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North America (US and Canada) Domestic Movie Chart for 1973
Note: We only have detailed box office data from 1977 onwards. For earlier years the total box office is sometimes assigned to the release year of a movie, while the
box office amount could have been earned during two or even more years.
Inflation-adjusted figures are based on ticket sale estimates.
See Movie Index 1973 for an overview of all movies released in 1973.
Top Grossing Movies of 1973
Rank | Movie | Release Date | Distributor | Genre | 1973 Gross | Tickets Sold |
1 |
The Exorcist |
Dec 26, 1973 |
Warner Bros. |
Horror |
$193,000,000 |
109,039,548 |
2 |
The Sting |
Dec 25, 1973 |
Universal |
Comedy |
$159,616,327 |
90,178,715 |
3 |
American Graffiti |
Aug 11, 1973 |
Universal |
Drama |
$115,291,850 |
65,136,638 |
4 |
Papillon |
Dec 16, 1973 |
Allied Artists |
Drama |
$53,267,000 |
30,094,350 |
5 |
The Way We Were |
Oct 19, 1973 |
Sony Pictures |
|
$49,919,870 |
28,203,316 |
6 |
Magnum Force |
Dec 28, 1973 |
Warner Bros. |
Action |
$44,680,473 |
25,243,205 |
7 |
Live and Let Die |
Jun 27, 1973 |
MGM |
Action |
$35,400,000 |
20,000,000 |
8 |
Robin Hood |
Nov 8, 1973 |
Walt Disney |
Adventure |
$32,056,467 |
18,110,998 |
9 |
Paper Moon |
Jan 1, 1973 |
|
Comedy |
$30,933,743 |
17,476,690 |
10 |
Serpico |
Dec 5, 1973 |
Paramount Pictures |
Drama |
$27,274,150 |
15,409,124 |
11 |
Jesus Christ Superstar |
Aug 17, 1973 |
Universal |
Musical |
$24,477,615 |
13,829,161 |
12 |
The World's Greatest Athlete |
Feb 2, 1973 |
|
|
$22,583,370 |
12,758,966 |
13 |
Enter the Dragon |
Aug 15, 1973 |
Warner Bros. |
Action |
$21,483,063 |
12,137,323 |
14 |
Sleeper |
Dec 17, 1973 |
MGM |
Comedy |
$18,344,729 |
10,364,253 |
15 |
A Touch of Class |
Jun 20, 1973 |
Avco Embassy |
Romantic Comedy |
$16,800,000 |
9,491,525 |
16 |
The Day of the Jackal |
May 18, 1973 |
Universal |
|
$16,056,255 |
9,071,330 |
17 |
High Plains Drifter |
Aug 22, 1973 |
Universal |
Western |
$15,700,000 |
8,870,056 |
18 |
The Last Detail |
Jan 1, 1973 |
|
Comedy |
$10,000,000 |
5,649,717 |
19 |
Battle for the Planet of th… |
Jan 1, 1973 |
20th Century Fox |
Action |
$8,800,000 |
4,971,751 |
20 |
Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid |
May 23, 1973 |
|
Western |
$8,000,000 |
4,519,774 |
21 |
Westworld |
Oct 24, 1973 |
MGM |
Action |
$3,000,000 |
1,694,915 |
22 |
Lost Horizon |
Jan 1, 1973 |
Columbia |
|
$3,000,000 |
1,694,915 |
23 |
The Day of the Dolphin |
Dec 19, 1973 |
|
Drama |
$2,300,000 |
1,299,435 |
24 |
Jonathan Livingston Seagull |
Jan 1, 1973 |
Paramount Pictures |
|
$1,600,000 |
903,954 |
Total Gross of All Movies | $913,584,912 | |
Total Tickets Sold | 516,149,659 |
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