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The year 1973 in film involved some significant events.
Highest-grossing films[]
United States and Canada[]
The top ten 1973 released films by box office gross in the United States and Canada are as follows:
| Rank | Title | Distributor | Box-office gross rental |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Exorcist | Warner Bros. | $88,500,000[1] |
| 2 | The Sting | Universal | $79,000,000[1] |
| 3 | American Graffiti | $55,900,000[1] | |
| 4 | Papillon | Allied Artists | $22,500,000[1] |
| 5 | The Way We Were | Columbia | $22,457,000[2] |
| 6 | Magnum Force | Warner Bros. | $20,100,000[2] |
| 7 | Last Tango in Paris | United Artists | $16,711,000[2] |
| 8 | Paper Moon | Paramount | $16,559,000[2] |
| 9 | Live and Let Die | United Artists | $15,925,000[2] |
| 10 | The Devil in Miss Jones | VCX Ltd./MB Productions | $15,000,000[2] |
Outside North America[]
The highest-grossing 1973 films in countries outside of North America.
| Country | Title | Studio | Gross | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| France | The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob | SNC | 7,295,727 admissions | [3] |
| Germany | Papillon | Columbia Pictures | 8,500,000 admissions | [4] |
| Hong Kong | The House of 72 Tenants | Shaw Brothers Studio | HK$5,600,000 | [5] |
| India | Bobby | R. K. Films | ₹110,000,000 (US$14,210,000) | [6][nb 1] |
| Italy | Malicious | Paramount Pictures | 11,756,327 admissions | [8] |
| Soviet Union | The Headless Horseman | Lenfilm | 64,900,000 admissions | [9] |
| United Kingdom | Live and Let Die | Eon Productions | 9,000,000 admissions | [10] |
Worldwide gross revenue[]
The following table lists known worldwide gross revenue figures for several high-grossing films that originally released in 1973. Note that this list is incomplete and is therefore not representative of the highest-grossing films worldwide in 1973. The worldwide revenue for The Sting, for example, is not known. This list also includes gross revenue from later re-releases.
| Title | Worldwide gross | Country | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Exorcist | $441,306,145[nb 2] | United States | [11] |
| Enter the Dragon | $350,000,000[nb 2] | Hong Kong United States |
[12] |
| Live and Let Die | $161,800,000 | United Kingdom | [13] |
| American Graffiti | $140,000,000 | United States | [14] |
| Bobby | $39,000,000 | India | [15][16] |
Events[]
- March – Five Fingers of Death is released in the United States and is a surprise success starting a kung fu film craze in North America[17]
- April 11 – Kim Jong-il publishes his film treatise On the Art of the Cinema.[18]
- May 1 – The Marx Brothers' Zeppo Marx divorces his second wife, Barbara Blakely; she will marry actor/singer Frank Sinatra in 1976.
- July 20 – Martial arts legend Bruce Lee dies before Enter the Dragon is released on July 26.
- August 17 – The sci-fi movie Westworld is the first feature film to use digital image processing.
- December 25 – The Sting is released and goes on to become one of the top-grossing films of all time.
- December 26 – The Exorcist reawakens the horror film genre and becomes one of the most popular and controversial films ever released.
Awards[]
| Category/Organization | 31st Golden Globe Awards January 26, 1974 |
27th BAFTA Awards March 6, 1974 |
46th Academy Awards April 2, 1974 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drama | Musical or Comedy | |||
| Best Film | The Exorcist | American Graffiti | Day for Night | The Sting |
| Best Director | William Friedkin The Exorcist |
François Truffaut Day for Night |
George Roy Hill The Sting | |
| Best Actor | Al Pacino Serpico |
George Segal A Touch of Class |
Walter Matthau Charley Varrick and Pete 'n' Tillie |
Jack Lemmon Save the Tiger |
| Best Actress | Marsha Mason Cinderella Liberty |
Glenda Jackson A Touch of Class |
Stephane Audran The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie and Just Before Nightfall |
Glenda Jackson A Touch of Class |
| Best Supporting Actor | John Houseman The Paper Chase |
Arthur Lowe O Lucky Man! |
John Houseman The Paper Chase | |
| Best Supporting Actress | Linda Blair The Exorcist |
Valentina Cortese Day for Night |
Tatum O'Neal Paper Moon | |
| Best Screenplay, Adapted | William Peter Blatty The Exorcist |
Luis Buñuel and Jean-Claude Carriere The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie |
William Peter Blatty The Exorcist | |
| Best Screenplay, Original | David S. Ward The Sting | |||
| Best Original Score | Neil Diamond Jonathan Livingston Seagull |
Alan Price O Lucky Man! |
Marvin Hamlisch The Way We Were Marvin Hamlisch The Sting | |
| Best Original Song | "The Way We Were" The Way We Were |
N/A | "The Way We Were" The Way We Were | |
| Best Foreign Language Film | The Pedestrian | N/A | Day for Night | |
Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):
- The Hireling, directed by Alan Bridges, United Kingdom
- Scarecrow, directed by Jerry Schatzberg, United States
Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):
- Ashani Sanket (Distant Thunder), directed by Satyajit Ray, India
Notable films released in 1973[]
United States unless stated
#[]
- The 14, directed by David Hemmings, starring Jack Wild – (U.K.)
