1973 in film

List of years in film (table)
In home video
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1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
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In television
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1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976

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:

Highest-grossing films of 1973
RankTitleStudioDomestic gross
1. The Sting Universal Pictures $156,000,000[1]
2. The Exorcist Warner Bros. $128,000,000[2]
3. American Graffiti Universal Pictures $96,300,000[3]
4. Papillon Allied Artists Pictures $53,267,000[4]
5. The Way We Were Columbia Pictures $45,000,000[5]
6. Magnum Force Warner Bros. $39,768,000[6]
7. Last Tango in Paris United Artists $36,144,000[7]
8. Live and Let Die United Artists $35,377,836[8]
9. Robin Hood Walt Disney Productions $32,056,467[9]
10. Paper Moon Paramount Pictures $30,933,743[10]

Outside North America

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

CountryTitleStudioGross
India Bobby R. K. Films $14,210,000[nb 1]

Events

Awards

Academy Awards:

Best Picture: The Sting - Bill/Phillips-Hill, Zanuck/Brown, Universal
Best Director: George Roy Hill - The Sting
Best Actor: Jack Lemmon - Save the Tiger
Best Actress: Glenda Jackson - A Touch of Class
Best Supporting Actor: John Houseman - The Paper Chase
Best Supporting Actress: Tatum O'Neal - Paper Moon
Best Foreign Language Film: Day for Night (La Nuit américaine), directed by François Truffaut, France

Golden Globe Awards:

Drama:
Best Picture: The Exorcist
Best Actor: Al Pacino – Serpico
Best Actress: Marsha Mason – Cinderella Liberty
Musical or comedy:
Best Picture: American Graffiti
Best Actor: George Segal – A Touch of Class
Best Actress: Glenda Jackson – A Touch of Class
Other
Best Director: William Friedkin – The Exorcist
Best Foreign Language Film: The Pedestrian (Der Fußgänger), W. Germany

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

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1973 film releases

U.S.A. unless stated

January–March

April–June

July–September

October–December

Births

Notable deaths

MonthDateNameAgeCountryProfessionNotable films
January 2Franciska Gaal68HungaryActress, Singer
15Coleman Francis53USAActor, Director
19Max Adrian69Northern IrelandActor
24J. Carrol Naish77USAActor
26Edward G. Robinson79RomaniaActor
29Ludwig Stossel89AustriaActor
31Jack MacGowran54IrelandActor
February 13David Bauer55USAActor
15Tim Holt54USAActor
15Wally Cox48USAActor
22Katina Paxinou72GreeceActress
24Art Smith73USAActor
28Cecil Kellaway82South AfricaActor
March 5Rupert Crosse45USAActor
10Robert Siodmak72GermanyDirector
13Melville Cooper76EnglandActor
16Carl Benton Reid79USAActor
19Lauritz Melchior82USASinger
22Kane Richmond66USAActor
23Ken Maynard77USAActor
26Noël Coward73EnglandActor, Songwriter
April 11Ted de Corsia69USAActor
12Arthur Freed78USASongwriter, Producer
14Minna Gombell80USAActress
20Robert Armstrong82USAActor
21Merian C. Cooper79USADirector, Producer, Screenwriter
21Ursula Jeans73UKActress
26Irene Ryan70USAActress
May 4Charles Grayson69USAScreenwriter
6Myrna Fahey40USAActress
10Jack E. Leonard63USAActor, Comedian
11Lex Barker54USAActor
12Frances Marion84USAScreenwriter
21Vaughn Monroe61USASinger, Actor
29P. Ramlee44MalaysiaActor, Director
June 5Max Terhune87USAActor
10William Inge60USAScreenwriter, Playwright
16Louise Latimer60USAActress
18Roger Delgado55EnglandActor
23Fay Holden79EnglandActress
25Lars Tvinde86NorwayActor
26Ernest Truex83USAActor
July 2Betty Grable56USAActress
2George Macready73USAActor
6Joe E. Brown80USAActor
7Veronica Lake50USAActress
11Robert Ryan63USAActor
12Lon Chaney, Jr.67USAActor
18Jack Hawkins62EnglandActor
20Bruce Lee32USAActor
30Guy Middleton65EnglandActor
August 2Jean-Pierre Melville55FranceDirector
5Warren Duff69USAProducer, Screenwriter
10Douglas Kennedy57USAActor
11Peggie Castle45USAActress
16Veda Ann Borg58USAActress
17Eve Miller50USAActress
22Louise Huff77USAActress
30Michael Dunn38USAActor, Singer
31John Ford79USADirector
September 13Betty Field60USAActress
21Diana Sands39USAActress
26Anna Magnani65ItalyActress
28Norma Crane44USAActress
October 6Sidney Blackmer78USAActor
6Dennis Price58UKActor
16Cleo Moore48USAActress
18Crane Wilbur86USAScreenwriter, Director
27Allan Lane64USAActor
November 13Lila Lee72USAActress
20Viola Lawrence78USAFilm Editor
23Claire Dodd64USAActress
23Constance Talmadge75USAActress
23Sessue Hayakawa84JapanActor
23Adele Buffington73USAScreenwriter
25Laurence Harvey45LithuaniaActor
December 4Michael O'Shea67USAActor
12Ranald MacDougall58USAScreenwriter, Director
20Bobby Darin37USAActor, Singer
26Steven Geray69UkraineActor
26William Haines73USAActor
31A. Edward Sutherland78EnglandDirector

Debuts

Notes

  1. ↑ ₹11 crore;[11] 7.742 Indian rupees per US dollar in 1973[12]

References

  1. ↑ "The Sting (1973)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved May 26, 2014.
  2. ↑ Phillips, Kendall (2005). Projected Fears: Horror Films and American Culture. ABC-CLIO. p. 102. ISBN 9780313017964. The Exorcist grossed $128 million in its initial release, a figure that, when adjusted for inflation, would make it the most successful R-rated film in American history.
  3. ↑ Block, Alex Ben; Wilson, Lucy Autrey, eds. (2010). George Lucas's Blockbusting: A Decade-By-Decade Survey of Timeless Movies Including Untold Secrets of Their Financial and Cultural Success. HarperCollins. ISBN 9780061778896.
    • The Sting: p.717. $156.0 million (Initial Release Domestic Box office)
    • American Graffiti: p.421. $96.3 million (1973 Release Wave)
  4. ↑ "Papillon, Box Office Information". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved May 26, 2014.
  5. ↑ "The Way We Were (1973)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved May 26, 2014.
  6. ↑ "Magnum Force (1973)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved May 26, 2014.
  7. ↑ "Last Tango in Paris, Box Office Information". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved May 26, 2014.
  8. ↑ "Live and Let Die, Box Office Information". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved May 26, 2014.
  9. ↑ "Robin Hood, Box Office Information". The Numbers. Retrieved January 16, 2012.
  10. ↑ "Paper Moon, Box Office Information". The Numbers. Retrieved January 16, 2012.
  11. ↑ "Box Office 1973". Boxofficeindia.com. Archived from the original on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2011-06-01.
  12. ↑ http://fx.sauder.ubc.ca/etc/USDpages.pdf#page=3
  13. ↑ "U.S. Rage of Chop-Socky Films; Karate Breaks Out of Chinatown". Variety. January 9, 1974. p. 72.
  14. ↑ David-West, Alzo (January 2009). "The Literary Ideas of Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il: An Introduction to North Korean Meta-Authorial Perspectives" (PDF). Cultural Logic. 12: 14. ISSN 1097-3087. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-11-23. Retrieved 2015-04-04.
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