List of 1975 box office number-one films in the United States explained

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 endingFilmGrossNotes
1 The Godfather Part II$1,872,700[1]
2 $1,473,000[2]
3 The Towering Inferno $1,158,400The Towering Inferno reached number one in its fourth week on the chart[3]
4 Murder on the Orient Express$1,011,700Murder on the Orient Express reached number one in its eighth week on the chart[4]
5 $1,133,300[5]
6 Young Frankenstein$1,130,440 Young Frankenstein reached number one in its seventh week on the chart[6]
7 The Towering Inferno$1,171,579 The Towering Inferno returned to number one in its eighth week on the chart[7]
8 $1,580,114[8]
9 $1,112,071[9]
10 $964,550[10]
11 $1,003,132[11]
12 Funny Lady$1,072,254Funny Lady grossed $2,254,3851 in its first five days nationally[12] [13]
13 The Godfather Part II$1,357,143The Godfather Part II returned to number one in its 15th week of release[14]
14 $1,509,856[15]
15 $1,184,325[16]
16 $1,161,950[17]
17 $792,400[18]
18 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 $668,700 [20]
20 The Happy Hooker$475,000[21]
21 $321,500[22]
22 Breakout$1,701,796Breakout grossed $8.2 million in its first six days nationally[23] [24]
23 $1,263,016 Breakout grossed $12,711,224 in its first two weeks nationally[25] [26]
24 Shampoo$575,500Shampoo reached number one in its 17th week on the chart[27]
25 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 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 $4,317,542Jaws grossed $6,810,584 nationally from all markets in the weekend ended June 29[33] [34]
28 $4,029,365Jaws grossed $6,443,138 nationally from all markets in the weekend ended July 6[35] [36]
29 $3,818,556Jaws grossed $5,954,787 nationally from all markets in the weekend ended July 13[37] [38]
30 $3,078,793Jaws grossed $5,229,811 nationally from all markets in the weekend ended July 20[39] [40]
31 $2,687,163Jaws grossed $6,150,000 nationally from all markets in the weekend ended July 27[41] [42]
32 $2,225,509[43]
33 $2,260,793[44]
34 $1,968,605[45]
35 $1,913,651 [46]
36 $1,626,685 [47]
37 $1,422,753[48]
38 $972,589[49]
39 $729,993 [50]
40 Love and Death$588,300Love and Death reached number one in its 16th week on the chart[51]
41 The Master Gunfighter $606,350 [52]
42 Hard Times$1,141,605[53]
43 Three Days of the Condor$1,071,168Three Days of the Condor reached number one in its fourth week on the chart[54]
44 $963,633[55]
45 $847,609[56]
46 Let's Do It Again$726,010Let's Do It Again reached number one in its fifth week on the chart[57]
47 Three Days of the Condor$635,425Three Days of the Condor returned to number one in its eighth week on the chart
48 Let's Do It Again$938,044Let's Do It Again returned to number one in its seventh week on the chart[58]
49 $1,154,700[59]
50 $614,200[60]
51 $391,300[61]
52 The Killer Elite$849,000 [62]
53 Dog Day Afternoon$1,931,500 Dog Day Afternoon reached number one in its 14th week on the chart[63]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Variety. 50 Top-Grossing Films. January 15, 1975. 21.
