The Numbers - Movies Released in 1971
This list shows all films released in 1971, including films that went direct-to-video, or only got an international theatrical release. For each film, we use the first date on which it was made available to the public, which might include international theatrical or domestic video releases that were a few days, or sometimes more, earlier than the domestic (US/Canada) theatrical release.
The revenue listed is the worldwide box office combined with the domestic home market revenue to date.
See also:
Top 1971 Worldwide -
Domestic Release Schedule for 1971 -
Domestic Home Market Release Schedule for 1971 -
Most Popular 1971
Release
Date | Movie | Genre | Release
Type | Revenue
to Date | Trailer |
|---|
| January, 1971 |
| January 1 |
The Andromeda Strain |
Thriller/Suspense |
Theatrical |
$12,665,982 |
|
|
The Beguiled |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$1,100,000 |
|
|
The Big Doll House |
|
Theatrical |
$10,000,000 |
|
|
Billy Jack |
Western |
Theatrical |
$98,000,000 |
|
|
La califfa |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
|
Carnal Knowledge |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$28,631,053 |
|
|
Fiddler on the Roof |
Musical |
Theatrical |
$80,501,127 |
|
|
Klute |
Thriller/Suspense |
Theatrical |
$12,512,637 |
|
|
Play Misty for Me |
Thriller/Suspense |
Theatrical |
$10,600,000 |
|
|
Something Big |
Western |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
|
Le Souffle au Coeur |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$1,200,000 |
|
|
Sweet Sweetback's Baad Asssss Song |
|
Theatrical |
$15,200,000 |
|
|
Willard |
|
Theatrical |
$14,633,662 |
|
| |
| 1971 TBD |
Big Jake |
Western |
Theatrical |
$7,500,000 |
|
|
Cold Turkey |
|
Theatrical |
$11,000,000 |
|
|
Escape from the Planet of the Apes |
Action |
Theatrical |
$12,300,000 |
|
|
The Million Dollar Duck |
|
Theatrical |
$4,000,000 |
|
| |
| January 14 |
Beg |
|
Theatrical |
$77,102 |
|
|
Wanda |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$118,894 |
|
| |
| January 15 |
Vanishing Point |
Action |
Theatrical |
$653 |
|
| |
| January 24 |
Zachariah |
Multiple Genres |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
| February, 1971 |
| February 3 |
Doctor’s Wives |
|
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
| |
| February 11 |
Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? |
Horror |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
| |
| February 12 |
Raid on Rommel |
Action |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
| |
| February 17 |
Max et les ferrailleurs |
Thriller/Suspense |
Theatrical |
$33,377 |
|
| |
| February 26 |
The 300 Year Weekend |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
|
Pretty Maids All In A Row |
Black Comedy |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
| |
| |
| Feb, 1971 TBD |
How to Frame a Figg |
Comedy |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
| March, 1971 |
| March 8 |
Utvandrarna |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
| |
| March 10 |
La última señora Anderson |
Romantic Comedy |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
| |
| March 12 |
Get Carter |
Thriller/Suspense |
Theatrical |
$249,064 |
|
| April, 1971 |
| April 1 |
Hwanyeo |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$23,633 |
|
| |
| April 2 |
The House That Dripped Blood |
Horror |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
| |
| April 6 |
Gli occhi freddi della paura |
Thriller/Suspense |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
| |
| April 14 |
Le chagrin et la pitié |
Documentary |
Theatrical |
$13,082 |
|
| |
| April 15 |
El Topo |
Western |
Theatrical |
$82,684 |
|
| |
| April 16 |
Trafic |
Comedy |
Theatrical |
$807 |
|
| |
| April 21 |
Le Frisson des Vampires |
Horror |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
| |
| April 28 |
Bananas |
Comedy |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
| |
| April 30 |
Summer of '42 |
|
Theatrical |
$32,063,634 |
|
| May, 1971 |
| May 14 |
Blood and Lace |
Thriller/Suspense |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
| |
| May 21 |
Il gatto a nove code |
Thriller/Suspense |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
| |
| May 28 |
The Grissom Gang |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
| |
| |
| May, 1971 TBD |
The Murder of Fred Hampton |
Documentary |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
| June, 1971 |
| June 9 |
They Might be Giants |
Comedy |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
| |
| June 15 |
Who is Harry Kellerman and why is he … |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
| |
| June 17 |
The Anderson Tapes |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
|
Horror of Frankenstein |
Horror |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
|
Morte a Venezia |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$69,233 |
|
| |
| June 23 |
Le Mans |
Action |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
|
Wild Rovers |
Western |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
| |
| June 24 |
McCabe & Mrs. Miller |
Western |
Theatrical |
$8,200,000 |
|
|
Yukinojo Henge |
|
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
| |
| June 27 |
A Town Called Hell |
Western |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
| |
| June 28 |
The Hellstrom Chronicle |
