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This page covers significant events of the year 1973 in film.

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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:

Highest-grossing films of 1973
RankTitleDistributorDomestic rentals
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 Serpico Paramount Pictures $15,400,000 [3]

Outside North America

The highest-grossing 1973 films in countries outside of North America.

CountryTitleStudioGrossRef
France The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob SNC 7,295,727 admissions [4]
Germany Papillon Columbia Pictures 8,500,000 admissions [5]
Hong Kong The House of 72 Tenants Shaw Brothers Studio HK$5,600,000 [6]
India Bobby R. K. Films ₹110,000,000 (US$14,210,000) [7] [nb 1]
Italy Malicious Paramount Pictures 11,756,327 admissions [9]
Soviet Union The Headless Horseman Lenfilm 64,900,000 admissions [10]
Spain Cabaret TBD125.8 million ₧ [11]
United Kingdom Live and Let Die Eon Productions 9,000,000 admissions [12]

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. This list also includes gross revenue from later re-releases.

TitleWorldwide grossCountryRef
The Exorcist $441,306,145 [nb 2] United States [13]
Enter the Dragon $400,000,000 [nb 2] Worldwide [14]
The Sting $257,000,000United States [15] [16]
Live and Let Die $161,800,000 United Kingdom [17]
American Graffiti $140,000,000United States [18]
Bobby $39,000,000 India [19] [20]

The year's highest-grossing actor worldwide was Hong Kong martial arts film star Bruce Lee, who died the same year. [21]

Events

Awards

Category/Organization 31st Golden Globe Awards
January 26, 1974		 27th BAFTA Awards
March 6, 1974		 46th Academy Awards
April 2, 1974
DramaMusical 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

1973 films

By country/region

By genre/medium

Births

Deaths

MonthDateNameAgeCountryProfessionNotable films
January2 Franciska Gaal 68HungaryActress, Singer
15 Coleman Francis 53USActor, Director
19 Max Adrian 69Northern IrelandActor
24 J. Carrol Naish 77USActor
26 Edward G. Robinson 79RomaniaActor
29 Ludwig Stossel 89AustriaActor
31 Jack MacGowran 54IrelandActor
February13 David Bauer 55USActor
15 Tim Holt 54USActor
15 Wally Cox 48USActor
22 Katina Paxinou 72GreeceActress
24 Art Smith 73USActor
28 Cecil Kellaway 82South AfricaActor
March5 Rupert Crosse 45USActor
10 Robert Siodmak 72GermanyDirector
11 Gregorio Fernandez 68PhilippinesActor, Director
13 Melville Cooper 76EnglandActor
16 Carl Benton Reid 79USActor
19 Lauritz Melchior 82USSinger
22 Kane Richmond 66USActor
23 Ken Maynard 77USActor
26 Noël Coward 73EnglandActor, Songwriter
April11 Ted de Corsia 69USActor
12 Arthur Freed 78USSongwriter, Producer
14 Minna Gombell 80USActress
20 Robert Armstrong 82USActor
21 Merian C. Cooper 79USDirector, Producer, Screenwriter
21 Ursula Jeans 73UKActress
26 Irene Ryan 70USActress
May4 Charles Grayson 69USScreenwriter
6 Myrna Fahey 40USActress
7 Maxine Doyle 58USActress
10 Jack E. Leonard 63USActor, Comedian
11 Lex Barker 54USActor
12 Frances Marion 84USScreenwriter
21 Vaughn Monroe 61USSinger, Actor
29 P. Ramlee 44MalaysiaActor, Director
June5 Max Terhune 87USActor
10 William Inge 60USScreenwriter, Playwright
16 Louise Latimer 60USActress
18 Roger Delgado 55EnglandActor
23 Fay Holden 79EnglandActress
25 Lars Tvinde 86NorwayActor
26 Ernest Truex 83USActor
July2 Betty Grable 56USActress
2 George Macready 73USActor
6 Joe E. Brown 80USActor
7 Veronica Lake 50USActress
11 Robert Ryan 63USActor
12 Lon Chaney Jr. 67USActor
18 Jack Hawkins 62EnglandActor
20 Bruce Lee 32USActor
30 Guy Middleton 65EnglandActor
August2 Jean-Pierre Melville 55FranceDirector
5 Warren Duff 69USProducer, Screenwriter
10 Douglas Kennedy 57USActor
11 Peggie Castle 45USActress
16 Veda Ann Borg 58USActress
17 Eve Miller 50USActress
22 Louise Huff 77USActress
30 Michael Dunn 38USActor, Singer
31 John Ford 79USDirector
September13 Betty Field 60USActress
20 Glenn Strange 74USActor
21 Diana Sands 39USActress
24 Ted Adams 83USActress
26 Anna Magnani 65ItalyActress
28 Norma Crane 44USActress
28 Mantan Moreland 71USActor, Comedian
October6 Sidney Blackmer 78USActor
6 Dennis Price 58UKActor
16 Cleo Moore 48USActress
18 Crane Wilbur 86USScreenwriter, Director
27 Allan Lane 64USActor
November13 Lila Lee 72USActress
20 Viola Lawrence 78USFilm Editor
23 Claire Dodd 64USActress
23 Robert Ellis 40USActor
23 Constance Talmadge 75USActress
23 Sessue Hayakawa 84JapanActor
23 Adele Buffington 73USScreenwriter
25 Laurence Harvey 45LithuaniaActor
December4 Michael O'Shea 67USActor
12 Ranald MacDougall 58USScreenwriter, Director
20 Bobby Darin 37USActor, Singer
26 Steven Geray 69UkraineActor
26 William Haines 73USActor
31 A. Edward Sutherland 78EnglandDirector

Debuts

Notes

  1. ↑ ₹7.742 per US dollar in 1973 [8]
  2. 1 2 Includes gross revenue from re-releases

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  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Top 20 Films of 1973 by Domestic Revenue
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  4. ↑ "Charts - LES ENTREES EN FRANCE". JP's Box-Office. 1973. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
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  10. ↑ "Prokat2". Kinokultura.com. Archived from the original on 2012-05-10. Retrieved 2012-10-09.
  11. ↑ Boletín informativo del control de taquila. Datos de cuatro trimestre 1973 (PDF). ICAA. 1974. p. 323.
  12. ↑ "The Ultimate Chart: 1–100". British Film Institute. 28 November 2004. Archived from the original on 3 August 2012. Retrieved 14 November 2013.
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  15. ↑ "The Sting". Box Office Mojo . Retrieved December 31, 2023. Domestic $156,000,000
  16. ↑ "Universal's Foreign Champs". Daily Variety . February 6, 1990. p. 122. Foreign $101.0m
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