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The year 1972 in film involved several significant events. Universal Pictures and Paramount Pictures celebrated their 60th anniversaries and Motion Picture Association of America celebrated their 50th anniversary.
The top ten 1972 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:
| Rank | Title | Distributor | Domestic rentals |
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| 1 | The Godfather | Paramount | $86,300,000[1] |
| 2 | The Poseidon Adventure | 20th Century Fox | $42,000,000[1] |
| 3 | What's Up, Doc? | Warner Bros. | $28,000,000[1] |
| 4 | Deliverance | $22,500,000[1] | |
| 5 | Jeremiah Johnson | $21,900,000[2] | |
| 6 | Cabaret | Allied Artists | $20,250,000[2] |
| 7 | Deep Throat | Bryanston | $20,000,000[2] |
| 8 | The Getaway | National General | $18,000,000[2] |
| 9 | Brother of the Wind | Sun International | $12,000,000[3] |
| 10 | Lady Sings the Blues | Paramount | $9,666,000[2] |
| Category/Organization | 30th Golden Globe Awards January 28, 1973 |
26th BAFTA Awards February 28, 1973 |
45th Academy Awards March 27, 1973 | |
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| Drama | Musical or Comedy | |||
| Best Film | The Godfather | Cabaret | The Godfather | |
| Best Director | Francis Ford Coppola The Godfather |
Bob Fosse Cabaret | ||
| Best Actor | Marlon Brando The Godfather |
Jack Lemmon Avanti! |
Gene Hackman The Poseidon Adventure The French Connection |
Marlon Brando The Godfather |
| Best Actress | Liv Ullmann The Emigrants |
Liza Minnelli Cabaret | ||
| Best Supporting Actor | Joel Grey Cabaret |
Ben Johnson The Last Picture Show |
Joel Grey Cabaret | |
| Best Supporting Actress | Shelley Winters The Poseidon Adventure |
Cloris Leachman The Last Picture Show |
Eileen Heckart Butterflies Are Free | |
| Best Screenplay, Adapted | Francis Ford Coppola and Mario Puzo The Godfather |
Paddy Chayefsky The Hospital Peter Bogdanovich and Larry McMurtry The Last Picture Show |
Francis Ford Coppola and Mario Puzo The Godfather | |
| Best Screenplay, Original | Jeremy Larner The Candidate | |||
| Best Original Score | Nino Rota The Godfather |
Charlie Chaplin, Raymond Rasch and Larry Russell Limelight Ralph Burns Cabaret | ||
| Best Original Song | "Ben" Ben |
N/A | "The Morning After" The Poseidon Adventure | |
| Best Foreign Language Film | The Emigrants The New Land |
N/A | The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie | |
Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):
Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):
| Month | Date | Name | Age | Country | Profession | Notable films |
| January | 1 | Maurice Chevalier | 83 | France | Actor, Singer |
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| 8 | Wesley Ruggles | 82 | US | Director, Producer |
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| 17 | Rochelle Hudson | 55 | US | Actress |
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| 18 | George Mitchell | 66 | US | Actor |
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| 19 | Richard Fraser | 58 | Scotland | Actor |
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| 22 | Alec Coppel | 64 | Australia | Screenwriter |
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| 24 | Jerome Cowan | 74 | US | Actor |
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| 27 | Herbert Hübner | 82 | Germany | Actor |
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| 29 | Hugh McDermott | 65 | Scotland | Actor |
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| February | 2 | Jessie Royce Landis | 75 | US | Actress |
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| 7 | Walter Lang | 75 | US | Director |
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| 19 | John Grierson | 73 | Scotland | Director, Producer |
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| 20 | Walter Winchell | 74 | US | Commentator |
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| 21 | Bronislava Nijinska | 64 | Poland | Choreographer |
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| March | 3 | Harold Young | 74 | US | Director, Editor |
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| 19 | Albert Mannheimer | 59 | US | Screenwriter |
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| 20 | Marilyn Maxwell | 51 | US | Actress |
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| 29 | J. Arthur Rank | 83 | England | Executive |
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| 29 | Hal Roach Jr. | 53 | US | Director, Producer |
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| 30 | Peter Whitney | 55 | US | Actor |
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| April | 5 | Brian Donlevy | 71 | Ireland | Actor |
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| 5 | Isabel Jewell | 64 | US | Actress |
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| 7 | Betty Blythe | 78 | US | Actress |
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| 13 | Dorothy Dalton | 78 | US | Actress |
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| 20 | Jorge Mistral | 51 | Spain | Actor |
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| 25 | George Sanders | 65 | England | Actor |
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| 25 | Alfred J. Goulding | 87 | Australia | Director |
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| 27 | Bobby Howes | 76 | England | Producer, Director |
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| 28 | Harry Joe Brown | 81 | US | Producer, Director |
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| 30 | Gia Scala | 38 | England | Actor |
