Domestic Release Schedule for 1973

This chart lists all movies that had a release in theaters in the United States and/or Canada in 1973.

See also: Top 1973 Worldwide - Most Popular 1973

Current Release Schedule 1974 →
Release DateMovieDistributorDomestic
Box Office
to Date		Trailer
January, 1973
January 1 Charlotte's Web (1973) (Wide)    
Jonathan Livingston Seagull (Wide) Paramount Pictures $1,600,000  
Lost Horizon (Wide) Columbia $3,000,000  
Paper Moon (Wide) $30,933,743  
 
During 1973 Battle for the Planet of the Apes (Wide) 20th Century Fox $8,800,000  
The Last Detail (Wide) $10,000,000  
Day for Night (Wide) Warner Bros. $17,808  
February, 1973
February 1 Violent City (Limited)    
 
February 2 The World's Greatest Athlete (Wide) $22,583,370  
 
February 4 Wattstax (Limited) Columbia    
 
February 8 The Harder They Come (Limited) New World    
Pulp (Limited) United Artists    
March, 1973
March 8 The Long Goodbye (Limited)    
Ludwig (Limited) MGM    
 
March 16 The Crazies (Limited) Cambist Films    
 
March 27 Sisters (Limited) American International Pictures    
 
March 28 I Am a Dancer (Limited) Cinevision Films    
 
 
March TBD The Baby (Limited) Scotia American    
April, 1973
April 5 Nadie oyó gritar (Limited)    
Theater of Blood (Limited) United Artists    
 
April 23 Ganja & Hess (Limited) $21,344  
 
 
April TBD The Devil’s Wedding Night (Limited) Dimension Pictures    
May, 1973
May 9 Soylent Green (Limited) MGM    
 
May 11 Coffy (Limited)    
The Offence (Limited) United Artists    
 
May 18 The Day of the Jackal (Wide) Universal $16,056,255  
Fangs of the Living Dead (Limited) Europix International    
 
May 23 Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (Wide) $8,000,000  
 
 
May TBD Au Pair Girls (Limited) Cannon    
June, 1973
June 14 The Last of Sheila (Limited) Warner Bros.    
Shaft in Africa (Limited) MGM    
 
June 15 The Legend of Hell House (Limited) 20th Century Fox    
 
June 20 A Touch of Class (Wide) Avco Embassy $16,800,000  
Showdown (Limited) Universal    
 
June 27 Live and Let Die (Wide) MGM $35,400,000  
The Friends of Eddie Coyle (Limited) Paramount Pictures    
July, 1973
July 13 Cleopatra Jones (Limited) Warner Bros.    
 
 
July TBD Sssssss (Limited) Universal    
August, 1973
August 1 The Boy Who Cried Werewolf (Limited) Universal    
Dillinger (Limited)    
 
August 8 White Lightning (Limited) United Artists    
 
August 10 Visions of Eight (Limited) Cinema 5 Distributing    
 
August 11 American Graffiti (Wide) Universal $115,557,835  
 
August 15 Enter the Dragon (Wide) Warner Bros. $21,483,063  
 
August 17 Jesus Christ Superstar (Wide) Universal $24,477,615  
 
August 19 Electra Glide in Blue (Limited) United Artists    
 
August 22 High Plains Drifter (Wide) Universal $15,700,000  
 
September, 1973
September TBD The Forgotten (Limited)    
October, 1973
October 2 Mean Streets (Wide) Warner Bros. $32,645  
 
October 19 The Way We Were (Wide) Sony Pictures $49,919,870  
Charley Varrick: The Last of the Independents (Limited)    
The Outfit (Limited) MGM    
 
October 24 Westworld (Limited) MGM $3,000,000  
 
October 29 That’ll Be the Day (Limited) Mayfair    
 
 
October TBD Andrei Rublev (Limited) Columbia $102,023  
November, 1973
November 1 Ash Wednesday (Limited) Paramount Pictures    
 
November 8 Robin Hood (Wide) Walt Disney $32,056,467  
Torso (Limited) Self Distributed    
 
November 10 The Iceman Cometh (Limited) 20th Century Fox    
 
November 12 A Delicate Balance (Limited) The American Film Company    
 
November 14 The Don is Dead (Limited) Universal    
 
November 29 The Holy Mountain (Limited) Abkco Films $60,234  
 
 
November TBD Horror Express (Limited) Scotia American    
A Scream in the Streets (Limited) Boxoffice International Pictures    
December, 1973
December 5 Serpico (Wide) Paramount Pictures $27,274,150  
 
December 12 Schlock (Limited)    
 
December 14 The Seven-Ups (Limited) 20th Century Fox    
 
December 16 Papillon (Wide) Allied Artists $53,267,000  
 
December 17 Sleeper (Wide) MGM $18,344,729  
 
December 19 The Day of the Dolphin (Limited) $2,300,000  
 
December 20 The Laughing Policeman (Limited) 20th Century Fox    
 
December 25 The Sting (Wide) Universal $159,616,327  
 
December 26 The Exorcist (Wide) Warner Bros. $230,956,951  
 
December 28 Magnum Force (Wide) Warner Bros. $44,680,473