Editing 1971 in film (section)

==Highest-grossing films (U.S.)==
{{see also|List of 1971 box office number-one films in the United States}}
The top ten 1971 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:
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|+ Highest-grossing films of 1971
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! Rank!! Title !! Distributor !! Domestic rentals
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! style="text-align:center;"| 1
|''[[Fiddler on the Roof (film)|Fiddler on the Roof]]''
| [[United Artists]]
| $40,500,000<ref name=Finler>{{cite book |last=Finler |first=Joel Waldo |year=2003 |title=The Hollywood Story |publisher=Wallflower Press |isbn=978-1-903364-66-6 |pages=[https://books.google.com/books?id=rvVhEJmbfrsC&pg=PA358#v=twopage 358–359]}}</ref>
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! style="text-align:center;"| 2
| ''[[Billy Jack]]''
| [[Warner Bros.]]
| $32,500,000<ref name=Finler/>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 3
| ''[[The French Connection (film)|The French Connection]]''
| [[20th Century Fox]]
| $26,300,000<ref name=Finler/>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 4
| ''[[Summer of '42]]''
| Warner Bros.
| $20,500,000<ref name="1971DomesticRevenue">[https://web.archive.org/web/20080615024144/http://www.boxofficereport.com/database/1971.shtml Top 20 Films of 1971 by Domestic Revenue]</ref>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 5
| ''[[Diamonds Are Forever (film)|Diamonds Are Forever]]''
| United Artists
| $19,727,000<ref name="1971DomesticRevenue"/>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 6
| ''[[Dirty Harry]]''
| rowspan="2"|Warner Bros.
| $18,000,000<ref name="1971DomesticRevenue"/>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 7
| ''[[A Clockwork Orange (film)|A Clockwork Orange]]''
| $17,000,000<ref name="1971DomesticRevenue"/>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 8
| ''[[Carnal Knowledge (film)|Carnal Knowledge]]''
| [[Embassy Pictures|Embassy]]
| $14,075,000<ref name="1971DomesticRevenue"/>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 9
| ''[[The Last Picture Show]]'' 
| [[Columbia Pictures|Columbia]] 
| $13,110,000<ref name="1971DomesticRevenue"/>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 10
| ''[[Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song]]''
| [[Cinemation Industries]]
| $9,200,000<ref name="North America (US and Canada) Domestic Movie Chart for 1971">{{cite web |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/market/1971/top-grossing-movies |title=North America (US and Canada) Domestic Movie Chart for 1971 |website=the-numbers.com |accessdate=2023-12-09}}</ref>
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