List of 1973 box office number-one films in the United States

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This is a list of films which placed number one at the weekly box office in the United States during 1973 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.

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Number-one films

#Week endingFilmGrossNotesRef
1January 3, 1973 The Poseidon Adventure $773,000 [1]
2January 10, 1973 The Getaway $874,800The Getaway reached number one in its third week of release [2]
3January 17, 1973The Poseidon Adventure$634,500The Poseidon Adventure returned to number one in its fifth week of release [3]
4January 24, 1973$649,400 [4]
5January 31, 1973$533,300 [5]
6February 7, 1973$1,274,500 [6]
7February 14, 1973$1,116,400 [7]
8February 21, 1973$1,104,100 [8]
9February 28, 1973$749,800 [9]
10March 7, 1973$596,700 [10]
11March 14, 1973The Getaway$489,280The Getaway returned to number one in its twelfth week of release [11]
12March 21, 1973The Poseidon Adventure$438,100The Poseidon Adventure returned to number one in its 14th week of release [12]
13March 28, 1973 Five Fingers Of Death $696,000 [13]
14April 4, 1973 Cabaret $983,950Cabaret reached number one in its 59th week of release. It grossed $1,880,000 nationally, a record for Allied Artists [14] [15]
15April 11, 1973$833,700 [16]
16April 18, 1973Five Fingers Of Death$440,500Five Fingers Of Death returned to number one in its fourth week of release [17]
17April 25, 1973 Soylent Green $674,500 [18]
18May 2, 1973$537,150 [19]
19May 9, 1973 Fists of Fury $697,000 [20]
20May 16, 1973The Poseidon Adventure$363,800The Poseidon Adventure returned to number one in its 22nd week of release [21]
21May 23, 1973 Last Tango in Paris $384,200Last Tango In Paris reached number one in its 16th week of release [22]
22May 30, 1973 High Plains Drifter $791,700High Plains Drifter reached number one in its eighth week on the chart [23]
23June 6, 1973$460,500 [24]
24June 13, 1973 The Chinese Connection $694,850The Chinese Connection reached number one in its second week of release [25]
25June 20, 1973 The Hammer of God $467,000 [26]
26June 27, 1973 Scarecrow $627,600Scarecrow reached number one in its ninth week on the chart [27]
27July 4, 1973 Live and Let Die $1,868,100 [28]
28July 11, 1973$1,203,690 [29]
29July 18, 1973$858,900 [30]
30July 25, 1973$731,400 [31]
31August 1, 1973 Karado: The Hong Kong Flash $725,000 [32]
32August 8, 1973Live and Let Die$514,950Live and Let Die returned to number one in its sixth week of release [33]
33August 15, 1973 Coffy $625,750Coffy reached number one in its 14th week of release [34]
34August 22, 1973 Paper Moon $911,685Paper Moon reached number one in its twelfth week on the chart [35]
35August 29, 1973 Enter the Dragon $802,280Enter the Dragon reached number one in its second week of release [36]
36September 5, 1973$825,300 [37]
37September 12, 1973 Lady Kung Fu $699,000 [38]
38September 19, 1973 The Shanghai Killers $399,600Shanghai Killers reached number one in its third week on the chart [39]
39September 26, 1973 Dillinger $412,000Dillinger reached number one in its 13th week on the chart [40]
40October 3, 1973 Deadly China Doll $400,000 [41]
41October 10, 1973Enter the Dragon$643,200Enter the Dragon returned to number one in its eighth week of release [42]
42October 17, 1973 The Cheerleaders / Fritz the Cat (double bill)$260,000 [43]
43October 24, 1973Paper Moon$465,800Paper Moon returned to number one in its 21st week on the chart [44]
44October 31, 1973 Billy Jack (reissue)$2,526,455 [45]
45November 7, 1973$2,085,425 [45]
46November 14, 1973$1,258,167 [46]
47November 21, 1973 The Way We Were $1,345,000The Way We Were reached number one in its fifth week on the chart [47]
48November 28, 1973$1,496,100 [48]
49December 5, 1973$967,700 [49]
50December 12, 1973$772,500 [50]
51December 19, 1973$504,100 [51]
52December 26, 1973 Serpico $907,102Serpico reached number one in its third week of release [52]

Highest-grossing films

Highest-grossing films of 1973 by calendar year gross based on the cities covered by Variety for the weekly charts. [nb 1] [53] [54]

RankTitleStudioPlaying weeks [nb 2] Gross ($)
1. The Poseidon Adventure 20th Century Fox 1,22912,850,359
2. Billy Jack Warner Bros. 1,4469,328,613
3. Last Tango in Paris United Artists 8048,937,300
4. The Way We Were Columbia 6908,184,256
5. Live and Let Die United Artists8037,739,979
6. The Devil in Miss Jones MBL6077,681,782
7. Paper Moon Paramount 9547,245,869
8. The Getaway National General Pictures 5945,244,568
9. The Heartbreak Kid 20th Century Fox6634,708,831
10. Deliverance Warner Bros.7574,626,320
11. Deep Throat Damiano 1824,617,211
12. Sleuth 20th Century Fox5474,528,312
13. Cabaret Allied Artists 1,0804,511,703
14. Jesus Christ Superstar Universal 4854,267,763
15. The Day of the Jackal Universal5634,234,494
16. American Grafitti Universal4114,227,708
17. A Touch of Class Avco Embassy 5274,202,988
18. Enter the Dragon Warner Bros.3513,835,710
19. Tom Sawyer United Artists3353,688,035
20. Sounder 20th Century Fox5663,675,623
21. Five Fingers Of Death Warner Bros.4083,638,868
22. Across 110th Street United Artists5283,560,285
23. Pete 'n' Tillie Universal5103,432,595
24. Westworld Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 4343,369,655
25. Man of La Mancha United Artists3613,192,703

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Variety noted that the total grosses that they collated represented about one-third of total U.S. grosses as defined by the US Department of Commerce. The grosses of the top 25 films represented 37% of the total grosses collated. Variety noted that the grosses they reported were based on mostly first-run theatres in major metropolitan markets and that the performance of films from distributors such as Walt Disney Studios and Universal Pictures, which sought out smaller markets and subsequent run marketing strategies for their films, were not fully reflected in their charts.
  2. ↑ Playing weeks represent one film in one theatre for one week

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  2. ↑ "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety . January 17, 1973. p. 11.
  3. ↑ "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety . January 24, 1973. p. 10.
  4. ↑ "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety . January 31, 1973. p. 13.
  5. ↑ "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety . February 7, 1973. p. 9.
  6. ↑ "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety . February 14, 1973. p. 12.
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