# List of 1976 box office number-one films in the United States

This is a list of films which placed number one at the weekly box office in the United States during 1976 per Variety. The data was based on grosses from 20 to 24 key cities and therefore, the gross quoted may not be the total that the film grossed nationally in the week.

## Number-one films

* Rocky became the highest grossing film of 1976. But its reign at the #1 spot occurred in early 1977, it never reached #1 during 1976.
| # | Week ending | Film | Gross | Notes |
| 1 | January 7, 1976 | Dog Day Afternoon | $1,488,800 | |
| 2 | January 14, 1976 | The Adventures of the Wilderness Family | $1,375,799 | The Adventures of the Wilderness Family reached number one in its third week on the chart |
| 3 | January 21, 1976 | Dog Day Afternoon | $880,306 | Dog Day Afternoon returned to number one in its 17th week on the chart |
| 4 | January 28, 1976 | The Sunshine Boys | $680,119 | The Sunshine Boys reached number one in its twelfth week on the chart |
| 5 | February 4, 1976 | The Sunshine Boys | $604,423 | |
| 6 | February 11, 1976 | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | $592,200 | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest reached number one in its twelfth week on the chart |
| 7 | February 18, 1976 | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | $844,199 | |
| 8 | February 25, 1976 | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | $1,946,036 | |
| 9 | March 3, 1976 | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | $1,709,906 | |
| 10 | March 10, 1976 | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | $1,684,971 | |
| 11 | March 17, 1976 | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | $1,334,384 | |
| 12 | March 24, 1976 | Taxi Driver | $1,340,430 | Taxi Driver reached number one in its sixth week on the chart |
| 13 | March 31, 1976 | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | $1,371,142 | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest returned to number one in its 19th week on the chart |
| 14 | April 7, 1976 | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | $1,936,408 | |
| 15 | April 14, 1976 | All the President's Men | $1,947,300 | All the President's Men grossed $4,565,826 nationally in its first 3 days and $7,016,001 for the week |
| 16 | April 21, 1976 | All the President's Men | $1,909,844 | |
| 17 | April 28, 1976 | The Bad News Bears | $1,438,400 | The Bad News Bears reached number one in its third week of release |
| 18 | May 5, 1976 | All the President's Men | $1,336,364 | All the President's Men returned to number one in its fourth week of release |
| 19 | May 12, 1976 | All the President's Men | $1,092,273 | |
| 20 | May 19, 1976 | All the President's Men | $839,617 | |
| 21 | May 26, 1976 | The Missouri Breaks | $1,616,000 | |
| 22 | June 2, 1976 | The Missouri Breaks | $1,336,060 | |
| 23 | June 9, 1976 | The Missouri Breaks | $661,495 | |
| 24 | June 16, 1976 | Mother, Jugs & Speed | $889,200 | Mother, Jugs & Speed reached number one in its third week of release |
| 25 | June 23, 1976 | Midway | $1,825,600 | Midway grossed $4,356,666 nationally from all markets in the weekend ended June 20 |
| 26 | June 30, 1976 | The Omen | $2,490,600 | The Omen grossed $4,273,886 nationally from all markets in the weekend ended June 27, 20th Century Fox's biggest opening weekend at that time |
| 27 | July 7, 1976 | The Omen | $2,341,182 | |
| 28 | July 14, 1976 | The Omen | $2,151,161 | |
| 29 | July 21, 1976 | The Omen | $1,866,975 | |
| 30 | July 28, 1976 | The Omen | $1,194,577 | |
| 31 | August 4, 1976 | The Exorcist (reissue) | $950,000 | |
| 32 | August 11, 1976 | Silent Movie | $1,837,983 | Silent Movie reached number one in its sixth week on the chart |
| 33 | August 18, 1976 | Silent Movie | $1,385,124 | |
| 34 | August 25, 1976 | Silent Movie | $1,175,393 | |
| 35 | September 1, 1976 | Silent Movie | $1,063,567 | |
| 36 | September 8, 1976 | Survive! | $1,485,362 | Survive! reached number one in its sixth week on the chart |
| 37 | September 15, 1976 | Obsession | $638,946 | Obsession reached number one in its sixth week on the chart |
| 38 | September 22, 1976 | Obsession | $424,979 | |
| 39 | September 29, 1976 | Alice in Wonderland | $354,207 | Alice in Wonderland reached number one in its 13th week on the chart |
| 40 | October 6, 1976 | Burnt Offerings | $683,100 | |
| 41 | October 13, 1976 | Alice in Wonderland | $1,009,636 | Alice in Wonderland returned to number one in its 15th week on the chart |
| 42 | October 20, 1976 | Marathon Man | $1,071,500 | Marathon Man reached number one in its second week of release |
| 43 | October 27, 1976 | Marathon Man | $952,871 | |
| 44 | November 3, 1976 | Marathon Man | $715,213 | |
| 45 | November 10, 1976 | The Front | $686,563 | The Front reached number one in its sixth week on the chart |
| 46 | November 17, 1976 | Two-Minute Warning | $1,084,800 | |
| 47 | November 24, 1976 | Carrie | $1,155,200 | Carrie reached number one in its third week of release |
| 48 | December 1, 1976 | Carrie | $1,283,735 | |
| 49 | December 8, 1976 | Carrie | $921,765 | |
| 50 | December 15, 1976 | Carrie | $641,909 | |
| 51 | December 22, 1976 | King Kong | $2,710,649 | King Kong grossed $7,023,921 nationally from all markets in the weekend ended December 19, Paramount Pictures' biggest opening weekend at that time, and set the record for a December opening |
| 52 | December 29, 1976 | King Kong | $3,347,758 | |