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Movies Released in 1972

Release DateMovieGenreProduction
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