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1973 Movies Box Office Grosses

Jump To 1973 Movie Links: 1. Box Office 2. Reviews 3. Oscar Movies 4. UMR Table

1973 Movies Box Office Grosses – Adjusted Domestic

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CreditRank Movie (Year) UMR Co-Star Links Domestic Box Office Adjusted (mil) S
CreditRank Movie (Year) UMR Co-Star Links Domestic Box Office Adjusted (mil) S
1 The Sting (1973)
AA Best Picture Win
Robert Redford &
Paul Newman
1,113.10
2 The Exorcist (1973)
AA Best Picture Nom
Linda Blair &
Horror
1,382.80
2 American Graffiti (1973)
AA Best Picture Nom
Ron Howard &
Harrison Ford
820.20
5 Serpico (1973) Al Pacino &
Directed by Sidney Lumet
210.50
4 Paper Moon (1973) Tatum O'Neal &
Ryan O'Neal
353.70
8 The Day of the Jackal (1973) Edward Fox 198.30
6 The Three Musketeers (1973) Charlton Heston &
Faye Dunaway
244.70
6 Papillon (1973) Steve McQueen &
Dustin Hoffman
481.50
13 A Touch of Class (1973)
AA Best Picture Nom
Glenda Jackson &
George Segal
158.40
14 Sleeper (1973) Woody Allen &
Diane Keaton
172.40
8 Magnum Force (1973) Clint Eastwood 312.30
9 The Way We Were (1973) Robert Redford &
Barbra Streisand
480.60
15 Jesus Christ Superstar (1973) Ted Neeley 214.00
13 Live and Let Die (1973) Roger Moore 339.30
13 Robin Hood (1973) Peter Ustinov 367.90
18 Westworld (1973) Yul Brynner 149.80
17 The Last Detail (1973) Jack Nicholson &
Randy Quaid
101.50
19 High Plains Drifter (1973) Clint Eastwood 119.50
20 Walking Tall (1973) Joe Don Baker 139.80
20 The World's Greatest Athlete (1973) Tim Conway &
Jan-Michael Vincent
237.10
22 White Lightning (1973) Burt Reynolds &
Ned Beatty
130.70
24 The Paper Chase (1973) John Houseman 85.60
25 Scarecrow (1973) Al Pacino &
Gene Hackman
92.00
24 The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1973) Ray Harryhausen 110.00
24 Save the Tiger (1973) Jack Lemmon &
Jack Gilford
50.30
28 The Last of Sheila (1973) James Coburn &
James Mason
47.10
29 Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973) James Coburn &
Kris Kristofferson
57.80
26 Badlands (1973) Martin Sheen &
Warren Oates
21.40
31 The Seven-Ups (1973) Roy Scheider &
Tony Lo Bianco
85.60
31 Tom Sawyer (1973) Jodie Foster &
Warren Oates
107.00
29 Amarcord (1973) Directed by Federico Fellini 49.20
34 Soylent Green (1973) Charlton Heston &
Edward G. Robinson
77.00
34 Cinderella Liberty (1973) Marsha Mason &
James Caan
85.70
35 Emperor of the North (1973) Lee Marvin &
Ernest Borgnine
42.80
31 Theater of Blood (1973) Vincent Price &
Diana Rigg
21.40
36 Class of '44 (1973) Gary Grimes 130.50
37 Coffy (1973) Pam Grier 59.90
37 Bang the Drum Slowly (1973) Vincent Gardenia &
Robert DeNiro
34.70
36 The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973) Robert Mitchum 21.40
42 Cahill United States Marshal (1973) John Wayne 87.70
44 Flesh For Frankenstein (1973) Joe Dallesandro 100.60
40 Mean Streets (1973) Robert De Niro &
Harvey Keitel
8.50
41 The Long Goodbye (1973) Elliott Gould 20.30
44 My Name Is Nobody (1973) Henry Fonda 37.50
48 The Mack (1973) Richard Pryor 64.20
45 Don't Look Now (1973) Julie Christie &
Donald Sutherland
31.80
47 Dillinger (1973) Warren Oates &
Richard Dreyfuss
42.80
48 The Iceman Cometh (1973) Lee Marvin &
Jeff Bridges
17.70
51 Superdad (1973) Kurt Russell 134.30
49 Fantastic Planet (1973) Directed by Rene Laloux 17.10
50 O Lucky Man! (1973) Malcolm McDowell &
Helen Mirren
18.20
54 Charlotte's Web (1973) Debbie Reynolds &
Agnes Moorehead
51.40
52 Charley Varrick (1973) Walter Matthau &
Joe Don Baker
21.40
54 Trinity Is STILL My Name! (1973) Terrence Hill &
Bud Spencer
44.90
52 Day for Night (1973) Jacqueline Bisset 8.50
