Movie Theatrical Release Schedule for 1972
| Release Date | Movie | Distributor | Domestic Box Office to Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 1972 | |||
| January 1 | Joe Kidd (Wide) | Universal | $6,330,000 |
| During 1972 | Across 110th Street (Wide) | United Artists | $10,000,000 |
| January 13 | The Cowboys (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $7,500,000 |
| January 26 | The Hot Rock (Limited) | 20th Century Fox | |
| February 1972 | |||
| February 2 | The Visitors (Limited) | United Artists | |
| February 12 | Cabaret (Wide) | Allied Artists | $41,326,446 |
| February 15 | The Nightcomers (Limited) | Embassy | |
| March 1972 | |||
| March 2 | Sometimes a Great Notion (Limited) | Universal | |
| March 10 | What’s Up, Doc? (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $57,142,740 |
| Frogs (Limited) | |||
| Silent Running (Limited) | Universal | ||
| March 15 | The Godfather (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $136,479,994 |
| Slaughterhouse-Five (Limited) | Universal | ||
| March 25 | The Sorrow and the Pity (Limited) | $13,082 | |
| April 1972 | |||
| April 12 | Five Summer Stories (Limited) | ||
| April 28 | Buck And The Preacher (Wide) | Columbia | |
| The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid (Wide) | Universal | ||
| April TBD | Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde (Limited) | American International Pictures | |
| May 1972 | |||
| May 4 | Play It Again, Sam (Limited) | Paramount Pictures | |
| May 12 | Jeremiah Johnson (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $44,693,786 |
| Hammersmith Is Out (Limited) | Cinerama | ||
| May 17 | Blood From the Mummy’s Tomb (Limited) | American International Pictures | |
| May 30 | Fright (Limited) | Allied Artists | |
| May TBD | Season of the Witch (Limited) | Self Distributed | |
| June 1972 | |||
| June 1 | The War Between Men and Women (Limited) | National General Pictures | |
| June 5 | Bronco Bullfrog (Limited) | New Yorker | |
| June 8 | Shaft’s Big Score (Wide) | MGM | $10,000,000 |
| June 14 | Boxcar Bertha (Limited) | American International Pictures | |
| June 18 | The Basilisks (Limited) | ||
| June 21 | Frenzy (Wide) | Universal | $12,600,000 |
| Beware! The Blob (Limited) | |||
| The Groundstar Conspiracy (Limited) | Universal | ||
| June 23 | Ben (Limited) | Cinerama | |
| June 28 | Duck, You Sucker (Limited) | United Artists | |
| Prime Cut (Limited) | |||
| June 30 | Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (Wide) | 20th Century Fox | $9,700,000 |
| Deep Throat (Wide) | $45,000,000 | ||
| Toys Are Not for Children (Limited) | Pathfinder | ||
| July 1972 | |||
| July 12 | Le Samouraï (Wide) | $216,696 | |
| July 14 | Love Me Deadly (Limited) | Cinema National | |
| July 21 | Deliverance (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $46,122,355 |
| F.T.A. (Limited) | American International Pictures | ||
| August 1972 | |||
| August 2 | Junior Bonner (Limited) | Cinerama | |
| August 3 | The New Centurions (Limited) | ||
| August 4 | Super Fly (Wide) | Warner Bros. | |
| August 11 | Everything You Always Wanted to Know (Wide) | MGM | $18,016,290 |
| August 16 | Melinda (Limited) | MGM | |
| August 18 | Sounder (Wide) | 20th Century Fox | $16,889,761 |
| August 23 | Grave of the Vampire (Limited) | ||
| August 25 | Four Patches of Grey Velvet (Limited) | ||
| August 30 | The Last House on the Left (Wide) | $3,100,000 | |
| September 1972 | |||
| September 15 | And Hope to Die (Limited) | 20th Century Fox | |
| September 22 | The Gore Gore Girls (Limited) | New American Films | |
| October 1972 | |||
| October 4 | Hickey & Boggs (Limited) | United Artists | |
| Night of the Lepus (Limited) | MGM | ||
| October 13 | You'll Like My Mother (Limited) | Universal | |
| October 14 | Last Tango in Paris (Wide) | MGM | $36,144,824 |
| October 15 | Fellini's Roma (Limited) | United Artists | |
| October 20 | Lady Sings the Blues (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $19,726,490 |
| October 25 | The Deadly Trap (Limited) | National General Pictures | |
| October 27 | The Valachi Papers (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $17,106,087 |
| Baron Blood (Limited) | American International Pictures | ||
| November 1972 | |||
| November 1 | Daughters of Satan (Limited) | United Artists | |
| Elvis on Tour (Limited) | $587,818 | ||
| Superbeast (Limited) | United Artists | ||
| November 9 | 1776 (Wide) | Sony Pictures | |
| November 17 | Dracula A.D. 1972 (Limited) | Warner Bros. | |
| November 22 | Prison Girls (Limited) | ||
| December 1972 | |||
| December 5 | The Asphyx (Limited) | Paragon Pictures | |
| December 11 | Man of La Mancha (Limited) | United Artists | |
| December 13 | The Poseidon Adventure (Wide) | 20th Century Fox | $93,300,000 |
| December 15 | The Getaway (Wide) | Universal | $36,734,619 |
| The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (Wide) | National General Pictures | $16,530,578 | |
| Pete 'n' Tillie (Wide) | Universal | $14,999,969 | |
| December 17 | Avanti! (Limited) | United Artists | |
| December 18 | Images (Limited) | Columbia | |
| December 20 | Black Gunn (Limited) | Columbia | |
| December 22 | Trick Baby (Limited) | Universal | |
| December 30 | Hit Man (Limited) | MGM | |
| December 31 | Four Times That Night (Limited) | Self Distributed | |
| During 1972 | Black Cream (Limited) | ||