Top Grossing Films of 1972

$134,966,411 - Paramount
Budget: $6 million

$268,500,000 (worldwide)

$93,300,000 - 20th Century Fox
Budget: $4.7 million

$66,000,000 - Warner Bros.
Budget: $4 million

$50,000,000 - Bryanston Pictures
Budget: $47,500

$100,000,000 (worldwide)
$600,000,000 (claimed, most likely Mafia money laundering)

$50,000,000 - Mitchell Brothers Film Group
Budget: $60,000

$46,122,355 - Warner Bros.
Budget: $2 million

$44,693,786 - Warner Bros.
Budget: $3.1 million

$42,765,000 - Allied Artists
Budget: $2,285,000

$36,734,619 - National General Pictures
Budget: $3,352,254

$25,000,000 - Cinemation Industries
Budget: $700,000

$190,000,000 (worldwide)

$20,000,000 - Howco International Pictures
Budget: $100,000

$19,726,490 - Paramount
Budget: $14 million

$18,016,290 - United Artists
Budget: $2 million

N/A

$17,106,087 - Columbia

N/A

$16,889,761 - 20th Century Fox
Budget: $900,000

$16,762,500 ($14.9 million to $18.625 million) - Columbia

$16,530,578 - National General Pictures

$14,999,969 - Universal

N/A

$14,737,500 ($13.1 million to $16.375 million) - MGM
Budget: $1.7 million

$13,950,000 ($12.4 million to $15.5 million) - Warner Bros.
Budget: ~$500,000

$30,000,000 (worldwide)

$12,937,500 ($11.5 million to $14.375 million) - 20th Century Fox
Budget: $3.5 million

N/A

$12,600,000 - Universal
Budget: $2 million

$12,600,000 ($11.2 million to $14 million) - 20th Century Fox

N/A

$10,000,000 - MGM
Budget: $1,978,000

$10,000,000 - United Artists

$9,700,000 - 20th Century Fox
Budget: $1.7 million

$9,000,000 ($8 million to $10 million) - Warner Bros.

$7,875,000 ($7 million to $8.75 million) - 20th Century Fox
Budget: $4,895,000

$7,875,000 ($7 million to $8.75 million) - National General Pictures

$7,500,000 - Warner Bros.
Budget: $6 million

$7,000,000 - New Line Cinema
Budget: $10,000