About the top 25 box office grossing movies as of 1975 including the Godfather and Sound of Music, with the total money made listed.
The 25 All-Time Box Office Champion Films as Compiled by Weekly Variety.
Figures as given below signify the rentals received by the distributors from the U.S.-Canada market only and omit foreign market rentals. The latter, in recent years, sometimes equal, or slightly surpass, the domestic play-off.
Film title is followed by name of director, producer, or production company; original distributor plus present distributor, if different (plus differing U.S. and Canadian distributors in case of some foreign--made films); year of release; and total rentals received to date.
The Godfather (F. F. Coppola; A. Ruddy; Par; 1972) $85,747,184
The Sound of Music (R. Wise; 20th; 1965) $83,891,000
Gone with the Wind (V. Fleming;D. Selznick; MGM; 1939) $70,179,000
The Sting (G. R. Hill; T. Bill, M. & J. Philips; Univ; 1973) $68,450,000
THE Exorcist (W. Friedkin; W. P. Blatty; WB; 1973) $66,300,000
Love Story (A. Hiller; H. Minsky; Par; 1970) $50,000,000
The Birth of a Nation, released in 1915, which may have grossed as much as $50,000,000 has always been omitted because it was generally handled on a states rights and, often, under an outright cash sale; hence data are unreliable on the David Wark Griffith classic.
The Graduate (M. Nichols; L. Turman; Avco Embassy; 1968) $49,978,000
Airport (G. Seaton; R. Hunter; Univ; 1970) $45,300,000
Doctor Zhivago ( D. Lean; C. Ponti; MGM; 1965) $44,390,000
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (G. R. Hill; J. Foreman; 20th; 1969) $44,000,000
The Ten Commandments (C. B. De Mille; Par; 1956) $43,000,000
The Poseidon Adventure (R. Neame; I. Allen; 20th; 1972) $42,500,000
Mary Poppins (R. Stevenson; W. Disney; BV; 1964) $42,000,000
American Graffiti (G. Lucas; F. F. Coppola; Univ; 1973) $41,200,000
M*A*S*H (R. Altman; I. Preminger; 20th; 1970) $40,500,000
Ben-Hur (W. Wyler; S. Zimbalist: MGM: 1959) $36,550,000
Fiddler on the Roof (N. Jewison; UA; 1971) $35,550,000
My Fair Lady (G. Cukor; J. L. Warner; WB; 1964) $34,000,000
Billy Jack (T. Frank; M. Solti; WB; 1971) $31,000,000
Thunderball (T. Young; Eon; UA; 1965) $28,300,000
Patton (F. Schaffner; F. McCarthy; 20th; 1970) $28,100,000
The French Connection (W. Friedkin; P. D'Antoni/Scine-Moore; 20th; 1971) $27,500,000
Funny Girl (W. Wyler; R. Stark; Col; 1968) $26,325,000
Cleopatra (J. Mankiewicz; W. Wanger; 20th; 1963) $26,000,000
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (S. Kramer; Col; 1968) $25,500,000
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