  2. Variety. 50 Top-Grossing Films. January 15, 1975. 23.
  3. Variety. 50 Top-Grossing Films. January 22, 1975. 17.
  4. Variety. 50 Top-Grossing Films. January 29, 1975. 9.
  5. Variety. 50 Top-Grossing Films. February 5, 1975. 13.
  6. Variety. 50 Top-Grossing Films. February 12, 1975. 13.
  7. Variety. 50 Top-Grossing Films. February 19, 1975. 14.
  8. Variety. 50 Top-Grossing Films. February 26, 1975. 11.
  9. Variety. 50 Top-Grossing Films. March 5, 1975. 10.
  10. Variety. 50 Top-Grossing Films. March 12, 1975. 9.
  11. Variety. 50 Top-Grossing Films. March 19, 1975. 25.
  12. Variety. How Lucky Can You Get? (advertisement). March 19, 1975. 26–27.
  13. Variety. 50 Top-Grossing Films. March 26, 1975. 9.
  14. Variety. 50 Top-Grossing Films. April 2, 1975. 19.
  15. Variety. 50 Top-Grossing Films. April 9, 1975. 13.
  16. Variety. 50 Top-Grossing Films. April 16, 1975. 9.
  17. Variety. 50 Top-Grossing Films. April 23, 1975. 9.
  18. Variety. 50 Top-Grossing Films. April 30, 1975. 11.
  19. Variety. 50 Top-Grossing Films. May 7, 1975. 26.
  20. Variety. 50 Top-Grossing Films. May 14, 1975. 19.
  21. Variety. 50 Top-Grossing Films. May 21, 1975. 9.
  22. Variety. 50 Top-Grossing Films. May 28, 1975. 12.
  23. Variety. 50 Top-Grossing Films. June 4, 1975. 11.
  24. Daily Variety. Col Estimates $8.2 Mil B.O. for 'Breakout'. 25 May 1975. 2.
  25. Variety. 50 Top-Grossing Films. June 11, 1975. 9.
  26. Variety. Breakout (advertisement). 11 June 1975. 14–15.
  27. Variety. 50 Top-Grossing Films. June 18, 1975. 9.
  28. Variety. 50 Top-Grossing Films. June 25, 1975. 9.
  29. Variety. 50 Top-Grossing Films. July 2, 1975. 19.
  30. Variety. Jaws Open For Business (advertisement). June 25, 1975. 1.
  31. Web site: Jaws. October 30, 2020. Box Office Mojo.
  32. Variety. 'Kong' Wants 'Jaws' Boxoffice Crown. Addison. Verrill. December 22, 1976. 1.
  33. Variety. 50 Top-Grossing Films. July 9, 1975. 13.
  34. Variety. Analysis Of 'Jaws' Smasheroo. July 2, 1975. 37.
  35. Variety. 50 Top-Grossing Films. July 16, 1975. 13.
  36. Variety. First 17 Days (advertisement). July 9, 1975. 14–15.
  37. Variety. 50 Top-Grossing Films. July 23, 1975. 9.
  38. Variety. Jaws Fever (advertisement). July 16, 1975. 18–19.
  39. Variety. 50 Top-Grossing Films. July 30, 1975. 13.
  40. Variety. 'Jaws' 31 Days, 464 Dates, $59-Mil. July 23, 1975. 3.
  41. Variety. 50 Top-Grossing Films. August 6, 1975. 9.
  42. Variety. Latest On 'Jaws' Nearing $70-Mil. July 30, 1975. 3.
  43. Variety. 50 Top-Grossing Films. August 13, 1975. 9.
  44. Variety. 50 Top-Grossing Films. August 20, 1975. 9.
  45. Variety. 50 Top-Grossing Films. August 27, 1975. 9.
  46. Variety. 50 Top-Grossing Films. September 3, 1975. 9.
  47. Variety. 50 Top-Grossing Films. September 10, 1975. 9.
  48. Variety. 50 Top-Grossing Films. September 17, 1975. 9.
  49. Variety. 50 Top-Grossing Films. September 24, 1975. 9.
  50. Variety. 50 Top-Grossing Films. October 1, 1975. 13.
  51. Variety. 50 Top-Grossing Films. October 8, 1975. 11.
  52. Variety. 50 Top-Grossing Films. October 15, 1975. 12.
  53. Variety. 50 Top-Grossing Films. October 22, 1975. 19.
  54. Variety. 50 Top-Grossing Films. October 29, 1975. 9.
  55. Variety. 50 Top-Grossing Films. November 5, 1975. 9.
  56. Variety. 50 Top-Grossing Films. November 5, 1975. 15. Archive.org. June 26, 2022.
  57. Variety. 50 Top-Grossing Films. November 12, 1975. 9. Archive.org. June 26, 2022.
  58. Variety. 50 Top-Grossing Films. December 3, 1975. 11.
  59. Variety. 50 Top-Grossing Films. December 10, 1975. 15.
  60. Variety. 50 Top-Grossing Films. December 17, 1975. 13.
  61. Variety. 50 Top-Grossing Films. December 24, 1975. 9.
  62. Variety. 50 Top-Grossing Films. December 31, 1975. 11.
  63. Variety. 50 Top-Grossing Films. January 14, 1976. 9.

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