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Weekend end date |
Film |
Box office |
Notes |
1 | 000000001971-01-03-0000January 3, 1971 | Love Story | $4,539,395 | |
2 | 000000001971-01-10-0000January 10, 1971 | Love Story | $4,345,694 | |
3 | 000000001971-01-17-0000January 17, 1971 | Love Story | $3,963,974 | |
4 | 000000001971-01-24-0000January 24, 1971 | Love Story | $3,604,395 | |
5 | 000000001971-01-31-0000January 31, 1971 | Love Story | $3,204,593 | |
6 | 000000001971-02-07-0000February 7, 1971 | Love Story | $2,402,403 | |
7 | 000000001971-02-14-0000February 14, 1971 | Love Story | $2,320,923 | |
8 | 000000001971-02-21-0000February 21, 1971 | Cold Turkey | $3,490,934 | |
9 | 000000001971-02-28-0000February 28, 1971 | Cold Turkey | $2,942,432 | |
10 | 000000001971-03-07-0000March 7, 1971 | Love Story | $3,395,904 | Love Story reclaimed #1 in its twelfth weekend of release. |
11 | 000000001971-03-14-0000March 14, 1971 | Love Story | $2,932,593 | |
12 | 000000001971-03-21-0000March 21, 1971 | Get Carter | $3,094,305 | |
13 | 000000001971-03-28-0000March 28, 1971 | Get Carter | $2,954,294 | |
14 | 000000001971-04-04-0000April 4, 1971 | Get Carter | $1,493,294 | |
15 | 000000001971-04-11-0000April 11, 1971 | Summer of '42 | $4,765,953 | |
16 | 000000001971-04-18-0000April 18, 1971 | Summer of '42 | $4,398,935 | |
17 | 000000001971-04-25-0000April 25, 1971 | Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song | $4,330,024 | |
18 | 000000001971-05-02-0000May 2, 1971 | Bananas | $3,935,035 | |
19 | 000000001971-05-09-0000May 9, 1971 | Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song | $3,593,395 | Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song reclaimed #1 in its third weekend of release. |
20 | 000000001971-05-16-0000May 16, 1971 | Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song | $3,242,935 | |
21 | 000000001971-05-23-0000May 23, 1971 | Escape from the Planet of the Apes | $4,294,942 | |
22 | 000000001971-05-30-0000May 30, 1971 | Big Jake | $4,935,485 | |
23 | 000000001971-06-06-0000June 6, 1971 | Big Jake | $3,000,000 | |
24 | 000000001971-06-13-0000June 13, 1971 | Big Jake | $2,424,853 | |
25 | 000000001971-06-20-0000June 20, 1971 | Willard | $3,823,853 | |
26 | 000000001971-06-27-0000June 27, 1971 | Klute | $4,935,329 | |
27 | 000000001971-07-04-0000July 4, 1971 | Shaft | $4,204,935 | |
28 | 000000001971-07-11-0000July 11, 1971 | Shaft | $3,924,249 | |
29 | 000000001971-07-18-0000July 18, 1971 | Shaft | $3,824,294 | |
30 | 000000001971-07-25-0000July 25, 1971 | Shaft | $2,593,935 | |
31 | 000000001971-08-01-0000August 1, 1971 | Shaft | $1,482,943 | |
32 | 000000001971-08-08-0000August 8, 1971 | The Omega Man | $3,294,924 | The Omega Man reached #1 in its second weekend release. |
33 | 000000001971-08-15-0000August 15, 1971 | The Omega Man | $2,424,895 | |
34 | 000000001971-08-22-0000August 22, 1971 | The Omega Man | $1,294,924 | |
35 | 000000001971-08-29-0000August 29, 1971 | And Now for Something Completely Different | $3,535,394 | And Now for Something Completely Different reached #1 in its second weekend of release. |
36 | 000000001971-09-05-0000September 5, 1971 | And Now for Something Completely Different | $2,494,932 | |
37 | 000000001971-09-12-0000September 12, 1971 | And Now for Something Completely Different | $1,932,492 | |
38 | 000000001971-09-19-0000September 19, 1971 | Kotch | $3,935,395 | |
39 | 000000001971-09-26-0000September 26, 1971 | Kotch | $2,000,000 | |
40 | 000000001971-10-03-0000October 3, 1971 | Kotch | $1,893,935 | |
41 | 000000001971-10-10-0000October 10, 1971 | The French Connection | $5,934,294 | The French Connection had the highest weekend debut of 1971. |
42 | 000000001971-10-17-0000October 17, 1971 | The French Connection | $5,294,193 | |
43 | 000000001971-10-24-0000October 24, 1971 | The Last Picture Show | $4,538,395 | |
44 | 000000001971-10-31-0000October 31, 1971 | The French Connection | $5,189,943 | The French Connection reclaimed #1 in its fourth weekend of release. |
45 | 000000001971-11-07-0000November 7, 1971 | Play Misty for Me | $3,942,943 | |
46 | 000000001971-11-14-0000November 14, 1971 | Fiddler on the Roof | $5,742,824 | |
47 | 000000001971-11-21-0000November 21, 1971 | Fiddler on the Roof | $4,395,593 | |
48 | 000000001971-11-28-0000November 28, 1971 | Fiddler on the Roof | $3,943,294 | |
49 | 000000001971-12-05-0000December 5, 1971 | Fiddler on the Roof | $3,103,193 | |
50 | 000000001971-12-12-0000December 12, 1971 | Fiddler on the Roof | $2,392,203 | |
51 | 000000001971-12-19-0000December 19, 1971 | Diamonds Are Forever | $5,724,359 | |
52 | 000000001971-12-26-0000December 26, 1971 | Dirty Harry | $5,555,505 | |