57 Hitler: The Last Ten Days (1973) Alec Guinness 47.10
58 Blume in Love (1973) Shelley Winters &
George Segal
59.90
59 Cleopatra Jones (1973) Shelley Winters 66.30
57 Two Men in Town/Deux hommes dans la ville (1973) Alain Delon &
Gérard Depardieu
17.30
59 The Wicker Man (1973) Edward Woodward &
Christopher Lee
19.30
65 The Train Robbers (1973) John Wayne &
Ann-Margret
66.30
64 The Legend of Hell House (1973) Roddy McDowall 53.50
61 The Man from Acapulco/La Magnifique (1973) Jean-Paul Belmondo 12.10
62 Payday (1973) 18.20
63 Jeremy (1973) 18.20
66 Wattstax (1973) Richard Pryor 33.40
68 Lost Horizon (1973) Peter Finch &
Liv Ullmann
81.30
65 Let The Good Times Roll (1973) Chuck Berry 22.50
73 The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing (1973) Burt Reynolds &
Sarah Miles
64.20
71 Slither (1973) James Caan 29.00
67 Kamouraska (1973) Genevieve Bujold 13.90
72 Breezy (1973) William Holden &
Directed by Clint Eastwood
37.50
71 Ludwig (1973) 10.00
74 Enter the Dragon (1973) Bruce Lee &
John Saxon
0.20
76 Black Caesar (1973) Fred Williamson 42.80
76 Heavy Traffic (1973) Ralph Bakshi 32.10
77 The Laughing Policeman (1973) Walter Matthau &
Bruce Dern
37.50
80 40 Carats (1973) Gene Kelly 44.90
79 Gordon's War (1973) Paul Winfield 26.80
78 The Optimists of Nine Elms (1973) Peter Sellers 10.30
81 A Delicate Balance (1973) Katharine Hepburn &
Joseph Cotten
12.40
83 One Little Indian (1973) James Garner &
Jodie Foster
47.10
82 F For Fake (1973) Laurence Harvey &
Orson Welles
3.20
86 Godspell (1973) Victor Garber 25.70
82 Turkish Delight (1973) 0.40
88 Shamus (1973) Burt Reynolds &
Dyan Cannon
70.60
86 Electra Glide in Blue (1973) Robert Blake &
Conrad L. Hall
11.60
94 Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973) Roddy McDowall 85.60
91 Jonathan Livingston Seagull (1973) Dorothy McGuire 34.20
90 A Warm December (1973) Sidney Poitier 34.20
87 The Burned Barns/Les granges brûlées (1973) 7.00
89 The Hireling (1973) Robert Shaw 12.80
92 Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams (1973) Joanne Woodward &
Sylvia Sidney
19.30
92 The Offence (1973) Sean Connery &
Directed by Sidney Lumet
6.90
95 The Outfit (1973) Robert Duvall &
Robert Ryan
13.40
94 Where The Red Fern Grows (1973) 10.10
98 Detroit 9000 (1973) Scatman Crothers 25.70
99 The Thief Who Came To Dinner (1973) Warren Oates &
Ryan O'Neal
37.50
98 Love and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing (1973) Maggie Smith 13.90
101 Harry in Your Pocket (1973) James Coburn &
Walter Pidgeon
32.10
103 The Cheerleaders (1973) Stephanie Fondue 53.50
103 The Mackintosh Man (1973) Paul Newman &
James Mason
32.10
102 That'll Be the Day (1973) The Beatles 16.10
105 Hell Up In Harlem (1973) Fred Williamson 30.00
106 Revolver (1973) 2.30
105 The Nelson Affair/Bequest To The Nation (1973) Glenda Jackson 3.20
105 The Serpent (1973) Henry Fonda &
Yul Brynner
17.10
109 Oklahoma Crude (1973) George C. Scott &
Faye Dunaway
53.50
108 The Slams (1973) 18.50
110 The Last American Hero (1973) Jeff Bridges 26.80
112 Shaft in Africa (1973) Richard Roundtree 29.90
112 Baxter! (1973) 13.30
111 Kid Blue (1973) Warren Oates &
Dennis Hopper
17.60
114 Scorpio (1973) Burt Lancaster 30.00
117 Showdown (1973) Rock Hudson &
Dean Martin
19.30
116 Your Three Minutes Are Up (1973) Beau Bridges 1.50
116 No Way Out /Tony Arzenta (Big Guns) (1973) Alain Delon 6.10
117 Hurry Up, or I'll Be 30 (1973) Danny DeVito 3.70
120 Visions of Eight (1973) Directed by Arthur Penn &
Directed by Milos Forman
1.50
119 Two People (1973) 11.90
122 The Pedestrian (1973) Maximilian Schell 1.00
121 England Made Me (1973) Peter Finch 1.10
128 The Harrad Experiment (1973) Don Johnson 64.20
