Domestic Release Schedule for 1970

This chart lists all movies that had a release in theaters in the United States and/or Canada in 1970.

See also: Top 1970 Worldwide - Most Popular 1970

Current Release Schedule 1971 →
Release DateMovieDistributorDomestic
Box Office
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January, 1970
January 1 M*A*S*H (Wide) $81,600,000  
Patton (Wide) $62,500,000  
Waterloo (Wide)    
 
During 1970 The Molly Maguires (Wide) $2,200,000  
 
January 2 Jenny (Limited) ABC Pictures International    
 
January 14 The Dunwich Horror (Limited) American International Pictures    
 
January 21 The Only Game in Town (Wide) 20th Century Fox $1,500,000  
Change of Habit (Limited) Universal    
 
January 26 The Milky Way (Limited) U-M Film Distributors Inc.    
 
 
January TBD The Gamblers (Limited)    
February, 1970
February 2 Fando and Lis (Limited) Cannon    
 
February 4 Start the Revolution Without Me (Limited) Warner Bros.    
 
February 10 End of the Road (Limited) Allied Artists    
 
February 11 Scream And Scream Again (Wide) American International Pictures    
 
February 19 Balthazar (Wide) Rialto Pictures $39,388  
March, 1970
March 5 Airport (Wide) Universal $100,489,150  
 
March 6 Skullduggery (Limited) Universal    
 
March 11 THX 1138 (Wide) Warner Bros. $5,000  
 
March 12 Mouchette (Limited) Rialto Pictures    
 
March 17 The Boys in the Band (Wide)    
 
March 24 King: A Filmed Record...Montgomery to Memphis (Special Engagement)    
 
March 25 Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You (Limited) United Artists    
Women in Love (Limited) United Artists    
 
March 26 Woodstock (Wide) $34,505,110  
Mandabi (Limited) New Yorker    
April, 1970
April 8 Colossus: The Forbin Project (Limited) Universal    
 
April 10 Multiple Maniacs (Limited) $33,036  
 
April 15 The Crimson Cult (Wide)    
 
April 23 A Man Called Horse (Special Engagement) National General Pictures    
 
April 24 The Aristocats (Wide) Walt Disney $55,675,257  
 
April 29 Halls of Anger (Limited) United Artists    
A Man Called Horse (Limited) National General Pictures    
Death Laid an Egg (Limited) U-M Film Distributors Inc.    
May, 1970
May 11 Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon (Limited) Paramount Pictures    
 
May 13 The Ballad of Cable Hogue (Wide) Warner Bros. $3,500,000  
 
May 18 Brand X (Limited)    
 
May 20 The Landlord (Limited) United Artists    
 
May 24 Rider on the Rain (Limited) Embassy    
 
May 26 Beneath the Planet of the Apes (Wide) 20th Century Fox $17,489,009  
 
May 27 Cotton Comes to Harlem (Limited) United Artists    
 
 
May TBD A Man Called Horse (Expands Wide) National General Pictures    
June, 1970
June 12 The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (Limited)    
 
June 15 Pufnstuf (Limited) Universal    
 
June 16 Two Mules for Sister Sara (Wide) Universal $5,050,000  
 
June 17 Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (Wide) 20th Century Fox $9,000,000  
The Hawaiians (Limited) United Artists    
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (Limited) Paramount Pictures    
 
June 23 Kelly's Heroes (Wide) MGM $5,200,000  
 
June 24 Catch-22 (Wide) Paramount Pictures $24,911,670  
Darling Lili (Wide) Paramount Pictures $5,000,000  
Myra Breckinridge (Wide) 20th Century Fox $3,000,000  
July, 1970
July 1 The Boatniks (Wide) Walt Disney $18,607,492  
 
July 10 They Call Me Mister Tibbs! (Limited) United Artists    
 
July 15 Joe (Wide) Cannon $19,319,254  
The Revolutionary (Limited)    
 
July 22 Something for Everyone (Limited)    
 
July 29 Chisum (Wide) Warner Bros. $6,000,000  
August, 1970
August 3 Ann and Eve (Limited) $18,000,000  
Performance (Limited) Warner Bros.    
 
August 10 Diary of a Mad Housewife (Limited) Universal    
 
August 12 Lovers and Other Strangers (Limited) Cinerama    
Soldier Blue (Limited) Avco Embassy    
 
August 17 Macho Callahan (Limited) Avco Embassy    
 
August 19 WUSA (Limited) Paramount Pictures    
 
August 26 The People Next Door (Limited) Avco Embassy    
 
August 28 A Quiet Place in the Country (Limited) United Artists    
 
 
August TBD The Swimming Pool (Limited) Avco Embassy $211,467  
September, 1970
September 9 The Wild Child (Limited) The Film Desk $62,943  
Hornets' Nest (Limited) United Artists    
 
September 11 Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came? (Limited) Cinerama    
 
September 12 Five Easy Pieces (Wide) Sony Pictures $18,099,091  
 
September 16 R.P.M. (Limited) Columbia    
 
September 21 Trastana (Limited) $14,586  
 
September 22 Adam at Six A.M. (Limited) National General Pictures    
 
September 23 Tora! Tora! Tora! (Wide) 20th Century Fox $29,548,291  
Pieces of Dreams (Limited) United Artists    
Spring Night, Summer Night (Limited) Joseph Brenner Associates    
October, 1970
October 7 Monte Walsh (Limited) National General Pictures    
Underground (Limited) United Artists    
 
October 20 Rabbit, Run (Limited) Warner Bros.    
 
October 22 The Conformist (Limited) Paramount Pictures $233,914  
 
October 23 The Wizard of Gore (Limited)    
 
October 28 House of Dark Shadows (Limited)    
 
 
October TBD Cannon for Cordoba (Limited) United Artists    
November, 1970
November 3 The Owl and the Pussycat (Wide) Sony Pictures $23,681,338  
 
November 4 Song of Norway (Limited) Cinerama    
 
November 7 The Phantom Tollbooth (Wide) MGM    
 
November 9 Ryan's Daughter (Wide) MGM $30,846,306  
 
November 10 Perfect Friday (Limited) Chevron Pictures    
 
November 11 Elvis: That’s the Way It Is (Limited) MGM    
 
November 19 Scrooge (Limited) National General Pictures    
December, 1970
December 5 Brewster McCloud (Limited) MGM    
 
December 6 Gimme Shelter (Limited) $256,094  
 
December 8 Husbands (Limited) Columbia    
 
December 14 Little Big Man (Wide) $31,559,552  
 
December 16 Love Story (Wide) Paramount Pictures $106,397,186  
Puzzle of a Downfall Child (Limited) Universal    
 
December 18 Rio Lobo (Wide) National General Pictures    
 
December 23 Scars of Dracula (Limited) American Continental Films, Inc.    
 
December 25 There Was a Crooked Man (Limited) Warner Bros.    
 
 
December TBD I Drink Your Blood (Limited) Cinemation Industries