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===Box office=== The film grossed $235,000 in its opening week at Radio City Music Hall, placing seventh at the US box office.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|title=50 Top-Grossing Films|url=https://archive.org/details/sim_variety_1970-03-18_258_5/page/13|date=March 18, 1970|page=13}}</ref> It expanded to more cities in its third week of release and went to [[List of 1970 box office number-one films in the United States|number one at the US box office]] where it stayed for a second week.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|title=50 Top-Grossing Films|url=https://archive.org/details/sim_variety_1970-04-08_258_8/page/11|date=April 8, 1970|page=11}}</ref> It returned to number one in its eighth week of release where it again spent two weeks at the top; a feat repeated three weeks later<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|title=50 Top-Grossing Films|url=https://archive.org/details/sim_variety_1970-05-06_258_12/page/11|date=May 6, 1970|page=11}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|title=50 Top-Grossing Films|url=https://archive.org/details/sim_variety_1970-05-27_259_2/page/11|date=May 27, 1970|page=11}}</ref> After 12 weeks of release, it had grossed $9.5 million, including $2.6 million at Radio City Music Hall.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|title=$9,510,729 U.S. Gross To Date!|url=https://archive.org/details/sim_variety_1970-06-10_259_4/page/n7/mode/2up?view=theater|date=June 10, 1970|pages=9β11}}</ref> It returned again to the top spot in its 17th and 19th week of release for a total of eight weeks at number one.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|title=50 Top-Grossing Films|url=https://archive.org/details/sim_variety_1970-07-08_259_8/page/11|date=July 8, 1970|page=11}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|title=50 Top-Grossing Films|url=https://archive.org/details/sim_variety_1970-07-22_259_10/page/11|date=July 22, 1970|page=11}}</ref> By the end of the year, it was the highest-grossing film of the year with [[theatrical rental]]s of $37.7 million in the United States and Canada and the seventh highest-grossing film in the United States and Canada of all-time.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|title=Big Rental Films of 1970 |url=https://archive.org/details/sim_variety_1971-01-06_261_8/page/11/mode/1up|date=January 6, 1971|page=11}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|title=All-Time Box Office Champs|url=https://archive.org/details/sim_variety_1971-01-06_261_8/page/12/mode/1up|date=January 6, 1971|page=12}}</ref> Universal claimed that it was the highest-grossing film without a [[roadshow release]] of all-time.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|title=1...all from Universal (advertisement)|url=https://archive.org/details/sim_variety_1971-01-13_261_9/page/36/mode/2up|date=January 13, 1971|pages=36β37}}</ref> It went on to gross $100,489,151 in the United States and Canada, which, adjusted for inflation, is equivalent to ${{Inflation|US|100.489151|1970}} million in {{Inflation-year|US}}.<ref name="Box Office Mojo">{{Mojo title | id=airport | title=Airport}}</ref> Internationally, it grossed $27.9 million for a worldwide gross of $128.4 million.<ref name=foreign>{{cite magazine |magazine=[[Daily Variety]] |title=Universal's Foreign Champs|date=February 6, 1990 |page=122}}</ref>
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