124 Messiah of Evil (1973) Elisha Cook Jr. 13.40
123 Love Comes Quietly/Angela (1973) Barbara Hershey 3.00
123 Maurie (1973) Basketball Movies &
Bernie Casey
10.70
127 Slaughter's Big Rip-Off (1973) Jim Brown &
Scatman Crothers
21.40
125 Hit! (1973) Richard Pryor 19.30
128 Arnold (1973) Roddy McDowall 30.00
128 The Girl From The Red Cabaret (1973) 2.70
131 The Stone Killer (1973) Charles Bronson 26.80
132 Scalawag (1973) Kirk Douglas 17.10
129 A Doll's House (II) (1973) Jane Fonda 2.40
135 Happy Mother's Day, Love George (1973) Patricia Neal &
Ron Howard
18.50
134 Ricco (1973) 1.30
137 The Day of the Dolphin (1973) George C. Scott 16.20
134 Life Study (1973) Tommy Lee Jones 5.00
138 Shock Treatment/Traitement de choc (1973) 13.10
140 Badge 373 (1973) Robert Duvall 23.50
138 The Inheritor (1973) 4.30
140 Charley-One-Eye (1973) 1.00
141 The Blockhouse (1973) Peter Sellers 10.30
142 The Don Is Dead (1973) Anthony Quinn 11.10
142 Massacre in Rome (1973)
Limited Release
Richard Burton &
Marcello Mastroianni
4.20
145 Steelyard Blues (1973) Jane Fonda &
Donald Sutherland
21.40
145 Once Upon a Scoundrel (1973) 0.20
151 The Neptune Factor (1973) Ernest Borgnine &
Walter Pidgeon
58.90
146 Baciamo le mani (1973) 0.70
147 The All-American Boy (1973) Jon Voight 9.10
148 The Corruption of Chris Miller (1973) 1.10
154 Charley and the Angel (1973) Kurt Russell &
Fred MacMurray
21.40
150 Jory (1973) Robby Benson 6.70
149 The Mysterious Island (1973) 1.90
153 From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (1973) Ingrid Bergman 10.70
153 Executive Action (1973) Burt Lancaster &
Robert Ryan
15.30
156 Super Fly T.N.T. (1973) Ron O'Neal 25.50
157 Black Mama White Mama (1973) Pam Grier 21.40
156 The Daring Dobermans (1973) Joan Caulfield 14.10
157 Expulsion of the Devil (1973) 1.10
159 The Killing Kind (1973)
Limited Release
Cindy Williams 0.30
159 The Man Called Noon (1973) 4.80
162 Scream Blacula Scream (1973) Pam Grier 21.40
160 A Doll's House (I) (1973) Anthony Hopkins &
Claire Bloom
13.20
163 Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies (1973) Cliff Robertson 19.50
164 The Deadly Trackers (1973) 5.40
167 The Student Teachers (1973) Susan Damante 23.10
164 Tales That Witness Madness (1973) Kim Novak 12.10
168 Invasion of the Bee Girls (1973) William Smith 15.50
169 Sssssss (1973) Strother Martin 21.40
170 Chino (1973) Charles Bronson &
John Sturges
20.30
169 I Escaped from Devil's Island (1973) 11.30
171 The Pyx (1973) Christopher Plummer 17.60
171 Schlock (1973) 0.10
175 Night Watch (1973) Elizabeth Taylor &
Laurence Harvey
15.00
172 Idaho Transfer (1973) Directed by Peter Fonda 9.70
174 The Final Programme (1973) 3.00
177 Cannibal Girls (1973) Eugene Levy 3.00
176 Lolly-Madonna XXX (1973) Jeff Bridges &
Robert Ryan
7.00
178 Interval (1973) Merle Oberon 6.40
178 Godzilla vs. Megalon (1973) 1.10
180 Terminal Island (1973) 3.00
181 Tom/The Bad Bunch (1973) 6.40
182 Don Juan (Or If Don Juan Were a Woman)/Don Juan ou Si Don Juan était une femme (1973) 6.70
182 Some Call It Loving (1973) Richard Pryor 13.90
184 Marco (1973) 5.50
186 Hex (1973) 1.40
185 Ghost In The Noonday Sun (1973) 0.10
189 Ash Wednesday (1973) Henry Fonda &
Elizabeth Taylor
34.70
186 Trader Horn (1973) Rod Taylor 3.90
189 Son of Dracula (1973) 11.20
190 Keep It In The Family (1973) John Gavin 1.10
191 Terror In The Wax Musuem (1973) Ray Milland 9.70
191 The Werewolf of Washington (1973) 5.70
193 Edifying & Joyous Story of Colinot/L'histoire très bonne et très joyeuse de Colinot (1973) 6.50
194 Little Laura and Big John (1973) Karen Black 5.00
195 Massage Parlor Murders! (1973) George Dzundza 1.00
197 Massage Parlor Murders! (1973) 1.00

