Movie Theatrical Release Schedule for 1970
| Release Date | Movie | Distributor | Domestic Box Office to Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 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 13 | Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx (Limited) | ||
| 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 | ||
| September 30 | The Invisible Swordsman (透明剣士) (Limited) | ||
| 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 29 | The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (Limited) | United Artists | |
| 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 24 | The Aristocats (Wide) | Walt Disney | $59,000,000 |
| December 25 | There Was a Crooked Man (Limited) | Warner Bros. | |
| December TBD | I Drink Your Blood (Limited) | Cinemation Industries | |