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| May | 3 | Bruce Cabot | 68 | US | Actor |
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| 4 | Elsa Ratassepp | 79 | Estonia | Actress | Libahunt | |
| 5 | Frank Tashlin | 59 | US | Director |
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| 7 | Henri Diamant-Berger | 76 | France | Director, producer, screenwriter |
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| 12 | Steve Ihnat | 37 | Czechoslovakia | Actor |
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| 13 | Dan Blocker | 43 | US | Actor |
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| 15 | Nigel Green | 47 | South Africa | Actor |
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| 18 | Sidney Franklin | 79 | US | Director, Producer |
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| 22 | Margaret Rutherford | 80 | England | Actress |
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| 23 | Richard Day | 76 | Canada | Art director |
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| 24 | Asta Nielsen | 90 | Denmark | Actress |
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| 25 | Charles C. Coleman | 70 | US | Director |
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| June | 17 | Jean Brochard | 79 | France | Actor |
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| 17 | Gale Henry | 79 | US | Actress |
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| 20 | Sidney Lanfield | 74 | US | Director |
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| 22 | Paul Czinner | 82 | Hungary | Director, screenwriter |
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| 25 | Nicholas Hannen | 74 | England | Director |
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| 27 | Thomy Bourdelle | 81 | France | Actor |
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| July | 3 | Hal Walker | 76 | US | Director |
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| 6 | Brandon deWilde | 30 | US | Actor |
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| 10 | Emrys Jones | 56 | England | Actor |
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| 10 | Harmon Jones | 61 | Canada | Director |
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| 19 | Sally Benson | 74 | US | Screenwriter |
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| 28 | Helen Traubel | 73 | US | Actress, Singer |
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| August | 7 | Joi Lansing | 43 | US | Actress |
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| 7 | Tom Neal | 58 | US | Actor |
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| 14 | Oscar Levant | 65 | US | Actor |
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| 16 | Pierre Brasseur | 66 | France | Actor |
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| 19 | Roger Furse | 68 | England | Costume and production designer |
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| 24 | D. Ross Lederman | 77 | US | Director |
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| 27 | Gaby André | 52 | France | Actress |
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| September | 11 | Max Fleischer | 89 | US | Animator, Director, Producer |
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| 12 | William Boyd | 77 | US | Actor |
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| 14 | Lane Chandler | 73 | US | Actor |
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| 17 | Akim Tamiroff | 72 | Russia | Actor |
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| 29 | Max Nosseck | 70 | Germany | Director |
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| 29 | Edward Sloman | 86 | US | Actor |
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| 30 | Edgar G. Ulmer | 68 | Austria | Director |
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| October | 4 | Colin Gordon | 61 | England | Actor |
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| 9 | Miriam Hopkins | 69 | US | Actress |
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| 16 | Leo G. Carroll | 85 | England | Actor |
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| 22 | Jack Melford | 73 | England | Actor |
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| 24 | Claire Windsor | 80 | US | Actor |
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| 28 | Mitchell Leisen | 74 | US | Director |
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| November | 5 | Reginald Owen | 85 | England | Actor |
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| 7 | Tod Andrews | 57 | Russia | Actor |
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| 10 | Francis Chagrin | 66 | Romania | Composer |
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| 16 | Vera Karalli | 83 | Russia | Actress |
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| 23 | Marie Wilson | 56 | US | Actress |
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| 29 | Eve Southern | 72 | US | Actress |
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| 30 | William P. S. Earle | 89 | US | Director |
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| December | 6 | Janet Munro | 38 | England | Actress |
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| 9 | William Dieterle | 79 | Germany | Director |
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| 9 | Louella Parsons | 91 | US | Columnist, Screenwriter |
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| 15 | Edward Earle | 90 | Canada | Actor |
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| 19 | Jacques Deval | 77 | France | Director, Screenwriter |
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