List of 1976 box office number-one films in the United States

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This is a list of films which placed number one at the weekly box office in the United States during 1976 per Variety . The data was based on grosses from 20 to 24 key cities and therefore, the gross quoted may not be the total that the film grossed nationally in the week.

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Number-one films

#Week endingFilmGrossNotesRef
1January 7, 1976 Dog Day Afternoon $1,488,800 [1]
2January 14, 1976 The Adventures of the Wilderness Family $1,375,799The Adventures of the Wilderness Family reached number one in its third week on the chart [2]
3January 21, 1976Dog Day Afternoon$880,306Dog Day Afternoon returned to number one in its 17th week on the chart [3]
4January 28, 1976 The Sunshine Boys $680,119The Sunshine Boys reached number one in its twelfth week on the chart [4]
5February 4, 1976$604,423 [5]
6February 11, 1976 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest $592,200One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest reached number one in its twelfth week on the chart [6]
7February 18, 1976$844,199 [7]
8February 25, 1976$1,946,036 [8]
9March 3, 1976$1,709,906 [9]
10March 10, 1976$1,684,971 [10]
11March 17, 1976$1,334,384 [11]
12March 24, 1976 Taxi Driver $1,340,430Taxi Driver reached number one in its sixth week on the chart [12]
13March 31, 1976One 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 [13]
14April 7, 1976$1,936,408 [14]
15April 14, 1976 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 [15] [16] [17]
16April 21, 1976$1,909,844 [18]
17April 28, 1976 The Bad News Bears $1,438,400The Bad News Bears reached number one in its third week of release [19]
18May 5, 1976All the President's Men$1,336,364All the President's Men returned to number one in its fourth week of release [20]
19May 12, 1976$1,092,273 [21]
20May 19, 1976$839,617 [22]
21May 26, 1976 The Missouri Breaks $1,616,000 [23]
22June 2, 1976$1,336,060 [24]
23June 9, 1976$661,495 [25]
24June 16, 1976 Mother, Jugs & Speed $889,200Mother, Jugs & Speed reached number one in its third week of release [26]
25June 23, 1976 Midway $1,825,600Midway grossed $4,356,666 nationally from all markets in the weekend ended June 20 [27] [28]
26June 30, 1976 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 [29] [30] [31]
27July 7, 1976$2,341,182 [32]
28July 14, 1976$2,151,161 [33]
29July 21, 1976$1,866,975 [34]
30July 28, 1976$1,194,577 [35]
31August 4, 1976 The Exorcist (reissue)$950,000 [36]
32August 11, 1976 Silent Movie $1,837,983Silent Movie reached number one in its sixth week on the chart [37]
33August 18, 1976$1,385,124 [38]
34August 25, 1976$1,175,393 [39]
35September 1, 1976$1,063,567 [40]
36September 8, 1976 Survive! $1,485,362Survive! reached number one in its sixth week on the chart [41]
37September 15, 1976 Obsession $638,946Obsession reached number one in its sixth week on the chart [42]
38September 22, 1976$424,979 [43]
39September 29, 1976 Alice in Wonderland $354,207Alice in Wonderland reached number one in its 13th week on the chart [44]
40October 6, 1976 Burnt Offerings $683,100 [45]
41October 13, 1976Alice in Wonderland$1,009,636Alice in Wonderland returned to number one in its 15th week on the chart [46]
42October 20, 1976 Marathon Man $1,071,500Marathon Man reached number one in its second week of release [47]
43October 27, 1976$952,871 [48]
44November 3, 1976$715,213 [49]
45November 10, 1976 The Front $686,563The Front reached number one in its sixth week on the chart [50]
46November 17, 1976 Two-Minute Warning $1,084,800 [51]
47November 24, 1976 Carrie $1,155,200Carrie reached number one in its third week of release [52]
48December 1, 1976$1,283,735 [53]
49December 8, 1976$921,765 [54]
50December 15, 1976$641,909 [55]
51December 22, 1976 King Kong $2,710,649King 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 [56] [57] [58]
52December 29, 1976$3,347,758 [59]

