Overview of the events of 1973 in film
This page covers significant events of the year 1973 in film .
Warner Bros. and Walt Disney Studios celebrated their 50th anniversaries.
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
Rank
Title
Distributor
Domestic 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.
Country
Title
Studio
Gross
Ref
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 TBD
125.8 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.
Title
Worldwide gross
Country
Ref
The Exorcist $441,306,145[ nb 2]
United States
[ 13]
Enter the Dragon $400,000,000[ nb 2]
Worldwide
[ 14]
The Sting $257,000,000
United States
[ 15] [ 16]
Live and Let Die $161,800,000
United Kingdom
[ 17]
American Graffiti $140,000,000
United 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
Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):
The Hireling Alan Bridges , United KingdomScarecrow Jerry Schatzberg , United StatesGolden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):
Ashani Sanket Distant Thunder ), directed by Satyajit Ray , India
1973 films
Births
January 4 - Damon Gupton , American actor
January 7 – Baiba Broka , Latvian actress
January 10 – Ryan Drummond , American actor and comedian
January 14 – Katie Griffin , Canadian actress and singer.
January 17 - Bob Persichetti , American animator, story artist, storyboard artist, screenwriter and director
January 18 - Ben Willbond , English actor and screenwriter
January 23 – Lanei Chapman , American actress
January 24 – William Gregory Lee , American actor
January 29 – Arben Bajraktaraj , Korovan-born French actor
January 30 - Jordan Prentice , Canadian actor
January 31
February 12 – Tara Strong , Canadian-American voice actress
February 14 - Kristen Dalton , American actress
February 15 - Sarah Wynter , Australian actress
February 17 – Lucy Davis , English actress
February 18 – Tom Wisdom , English actor
February 25 – Anson Mount , American actor
February 27 – Li Bingbing , Chinese actress
March 1 – Jack Davenport , English actor
March 3 - Matthew Marsden , English-American actor, producer and singer
March 4 – Len Wiseman , American director, screenwriter and producer
March 8 - Boris Kodjoe , German actor and producer
March 10 – Natasha Alam , Uzbekistani–American actress and model
March 13 – Ólafur Darri Ólafsson , Icelandic-American actor, producer and screenwriter
March 16 - Jerome Flynn , English actor and singer
March 18 – Luci Christian , American voice actress
March 19 - Jill Culton , American animator, storyboard artist, director and screenwriter
March 20
March 21 - Vanessa Branch , English-born American actress
March 22 - Clay Kaytis , American animator and director
March 24 – Jim Parsons , American actor and producer
April 1 - Kris Marshall , English actor
April 2
April 3 – Adam Scott , American actor, comedian and producer
April 6
April 10 – Guillaume Canet , French actor
April 11
April 12 - Amr Waked , Egyptian actor
April 14 – Adrien Brody , American actor
April 19
April 22 – Christopher Sabat , American voice actor
April 30
May 5 – Tina Yothers , American actress
May 8
May 10 – Tora Sudiro , Indonesian actor
May 12 - Mackenzie Astin , American actor
May 17
May 21 - Noel Fielding , English comedian, writer, actor, artist, musician and television presenter
May 25 - Jossara Jinaro , Brazilian-American actress (d. 2022)
May 27 - Jack McBrayer , American actor, singer and comedian
May 30 - Minae Noji , Japanese-American actress
June 1 - Adam Garcia , Australian actor
June 2 - Kevin Feige , American producer
June 4 - Matt Corboy , American actor
June 8 - Lexa Doig , Canadian actress
June 9 - Orlando Wells , English actor and writer
June 12 - Mel Rodriguez , American actor
June 15 – Neil Patrick Harris , American actor
June 16 – Eddie Cibrian , American actor
June 17 - Louis Leterrier , French director and producer
June 18 - Julie Depardieu , French actress
June 19 - Leticia Spiller , Brazilian actress
June 21 – Juliette Lewis , American actress
June 22 - Tracy Melchior , American actress
June 24 - Alexander Beyer , German actor
June 27 - Razaaq Adoti , British actor, producer and screenwriter
June 29 - Lance Barber , American actor
July 2 - Peter Kay , English comedian and actor
July 3 - Patrick Wilson , American actor, director and singer
July 6 - William Lee Scott , American actor
July 8 - Sebastian Maniscalco , American stand-up comedian and actor
July 9 - Enrique Murciano , American actor
July 10 - Annie Mumolo , American actress, screenwriter, comedian and producer
July 11 - Jason Liebrecht , American voice actor
July 15 - Rachel Pickup , British actress
July 16 - Robert Jayne , American actor
July 19 - Saïd Taghmaoui , French-American actor and screenwriter
July 20 – Omar Epps , American actor, rapper and producer
July 22 - Jaime Camil , Mexican actor and singer
July 23
July 24 - Jamie Denbo , American actress, writer and comedian
July 25 - David Denman , American actor
July 26 – Kate Beckinsale , English actress
July 29
August 2 - Simon Kinberg , British-born American filmmaker
August 3 - Michael Ealy , American actor
August 5 - Michael Hollick , American actor
August 6
August 8 – Jessica Calvello , American voice actress