A[]
- Abhimaan (Pride) – (India)
- Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies, starring Cliff Robertson and Pamela Franklin
- The Adventures of Rabbi Jacob (Les Aventures de Rabbi Jacob) – (France)
- All Nudity Shall Be Punished (Toda Nudez Será Castigada) – (Brazil)
- The Alpha Caper, starring Henry Fonda and Leonard Nimoy
- Alvin Purple – (Australia)
- Amarcord, directed by Federico Fellini – (Italy)
- American Graffiti, directed by George Lucas, starring Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Howard, Cindy Williams, Paul Le Mat, Candy Clark, Harrison Ford
- Ana and the Wolves (Ana y los lobos), starring Geraldine Chaplin – (Spain)
- And Now the Screaming Starts!, starring Peter Cushing, Stephanie Beacham, Herbert Lom
- Arnold, starring Stella Stevens, Roddy McDowall, Elsa Lanchester
- Ashani Sanket (Distant Thunder), directed by Satyajit Ray – Golden Bear winner – (India)
B[]
- The Baby, starring Anjanette Comer and Ruth Roman
- Badlands, directed by Terrence Malick, starring Martin Sheen and Sissy Spacek
- Bang the Drum Slowly, starring Robert De Niro and Michael Moriarty
- Bat Pussy, believed to have been made or released in 1973
- Battle for the Planet of the Apes, starring Roddy McDowall, Claude Akins, Natalie Trundy, John Huston
- Battles Without Honor and Humanity (ingi naki tatakai) – (Japan)
- Baxter!, starring Patricia Neal and Britt Ekland – (U.K.)
- Black Caesar, starring Fred Williamson
- Black Holiday (La Villeggiatura), starring Adolfo Celi – (Italy)
- Blood Brothers (Ci Ma), directed by Chang Cheh – (Hong Kong)
- Blood in the Streets, a.k.a. Revolver, starring Oliver Reed – (Italy/France/West Germany)
- Blood of the Dragon (Zhui ming qiang) – (Hong Kong)
- Blue Blood, starring Oliver Reed, Fiona Lewis and Derek Jacobi- (U.K.)
- Blume in Love, starring George Segal, Susan Anspach, Kris Kristofferson
- Bobby, starring Rishi Kapoor – (India)
- Book of Numbers, directed, produced by and starring Raymond St. Jacques
- Il Boss, starring Henry Silva and Richard Conte – (Italy)
- Breezy, directed by Clint Eastwood, starring William Holden and Kay Lenz
- A Brief Vacation (Una breve vacanza), directed by Vittorio De Sica – (Italy)
- Brother of the Wind
C[]
- Cahill U.S. Marshal, starring John Wayne and George Kennedy
- Can Dialectics Break Bricks? (La Dialectique Peut-Elle Casser Des Briques?) – (France)
- The Candy Snatchers, starring Tiffany Bolling
- Charley and the Angel, starring Fred MacMurray, Cloris Leachman, Kurt Russell
- Charley Varrick, directed by Don Siegel, starring Walter Matthau, John Vernon, Joe Don Baker, Andy Robinson, Sheree North, Felicia Farr
- Charlotte's Web, an animated film directed by Charles A. Nichols and Iwao Takamoto, with the voices of Debbie Reynolds and Henry Gibson
- Chino, directed by John Sturges, starring Charles Bronson
- Cinderella Liberty, directed by Mark Rydell, starring James Caan and Marsha Mason
- Class of '44, starring Gary Grimes
- Cleopatra Jones, starring Tamara Dobson and Shelley Winters
- Coffy, starring Pam Grier
- Cops and Robbers, starring Joseph Bologna and Cliff Gorman
- The Crazies, directed by George A. Romero
- The Creeping Flesh, starring Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing – (U.K.)
D[]
- Dark Places, starring Christopher Lee, Joan Collins, Jane Birkin – (U.K.)
- Day for Night, directed by François Truffaut, starring Jacqueline Bisset, Valentina Cortese, Jean-Pierre Aumont – Academy Award and Bafta winner – (France)
- The Day of the Dolphin, directed by Mike Nichols, starring George C. Scott, Trish Van Devere, Paul Sorvino
- The Day of the Jackal, directed by Fred Zinnemann, starring Edward Fox, Michael Lonsdale, Delphine Seyrig – (U.K./France)
- The Death of a Lumberjack (La Mort d'un bûcheron) – (Canada)
- A Delicate Balance, starring Katharine Hepburn, Paul Scofield, Lee Remick, Kate Reid, Betsy Blair
- The Devil in Miss Jones, adult film, directed by Gerard Damiano
- Dillinger, starring Warren Oates, Harry Dean Stanton, Richard Dreyfuss, Geoffrey Lewis
- A Doll's House, starring Claire Bloom and Anthony Hopkins – (U.K.)
- The Don Is Dead, starring Anthony Quinn, Robert Forster, Al Lettieri, Ina Balin
- Don't Be Afraid of the Dark, starring Kim Darby and Jim Hutton
- Don't Look Now, directed by Nicolas Roeg, starring Julie Christie and Donald Sutherland – (U.K./Italy)
E[]
- The Earth Is a Sinful Song (Maa on syntinen laulu) – (Finland)
- Electra Glide in Blue, starring Robert Blake
- Emperor of the North Pole, directed by Robert Aldrich, starring Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, Keith Carradine
- England Made Me, starring Peter Finch and Michael York – (U.K.)
