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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
1,046.30
2 The Exorcist (1973)
AA Best Picture Nom
Linda Blair &
Horror
1,299.80
2 American Graffiti (1973)
AA Best Picture Nom
Ron Howard &
Harrison Ford
771.00
5 Serpico (1973) Al Pacino &
Directed by Sidney Lumet
197.80
4 Paper Moon (1973) Tatum O'Neal &
Ryan O'Neal
332.50
8 The Day of the Jackal (1973) Edward Fox 186.40
6 The Three Musketeers (1973) Charlton Heston &
Faye Dunaway
230.00
6 Papillon (1973) Steve McQueen &
Dustin Hoffman
452.60
8 Magnum Force (1973) Clint Eastwood 293.60
9 The Way We Were (1973) Robert Redford &
Barbra Streisand
451.80
13 A Touch of Class (1973)
AA Best Picture Nom
Glenda Jackson &
George Segal
148.90
14 Sleeper (1973) Woody Allen &
Diane Keaton
162.00
15 Jesus Christ Superstar (1973) Ted Neeley 201.20
13 Live and Let Die (1973) Roger Moore 318.90
13 Robin Hood (1973) Peter Ustinov 345.80
18 Westworld (1973) Yul Brynner 140.80
17 The Last Detail (1973) Jack Nicholson &
Randy Quaid
95.50
19 High Plains Drifter (1973) Clint Eastwood 112.40
20 The World's Greatest Athlete (1973) Tim Conway &
Jan-Michael Vincent
222.80
20 Walking Tall (1973) Joe Don Baker 131.40
22 White Lightning (1973) Burt Reynolds &
Ned Beatty
122.90
24 The Paper Chase (1973) John Houseman 80.50
25 Scarecrow (1973) Al Pacino &
Gene Hackman
86.50
24 The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1973) Ray Harryhausen 103.40
24 Save the Tiger (1973) Jack Lemmon &
Jack Gilford
47.30
26 Badlands (1973) Martin Sheen &
Warren Oates
20.10
28 The Last of Sheila (1973) James Coburn &
James Mason
44.30
29 Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973) James Coburn &
Kris Kristofferson
54.30
31 The Seven-Ups (1973) Roy Scheider &
Tony Lo Bianco
80.50
29 Amarcord (1973) Directed by Federico Fellini 46.30
31 Tom Sawyer (1973) Jodie Foster &
Warren Oates
100.60
34 Soylent Green (1973) Charlton Heston &
Edward G. Robinson
72.40
31 Theater of Blood (1973) Vincent Price &
Diana Rigg
20.10
34 Cinderella Liberty (1973) Marsha Mason &
James Caan
80.60
35 Emperor of the North (1973) Lee Marvin &
Ernest Borgnine
40.20
36 Class of '44 (1973) Gary Grimes 122.70
37 Coffy (1973) Pam Grier 56.30
36 The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973) Robert Mitchum 20.10
37 Bang the Drum Slowly (1973) Vincent Gardenia &
Robert DeNiro
32.60
40 Mean Streets (1973) Robert De Niro &
Harvey Keitel
8.00
41 The Long Goodbye (1973) Elliott Gould 19.10
42 Cahill United States Marshal (1973) John Wayne 82.50
44 My Name Is Nobody (1973) Henry Fonda 35.20
45 Don't Look Now (1973) Julie Christie &
Donald Sutherland
29.90
44 Flesh For Frankenstein (1973) Joe Dallesandro 94.50
48 The Mack (1973) Richard Pryor 60.30
47 Dillinger (1973) Warren Oates &
Richard Dreyfuss
40.20
48 The Iceman Cometh (1973) Lee Marvin &
Jeff Bridges
16.60
49 Fantastic Planet (1973) Directed by Rene Laloux 16.10
50 O Lucky Man! (1973) Malcolm McDowell &
Helen Mirren
17.10
51 Superdad (1973) Kurt Russell 126.20
52 Charley Varrick (1973) Walter Matthau &