August 9 - Kevin McKidd , Scottish actor and television director
August 18 - Carmen Serano , American actress
August 19 - Ahmed Best , American actor, comedian and musician
August 22 – Kristen Wiig , American actress and comedian
August 24
August 25 - Ben Falcone , American filmmaker, comedian and actor
August 26 - Andy Muschietti , Argentine filmmaker
August 28 - Kirby Morrow , Canadian actor, comedian and writer (d. 2020)
September 1 - Guillem Morales , Spanish director
September 4
Jason David Frank , American actor and mixed martial artist (d. 2022)Lazlow Jones , American writer, producer, director, voice actor and radio personality
September 5
September 7 – Shannon Elizabeth , American actress
September 12 –
September 13 - Travis Knight , American animator, producer and director
September 14 – Andrew Lincoln , English actor
September 18 – James Marsden , American actor
September 19 - Nicholas Bishop , English-born Australian actor
September 25 - Bridgette Wilson , American actress and singer
September 26 – Julienne Davis , American actress and model
September 27 - Indira Varma , British actress and narrator
October 1 – Christian Borle , American actor and singer
October 2 – Efren Ramirez , American actor
October 3
October 6 – Ioan Gruffudd , Welsh actor
October 8 - Jan Pavel Filipensky , Czech actor
October 10
October 21 - Sasha Roiz , Israeli-born Canadian actor
October 22 – Carmen Ejogo , British actress and singer
October 23 - Stéphane Debac , French actor
October 24
October 25 - Michael Weston , American actor
October 26 – Seth MacFarlane , American actor, animator, screenwriter, comedian, director and singer
October 28 – Kim Seo-hyung , South Korean actress
October 30
November 1
November 2 - Marisol Nichols , American actress
November 3 - Sticky Fingaz , American rapper and actor
November 4 - Steven Ogg , Canadian actor
November 11 - Chris McKay , American filmmaker
November 12 - Radha Mitchell , Australian actress
November 14 - Dana Snyder , American actor and voice actor
November 21 - Brook Kerr , American actress
November 24
November 26 – Peter Facinelli , American actor
November 27
December 1 - Lombardo Boyar , American actor
December 3
December 4 - Tyra Banks , American television personality, producer, writer and actress
December 11 - Mos Def , American rapper, singer-songwriter and actor
December 14
December 17 - Rian Johnson , American filmmaker
December 28 - Seth Meyers , American talkshow host, actor, comedian
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
7 Maxine Doyle 58
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
20 Glenn Strange 74
US
Actor
21 Diana Sands 39
US
Actress
24 Ted Adams 83
US
Actress
26 Anna Magnani 65
Italy
Actress
28 Norma Crane 44
US
Actress
28 Mantan Moreland 71
US
Actor, Comedian
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 Robert Ellis 40
US
Actor
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
Notes
^ ₹7.742 per US dollar in 1973[ 8] ^ a b Includes gross revenue from re-releases
References
^ a b c d Finler, Joel Waldo (2003). The Hollywood Story . Wallflower Press. pp. 360–361 . ISBN 978-1-903364-66-6 ^ a b c d e Top 20 Films of 1973 by Domestic Revenue ^ "North America (US and Canada) Domestic Movie Chart for 1973" . the-numbers.com . Retrieved 2023-12-09 .^ "Charts - LES ENTREES EN FRANCE" . JP's Box-Office . 1973. Retrieved 27 November 2018 .^ "Bilan Annuel Allemagne -1973" . JP's Box-Office . Retrieved 10 December 2018 .^ 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 .^ "Pacific Exchange Rate Service" (PDF) . UBC Sauder School of Business University of British Columbia . p. 3. Retrieved 8 February 2019 .^ "Bilan Annuel Italie −1973" . JP's Box-Office . Retrieved 10 December 2018 .^ "Prokat2" . Kinokultura.com. Archived from the original on 2012-05-10. Retrieved 2012-10-09 .^ Boletín informativo del control de taquila. Datos de cuatro trimestre 1973 (PDF) . ICAA . 1974. p. 323.^ "The Ultimate Chart: 1–100" . British Film Institute . 28 November 2004. Archived from the original on 3 August 2012. Retrieved 14 November 2013 .^ "The Exorcist (1973)" . Box Office Mojo . Retrieved December 28, 2011 .^ Wilson, Wayne (2001). Bruce Lee ISBN 978-1-58415-066-4 After its release, Enter the Dragon became Warner Brothers' highest grossing movie of 1973. It has earned well over $400 million ^ "The Sting" . Box Office Mojo . Retrieved December 31, 2023 . Domestic $156,000,000 ^ "Universal's Foreign Champs". Daily Variety Foreign $101.0m ^ "Live and Let Die" . The Numbers . Nash Information Services, LLC. Archived from the original on 31 May 2012. Retrieved 31 October 2011 .^ "American Graffiti (1973) – Financial Information" . The Numbers . Retrieved January 30, 2012 .^ "On Independence Day, here are the most successful Indian movies of every decade since 1947" . Hindustan Times ^ "Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average)" . World Bank . Retrieved 13 December 2018 .^ Eder, Shirley (18 September 1973). " Detroit Free Press . Retrieved 16 April 2022 – via Newspapers.com . ^ "U.S. Rage of Chop-Socky Films; Karate Breaks Out of Chinatown". Variety ^ 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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