1972 in film

Table of contents

1 Events 2 Top Grossing Films of the Year 3 Births 4 Deaths 5 Other Movies Released

Events

Top Grossing Films of the Year

1. The Godfather
2. The Poseidon Adventure
3. Cabaret, starring Liza Minnelli
4. Ultimo tango a Parigi
5. The Getaway
6. Fritz the Cat
7. Shaft's Big Score
8. Lady Sings the Blues
9. Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
10. The Cowboys

Births

• March 23 - Judith Godrèche, actress

• May 21 – Margaret Rutherford, actress
• December 26 - Harry S. Truman, president/actor

• Deliverance
• Young Winston, starring Anthony Hopkins
• Une belle fille comme moi, directed by Francois Truffaut
• Sounder, starring Cicely Tyson
• Slaughterhouse-Five
• They call me Trinity, spaghetti western with Terence Hill