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1972 Movies And Awards

Top grossing films (U.S.)

1. The Godfather - Paramount - Marlon Brando and Al Pacino $86,691,000

2. The Poseidon Adventure - 20th Century Fox - Gene Hackman, Ernest Borgnine, Red Buttons and Shelley Winters $42,000,000

3. Cabaret - Allied Artists - Liza Minnelli and Michael York $28,000,000

4. Deliverance - Warner Brothers - Jon Voight and Burt Reynolds $22,600,000

5. What's Up, Doc? - Warner Brothers - Barbra Streisand and Ryan O'Neal $21,900,000

6. Jeremiah Johnson - Warner Brothers - Robert Redford $20,250,000

7. The Getaway - Cinema Film - Steve McQueen and Ali MacGraw $18,000,000

8. Lady Sings the Blues - Paramount - Diana Ross, Billy Dee Williams and Richard Pryor $9,665,000

9. Everything You Always Wanted to Know... - United Artists - Woody Allen, Gene Wilder and Burt Reynolds $8,828,000

10. Sounder - 20th Century Fox - Cicely Tyson and Paul Winfield $8,726,000

Academy Awards:

Best Picture: The Godfather - Albert S. Ruddy, Paramount
Best Director: Bob Fosse - Cabaret
Best Actor: Marlon Brando - The Godfather (declined)
Best Actress: Liza Minnelli - Cabaret
Best Supporting Actor: Joel Grey - Cabaret
Best Supporting Actress: Eileen Heckart - Butterflies Are Free
Best Foreign Language Film: The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (Le Charme discret de la bourgeoisie), directed by Luis Buñuel, France

Golden Globe Awards:

Drama:
Best Picture: The Godfather
Best Actor: Marlon Brando - The Godfather
Best Actress: Liv Ullmann - The Emigrants

Musical or comedy:
Best Picture: Cabaret
Best Actor: Jack Lemmon - Avanti!
Best Actress: Liza Minnelli - Cabaret

Other
Best Director: Francis Ford Coppola - The Godfather
Best Foreign Language Film (tie): The Emigrants (Utvandrarna), Sweden
Best Foreign Language Film (tie): The New Land (Nybyggarna), Sweden
Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):
The Working Class Goes to Heaven (La classe operaia va in paradiso), directed by Elio Petri, Italy
The Mattei Affair (Il Caso Mattei), directed by Francesco Rosi, Italy
Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):
The Canterbury Tales (I Racconti di Canterbury), directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini, Italy / France