- Enter the Dragon, starring Bruce Lee, John Saxon, Jim Kelly – (Hong Kong/United States)
- Executive Action, starring Burt Lancaster and Robert Ryan
- The Exorcist, directed by William Friedkin, starring Ellen Burstyn, Linda Blair, Jason Miller, Max von Sydow—winner of 5 Golden Globes and 2 Oscars
F[]
- Fantastic Planet (La Planète Sauvage) – (France/Czechoslovakia)
- Fé, Esperanza y Caridad (Faith, Hope and Charity), starring Katy Jurado – (Mexico)
- The Final Programme, starring Jon Finch, Jenny Runacre and Graham Crowden – (U.K.)
- Five on the Black Hand Side, starring Godfrey Cambridge
- Forced Entry, adult film starring Harry Reems
- The Friends of Eddie Coyle, directed by Peter Yates, starring Robert Mitchum, Richard Jordan, Steven Keats, Alex Rocco, Peter Boyle
- From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (a.k.a. The Hideaways), starring Ingrid Bergman
G[]
- Godspell, starring Victor Garber
- Godzilla vs. Megalon, directed by Jun Fukuda – (Japan)
- La Grande Bouffe (Blow-Out), starring Marcello Mastroianni, Ugo Tognazzi, Michel Piccoli, Philippe Noiret – (France/Italy)
H[]
- The Hare Census (Prebroyavane na Divite Zaytsi), directed by Eduard Zahariev, starring Itzhak Fintzi, Nikola Todev, Georgi Rusev – (Bulgaria)
- The Harrad Experiment, starring Don Johnson, Tippi Hedren, James Whitmore
- Heavy Traffic, an animated film by Ralph Bakshi
- Hell Up in Harlem, starring Fred Williamson
- High Plains Drifter, directed by and starring Clint Eastwood, with Verna Bloom, Marianna Hill, Geoffrey Lewis
- The Hireling, directed by Alan Bridges, starring Robert Shaw and Sarah Miles – Palme d'Or winner – (U.K.)
- Hitler: The Last Ten Days, starring Alec Guinness – (U.K./Italy)
- The Holy Mountain (La Montaña Sagrada), directed by Alejandro Jodorowsky – (Mexico/U.S.)
- Home Sweet Home (La fête à Jules) – (Belgium)
- The Homecoming, directed by Peter Hall, starring Cyril Cusack, Ian Holm, Vivien Merchant – (U.K.)
- Hot Winds (Garm Hava), directed by M. S. Sathyu – (India)
- The Hourglass Sanatorium (Sanatorium pod klepsydrą), directed by Wojciech Has – (Poland)
- The House in Nightmare Park, directed by Peter Skyes, starring Frankie Howerd and Ray Milland – (U.K.)
- The House on Chelouche Street (Ha-Bayit Berechov Chelouche) – (Israel)
- Hugo the Hippo (Hugó, a víziló) – (Hungary)
I[]
- The Iceman Cometh, directed by John Frankenheimer, starring Lee Marvin, Fredric March, Robert Ryan
- Idaho Transfer, directed by Peter Fonda
- Indian Summer, directed by Milen Nikolov, starring Georgi Partsalev, Leda Taseva, Tatyana Lolova – (Bulgaria)
- Interval, starring Merle Oberon
- L' Invitation (The Invitation), directed by Claude Goretta – Academy Award for Best Foreign Film – (France/Switzerland)
- Ivan Vasilievich: Back to the Future (Ivan Vasilyevich menyayet professiyu) – (U.S.S.R.)
J[]
- Jesus Christ Superstar, directed by Norman Jewison, starring Ted Neeley and Yvonne Elliman, music by Andrew Lloyd Webber
- Jeremy, starring Robby Benson and Glynnis O'Connor
- Jonathan Livingston Seagull, featuring voices of James Franciscus and Juliet Mills
K[]
- Kanashimi no Belladonna (Belladonna of Sadness), Anime feature film – (Japan)
- Kid Blue, starring Dennis Hopper and Warren Oates
L[]
- Lady Ice, starring Donald Sutherland and Jennifer O'Neill
- Lady Snowblood (Shurayukihime) – (Japan)
- The Last American Hero, starring Jeff Bridges
- The Last Detail, directed by Hal Ashby, starring Jack Nicholson, Randy Quaid, Otis Young
- The Last of Sheila, written by Stephen Sondheim and Anthony Perkins, starring Raquel Welch, Dyan Cannon, James Mason, James Coburn, Richard Benjamin, Joan Hackett, Ian McShane
- The Laughing Policeman, starring Walter Matthau, Bruce Dern, Louis Gossett, Jr., Joanna Cassidy, Cathy Lee Crosby
- The Legend of Hell House, starring Pamela Franklin and Gayle Hunnicutt
- The Legend of Paul and Paula (Die Legende von Paul und Paula) – (East Germany)
- Le Magnifique, starring Jean-Paul Belmondo and Jacqueline Bisset – (France)
- Little Tiger of Canton (Guang dong xiao lao hu), starring Jackie Chan – (Hong Kong)
- Live and Let Die, starring Roger Moore (as James Bond), with Jane Seymour and Yaphet Kotto – (U.K.)
