Most Popular Movies 1970
This chart shows the 1970 movie releases that have attracted the most interest on The Numbers web site over the past 24 hours. A share of 100 corresponds to 1 percent of the total views for all 1970 releases.
See also: Domestic Release Schedule for 1970 - Top 1970 Worldwide
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| Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came? |
| Director: Hy Averback |
| Lead Roles: Brian Keith, Ernest Borgnine, Suzanne Pleshette, Tony Curtis |
| Initial Theatrical Release: September 11, 1970 (Limited) by Cinerama |
| Classification: Comedy, Live Action |
| King: A Filmed Record...Montgomery to Memphis |
| Initial Theatrical Release: March 24, 1970 (Special Engagement) |
| Classification: Based on Real Life Events, Documentary, Live Action, Factual |
Synopsis
Produced for the Martin Luther King, Jr. Foundation by Ely Landau (The American Film Theater collection), KING is an epic document of the life and work of Martin Luther King, Jr., from the 1955 Montgomery bus boycott to his assassination in 1968. Both a historiography of the non-violent, civil rights movement and a portrait of the movement's inspiring leader, KING is comprised of original footage captured during those turbulent years. "The events are allowed to speak for themselves," wrote The New York Times' Ellen Holly. "The roar of police motorcycles, bombs, burning crosses, ambulances, gospel, shouts, the massed crowds before the Lincoln Memorial at the 1963 March on Washington, and, most thrilling of all, the speeches of the man himself." Without any voice-over narration, KING uses contemporary film/newsreel and video/television footage to brilliantly convey the boiling indignation of an oppressed people and their revolutionary organizing. Juxtaposed over this footage are dramatic readings by actors
| The Molly Maguires |
| Director: Martin Ritt |
| Initial Theatrical Release: 1970 (Wide) |
| Classification: Drama, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
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Domestic BO: $2,200,000 |
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| Scream And Scream Again |
| Director: Gordon Hessler |
| Lead Roles: Vincent Price as Dr. Browning, Christopher Lee as Fremont, Peter Cushing as Major Benedict Heinrich |
| Initial Theatrical Release: February 11, 1970 (Wide) by American International Pictures |
| Classification: Horror, Live Action |
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| M*A*S*H |
| Director: Robert Altman |
| Initial Theatrical Release: January 1, 1970 (Wide) |
| Keywords: Military Life, Korean War, War, 1971 Oscars Best Picture Nominee |
| Classification: Based on Fiction Book/Short Story, Black Comedy, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
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Domestic BO: $81,600,000 |
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International BO: $193 |
| Start the Revolution Without Me |
| Director: Bud Yorkin |
| Initial Theatrical Release: February 4, 1970 (Limited) by Warner Bros. |
| Keywords: Switched At Birth |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Comedy, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
| End of the Road |
| Director: Aram Avakian |
| Initial Theatrical Release: February 10, 1970 (Limited) by Allied Artists |
| Classification: Based on Fiction Book/Short Story, Comedy, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
| Joe |
| Director: John G. Avildsen |
| Initial Theatrical Release: July 15, 1970 (Wide) by Cannon |
| Keywords: Crime Drama, Political, Dysfunctional Family, Death of a Son or Daughter, Mass Shooting, Narcotics, Drug Overdose |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Drama, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
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Domestic BO: $19,319,254 |
| Cotton Comes to Harlem |
| Director: Ossie Davis |
| Initial Theatrical Release: May 27, 1970 (Limited) by United Artists |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Action, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
| L’uccello dalle piume di cristallo |
| Director: Dario Argento |
| Initial Theatrical Release: June 12, 1970 (Limited), released as The Bird with the Crystal Plumage |
| Keywords: Set in Italy, Writing and Writers, Murder Mystery, Serial Killer |
| Classification: Horror |
| Ryan's Daughter |
| Director: David Lean |
| Initial Theatrical Release: November 9, 1970 (Wide) by MGM |
| Keywords: Romance, World War I, Set in Ireland, Romantic Drama, Relationships Gone Wrong, PTSD, 1910s, Suicide, Falsely Accused |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Drama, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
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Domestic BO: $30,846,306 |
