Movie Theatrical Release Schedule for 1973
| Release Date | Movie | Distributor | Domestic Box Office to Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| February 14 | Save the Tiger (Limited) | Paramount Pictures | |
| March 1973 | |||
| March 8 | The Long Goodbye (Limited) | ||
| Ludwig (Limited) | MGM | ||
| March 14 | Days and Nights in the Forest (Limited) | $138,237 | |
| 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 4 | The Mad Bomber (Limited) | ||
| April 5 | Nadie oyó gritar (Limited) | ||
| Theater of Blood (Limited) | United Artists | ||
| April 11 | Scarecrow (Limited) | Warner Bros. | |
| April 19 | Scorpio (Limited) | MGM | |
| 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 26 | Last Foxtrot in Burbank (Limited) | ||
| 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. | $231,020,723 |
| December 28 | Magnum Force (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $44,680,473 |