- Lolly-Madonna XXX, starring Rod Steiger, Robert Ryan, Jeff Bridges
- The Long Goodbye, directed by Robert Altman, starring Elliott Gould, Nina van Pallandt, Sterling Hayden, Mark Rydell, Henry Gibson, Jim Bouton
- Lost Horizon, starring Peter Finch, John Gielgud, Liv Ullmann, George Kennedy, Olivia Hussey
- Love and Anarchy (d'amore e d'anarchia), directed by Lina Wertmüller – (Italy)
- Love and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing, directed by Alan J. Pakula, starring Timothy Bottoms and Maggie Smith
M[]
- The Mackintosh Man, starring Paul Newman – (UK/US)
- Magnum Force, directed by Ted Post, starring Clint Eastwood, Hal Holbrook, David Soul, Tim Matheson, Robert Urich
- Malizia (Malicious) – (Italy)
- Manson, a documentary film about Charles Manson
- Massacre in Rome (Rappresaglia), directed by George Pan Cosmatos, starring Richard Burton and Marcello Mastroianni – (Italy)
- Maurie, directed by Daniel Mann, starring Bo Svenson and Bernie Casey
- Mean Streets, directed by Martin Scorsese, starring Harvey Keitel and Robert De Niro
- The Mother and the Whore (La Maman et la Putain) – (France)
- My Dear Brother starring Tarık Akan, Halit Akçatepe and Kahraman Kıral – (Turkey)
- My Name Is Nobody (Il mio nome è Nessuno), starring Terence Hill and Henry Fonda – (Italy)
N[]
- The Neptune Factor, starring Ben Gazzara, Yvette Mimieux, Ernest Borgnine
- The No Mercy Man, starring Sid Haig and Ron Thompson
- Night Flight from Moscow, starring Yul Brynner, Henry Fonda, Dirk Bogarde – (France/Italy/Germany)
- Night Watch, starring Elizabeth Taylor and Laurence Harvey – (U.K.)
- The Night Strangler, TV movie starring Darren McGavin
- The Nutcracker (Schelkunchik) – (U.S.S.R.)
O[]
- Oklahoma Crude, directed by Stanley Kramer, starring Faye Dunaway and George C. Scott
- O Lucky Man!, directed by Lindsay Anderson, starring Malcolm McDowell, Ralph Richardson, Rachel Roberts – (U.K.)
- The Olsen Gang Goes Crazy (Olsen-banden går amok) – (Denmark)
P[]
- The Paper Chase, starring Timothy Bottoms, Lindsay Wagner, John Houseman
- Paper Moon, directed by Peter Bogdanovich, starring Ryan O'Neal, Tatum O'Neal, Madeline Kahn
- Paperback Hero, starring Keir Dullea and Elizabeth Ashley – (Canada)
- Papillon, directed by Franklin J. Schaffner, starring Steve McQueen and Dustin Hoffman
- Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, directed by Sam Peckinpah, starring James Coburn, Kris Kristofferson, Bob Dylan, with music by Dylan
- The Pedestrian (Der Fußgänger), directed by Maximilian Schell, starring Peggy Ashcroft – Golden Globe for best foreign film – (West Germany/Switzerland/Israel)
- Property Is No Longer a Theft (La proprietà non è più un furto), starring Ugo Tognazzi – (Italy)
- The Pyx, starring Christopher Plummer and Karen Black- (Canada)
R[]
- Resurrection of Eve, starring Marilyn Chambers
- El Retorno de Walpurgis (a.k.a. The Curse of the Devil) – (Spain/Mexico)
- Robin Hood, animated film with voices of Roger Miller, Phil Harris, Andy Devine, Peter Ustinov, Terry-Thomas
S[]
- Save the Tiger, directed by John G. Avildsen, starring Jack Lemmon
- Scarecrow, directed by Jerry Schatzberg, starring Gene Hackman and Al Pacino – Palme d'Or winner
- Scenes from a Marriage (Scener ur ett äktenskap), directed by Ingmar Bergman, starring Liv Ullmann and Erland Josephson – (Sweden)
- Scorpio, starring Burt Lancaster, Alain Delon, Paul Scofield, Gayle Hunnicutt
- Scream Blacula Scream, starring William H. Marshall and Pam Grier
- Serpico, directed by Sidney Lumet, starring Al Pacino
- The Seven Madmen (Los siete locos), directed by Leopoldo Torre Nilsson – (Argentina)
- The Seven-Ups, starring Roy Scheider
- Shamus, starring Burt Reynolds, Dyan Cannon, John P. Ryan
- Showdown, starring Dean Martin and Rock Hudson
- Sisters, directed by Brian De Palma
- Slaughter's Big Rip-Off, starring Jim Brown, Brock Peters, Ed McMahon
- Sleeper, directed by and starring Woody Allen, with Diane Keaton
- Slither, starring James Caan, Sally Kellerman, Peter Boyle
- The Society of the Spectacle (La Société du Spectacle) – (France)
- Son of Zorro
- Soul Hustler, directed by Bert Topper, starring Fabian Forte, Nai Bonet, Tony Russel, Casey Kasem
- Soylent Green, directed by Richard Fleischer, starring Charlton Heston, Leigh Taylor-Young, Edward G. Robinson
- The Spirit of the Beehive (El espíritu de la colmena) – (Spain)
- Stateline Motel, starring Eli Wallach, Ursula Andress, Fabio Testi, Eli Wallach – Canada/Italy
- Steelyard Blues, starring Donald Sutherland and Jane Fonda
- Steptoe and Son Ride Again, starred Wilfrid Brambell and Harry H. Corbett – (U.K.)