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International BO: $410 |
| THX 1138 |
| Director: George Lucas |
| Lead Roles: Donald Pleasance as SEN 5241 |
| Initial Theatrical Release: March 11, 1970 (Wide) by Warner Bros. |
| Classification: Based on Short Film, Science Fiction |
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Domestic BO: $5,000 |
| The Landlord |
| Director: Hal Ashby |
| Lead Roles: Beau Bridges |
| Initial Theatrical Release: May 20, 1970 (Limited) by United Artists |
| Classification: Drama, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
| Figures in a Landscape |
| Director: Joseph Losey |
| Initial Theatrical Release: November 11, 1970 (Wide), released as Deux hommes en fuite (France) |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Thriller/Suspense, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
| House of Dark Shadows |
| Director: Dan Curtis |
| Initial Theatrical Release: October 28, 1970 (Limited) |
| Classification: Based on TV, Horror, Live Action, Fantasy |
| Brand X |
| Director: Win Chamberlain |
| Initial Theatrical Release: May 18, 1970 (Limited) |
| Classification: Comedy |
| Scrooge |
| Director: Ronald Neame |
| Lead Roles: Albert Finney as Ebenezer Scrooge |
| Initial Theatrical Release: November 19, 1970 (Limited) by National General Pictures |
| Keywords: Christmas, Christmas in November, Haunting, Historical Drama, Non-Chronological, Terminal Illness, Heaven and Hell |
| Classification: Based on Fiction Book/Short Story, Musical, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
| Au Hasard Balthazar |
| Director: Robert Bresson |
| Lead Roles: Anne Wiazemsky as Marie |
| Initial Theatrical Release: February 19, 1970 (Wide) by Rialto Pictures, released as Balthazar |
| Keywords: Foreign Language, Childhood Friends, Juvenile Delinquent |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Drama, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
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Domestic BO: $39,388 |
Synopsis
A little donkey is suckled by its mother, then baptized “Balthazar;” a girl and boy say goodbye at the end of summer: a vision of paradise. Years pass and the now-teenaged Marie finds herself drifting into more and more destructive situations, including involvement with a local juvenile delinquent; while Balthazar moves from owner to owner, some relatively kind, some cruel, some drunkenly careless.
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| Bronco Bullfrog |
| Director: Barney Platts-Mills |
| Initial Theatrical Release: October 1, 1970 (Limited) (United Kingdom) |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Comedy, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
| I Drink Your Blood |
| Director: David Durston |
| Initial Theatrical Release: December, 1970 (Limited) by Cinemation Industries |
| Underground |
| Director: Arthur H. Nadel |
| Initial Theatrical Release: October 7, 1970 (Limited) by United Artists |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Drama, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
| Le cercle rouge |
| Director: Jean-Pierre Melville |
| Lead Roles: Alain Delon, Yves Montand |
| Initial Theatrical Release: October 20, 1970 (Wide) (France) |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Thriller/Suspense, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
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Domestic BO: $372,229 |
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International BO: $108,354 |
Synopsis
Four men, including a recently-released criminal and an alcoholic ex-cop, come together to execute a meticulously planned jewel heist.
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| Macho Callahan |
| Director: Bernard L. Kowalski |
| Lead Roles: David Janssen as Diego Callahan |
| Initial Theatrical Release: August 17, 1970 (Limited) by Avco Embassy |
| Classification: Based on Fiction Book/Short Story, Western, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
| Multiple Maniacs |
| Director: John Waters |
| Lead Roles: Divine as Divine |
| Initial Theatrical Release: April 10, 1970 (Limited) |
| Keywords: Circus, Infidelity, Revenge, LGBTQ+, Narcotics, Spoof, Surrealism / Absurdism, Cannibalism, Transexual |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Comedy, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
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Domestic BO: $33,036 |
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International BO: $5,367 |
Synopsis
The Cavalcade of Perversion is a traveling side-show put on by a troupe of misfits whose shocking proclivities are topped only by those of their leader: the glammer-than-glam, larger-than- life Divine, who’s out for blood after discovering her lover’s affair.