Documentary |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
| |
| June 30 |
Von Richthofen and Brown |
Action |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
|
What’s the Matter with Helen? |
|
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
|
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory |
Musical |
Theatrical |
$4,065,345 |
|
| July, 1971 |
| July 1 |
Sunday Bloody Sunday |
|
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
| |
| July 2 |
Shaft |
Action |
Theatrical |
$12,121,618 |
|
| |
| July 7 |
Two-Lane Blacktop |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
| |
| July 13 |
The Panic in Needle Park |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
| |
| July 15 |
Vampyros Lesbos |
Horror |
Theatrical |
$234,539 |
|
| |
| July 16 |
The Devils |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
|
The Hired Hand |
Western |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
|
The Hunting Party |
|
Theatrical |
$106,406 |
|
|
The Light at the Edge of the World |
Adventure |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
| |
| July 21 |
Wake in Fright |
Thriller/Suspense |
Theatrical |
$49,523 |
|
| |
| July 24 |
Gojira tai Hedora |
Action |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
| August, 1971 |
| August 1 |
The Omega Man |
Action |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
| |
| August 2 |
La bestia uccide a sangue freddo |
Horror |
Theatrical |
$131,534 |
|
| |
| August 4 |
Night of Dark Shadows |
Horror |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
| |
| August 13 |
Lo strano vizio della signora Wardh |
Horror |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
| |
| August 16 |
La Coda dello scorpione |
|
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
| |
| August 24 |
L’iguana dalla lingua di fuoco |
Thriller/Suspense |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
| |
| August 27 |
Let’s Scare Jessica to Death |
Horror |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
| September, 1971 |
| September 2 |
Lust for a Vampire |
Horror |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
|
The Man who Haunted Himself |
Thriller/Suspense |
Theatrical |
$24,826 |
|
| |
| September 3 |
È tornato Sabata hai chiuso un'altra… |
Western |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
| |
| September 10 |
Una farfalla con le ali insanguinate |
Thriller/Suspense |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
| |
| September 11 |
Le genou de Claire |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$5,130 |
|
| |
| September 17 |
Kotch |
Multiple Genres |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
| |
| |
| Sep, 1971 TBD |
Murders in the Rue Morgue |
Horror |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
| October, 1971 |
| October 1 |
Il Decameron |
Multiple Genres |
Theatrical |
$1,684 |
|
| |
| October 7 |
Bedknobs and Broomsticks |
Musical |
Theatrical |
$17,871,174 |
|
| |
| October 8 |
The Last Picture Show |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$20,506,260 |
|
| |
| October 9 |
The French Connection |
Thriller/Suspense |
Theatrical |
$41,161,299 |
|
| |
| October 13 |
Una lucertola con la pelle di donna |
Thriller/Suspense |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
|
Shoot Out |
Thriller/Suspense |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
|
La veuve Couderc |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$3,140 |
|
| |
| October 20 |
T.R. Baskin |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
| |
| October 22 |
Les Lèvres Rouges |
Horror |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
|
Les lèvres rouges |
Horror |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
| November, 1971 |
| November 18 |
Xia nü |
Action |
Theatrical |
$163,772 |
|
| |
| November 19 |
Werewolves on Wheels |
Horror |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
| |
| November 22 |
King Lear |
|
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
| |
| November 26 |
Diamonds Are Forever |
Action |
Theatrical |
$115,999,985 |
|
| |
| November 30 |
Brian’s Song |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
| |
| Nov, 1971 TBD |
The Christian Licorice Store |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
| December, 1971 |
| December 1 |
Chandler |
Action |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
| |
| December 10 |
Sie tötete in Ekstase |
Thriller/Suspense |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
| |
| December 13 |
Nicholas and Alexandra |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
| |
| December 17 |
A Clockwork Orange |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$28,478,758 |
|
|
The Hospital |
|
Theatrical |
$14,142,409 |
|
|
Walkabout |
Adventure |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
| |
| December 20 |
Harold and Maude |
Black Comedy |
Theatrical |
$1,551 |
|
|
Macbeth |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$640,857 |
|
| |
| December 22 |
Mary, Queen of Scots |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
|
Straw Dogs |
|
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
| |
| December 24 |
Dirty Harry |
Action |
Theatrical |
$28,153,434 |
|
| |
| December 31 |
There’s Always Vanilla |
|
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
| |
| 1971 TBD |
Crucible of Horror |
Horror |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