- The Sting, directed by George Roy Hill, starring Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Robert Shaw, Eileen Brennan, Charles Durning, Ray Walston – winner of 7 Academy Awards
- The Stone Killer, starring Charles Bronson
- Super Fly T.N.T., directed by and starring Ron O'Neal
- Superdad, starring Bob Crane, Barbara Rush, Kurt Russell
- Sweet Kill, starring Tab Hunter
T[]
- The Tenderness of Wolves (Die Zärtlichkeit der Wölfe) – (West Germany)
- That'll Be the Day, starring David Essex, Rosemary Leach, Ringo Starr – (U.K.)
- Theatre of Blood, starring Vincent Price, Diana Rigg, Robert Morley
- Themroc, starring Michel Piccoli – (France)
- There's No Smoke Without Fire (Il n'y a pas de fumée sans feu), starring Annie Girardot – (France)
- The Other Man, starring Salah Zulfikar, Shams El Baroudi and Zubaida Tharwat
- The Thief Who Came to Dinner, starring Ryan O'Neal, Jacqueline Bisset, Warren Oates
- The Three-Day Reign (Samil cheonha) – (South Korea)
- The Three Musketeers, directed by Richard Lester, starring Michael York, Oliver Reed, Richard Chamberlain, Raquel Welch – (U.K./U.S.)
- Three Nuts for Cinderella (Tři oříšky pro Popelku) – (Czechoslovakia/East Germany)
- A Touch of Class, starring George Segal and Glenda Jackson – (U.K.)
- Tom Sawyer, starring Johnny Whitaker and Jodie Foster
- Touki Bouki (Journey of the Hyena) – (Senegal)
- The Train Robbers, starring John Wayne and Ann-Margret
- Tsugaru Folk Song (Tsugaru Jongarabushi) – (Japan)
- Turkish Delight (Turks Fruit), directed by Paul Verhoeven, starring Rutger Hauer – (Netherlands)
- Two Men in Town (Deux hommes dans la ville), starring Jean Gabin and Alain Delon – (France)
- Two People, directed by Robert Wise, starring Peter Fonda and Lindsay Wagner
U[]
- Ultimul cartuş (The Last Bullet) – (Romania)
V[]
- The Vault of Horror, starring Glynis Johns, Terry-Thomas, Curd Jürgens – (U.K.)
- Voices, starring David Hemmings and Gayle Hunnicutt – (U.K.)
W[]
- Walking Tall, starring Joe Don Baker
- The Way We Were, directed by Sydney Pollack, starring Barbra Streisand and Robert Redford
- We Want the Colonels (Vogliamo i colonnelli), starring Ugo Tognazzi – (Italy)
- Wedding in Blood (Les Noces rouges), directed by Claude Chabrol, starring Stéphane Audran and Michel Piccoli – (France)
- Westworld, directed by Michael Crichton, starring Yul Brynner, Richard Benjamin, James Brolin
- White Lightning, starring Burt Reynolds
- Wicked, Wicked, starring David Bailey, Edd Byrnes, Tiffany Bolling
- The Wicker Man, directed by Robin Hardy, starring Edward Woodward, Christopher Lee, Diane Cilento – (U.K.)
- Willie Dynamite, directed by Gilbert Moses, starring Roscoe Orman, Diana Sands, Thalmus Rasulala and Roger Robinson
- The World's Greatest Athlete, starring Jan-Michael Vincent and John Amos
Z[]
- Zanjeer (Shackles) – (India)
- Ziddi (Action)- ()
1973 Wide-release movies[]
United States unless stated
January–March[]
- January 1973
- 5 January
- Sweet Kill
- 10 January
- The No Mercy Man
- 11 January
- The Offence
- 13 January
- Battles Without Honor and Humanity
- Manson
- 19 January
- Black Mama White Mama
- 25 January
- The Death of a Lumberjack
- The Love Ban
- 27 January
- Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall
- Last Tango in Paris
- 31 January
- Shamus
- Steelyard Blues
- 5 January
- February 1973
- 1 February
- 4 February
- Wattstax
- 7 February
- Black Caesar
- The Train Robbers
- 8 February
- The Harder They Come
- 9 February
- 14 February
- 20 February
- 22 February
- Payday
- Turkish Delight
- Walking Tall
- 21 February
- Lolly-Madonna XXX
- 24 February
- March 1973
- 1 March
- Charlotte's Web
- The Thief Who Came to Dinner
- 4 March
- Baxter!
