See also: 1970 in film, other events of 1971, 1972 in film, list of 'years in film'.

Table of contents
1 Events
2 Top Grossing Films of the Year
3 Births
4 Deaths
5 Other Movies Released

Events

  • February 8 - Bob Dylan's hour long documentary film, Eat the Document, premieres at New York's Academy of Music. The film includes footage from Dylan's 1966 UK tour
  • The first permanent IMAX projection system is installed at Ontario Place's "Cinesphere" in Toronto.

Top Grossing Films of the Year

  1. Billy Jack
  2. Fiddler on the Roof
  3. Diamonds Are Forever
  4. Carnal Knowledge
  5. Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange
  6. Willard
  7. Sweet Sweetback's Baad Asssss Song
  8. Escape from the Planet of the Apes
  9. The Big Doll House
  10. Big Jake

Births

Deaths

Other Movies Released