This is a list of films which placed number one at the weekly box office in the United States during 1976.
Number-one films Rocky became the highest-grossing film of 1976. But its reign at the #1 spot occurred in early 1977, it never reached #1 during 1976. Week ending Film Gross Notes 1 Dog Day Afternoon$1,488,800 2 The Adventures of the Wilderness Family $1,375,799The Adventures of the Wilderness Family reached number one in its third week on the chart 3 Dog Day Afternoon$880,306Dog Day Afternoon returned to number one in its 17th week on the chart 4 The Sunshine Boys $680,119The Sunshine Boys reached number one in its twelfth week on the chart 5 $604,423 6 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest$592,200 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest reached number one in its twelfth week on the chart 7 $844,199 8 $1,946,036 9 $1,709,906 10 $1,684,971 11 $1,334,384 12 Taxi Driver $1,340,430Taxi Driver reached number one in its sixth week on the chart 13 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest$1,371,142One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest returned to number one in its 19th week on the chart 14 $1,936,408 15 All the President's Men$1,947,300All the President's Men grossed $4,565,826 nationally in its first 3 days and $7,016,001 for the week 16 $1,909,844 17 The Bad News Bears$1,438,400 The Bad News Bears reached number one in its third week of release 18 All the President's Men$1,336,364 All the President's Men returned to number one in its fourth week of release 19 $1,092,273 20 $839,617 21 The Missouri Breaks$1,616,000 22 $1,336,060 23 $661,495 24 Mother, Jugs & Speed$889,200 Mother, Jugs & Speed reached number one in its third week of release 25 Midway$1,825,600 Midway grossed $4,356,666 nationally from all markets in the weekend ended June 20 26 The Omen$2,490,600The Omen grossed $4,273,886 nationally from all markets in the weekend ended June 27, 20th Century Fox's biggest opening weekend at that time 27 $2,341,182 28 $2,151,161 29 $1,866,975 30 $1,194,577 31 The Exorcist (reissue) $950,000 32 Silent Movie$1,837,983Silent Movie reached number one in its sixth week on the chart 33 $1,385,124 34 $1,175,393 35 $1,063,567 36 Survive!$1,485,362Survive! reached number one in its sixth week on the chart 37 Obsession$638,946Obsession reached number one in its sixth week on the chart 38 $424,979 39 Alice in Wonderland$354,207Alice in Wonderland reached number one in its 13th week on the chart 40 Burnt Offerings $683,100 41 Alice in Wonderland$1,009,636Alice in Wonderland returned to number one in its 15th week on the chart 42 Marathon Man$1,071,500Marathon Man reached number one in its second week of release 43 $952,871 44 $715,213 45 The Front$686,563The Front reached number one in its sixth week on the chart 46 Two-Minute Warning$1,084,800 47 Carrie$1,155,200Carrie reached number one in its third week of release 48 $1,283,735 49 $921,765 50 $641,909 51 King Kong$2,710,649 King Kong grossed $7,023,921 nationally from all markets in the weekend ended December 19, Paramount Pictures' biggest opening weekend at that time, and set the record for a December opening 52 $3,347,758
See also List of American films — American films by year Lists of box office number-one films
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