- 7 March
- Slither
- The Long Goodbye
- 8 March
- Ludwig
- 10 March
- 12 March
- The Baby
- 15 March
- Tom Sawyer
- 16 March
- The Crazies
- Forced Entry
- 17 March
- Godzilla vs. Megalon (Japan)
- Lost Horizon
- 18 March
- Two People
- 21 March
- Godspell
- 23 March
- Charley and the Angel
- Genesis II
- 27 March
- Sisters
- 28 March
- Black Snake
- The Devil in Miss Jones
- Kamouraska
- 1 March
April–June[]
- April 1973
- 1 April
- Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies
- 4 April
- The Mack
- 7 April
- 10 April
- 11 April
- Book of Numbers
- Scarecrow
- 12 April
- The Iron Rose
- Tiffany Jones
- 13 April
- 18 April
- Bequest to the Nation
- Charley One-Eye
- 19 April
- Love and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing
- Scorpio
- Soylent Green
- 23 April
- Messiah of Evil
- 27 April
- 1 April
- May 1973
- 1 May
- Guns of a Stranger
- 9 May
- Billy Jack (re-release)
- Father, Dear Father
- Hitler: The Last Ten Days
- Paper Moon
- 11 May
- The Harrad Experiment
- Little Laura and Big John
- 15 May
- Jeremy
- 16 May
- 20 May
- The Hireling
- Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid
- Terror in the Wax Museum
- 22 May
- 24 May
- Day for Night
- Emperor of the North Pole
- 1 May
- June 1973
- 6 June
- 8 June
- 13 June
- Wicked, Wicked
- 14 June
- 15 June
- Battle for the Planet of the Apes
- Idaho Transfer
- Interval
- The Legend of Hell House
- 16 June
- Coffy
- 17 June
- Blume in Love
- 20 June
- O Lucky Man!
- One Little Indian
- Shaft in Africa
- Showdown
- A Touch of Class
- 26 June
- The Friends of Eddie Coyle
- Live and Let Die
- 28 June
- 40 Carats
- The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing
- 30 June
- Belladonna of Sadness
July–September[]
- July 1973
- 2 July
- 11 July
- Cahill U.S. Marshal
- 12 July
- 13 July
- Cleopatra Jones
- Lady Ice
- 16 July
- 18 July
- Sssssss
- 20 July
- Dillinger
- 25 July
- 27 July
- The Last American Hero
- August 1973
- 1 August
- The Boy Who Cried Werewolf
- Maurie
- The Naked Ape
- 3 August
- Blackenstein
- The Neptune Factor
- 8 August
- Heavy Traffic
- The Stone Killer
- White Lightning
- 9 August
- 10 August
- 11 August
- American Graffiti
- 15 August
- Cops and Robbers
- Jesus Christ Superstar
- 17 August
- Happy Mother's Day, Love George
- Romeo and Juliet (re-release)
- Westworld
- 19 August
- Electra Glide in Blue
- Enter the Dragon
- 22 August
- High Plains Drifter
- 26 August
- Bang the Drum Slowly
- 1 August
- September 1973
- 11 September
- 14 September
- 17 September
- The Pyx
- Santee
- 18 September
- Hit!
- 21 September
- The Spook Who Sat by the Door
- 23 September
- Harry in Your Pocket
- 26 September
- The Slams
- 27 September
- From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
- 29 September
October–December[]
- October 1973
- 2 October
- Mean Streets
- 4 October
- 10 October
- 15 October
- Badlands
- 16 October
- Don't Look Now
- The Paper Chase
- Scalawag
- 19 October
- Charley Varrick
- The House in Nightmare Park
- The Outfit
- The Way We Were
- 21 October
- Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams
- 23 October
- Jonathan Livingston Seagull
- 24 October
- The All-American Boy
- 25 October
- 29 October
- The Homecoming
- The Iceman Cometh
- That'll Be the Day
- 2 October
- November 1973
- 1 November
- Ash Wednesday
- A Doll's House
- 7 November
- Executive Action
- 8 November
- Carry On Girls
- Robin Hood
- 12 November
- 14 November
- The Don Is Dead
- 16 November
- Arnold
- 18 November
- 20 November
- The Affair
- 21 November
- 27 November
- Fly Me
- The Holy Mountain
- 30 November
- Flesh for Frankenstein
- 1 November
- December 1973
- 5 December
- Serpico
- 6 December
- Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World
- Fantastic Planet
- Marco
- The Wicker Man
- 11 December
- The Three Musketeers
- 12 December
- The Last Detail
- Now Where Did the 7th Company Get to?
