This is a list of films which placed number one at the weekly box office in the United States during 1974.

Number-one films †This implies the highest-grossing movie of the year. Week ending Film Gross Notes 1 Papillon$1,463,300 Papillon reached number one in its second week of release 2 The Exorcist †$1,007,800 The Exorcist reached number one in its second week of release 3 $1,365,500 4 $1,532,611 5 $1,535,896 6 $1,589,500 7 $1,369,500 8 $1,506,188 9 $1,312,000 10 $1,182,600 11 $1,012,100 12 $835,200 13 $743,283 14 The Sting$1,332,300The Sting reached number one in its 14th week on the chart 15 $1,585,100 16 Blazing Saddles$1,233,700Blazing Saddles reached number one in its tenth week of release 17 The Sting $1,145,900The Sting returned to number one in its 17th week on the chart 18 $1,032,900 19 $853,300 20 $815,000 21 $725,500 22 The Great Gatsby$1,044,438The Great Gatsby reached number one in its ninth week on the chart 23 The Sting$759,700 The Sting returned to number one in its 23rd week on the chart 24 The Poseidon Adventure (reissue) $575,500 25 The Lords of Flatbush$612,000 The Lords of Flatbush reached number one in its seventh week on the chart 26 The Exorcist †$4,061,300 The Exorcist returned to number one in its 26th week of release. First film to gross over $4 million in a week in the cities sampled 27 $2,547,437 28 $1,542,825 29 Herbie Rides Again $860,200Herbie Rides Again reached number one in its sixth week on the chart 30 Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry$869,202Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry reached number one in its ninth week on the chart 31 For Pete's Sake$1,015,150For Pete's Sake reached number one in its fifth week on the chart 32 $661,500 33 Return of the Dragon$1,168,500Return of the Dragon reached number one in its third week on the chart 34 That's Entertainment!$1,307,900That's Entertainment! reached number one in its 14th week on the chart 35 Chinatown $1,272,000 Chinatown reached number one in its tenth week on the chart 36 $1,175,900 37 That's Entertainment! $781,150That's Entertainment! returned to number one in its 17th week on the chart 38 $524,350 39 Macon County Line $458,000 Macon County Line reached number one in its twelfth week on the chart 40 The Longest Yard$513,630The Longest Yard reached number one in its sixth week on the chart 41 Cabaret (reissue) $1,345,000 42 $687,000 43 Airport 1975$903,934 44 The Longest Yard$905,854The Longest Yard returned to number one in its tenth week on the chart 45 $926,200 46 $816,500 47 The Trial of Billy Jack $2,390,000 48 $2,026,000 49 $1,268,200 50 Death Wish$693,951Death Wish reached number one in its twentieth week on the chart 51 $600,900 52 The Godfather Part II$1,450,135 The Godfather Part II reached number one in its second week of release

Highest-grossing films Highest-grossing films of 1974 by calendar year gross based on the cities covered by Variety for the weekly charts. Rank Title StudioPlaying weeks Gross ($)1.The ExorcistWarner Bros.1,52231,541,8872.The StingUniversal2,099 26,380,982 3. PapillonAllied Artists2,024 14,732,236 4.Serpico Paramount1,31210,287,816 5.American Graffiti Universal1,321 9,526,412 6.That's Entertainment!United Artists842 9,368,447 7.Blazing SaddlesWarner Bros. 1,197 9,234,062 8.ChinatownParamount994 8,570,732 9.The Longest YardParamount1,037 7,604,614 10.The Great GatsbyParamount848 7,443,580 11.The Trial of Billy JackTaylor-Laughlin854 6,789,03012.Vanishing WildernessPacific International Enterprises367 6,117,307 13.Death WishParamount611 6,089,60714.Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid20th Century Fox878 6,025,067 15.For Pete's SakeColumbia820 5,856,767 16.SleeperUnited Artists 8115,852,424 17.Uptown Saturday NightWarner Bros. 4445,413,089 18.Airport 1975Universal394 5,390,607 19.Magnum ForceWarner Bros. 534 5,309,70420.Mame Warner Bros. 364 4,955,672 21.Herbie Rides AgainBuena Vista 477 4,769,028 22.Earthquake Universal1534,535,053 23.The Way We Were Columbia9434,489,653 24.Buck and the Preacher 20th Century Fox6854,234,429 25.Return of the DragonBryanston398 4,223,269

See also List of American films — American films by year Lists of box office number-one films

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