.
^ "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety . March 12, 1975. p. 9.
^ "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety . March 19, 1975. p. 25.
^ "How Lucky Can You Get? (advertisement)". Variety . March 19, 1975. pp. 26–27.
^ "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety . March 26, 1975. p. 9.
^ "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety . April 2, 1975. p. 19.
^ "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety . April 9, 1975. p. 13.
^ "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety . April 16, 1975. p. 9.
^ "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety . April 23, 1975. p. 9.
^ "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety . April 30, 1975. p. 11.
^ "50 Top-Grossing Films" . Variety . May 7, 1975. p. 26.
^ "50 Top-Grossing Films" . Variety . May 14, 1975. p. 19.
^ "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety . May 21, 1975. p. 9.
^ "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety . May 28, 1975. p. 12.
^ "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety . June 4, 1975. p. 11.
^ "Col Estimates $8.2 Mil B.O. for 'Breakout' ". Daily Variety . 25 May 1975. p. 2.
^ "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety . June 11, 1975. p. 9.
^ "Breakout (advertisement)". Variety . 11 June 1975. pp. 14–15.
^ "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety . June 18, 1975. p. 9.
^ "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety . June 25, 1975. p. 9.
^ "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety . July 2, 1975. p. 19.
^ "Jaws Open For Business (advertisement)". Variety . June 25, 1975. p. 1.
^ a b c d e "Jaws" . Box Office Mojo . Retrieved October 30, 2020 .
^ Verrill, Addison (December 22, 1976). " 'Kong' Wants 'Jaws' Boxoffice Crown". Variety . p. 1.
^ "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety . July 9, 1975. p. 13.
^ "Analysis Of 'Jaws' Smasheroo". Variety . July 2, 1975. p. 37.
^ "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety . July 16, 1975. p. 13.
^ "First 17 Days (advertisement)". Variety . July 9, 1975. pp. 14–15.
^ "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety . July 23, 1975. p. 9.
^ "Jaws Fever (advertisement)". Variety . July 16, 1975. pp. 18–19.
^ "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety . July 30, 1975. p. 13.
^ " 'Jaws' 31 Days, 464 Dates, $59-Mil". Variety . July 23, 1975. p. 3.
^ "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety . August 6, 1975. p. 9.
^ "Latest On 'Jaws' Nearing $70-Mil". Variety . July 30, 1975. p. 3.
^ "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety . August 13, 1975. p. 9.
^ "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety . August 20, 1975. p. 9.
^ "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety . August 27, 1975. p. 9.
^ "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety . September 3, 1975. p. 9.
^ "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety . September 10, 1975. p. 9.
^ "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety . September 17, 1975. p. 9.
^ "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety . September 24, 1975. p. 9.
^ "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety . October 1, 1975. p. 13.
^ "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety . October 8, 1975. p. 11.
^ "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety . October 15, 1975. p. 12.
^ "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety . October 22, 1975. p. 19.
^ "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety . October 29, 1975. p. 9.
^ "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety . November 5, 1975. p. 9.
^ "50 Top-Grossing Films" . Variety . November 5, 1975. p. 15. Retrieved June 26, 2022 – via Archive.org .
^ "50 Top-Grossing Films" . Variety . November 12, 1975. p. 9. Retrieved June 26, 2022 – via Archive.org .
^ a b "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety . December 3, 1975. p. 11.
^ "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety . December 10, 1975. p. 15.
^ "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety . December 17, 1975. p. 13.
^ "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety . December 24, 1975. p. 9.
^ "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety . December 31, 1975. p. 11.
^ "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety . January 14, 1976. p. 9.
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