Joe Don Baker
20.10
54 Charlotte's Web (1973) Debbie Reynolds &
Agnes Moorehead
48.30
52 Day for Night (1973) Jacqueline Bisset 8.00
54 Trinity Is STILL My Name! (1973) Terrence Hill &
Bud Spencer
42.20
57 Hitler: The Last Ten Days (1973) Alec Guinness 44.30
57 Two Men in Town/Deux hommes dans la ville (1973) Alain Delon &
Gérard Depardieu
16.30
58 Blume in Love (1973) Shelley Winters &
George Segal
56.30
59 Cleopatra Jones (1973) Shelley Winters 62.40
59 The Wicker Man (1973) Edward Woodward &
Christopher Lee
18.10
61 The Man from Acapulco/La Magnifique (1973) Jean-Paul Belmondo 11.40
62 Payday (1973) 17.10
63 Jeremy (1973) 17.10
64 The Legend of Hell House (1973) Roddy McDowall 50.30
65 The Train Robbers (1973) John Wayne &
Ann-Margret
62.40
66 Wattstax (1973) Richard Pryor 31.40
65 Let The Good Times Roll (1973) Chuck Berry 21.10
68 Lost Horizon (1973) Peter Finch &
Liv Ullmann
76.40
67 Kamouraska (1973) Genevieve Bujold 13.10
71 Slither (1973) James Caan 27.30
73 The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing (1973) Burt Reynolds &
Sarah Miles
60.30
71 Ludwig (1973) 9.40
72 Breezy (1973) William Holden &
Directed by Clint Eastwood
35.20
74 Enter the Dragon (1973) Bruce Lee &
John Saxon
0.20
76 Black Caesar (1973) Fred Williamson 40.20
76 Heavy Traffic (1973) Ralph Bakshi 30.20
77 The Laughing Policeman (1973) Walter Matthau &
Bruce Dern
35.20
78 The Optimists of Nine Elms (1973) Peter Sellers 9.70
79 Gordon's War (1973) Paul Winfield 25.10
80 40 Carats (1973) Gene Kelly 42.20
81 A Delicate Balance (1973) Katharine Hepburn &
Joseph Cotten
11.70
82 F For Fake (1973) Laurence Harvey &
Orson Welles
3.00
83 One Little Indian (1973) James Garner &
Jodie Foster
44.30
82 Turkish Delight (1973) 0.30
86 Godspell (1973) Victor Garber 24.10
86 Electra Glide in Blue (1973) Robert Blake &
Conrad L. Hall
10.90
87 The Burned Barns/Les granges brûlées (1973) 6.60
88 Shamus (1973) Burt Reynolds &
Dyan Cannon
66.40
91 Jonathan Livingston Seagull (1973) Dorothy McGuire 32.20
90 A Warm December (1973) Sidney Poitier 32.20
89 The Hireling (1973) Robert Shaw 12.10
92 The Offence (1973) Sean Connery &
Directed by Sidney Lumet
6.50
92 Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams (1973) Joanne Woodward &
Sylvia Sidney
18.10
94 Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973) Roddy McDowall 80.50
95 The Outfit (1973) Robert Duvall &
Robert Ryan
12.60
94 Where The Red Fern Grows (1973) 10.10
98 Detroit 9000 (1973) Scatman Crothers 24.10
98 Love and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing (1973) Maggie Smith 13.10
99 The Thief Who Came To Dinner (1973) Warren Oates &
Ryan O'Neal
35.20
101 Harry in Your Pocket (1973) James Coburn &
Walter Pidgeon
30.20
102 That'll Be the Day (1973) The Beatles 16.10
103 The Mackintosh Man (1973) Paul Newman &
James Mason
30.20
103 The Cheerleaders (1973) Stephanie Fondue 50.30
105 Hell Up In Harlem (1973) Fred Williamson 28.20
105 The Nelson Affair/Bequest To The Nation (1973) Glenda Jackson 3.00
106 Revolver (1973) 2.30
