List of 1974 box office number-one films in the United States

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

#	Date	Film	Gross	Notes
1	January 6, 1974	The Exorcist	$6,875,496	The Exorcist reached #1 in its second weekend of release.
2	January 13, 1974	The Exorcist	$6,890,000
3	January 20, 1974	The Exorcist	$5,674,579
4	January 27, 1974	The Exorcist	$5,309,395
5	February 3, 1974	The Exorcist	$4,395,953
6	February 10, 1974	The Exorcist	$3,574,757
7	February 17, 1974	Blazing Saddles	$4,705,358	Blazing Saddles reached #1 in its second weekend of release.
8	February 24, 1974	Blazing Saddles	$3,794,593
9	March 3, 1974	Blazing Saddles	$3,646,365
10	March 10, 1974	Blazing Saddles	$3,503,956
11	March 17, 1974	Blazing Saddles	$3,244,894
12	March 24, 1974	Blazing Saddles	$2,483,476
13	March 31, 1974	The Great Gatsby	$3,946,395
14	April 7, 1974	The Sugarland Express	$3,835,953
15	April 14, 1974	The Conversation	$3,853,945	The Conversation reached #1 in its second weekend.
16	April 21, 1974	The Sugarland Express	$3,953,395	The Sugarland Express reclaimed #1 in its third weekend of release.
17	April 28, 1974	Blazing Saddles	$3,573,684	Blazing Saddles reclaimed #1 in its twelfth weekend of release.
18	May 4, 1974	The Lords of Flatbush	$3,832,942
19	May 12, 1974	Monty Python and the Holy Grail	$4,310,392
20	May 19, 1974	Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry	$2,694,640
21	May 26, 1974	Thunderbolt and Lightfoot	$4,593,935
22	June 2, 1974	Thunderbolt and Lightfoot	$3,000,000
23	June 9, 1974	Herbie Rides Again	$4,305,749
24	June 16, 1974	Herbie Rides Again	$2,392,304
25	June 23, 1974	Chinatown	$4,034,954
26	June 30, 1974	Chinatown	$4,023,403
27	July 7, 1974	Chinatown	$3,530,945
28	July 14, 1974	Chinatown	$3,120,493
29	July 21, 1974	Chinatown	$2,359,496
30	July 28, 1974	Death Wish	$6,987,776	Death Wish broke Magnum Force's record (6,87 mil) for highest opening weekend for a crime film.
31	August 4, 1974	Death Wish	$5,000,000
32	August 11, 1974	Death Wish	$4,657,368
33	August 18, 1974	Death Wish	$3,946,955
34	August 25, 1974	The Longest Yard	$4,249,686
35	September 1, 1974	The Longest Yard	$3,204,395
36	September 8, 1974	Chinatown	$3,687,796	Chinatown reclaimed #1 in its twelfth weekend of release.
37	September 15, 1974	Chinatown	$2,832,429
38	September 22, 1974	Chinatown	$1,456,686
39	September 29, 1974	Chinatown	$1,358,568
40	October 6, 1974	The Taking of Pelham One Two Three	$4,894,694
41	October 13, 1974	The Texas Chain Saw Massacre	$3,593,395	The Texas Chain Saw Massacre reached #1 in its second weekend of release.
42	October 20, 1974	Airport 1975	$4,800,489
43	October 27, 1974	Airport 1975	$4,183,846
44	November 3, 1974	Airport 1975	$3,574,536
45	November 10, 1974	Airport 1975	$2,357,578
46	November 17, 1974	Earthquake	$4,684,496
47	November 24, 1974	Earthquake	$3,958,489
48	December 1, 1974	Earthquake	$3,289,945
49	December 8, 1974	Earthquake	$2,905,946
50	December 15, 1974	Young Frankenstein	$5,916,574
51	December 22, 1974	The Godfather Part II	$7,000,000	The Godfather Part II broke Death Wish's record (6,98 mil) for highest opening weekend for a crime film. & had the highest weekend debut of 1974.
52	December 29, 1974	The Godfather Part II	$4,593,594

See also

• List of American films — American films by year