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References

  1. ↑ "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety . January 14, 1976. p. 11.
  2. ↑ "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety . January 21, 1976. p. 16.
  3. ↑ "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety . January 28, 1976. p. 9.
  4. ↑ "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety . February 4, 1976. p. 9.
  5. ↑ "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety . February 11, 1976. p. 9.
  6. ↑ "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety . February 18, 1976. p. 23.
  7. ↑ "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety . February 25, 1976. p. 13.
  8. ↑ "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety . March 3, 1976. p. 9.
  9. ↑ "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety . March 10, 1976. p. 15.
  10. ↑ "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety . March 17, 1976. p. 11.
  11. ↑ "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety . March 24, 1976. p. 9.
  12. ↑ "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety . March 31, 1976. p. 9.
  13. ↑ "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety . April 7, 1976. p. 9.
  14. ↑ "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety . April 14, 1976. p. 12.
  15. ↑ "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety . April 21, 1976. p. 11.
  16. ↑ "The New York Times Says: "All Hail to 'All the President's Men'" (advertisement)". Variety . April 14, 1976. pp. 15–17.
  17. ↑ "First Week In Only 604 Theatres (advertisement)". Variety . April 21, 1976. p. 8.
  18. ↑ "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety . April 28, 1976. p. 13.
  19. ↑ "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety . May 5, 1976. p. 9.
  20. ↑ "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety . May 12, 1976. p. 24.
  21. ↑ "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety . May 19, 1976. p. 15.
  22. ↑ "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety . May 26, 1976. p. 9.
  23. ↑ "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety . June 2, 1976. p. 11.
  24. ↑ "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety . June 9, 1976. p. 11.
  25. ↑ "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety . June 16, 1976. p. 11.
  26. ↑ "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety . June 23, 1976. p. 9.
  27. ↑ "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety . June 30, 1976. p. 11.
  28. ↑ "Make Way For Midway (advertisement)". Variety . June 23, 1976. p. 1.
  29. ↑ "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety . July 7, 1976. p. 9.
  30. ↑ "'The Omen' Sets Somes Records For Fox with $4.3 Mil in 3 Days". Daily Variety . June 29, 1976. p. 1.
  31. ↑ "The Omen (1976)". Box Office Mojo . Retrieved October 31, 2020.
  32. ↑ "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety . July 14, 1976. p. 9.
  33. ↑ "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety . July 21, 1976. p. 9.
  34. ↑ "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety . July 28, 1976. p. 9.
  35. ↑ "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety . August 4, 1976. p. 12.
  36. ↑ "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety . August 11, 1976. p. 9.
  37. ↑ "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety . August 18, 1976. p. 9.
  38. ↑ "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety . August 25, 1976. p. 11.
  39. ↑ "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety . September 1, 1976. p. 13.
  40. ↑ "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety . September 8, 1976. p. 12.
  41. ↑ "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety . September 15, 1976. p. 9.
  42. ↑ "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety . September 22, 1976. p. 9.
  43. ↑ "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety . September 29, 1976. p. 16.
  44. ↑ "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety . October 6, 1976. p. 9.
  45. ↑ "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety . October 13, 1976. p. 9.
  46. ↑ "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety . October 20, 1976. p. 16.
  47. ↑ "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety . October 27, 1976. p. 9.
  48. ↑ "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety . November 3, 1976. p. 9.
  49. ↑ "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety . November 10, 1976. p. 11.
  50. ↑ "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety . November 17, 1976. p. 9.
  51. ↑ "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety . November 24, 1976. p. 11.
  52. ↑ "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety . December 1, 1976. p. 14.
  53. ↑ "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety . December 8, 1976. p. 12.
  54. ↑ "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety . December 15, 1976. p. 10.
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