- 14 December
- My Name is Nobody
- Superdad
- The Seven-Ups
- 16 December
- Hell Up in Harlem
- Papillon
- 17 December
- Sleeper
- 18 December
- Amarcord
- Cinderella Liberty
- 19 December
- The 14
- The Day of the Dolphin
- Willie Dynamite
- 20 December
- Alvin Purple
- The Laughing Policeman
- 21 December
- The Deadly Trackers
- Jimi Hendrix
- 25 December
- The Sting
- Magnum Force
- 26 December
- The Exorcist
- 29 December
- Tidal Wave (Japan)
- 5 December
Births[]
- January 7 – Baiba Broka, Latvian actress
- January 10 - Ryan Drummond, American actor and comedian
- January 31 – Portia de Rossi, Australian-Canadian actress
- February 12 – Tara Strong, Canadian-American voice actress
- March 18 – Luci Christian, American voice actress
- March 20 – Jane March, English actress and model
- March 24 - Jim Parsons, American actor and producer
- April 10 – Guillaume Canet, French actor
- April 14 – Adrien Brody, American actor
- April 22 – Christopher Sabat, American voice actor
- April 30 – Antonino Isordia, Mexican director
- May 5 – Tina Yothers, American actress
- May 10 – Tora Sudiro, Indonesian actor
- May 32 - Noel Fielding, English comedian, writer, actor, artist, musician and television presenter
- May 27 - Jack McBrayer, American actor, singer and comedian
- June 8 - Lexa Doig, Canadian actress
- June 15 – Neil Patrick Harris, American actor
- June 16 – Eddie Cibrian, American actor
- June 21 – Juliette Lewis, American actress
- July 2 - Peter Kay, English comedian and actor
- July 11 - Jason Liebrecht, American voice actor
- July 23 - Kathryn Hahn, American actress, comedian, model, singer and producer
- July 26 – Kate Beckinsale, English actress
- August 5 - Michael Hollick, American actor
- August 6 – Vera Farmiga, American actress
- August 8 – Jessica Calvello, American voice actress
- August 9 - Kevin McKidd, Scottish actor and television director
- August 19 - Ahmed Best, American actor, comedian and musician
- August 22 – Kristen Wiig, American actress and comedian
- August 24 –
- Dave Chappelle, American actor
- Grey Griffin, American actress, comedian and singer songwriter
- September 4 - Lazlow Jones, American writer, producer, director, voice actor and radio personality
- September 5
- Paddy Considine, English actor, director, screenwriter and musician
- Rose McGowan, American actress
- September 7 – Shannon Elizabeth, American actress
- September 12 –
- Maximiliano Hernández, American actor
- Paul Walker, American actor and producer (d. 2013)
- September 14 – Andrew Lincoln, English actor
- September 18 – James Marsden, American actor
- September 26 – Julienne Davis, American actress and model
- October 3
- Neve Campbell, Canadian actress
- Richard Ian Cox, Welsh-Canadian voice actor
- Lena Headey, English actress
- October 6 - Ioan Gruffudd, Welsh actor
- October 24
- Burgess Jenkins, American actor
- Kurt Kuenne, American filmmaker
- October 26 – Seth MacFarlane, American actor, voice actor, animator, screenwriter, comedian, television producer, director and singer
- November 1 – Aishwarya Rai, Indian actress
- November 4 - Steven Ogg, Canadian actor
- November 14 - Dana Snyder, American actor and voice actor
- November 26 – Peter Facinelli, American actor
- November 27
- Tadanobu Asano, Japanese actor
- Sharlto Copley, South African actor
- December 3 - Bruno Campos, Brazilian-American actor and lawyer
- December 14 – Jan Uuspõld, Estonian actor
Deaths[]
| Month | Date | Name | Age | Country | Profession | Notable films |
| January | 2 | Franciska Gaal | 68 | Hungary | Actress, Singer |
|
| 15 | Coleman Francis | 53 | US | Actor, Director |
| |
| 19 | Max Adrian | 69 | Northern Ireland | Actor | ||
| 24 | J. Carrol Naish | 77 | US | Actor |
| |
| 26 | Edward G. Robinson | 79 | Romania | Actor |
| |
| 29 | Ludwig Stossel | 89 | Austria | Actor |
| |
| 31 | Jack MacGowran | 54 | Ireland | Actor |
| |
| February | 13 | David Bauer | 55 | US | Actor |
|
| 15 | Tim Holt | 54 | US | Actor |
| |
| 15 | Wally Cox | 48 | US | Actor |
| |
| 22 | Katina Paxinou | 72 | Greece | Actress |
| |
| 24 | Art Smith | 73 | US | Actor |
| |
| 28 | Cecil Kellaway | 82 | South Africa | Actor |
| |
| March | 5 | Rupert Crosse | 45 | US | Actor |
|
| 10 | Robert Siodmak | 72 | Germany | Director |
| |
| 11 | Gregorio Fernandez | 68 | Philippines | Actor, Director | ||
| 13 | Melville Cooper | 76 | England | Actor |
| |
| 16 | Carl Benton Reid | 79 | US | Actor |
| |
| 19 | Lauritz Melchior | 82 | US | Singer |
| |
| 22 | Kane Richmond | 66 | US | Actor |
| |
| 23 | Ken Maynard | 77 | US | Actor | ||
| 26 | Noël Coward | 73 | England | Actor, Songwriter |
| |
| April | 11 | Ted de Corsia | 69 | US | Actor |
|
| 12 | Arthur Freed | 78 | US | Songwriter, Producer |
| |
| 14 | Minna Gombell | 80 | US | Actress |
| |
| 20 | Robert Armstrong | 82 | US | Actor |
| |
| 21 | Merian C. Cooper | 79 | US | Director, Producer, Screenwriter |