105 The Serpent (1973) Henry Fonda &
Yul Brynner
16.10
108 The Slams (1973) 17.40
109 Oklahoma Crude (1973) George C. Scott &
Faye Dunaway
50.30
110 The Last American Hero (1973) Jeff Bridges 25.10
112 Baxter! (1973) 12.50
112 Shaft in Africa (1973) Richard Roundtree 28.10
111 Kid Blue (1973) Warren Oates &
Dennis Hopper
16.50
114 Scorpio (1973) Burt Lancaster 28.20
117 Showdown (1973) Rock Hudson &
Dean Martin
18.10
116 Your Three Minutes Are Up (1973) Beau Bridges 1.50
116 No Way Out /Tony Arzenta (Big Guns) (1973) Alain Delon 5.80
117 Hurry Up, or I'll Be 30 (1973) Danny DeVito 3.50
120 Visions of Eight (1973) Directed by Arthur Penn &
Directed by Milos Forman
1.50
119 Two People (1973) 11.20
121 England Made Me (1973) Peter Finch 1.00
122 The Pedestrian (1973) Maximilian Schell 1.00
123 Love Comes Quietly/Angela (1973) Barbara Hershey 3.00
124 Messiah of Evil (1973) Elisha Cook Jr. 12.60
123 Maurie (1973) Basketball Movies &
Bernie Casey
10.10
127 Slaughter's Big Rip-Off (1973) Jim Brown &
Scatman Crothers
20.10
125 Hit! (1973) Richard Pryor 18.10
128 The Girl From The Red Cabaret (1973) 2.50
128 The Harrad Experiment (1973) Don Johnson 60.30
128 Arnold (1973) Roddy McDowall 28.20
129 A Doll's House (II) (1973) Jane Fonda 2.20
132 Scalawag (1973) Kirk Douglas 16.10
131 The Stone Killer (1973) Charles Bronson 25.10
135 Happy Mother's Day, Love George (1973) Patricia Neal &
Ron Howard
17.40
134 Ricco (1973) 1.20
134 Life Study (1973) Tommy Lee Jones 4.70
137 The Day of the Dolphin (1973) George C. Scott 15.30
138 Shock Treatment/Traitement de choc (1973) 12.30
138 The Inheritor (1973) 4.30
140 Charley-One-Eye (1973) 1.00
140 Badge 373 (1973) Robert Duvall 22.10
141 The Blockhouse (1973) Peter Sellers 9.60
142 The Don Is Dead (1973) Anthony Quinn 11.10
142 Massacre in Rome (1973)
Limited Release
Richard Burton &
Marcello Mastroianni
4.00
145 Once Upon a Scoundrel (1973) 0.20
145 Steelyard Blues (1973) Jane Fonda &
Donald Sutherland
20.10
146 Baciamo le mani (1973) 0.70
148 The Corruption of Chris Miller (1973) 1.00
147 The All-American Boy (1973) Jon Voight 8.60
150 Jory (1973) Robby Benson 6.30
149 The Mysterious Island (1973) 1.80
151 The Neptune Factor (1973) Ernest Borgnine &
Walter Pidgeon
55.30
154 Charley and the Angel (1973) Kurt Russell &
Fred MacMurray
20.10
153 From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (1973) Ingrid Bergman 10.10
153 Executive Action (1973) Burt Lancaster &
Robert Ryan
14.40
156 The Daring Dobermans (1973) Joan Caulfield 14.10
156 Super Fly T.N.T. (1973) Ron O'Neal 23.90
157 Black Mama White Mama (1973) Pam Grier 20.10
157 Expulsion of the Devil (1973) 1.00
159 The Killing Kind (1973)
Limited Release
Cindy Williams 0.30
159 The Man Called Noon (1973) 4.50
160 A Doll's House (I) (1973) Anthony Hopkins &
Claire Bloom
12.40
162 Scream Blacula Scream (1973) Pam Grier 20.10
163 Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies (1973) Cliff Robertson 18.40
164 The Deadly Trackers (1973) 5.10
164 Tales That Witness Madness (1973) Kim Novak 11.40
