Domestic Release Schedule for 1974

This chart lists all movies that had a release in theaters in the United States and/or Canada in 1974.

See also: Top 1974 Worldwide - Most Popular 1974

Current Release Schedule 1975 →
Release DateMovieDistributorDomestic
Box Office
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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  
The Trial of Billy Jack (Wide) $89,000,000  
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.    
 
February 7 Blazing Saddles (Wide) Warner Bros. $119,500,000  
 
February 22 Breezy (Limited) Universal    
 
February 27 Erinnerungen an die Zukunft (Wide) $25,900,000  
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 $4,574,909  
 
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 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 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 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 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 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  
 
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.    
 
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