| |
| 21 | Ursula Jeans | 73 | UK | Actress |
| |
| 26 | Irene Ryan | 70 | US | Actress |
| |
| May | 4 | Charles Grayson | 69 | US | Screenwriter |
|
| 6 | Myrna Fahey | 40 | US | Actress |
| |
| 10 | Jack E. Leonard | 63 | US | Actor, Comedian |
| |
| 11 | Lex Barker | 54 | US | Actor |
| |
| 12 | Frances Marion | 84 | US | Screenwriter | ||
| 21 | Vaughn Monroe | 61 | US | Singer, Actor |
| |
| 29 | P. Ramlee | 44 | Malaysia | Actor, Director |
| |
| June | 5 | Max Terhune | 87 | US | Actor |
|
| 10 | William Inge | 60 | US | Screenwriter, Playwright |
| |
| 16 | Louise Latimer | 60 | US | Actress |
| |
| 18 | Roger Delgado | 55 | England | Actor | ||
| 23 | Fay Holden | 79 | England | Actress |
| |
| 25 | Lars Tvinde | 86 | Norway | Actor | ||
| 26 | Ernest Truex | 83 | US | Actor |
| |
| July | 2 | Betty Grable | 56 | US | Actress |
|
| 2 | George Macready | 73 | US | Actor |
| |
| 6 | Joe E. Brown | 80 | US | Actor |
| |
| 7 | Veronica Lake | 50 | US | Actress |
| |
| 11 | Robert Ryan | 63 | US | Actor |
| |
| 12 | Lon Chaney, Jr. | 67 | US | Actor |
| |
| 18 | Jack Hawkins | 62 | England | Actor |
| |
| 20 | Bruce Lee | 32 | US | Actor |
| |
| 30 | Guy Middleton | 65 | England | Actor |
| |
| August | 2 | Jean-Pierre Melville | 55 | France | Director |
|
| 5 | Warren Duff | 69 | US | Producer, Screenwriter |
| |
| 10 | Douglas Kennedy | 57 | US | Actor |
| |
| 11 | Peggie Castle | 45 | US | Actress |
| |
| 16 | Veda Ann Borg | 58 | US | Actress |
| |
| 17 | Eve Miller | 50 | US | Actress |
| |
| 22 | Louise Huff | 77 | US | Actress |
| |
| 30 | Michael Dunn | 38 | US | Actor, Singer |
| |
| 31 | John Ford | 79 | US | Director |
| |
| September | 13 | Betty Field | 60 | US | Actress |
|
| 21 | Diana Sands | 39 | US | Actress |
| |
| 26 | Anna Magnani | 65 | Italy | Actress |
| |
| 28 | Norma Crane | 44 | US | Actress |
| |
| October | 6 | Sidney Blackmer | 78 | US | Actor |
|
| 6 | Dennis Price | 58 | UK | Actor |
| |
| 16 | Cleo Moore | 48 | US | Actress |
| |
| 18 | Crane Wilbur | 86 | US | Screenwriter, Director |
| |
| 27 | Allan Lane | 64 | US | Actor |
| |
| November | 13 | Lila Lee | 72 | US | Actress |
|
| 20 | Viola Lawrence | 78 | US | Film Editor |
| |
| 23 | Claire Dodd | 64 | US | Actress |
| |
| 23 | Constance Talmadge | 75 | US | Actress | ||
| 23 | Sessue Hayakawa | 84 | Japan | Actor |
| |
| 23 | Adele Buffington | 73 | US | Screenwriter |
| |
| 25 | Laurence Harvey | 45 | Lithuania | Actor |
| |
| December | 4 | Michael O'Shea | 67 | US | Actor |
|
| 12 | Ranald MacDougall | 58 | US | Screenwriter, Director |
| |
| 20 | Bobby Darin | 37 | US | Actor, Singer |
| |
| 26 | Steven Geray | 69 | Ukraine | Actor |
| |
| 26 | William Haines | 73 | US | Actor |
| |
| 31 | A. Edward Sutherland | 78 | England | Director |
|
Debuts[]
- John Candy – Class of '44
- Joanna Cassidy – The Outfit
- Laura Dern – White Lightning
- Pino Donnagio – Don't Look Now (film composer)
- Anthony Edwards – Big Zapper
- Emilio Estevez – Badlands
- Victor Garber – Godspell
- Rutger Hauer – Turkish Delight
- Stan Lee - The Year 01
- Tatum O'Neal – Paper Moon
- Bernadette Peters – Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies
- Kathleen Quinlan – American Graffiti
- John Rhys-Davies – Penny Gold
- Stellan Skarsgård – Anita – ur en tonärsflickas dagbok
- Carl Weathers – Magnum Force
Notes[]
References[]
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- ^ a b c d e f Top 20 Films of 1973 by Domestic Revenue
- ^ "Charts - LES ENTREES EN FRANCE". JP's Box-Office. 1973. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
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- ^ Fu, Poshek; Desser, David (2002). The Cinema of Hong Kong: History, Arts, Identity. Cambridge University Press. p. 95. ISBN 9780521776028.
- ^ "Box Office 1973". Boxofficeindia.com. Archived from the original on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2011-06-01.
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Enter the Dragon struck a responsive chord across the globe. Made for a minuscule $850,000, it would gross $90 million worldwide in 1973 and go on to earn an estimated $350 million over the next forty-five years.
- ^ "Live and Let Die". The Numbers. Nash Information Services, LLC. Archived from the original on 31 May 2012. Retrieved 31 October 2011.
- ^ "American Graffiti (1973) – Financial Information". The Numbers. Retrieved January 30, 2012.
- ^ "On Independence Day, here are the most successful Indian movies of every decade since 1947". Hindustan Times. 15 August 2018.
- ^ "Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average)". World Bank. 1973. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
- ^ "U.S. Rage of Chop-Socky Films; Karate Breaks Out of Chinatown". Variety. January 9, 1974. p. 72.
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