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North America (US and Canada) Domestic Movie Chart for 1974
Note: We only have detailed box office data from 1977 onwards. For earlier years the total box office is sometimes assigned to the release year of a movie, while the
box office amount could have been earned during two or even more years.
Inflation-adjusted figures are based on ticket sale estimates.
See Movie Index 1974 for an overview of all movies released in 1974.
Top Grossing Movies of 1974
Rank | Movie | Release Date | Distributor | Genre | 1974 Gross | Tickets Sold |
1 |
Blazing Saddles |
Feb 7, 1974 |
Warner Bros. |
Comedy |
$119,500,000 |
63,903,743 |
2 |
Towering Inferno |
Dec 17, 1974 |
20th Century Fox |
Action |
$116,000,000 |
62,032,085 |
3 |
The Trial of Billy Jack |
Jan 1, 1974 |
|
Action |
$89,000,000 |
47,593,582 |
4 |
Young Frankenstein |
Dec 15, 1974 |
20th Century Fox |
Comedy |
$86,300,000 |
46,149,732 |
5 |
Earthquake |
Nov 15, 1974 |
Universal |
Drama |
$79,700,000 |
42,620,320 |
6 |
The Godfather: Part II |
Dec 11, 1974 |
Paramount Pictures |
Drama |
$57,300,000 |
30,641,711 |
7 |
Airport 1975 |
Oct 18, 1974 |
Universal |
Thriller/Suspense |
$47,285,152 |
25,286,177 |
8 |
The Life and Times of Grizz… |
Nov 13, 1974 |
|
Western |
$45,411,063 |
24,283,990 |
9 |
The Longest Yard |
Aug 30, 1974 |
|
Drama |
$43,008,075 |
22,998,970 |
10 |
Murder on the Orient Express |
Nov 22, 1974 |
|
Drama |
$35,733,867 |
19,109,019 |
11 |
Herbie Rides Again |
Mar 29, 1974 |
|
|
$31,765,098 |
16,986,683 |
12 |
Benji |
Nov 15, 1974 |
|
Adventure |
$31,559,560 |
16,876,770 |
13 |
Freebie and the Bean |
Jan 1, 1974 |
|
|
$30,000,000 |
16,042,780 |
14 |
Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry |
May 17, 1974 |
|
|
$28,401,735 |
15,188,093 |
15 |
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre |
Oct 18, 1974 |
New Line |
Horror |
$26,572,439 |
14,209,860 |
16 |
The Great Gatsby |
Mar 29, 1974 |
|
Drama |
$26,533,200 |
14,188,877 |
17 |
Erinnerungen an die Zukunft |
Feb 27, 1974 |
|
Documentary |
$25,900,000 |
13,850,267 |
18 |
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot |
Jan 1, 1974 |
United Artists |
Action |
$25,000,000 |
13,368,983 |
19 |
Chinatown |
Jun 21, 1974 |
Paramount Pictures |
Drama |
$23,169,837 |
12,390,287 |
20 |
Death Wish |
Jul 1, 1974 |
Paramount Pictures |
Action |
$22,000,000 |
11,764,705 |
21 |
The Man with the Golden Gun |
Dec 20, 1974 |
MGM |
Action |
$21,000,000 |
11,229,946 |
22 |
The Groove Tube |
Jan 1, 1974 |
Levitt-Pickman |
Comedy |
$20,447,000 |
10,934,224 |
23 |
That's Entertainment |
Jan 1, 1974 |
|
|
$19,100,000 |
10,213,903 |
24 |
Macon County Line |
Jan 1, 1974 |
|
|
$18,800,000 |
10,053,475 |
25 |
Gone with the Wind |
Oct 14, 1967 |
MGM |
Drama |
$17,045,642 |
9,115,317 |
26 |
The Front Page |
Dec 17, 1974 |
Universal |
Romantic Comedy |
$15,000,000 |
8,021,390 |
27 |
The Golden Voyage of Sinbad |
Jan 25, 1974 |
Columbia |
|
$11,000,000 |
5,882,352 |
28 |
California Split |
Jan 1, 1974 |
Sony Pictures |
Comedy |
$10,000,000 |
5,347,593 |
29 |
The Sugarland Express |
Apr 5, 1974 |
Universal |
|
$7,000,000 |
3,743,315 |
30 |
Claudine |
Jan 1, 1974 |
20th Century Fox |
Drama |
$6,000,000 |
3,208,556 |
31 |
The Conversation |
Apr 7, 1974 |
Paramount Pictures |
Thriller/Suspense |
$4,420,000 |
2,363,636 |
32 |
The Three Musketeers |
Mar 29, 1974 |
20th Century Fox |
|
$1,243,930 |
665,203 |
Total Gross of All Movies | $1,141,196,598 | |
Total Tickets Sold | 610,265,544 |
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