167 The Student Teachers (1973) Susan Damante 21.70
168 Invasion of the Bee Girls (1973) William Smith 14.60
169 Sssssss (1973) Strother Martin 20.10
170 Chino (1973) Charles Bronson &
John Sturges
19.10
169 I Escaped from Devil's Island (1973) 10.60
171 The Pyx (1973) Christopher Plummer 16.50
171 Schlock (1973) 0.10
172 Idaho Transfer (1973) Directed by Peter Fonda 9.10
175 Night Watch (1973) Elizabeth Taylor &
Laurence Harvey
14.10
174 The Final Programme (1973) 3.00
177 Cannibal Girls (1973) Eugene Levy 3.00
176 Lolly-Madonna XXX (1973) Jeff Bridges &
Robert Ryan
6.50
178 Godzilla vs. Megalon (1973) 1.00
178 Interval (1973) Merle Oberon 6.00
180 Terminal Island (1973) 3.00
181 Tom/The Bad Bunch (1973) 6.00
182 Don Juan (Or If Don Juan Were a Woman)/Don Juan ou Si Don Juan était une femme (1973) 6.30
182 Some Call It Loving (1973) Richard Pryor 13.10
184 Marco (1973) 5.20
186 Hex (1973) 1.40
185 Ghost In The Noonday Sun (1973) 0.10
186 Trader Horn (1973) Rod Taylor 3.70
189 Ash Wednesday (1973) Henry Fonda &
Elizabeth Taylor
32.60
189 Son of Dracula (1973) 11.20
190 Keep It In The Family (1973) John Gavin 1.00
191 Terror In The Wax Musuem (1973) Ray Milland 9.10
191 The Werewolf of Washington (1973) 5.30
193 Edifying & Joyous Story of Colinot/L'histoire très bonne et très joyeuse de Colinot (1973) 6.10
194 Little Laura and Big John (1973) Karen Black 4.70
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
2,680.60
The Sting (1973)
AA Best Picture Win
Robert Redford &
Paul Newman
1,851.00
American Graffiti (1973)
AA Best Picture Nom
Ron Howard &
Harrison Ford
1,012.40
Live and Let Die (1973) Roger Moore 942.60
The Train Robbers (1973) John Wayne &
Ann-Margret
128.70
Cahill United States Marshal (1973) John Wayne 124.70
The Man from Acapulco/La Magnifique (1973) Jean-Paul Belmondo 81.80
Two Men in Town/Deux hommes dans la ville (1973) Alain Delon &
Gérard Depardieu
75.70
No Way Out /Tony Arzenta (Big Guns) (1973) Alain Delon 72.20
Shock Treatment/Traitement de choc (1973) 48.40
The Burned Barns/Les granges brûlées (1973) 36.90
The Inheritor (1973) 34.20
Godzilla vs. Megalon (1973) 13.90
Don Juan (Or If Don Juan Were a Woman)/Don Juan ou Si Don Juan était une femme (1973) 6.70
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 2,302.8 1,498.1
Lee J. Cobb 2 2,740.9 1,360.1
Ellen Burstyn 1 2,680.6 1,299.8
Jason Miller 1 2,680.6 1,299.8
Linda Blair 1 2,680.6 1,299.8
Max Von Sydow 1 2,680.6 1,299.8
Mercedes McCambridge 1 2,680.6 1,299.8
Eileen Brennan 2 1,937.5 1,132.8
Paul Newman 2 1,881.2 1,076.5
Robert Shaw 2 1,863.1 1,058.4
Charles Durning 1 1,851.0 1,046.3
Ray Walston 1 1,851.0 1,046.3
Bo Hopkins 3 1,195.6 954.2
Richard Dreyfuss 2 1,052.6 811.2
Ron Howard 2 1,029.8 788.4
Cindy Williams 2 1,012.7 771.3
Harrison Ford 1 1,012.4 771.0
Candy Clark 1 1,012.4 771.0
Kathleen Quinlan 1 1,012.4 771.0
Steve McQueen 1 452.6 452.6
Dustin Hoffman 1 452.6 452.6
Barbra Streisand 1 451.8 451.8
James Woods 1 451.8 451.8
Mitchell Ryan 4 437.0 437.0
Randy Quaid 3 434.5 434.5

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