1973 Movies Box Office Grosses – Adjusted World Wide

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Movie (Year) UMR Co-Star Links World-Wide Box Office Adjusted (mil) S
Movie (Year) UMR Co-Star Links World-Wide Box Office Adjusted (mil) S
The Exorcist (1973)
AA Best Picture Nom
Linda Blair &
Horror
2,851.70
The Sting (1973)
AA Best Picture Win
Robert Redford &
Paul Newman
1,969.10
American Graffiti (1973)
AA Best Picture Nom
Ron Howard &
Harrison Ford
1,077.10
Live and Let Die (1973) Roger Moore 1,002.70
The Train Robbers (1973) John Wayne &
Ann-Margret
137.00
Cahill United States Marshal (1973) John Wayne 132.70
The Man from Acapulco/La Magnifique (1973) Jean-Paul Belmondo 87.00
Two Men in Town/Deux hommes dans la ville (1973) Alain Delon &
Gérard Depardieu
80.50
No Way Out /Tony Arzenta (Big Guns) (1973) Alain Delon 76.80
Shock Treatment/Traitement de choc (1973) 51.40
The Burned Barns/Les granges brûlées (1973) 39.20
The Inheritor (1973) 34.20
Godzilla vs. Megalon (1973) 14.80
Don Juan (Or If Don Juan Were a Woman)/Don Juan ou Si Don Juan était une femme (1973) 7.10
Enter the Dragon (1973) Bruce Lee &
John Saxon
0.50

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Top earners in 1973 for Adjusted USA Box Office:

Name Number of Movies Total Adj World Wide (mil) Total Adj USA (mil)
Robert Redford 2 2,449.7 1,593.7
Lee J. Cobb 2 2,915.9 1,447.0
Ellen Burstyn 1 2,851.7 1,382.8
Jason Miller 1 2,851.7 1,382.8
Linda Blair 1 2,851.7 1,382.8
Max Von Sydow 1 2,851.7 1,382.8
Mercedes McCambridge 1 2,851.7 1,382.8
Eileen Brennan 2 2,061.1 1,205.1
Paul Newman 2 2,001.2 1,145.2
Robert Shaw 2 1,981.9 1,125.9
Charles Durning 1 1,969.1 1,113.1
Ray Walston 1 1,969.1 1,113.1
Bo Hopkins 3 1,272.0 1,015.1
Richard Dreyfuss 2 1,119.9 863.0
Ron Howard 2 1,095.6 838.7
Cindy Williams 2 1,077.4 820.5
Harrison Ford 1 1,077.1 820.2
Candy Clark 1 1,077.1 820.2
Kathleen Quinlan 1 1,077.1 820.2
Steve McQueen 1 481.5 481.5
Dustin Hoffman 1 481.5 481.5
Barbra Streisand 1 480.6 480.6
James Woods 1 480.6 480.6
Mitchell Ryan 4 464.8 464.8
Randy Quaid 3 462.2 462.2

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