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The year 1972 in film involved several significant events.
See also: List of 1972 box office number-one films in the United States |
The top ten 1972 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:
Rank | Title | Distributor | Box-office gross rental |
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1 | The Godfather | Paramount | $86,300,000[1] |
2 | The Poseidon Adventure | 20th Century Fox | $42,000,000[1] |
3 | What's Up, Doc? | Warner Bros. | $28,000,000[1] |
4 | Deliverance | $22,500,000[1] | |
5 | Jeremiah Johnson | $21,900,000[2] | |
6 | Cabaret | Allied Artists | $20,250,000[2] |
7 | Deep Throat | Bryanston Distributing Company | $20,000,000[2] |
8 | The Getaway | National General | $18,000,000[2] |
9 | Lady Sings the Blues | Paramount | $9,666,000[2] |
10 | Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex | United Artists | $8,828,000[2] |
Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):
Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):
United States unless stated
United States unless stated
Month | Date | Name | Age | Country | Profession | Notable films |
January | 1 | Maurice Chevalier | 83 | France | Actor, Singer | |
8 | Wesley Ruggles | 82 | US | Director, Producer | ||
17 | Rochelle Hudson | 55 | US | Actress | ||
18 | George Mitchell | 66 | US | Actor | ||
19 | Richard Fraser | 58 | Scotland | Actor | ||
22 | Alec Coppel | 74 | Australia | Screenwriter | ||
24 | Jerome Cowan | 74 | US | Actor | ||
27 | Herbert Hübner | 82 | Germany | Actor | ||
February | 2 | Jessie Royce Landis | 75 | US | Actress | |
7 | Walter Lang | 75 | US | Director | ||
19 | John Grierson | 73 | Scotland | Director, Producer | ||
20 | Walter Winchell | 74 | US | Commentator | ||
March | 3 | Harold Young | 74 | US | Director, Editor | |
20 | Marilyn Maxwell | 51 | US | Actress | ||
29 | J. Arthur Rank | 83 | England | Executive | ||
29 | Hal Roach Jr. | 53 | US | Director, Producer | ||
30 | Peter Whitney | 55 | US | Actor | ||
April | 5 | Brian Donlevy | 71 | Ireland | Actor | |
5 | Isabel Jewell | 64 | US | Actress | ||
7 | Betty Blythe | 78 | US | Actress | ||
13 | Dorothy Dalton | 78 | US | Actress | ||
20 | Jorge Mistral | 51 | Spain | Actor | ||
25 | George Sanders | 65 | England | Actor | ||
28 | Harry Joe Brown | 81 | US | Producer, Director | ||
30 | Gia Scala | 38 | England | Actor | ||
May | 3 | Bruce Cabot | 68 | US | Actor | |
5 | Frank Tashlin | 59 | US | Director | ||
12 | Steve Ihnat | 37 | Czechoslovakia | Actor | ||
13 | Dan Blocker | 43 | US | Actor | ||
15 | Nigel Green | 47 | South Africa | Actor | ||
18 | Sidney Franklin | 79 | US | Director, Producer | ||
21 | Margaret Rutherford | 80 | England | Actress | ||
25 | Charles C. Coleman | 70 | US | Director | ||
June | 17 | Jean Brochard | 79 | France | Actor | |
17 | Gale Henry | 79 | US | Actress | ||
20 | Sidney Lanfield | 74 | US | Director | ||
27 | Thomy Bourdelle | 81 | France | Actor | ||
July | 3 | Hal Walker | 76 | US | Director | |
6 | Brandon deWilde | 30 | US | Actor | ||
10 | Harmon Jones | 61 | Canada | Director | ||
19 | Sally Benson | 74 | US | Screenwriter | ||
28 | Helen Traubel | 73 | US | Actress, Singer | ||
August | 7 | Joi Lansing | 43 | US | Actress | |
14 | Oscar Levant | 65 | US | Actor | ||
24 | D. Ross Lederman | 77 | US | Director | ||
27 | Gaby André | 52 | France | Actress | ||
September | 11 | Max Fleischer | 89 | US | Animator, Director, Producer | |
12 | William Boyd | 77 | US | Actor | ||
14 | Lane Chandler | 73 | US | Actor | ||
17 | Akim Tamiroff | 72 | Russia | Actor | ||
29 | Max Nosseck | 70 | Germany | Director | ||
29 | Edward Sloman | 86 | US | Actor | ||
30 | Edgar G. Ulmer | 68 | Austria | Director | ||
October | 4 | Colin Gordon | 61 | England | Actor | |
9 | Miriam Hopkins | 69 | US | Actress | ||
16 | Leo G. Carroll | 85 | England | Actor | ||
22 | Jack Melford | 73 | England | Actor | ||
24 | Claire Windsor | 80 | US | Actor | ||
28 | Mitchell Leisen | 74 | US | Director | ||
November | 5 | Reginald Owen | 85 | England | Actor | |
7 | Tod Andrews | 57 | Russia | Actor | ||
16 | Vera Karalli | 83 | Russia | Actress | ||
23 | Marie Wilson | 56 | US | Actress | ||
29 | Eve Southern | 72 | US | Actress | ||
30 | William P. S. Earle | 89 | US | Director | ||
December | 6 | Janet Munro | 38 | England | Actress | |
9 | William Dieterle | 79 | Germany | Director | ||
9 | Louella Parsons | 91 | US | Columnist, Screenwriter | ||
15 | Edward Earle | 90 | Canada | Actor | ||
19 | Jacques Deval | 77 | France | Director, Screenwriter |