Number of Movie Theatre Releases: 432
15,800,000 was the average weekly Theatre attendance
14,000 Theatres
$1,170,000,000- Box Office Receipts
$1.65 was the Average Ticket Price in Movie Theatres Top earnings, based on figures reported by Variety.
1) Love Story- $50,000,000
2) Little Big Man- $15,000,000
3) Summer of '42- $14,000,000
4) Ryan's Daughter- $13,400,000
5) The Owl & The Pussycat- $11,500,000 The Academy Awards (presented April 10th, 1972)
Best Picture: "The French Connection"
Actor: Gene Hackman (French Connection)
Actress: Jane Fonda (Klute)
Supporting Actor: Ben Johnson (The Last Picture Show)
Supporting Actress: Cloris Leachman (The Last Picture Show)
Director: Willia Friedkin (The French Connection)
The Golden Globe Awards
Best Picture (Drama): The French Connection
Best Picture (Musical/Comedy): Fiddler On The Roof Top Music- January 1971
1) My Sweet Lord/Isn't It A Pity- George Harrison
2) One Less Bell To Answer- The Fifth Dimension
3) Knock Three Times- Tony Orlando & Dawn
4) The Tears Of A Clown- Smokey Robinson
5) Black Magic Woman- Santana
6) I Think I Love You- The Partridge Family
7) Does Anybody Really Know What Time it Is?- Chicago
8) Stoned Love- The Supremes
9) Gypsy Woman- Brian Hyland
10) Domino- Van Morrison Top Movies- February 1971
1) Knock Three Times- Tony Orlando & Dawn
2) One Bad Apple- The Osmonds
3) My Sweet Lord/Isn't Is A Pity- George Harrison
4) Lonely Days- Bee Gees
5) Rose Garden- Lynn Anderson
6) I Hear You Knocking- Dave Edmunds
7) Groove Me- King Floyd
8) Your Song- Elton John
9) One Less Bell To Answer- The Fifth Dimension
10) If I Were Your Woman- Gladys Knight & The Pips Top Music- March 1971
1) One Bad Apple- The Osmonds
2) Mama's Pearl- The Jackson Five
3) Me And Bobby McGee- Janis Joplin
4) Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)- The Temptations
5) If You Could Read My Mind- Gordon Lightfoot
6) She's A Lady- Tom Jones
7) For All We Know- The Carpenters
8) Amos Moses- Jerry Reed
9) Mr. Bojangles- Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
10) Sweet Mary- Wadworth Mansion Top Music- April 1971
1) Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)- The Temptations
2) Me And Bobby McGee- Janis Joplin
3) For All We Know- The Carpenters
4) She's A Lady- Tom Jones
5) What's Going On- Marvin Gaye
6) Proud Mary- Ike & Tina Turner
7) Doesn't Somebody Want To Be Wanted- The Partridge Family
8) Help Me Make It Through The Night- Sammi Smith
9) Another Day/ Oh Woman Oh Why- Paul McCartney
10) (Where Do I Begin) Love Story- Andy Williams Top Music- May 1971
1) Joy To The World- Three Dog Night
2) Put Your Hand In The Hand- Ocean
3) Never Can Say Goodbye- The Jackson Five
4) What's Going On- Marvin Gaye
5) I Am...I Said- Neil Diamond
6) Stay Awhile- The Bells
7) If- Bread
8) Another Day/ Oh Woman Oh Why- Paul McCartney
9) Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)- The Temptations
10) Chick-A-Boom- Daddy Dewdrop Top Music- June 1971
1) Brown Sugar- The Rolling Stones
2) Joy To The World- Three Dog Night
3) Want Ads- The Honey Cone
4) It Don't Come Easy- Ringo Starr
5) Rainy Days And Mondays- The Carpenters
6) Bridge Over Troubled Water- Aretha Franklin
7) Sweet And Innocent- Donny Osmond
8) Never Can Say Goodbye- The Jackson Five
9) It's Too Late- Carole King
10) Me And You And A Dog Named Boo- Lobo Top Music- July 1971
1) It's Too Late/ I Feel The Earth Move- Carole King
2) Indian Reservation- Raiders
3) Treat Her Like A lady- Cornelious Brothers & Sister Rose
4) Rainy Days And Mondays- The Carpenters
5) Don't Pull Your Love- Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds
6) Want Ads- The Honey Cone
7) Brown Sugar- The Rolling Stones
8) You've Got A Friend- Carole King
9) When You're Hot You're Hot- Jerry Reed
10) It Don't Come Easy- Ringo Starr Top Music- August 1971
1) How Can You Mend A Broken Heart- The Bee Gees
2) Indian Reservation- Raiders
3) You've Got A Friend- Carole King
4) Mr. Big Stuff- Jean Knight
5) Draggin' The Line- Tommy James
6) It's Too Late/ I Feel The Earth Move- Carole King
7) Take Me Home, Country Roads- John Denver
8) Beginnings/ Colour My World- Chicago
9) What The World Needs Now Is Love/ Abraham, Martin & John- Tom Clay
10) Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)- Marvin Gaye Top Music- September 1971
1) Uncle Albert/ Admiral Halsey- Paul & Linda McCartney
2) How can You Mend A Broken Heart- The Bee Gees
3) Smiling Faces Sometimes- The Undisputed Truth
4) Spanish Harlem- Aretha Franklin
5) Go Way Little Girl- Donny Osmond
6) Ain't No Sunshine- Bill Withers
7) Take Me Hone, Country Roads- John Denver
8) Signs- Five Man Electrical Band
9) Liar- Three Dog Night
10) I Just Want To Celebrate- Rare Earth
Top Music- October 1971
1) Maggie May/ Reason To Believe- Rod Stewart
2) Go Away Little Girl- Donny Osmond
3) The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down- Joan Baez
4) Superstar- The Carpenters
5) Ain't No Sunshine- Bill Withers
6) Uncle Albert/ Admiral Halsey- Paul & Linda McCartney
7) Spanish Harlem- Aretha Franklin
8) Smiling Faces Sometimes- The Undisputed Truth
9) Do You Know What I Mean- Lee Michaels
10) Yo-Yo- The Osmonds Top Music- November 1971
1) Gypsies, Tramps & Thieves- Cher
2) Theme From Shaft- Isaac Hayes
3) Maggie May/ Reason To Believe- Rod Stewart
4) Imagine- John Lennon Plastic Ono Band
5) Yo-Yo- The Osmonds
6) Superstar- The Carpenters
7) Peace Train- Cat Stevens
8) Iv'e Found Someone Of My Own- The Free Movement
9) Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)- Marvin Gaye
10) The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down- Joan Baez
Top Music- December 1971
1) Family Affair- Sly & The Family Stone
2) Theme From Shaft- Isaac Hayes
3) Baby I'm-A Want You- Bread
4) Have You Seen Her- Chi-Lights
5) Gypsies, Tramps & Thieves- Cher
6) Got To Be There- Michael Jackson
7) An Old Fashioned Love Song- Three Dog Night
8) Desiderata- Les Crane
9) Rock Steady- Aretha Franklin
10) Imagine- John Lennon Plastic Ono Band
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