List of 1971 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 1971 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. The weekly chart was based on the first-run situations in the top 10 markets plus an additional 12 to 14 cities of lesser size.

† This implies the highest-grossing movie of the year.[nb 1]
# Week ending Film Gross Notes Ref
1January 6, 1971Love Story †$800,400For the weekend ending January 3, 1971, Love Story grossed $2,493,167 from all markets in the United States and Canada.[1][2]
2January 13, 1971$910,500For the weekend ending January 10, 1971, Love Story grossed $2,405,809 from all markets in the United States and Canada.[3][2]
3January 20, 1971$926,100[4]
4January 27, 1971$892,200[5]
5February 3, 1971$815,900[6]
6February 10, 1971The Owl and the Pussycat$1,051,428The Owl and the Pussycat reached number one in its 14th week of release[7]
7February 17, 1971Love Story †$1,191,227Love Story returned to number one in its ninth week of release[8]
8February 24, 1971$908,800[9]
9March 3, 1971$821,500[10]
10March 10, 1971$673,300[11]
11March 17, 1971$634,600[12]
12March 24, 1971$599,100[13]
13March 31, 1971Husbands$556,000Husbands reached number one in its 16th week of release[14]
14April 7, 1971A New Leaf$535,950A New Leaf reached number one in its fourth week of release[15]
15April 14, 1971Cold Turkey$715,833Cold Turkey reached number one in its tenth week of release[16]
16April 21, 1971Patton/MASH (double bill)$740,421[17]
17April 28, 1971$567,500[18]
18May 5, 1971$373,100[19]
19May 12, 1971Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice/Cactus Flower (double bill)$340,000[20]
20May 19, 1971Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song$357,500Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song reached number one in its seventh week on the chart[21]
21May 26, 1971$421,000[22]
22June 2, 1971A New Leaf$778,100A New Leaf returned to number one in its 12th week on the chart[23]
23June 9, 1971Gimme Shelter$283,027Gimme Shelter reached number one in its 21st week on the chart[24]
24June 16, 1971Lawrence of Arabia (reissue)$549,500Lawrence of Arabia reissue reached number one in its 14th week on the chart[25]
25June 23, 1971$255,000[26]
26June 30, 1971Love Story †$2,242,900Love Story returned to number one after 28 weeks of release. First film to gross over $2 million in a week in the cities sampled[27]
27July 7, 1971$1,116,951[28]
28July 14, 1971$672,207[29]
29July 21, 1971Summer of '42$666,435Summer of '42 reached number one in its 13th week on the chart[30]
30July 28, 1971Willard$1,329,970Willard reached number one in its sixth week on the chart[31]
31August 4, 1971$755,500[32]
32August 11, 1971Klute$596,000Klute reached number one in its seventh week on the chart[33]
33August 18, 1971The Andromeda Strain$479,000The Andromeda Strain reached number one in its 20th week on the chart[34]
34August 25, 1971The Anderson Tapes$654,200The Anderson Tapes reached number one in its tenth week on the chart[35]
35September 1, 1971The Omega Man$500,000The Omega Man reached number one in its fifth week on the chart[36]
36September 8, 1971Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song$387,000Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song returned to number one in its 19th week on the chart[37]
37September 15, 1971$283,000[38]
38September 22, 1971McCabe & Mrs. Miller$343,652McCabe & Mrs. Miller reached number one in its eleventh week on the chart[39]
39September 29, 1971The Stewardesses$450,070The Stewardesses reached number one in its 43rd week on the chart[40]
40October 6, 1971$526,216[41]
41October 13, 1971$454,700[42]
42October 20, 1971The Omega Man$500,000The Omega Man returned to number one in its tenth week on the chart[43]
43October 27, 1971The Organization$646,500[44]
44November 3, 1971$473,600[45]
45November 10, 1971Cry Uncle!$502,500Cry Uncle! reached number one in its twelfth week on the chart[46]
46November 17, 1971The French Connection$489,600The French Connection reached number one in its sixth week on the chart[47]
47November 24, 1971$776,050[48]
48December 1, 1971$914,700[49]
49December 8, 1971$628,078[50]
50December 15, 1971$508,207[51]
51December 22, 1971Diamonds Are Forever$1,521,800For the weekend ending December 19, 1971, Diamonds Are Forever grossed $1,569,249 from all markets in the United States and Canada.[52][53]
52December 29, 1971$2,033,500[54]

Highest-grossing films

Highest-grossing films of 1971 by calendar year gross based on the cities covered by Variety for the weekly charts.[nb 2][55][56]

RankTitleStudioPlaying weeks[nb 3]Gross ($)
1. Love Story Paramount 1,163 19,303,390
2. Summer of '42 Warner Bros. 936 7,704,068
3. Little Big Man National General Pictures 664 6,552,922
4. Carnal Knowledge Avco Embassy 463 6,280,736
5. The Owl and the Pussycat Columbia 656 6,046,961
6. The Stewardesses Sherpix 522 5,712,562
7. Ryan's Daughter Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 587 5,371,146
8. The French Connection 20th Century Fox 279 5,009,791
9. The Anderson Tapes Columbia 323 4,766,507
10. A New Leaf Paramount 348 4,670,247
11. Willard CRC 271 4,599,340
12. Tora! Tora! Tora! 20th Century Fox 439 3,934,026
13. Shaft Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 257 3,916,721
14. Klute Warner Bros. 408 3,686,063
15. Diamonds Are Forever United Artists 145 3,588,437
16. Plaza Suite Paramount 285 3,525,483
17. The Andromeda Strain Universal 333 3,431,440
18. Five Easy Pieces Columbia 535 3,237,844
19. Fiddler on the Roof United Artists 82 3,204,410
20. Song of Norway CRC 351 3,130,729
21. Bananas United Artists 396 3,016,073
22. The Love Machine Columbia 244 3,007,834
23. Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song Cinemation 179 2,994,704
24. Cold Turkey United Artists 421 2,857,938
25. Kotch CRC 407 2,762,265

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