Movie Theatrical Release Schedule for 1974
| Release Date | Movie | Distributor | Domestic Box Office to Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 1974 | |||
| January 1 | The Groove Tube (Wide) | Levitt-Pickman | $20,447,000 |
| Macon County Line (Wide) | $18,800,000 | ||
| That's Entertainment (Wide) | $19,100,000 | ||
| Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (Wide) | United Artists | $25,000,000 | |
| Hearts and Minds (Limited) | Rialto Pictures | $28,287 | |
| During 1974 | California Split (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $10,000,000 |
| Claudine (Wide) | 20th Century Fox | $6,000,000 | |
| Freebie and the Bean (Wide) | $30,000,000 | ||
| January 21 | Butley (Limited) | ||
| Rhinoceros (Limited) | Self Distributed | ||
| January 23 | Willie Dynamite (Limited) | Universal | |
| January 25 | The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (Wide) | Columbia | $11,000,000 |
| January 30 | The Bat People (Limited) | ||
| January 31 | Impulse (Limited) | ||
| February 1974 | |||
| February 6 | McQ (Limited) | Warner Bros. | |
| Zardoz (Limited) | |||
| February 7 | Blazing Saddles (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $119,878,189 |
| February 22 | Breezy (Limited) | Universal | |
| February 27 | Erinnerungen an die Zukunft (Wide) | $25,900,000 | |
| February TBD | Sugar Hill (Limited) | ||
| March 1974 | |||
| March 7 | Mame (Limited) | Warner Bros. | |
| March 24 | Badlands (Limited) | Warner Bros. | |
| March 29 | The Great Gatsby (Wide) | $26,533,200 | |
| Herbie Rides Again (Wide) | $31,765,098 | ||
| The Three Musketeers (Wide) | 20th Century Fox | $1,243,930 | |
| April 1974 | |||
| April 5 | The Sugarland Express (Wide) | Universal | $7,000,000 |
| Foxy Brown (Limited) | |||
| April 7 | The Conversation (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $4,754,682 |
| April 8 | Lost in the Stars (Limited) | The American Film Theater | |
| April 9 | It's the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown (Wide) | ||
| April 19 | Caged Heat (Limited) | New World | |
| Django the Bastard (Limited) | New Line | ||
| May 1974 | |||
| May 1 | The Lord's of Flatbush (Wide) | Sony Pictures | |
| Man of the East (Limited) | United Artists | ||
| May 9 | A Poem Is a Naked Person (Limited) | $96,592 | |
| May 17 | Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry (Wide) | $28,401,735 | |
| May 22 | Daisy Miller (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | |
| May 24 | Chosen Survivors (Limited) | Columbia | |
| May 31 | Devil Times Five (Limited) | Cinemation Industries | |
| May TBD | Demons of the Mind (Limited) | Self Distributed | |
| June 1974 | |||
| June 10 | The Midnight Man (Limited) | Universal | |
| June 12 | Frankenstein and the Monster From Hell (Limited) | Paramount Pictures | |
| June 14 | Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter (Limited) | Paramount Pictures | |
| June 18 | The Seduction of Mimi (Limited) | $24,502 | |
| June 19 | The Terminal Man (Wide) | Warner Bros. | |
| The Parallax View (Limited) | Paramount Pictures | ||
| June 21 | Chinatown (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $23,169,837 |
| Where the Red Fern Grows (Limited) | |||
| June 26 | For Pete’s Sake (Limited) | Columbia | |
| June 30 | Cold Sweat (Limited) | Self Distributed | |
| June TBD | The Swinging Cheerleaders (Limited) | ||
| July 1974 | |||
| July 1 | Death Wish (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $22,000,000 |
| July 11 | The Tamarind Seed (Limited) | Embassy | |
| July 17 | Golden Needles (Limited) | American International Pictures | |
| The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob (Limited) | 20th Century Fox | ||
| July 19 | The Hero (Limited) | Trans World Entertainment | |
| July 21 | The White Dawn (Limited) | ||
| July 31 | Bank Shot (Limited) | United Artists | |
| August 1974 | |||
| August 7 | The Wicker Man (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $206,242 |
| Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (Limited) | United Artists | ||
| August 21 | Newman’s Law (Limited) | Universal | |
| August 29 | Dead of Night (Limited) | Entertainment International Pictures | |
| August 30 | The Longest Yard (Wide) | $43,008,075 | |
| August TBD | The Final Programme (Limited) | New World | |
| September 1974 | |||
| September 18 | Gone with the Wind (Wide, re-release) | MGM | $198,680,470 |
| September 19 | Amarcord (Limited) | $131,377 | |
| September 25 | Juggernaut (Limited) | United Artists | |
| October 1974 | |||
| October 1 | Il portiere di notte (Limited) | Avco Embassy | |
| October 2 | The Gambler (Limited) | Paramount Pictures | |
| The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (Limited) | United Artists | ||
| October 4 | Female Trouble (Limited) | Self Distributed | |
| October 5 | A Bigger Splash (Limited) | New Line | |
| October 18 | Airport 1975 (Wide) | Universal | $47,285,152 |
| The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Wide) | New Line | $26,572,439 | |
| The Odessa File (Limited) | Columbia | ||
| October TBD | The Working Girls (Limited) | Dimension Pictures | |
| November 1974 | |||
| November 1 | Beautiful People (Limited) | Warner Bros. | |
| Phantom Of The Paradise (Limited) | 20th Century Fox | ||
| November 10 | Lenny (Limited) | ||
| November 13 | The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams (Wide) | $45,411,063 | |
| The Trial of Billy Jack (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $89,000,000 | |
| The Klansman (Limited) | Paramount Pictures | ||
| November 15 | Benji (Wide) | $31,559,560 | |
| Earthquake (Wide) | Universal | $79,700,000 | |
| Seizure (Limited) | Cinerama | ||
| November 18 | A Woman Under the Influence (Limited) | ||
| November 22 | Murder on the Orient Express (Wide) | $35,733,867 | |
| November 30 | Shock Treatment (Limited) | New Line | |
| December 1974 | |||
| December 3 | Emmanuelle (Limited) | Columbia | |
| December 11 | The Godfather: Part II (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $57,300,000 |
| Messiah of Evil (Limited) | |||
| December 15 | Young Frankenstein (Wide) | 20th Century Fox | $86,300,000 |
| December 17 | The Front Page (Wide) | Universal | $15,000,000 |
| Towering Inferno (Wide) | 20th Century Fox | $116,000,000 | |
| December 20 | The Man with the Golden Gun (Wide) | MGM | $21,000,000 |
| Black Christmas (Limited) | Warner Bros. | ||
| Seven Alone (Limited) | Doty-Dayton Releasing | ||
| December 22 | Stavisky (Limited) | Cinemation Industries | $13,139 |
| December 31 | Oasis of Fear (Limited) | International Cine Film Corporation | |
| During 1974 | Promised Lands (Wide) | The Film Desk | $4,546 |
| The Grand Duel (Limited) | Self Distributed | ||