List of 1973 box office number-one films in the United States

This is a list of films which placed number one at the weekly box office in the United States during 1973 per Variety. The data was based on grosses from 20 to 24 key cities and therefore, the gross quoted may not be the total that the film grossed nationally in the week.

Number-one films

# Week ending Film Gross Notes Ref
1 January 3, 1973 The Poseidon Adventure $773,000 [1]
2 January 10, 1973 The Getaway $874,800 The Getaway reached number one in its third week of release [2]
3 January 17, 1973 The Poseidon Adventure $634,500 The Poseidon Adventure returned to number one in its fifth week of release [3]
4 January 24, 1973 $649,400 [4]
5 January 31, 1973 $533,300 [5]
6 February 7, 1973 $1,274,500 [6]
7 February 14, 1973 $1,116,400 [7]
8 February 21, 1973 $1,104,100 [8]
9 February 28, 1973 $749,800 [9]
10 March 7, 1973 $596,700 [10]
11 March 14, 1973 The Getaway $489,280 The Getaway returned to number one in its twelfth week of release [11]
12 March 21, 1973 The Poseidon Adventure $438,100 The Poseidon Adventure returned to number one in its 14th week of release [12]
13 March 28, 1973 Five Fingers Of Death $696,000 [13]
14 April 4, 1973 Cabaret $983,950 Cabaret reached number one in its 59th week of release. It grossed $1,880,000 nationally, a record for Allied Artists [14][15]
15 April 11, 1973 $833,700 [16]
16 April 18, 1973 Five Fingers Of Death $440,500 Five Fingers Of Death returned to number one in its fourth week of release [17]
17 April 25, 1973 Soylent Green $674,500 [18]
18 May 2, 1973 $537,150 [19]
19 May 9, 1973 Fists of Fury $697,000 [20]
20 May 16, 1973 The Poseidon Adventure $363,800 The Poseidon Adventure returned to number one in its 22nd week of release [21]
21 May 23, 1973 Last Tango in Paris $384,200 Last Tango In Paris reached number one in its 16th week of release [22]
22 May 30, 1973 High Plains Drifter $791,700 High Plains Drifter reached number one in its eighth week on the chart [23]
23 June 6, 1973 $460,500 [24]
24 June 13, 1973 The Chinese Connection $694,850 The Chinese Connection reached number one in its second week of release [25]
25 June 20, 1973 The Hammer of God $467,000 [26]
26 June 27, 1973 Scarecrow $627,600 Scarecrow reached number one in its ninth week on the chart [27]
27 July 4, 1973 Live and Let Die $1,868,100 [28]
28 July 11, 1973 $1,203,690 [29]
29 July 18, 1973 $858,900 [30]
30 July 25, 1973 $731,400 [31]
31 August 1, 1973 Karado: The Hong Kong Flash $725,000 [32]
32 August 8, 1973 Live and Let Die $514,950 Live and Let Die returned to number one in its sixth week of release [33]
33 August 15, 1973 Coffy $625,750 Coffy reached number one in its 14th week of release [34]
34 August 22, 1973 Paper Moon $911,685 Paper Moon reached number one in its twelfth week on the chart [35]
35 August 29, 1973 Enter the Dragon $802,280 Enter the Dragon reached number one in its second week of release [36]
36 September 5, 1973 $825,300 [37]
37 September 12, 1973 Lady Kung Fu $699,000 [38]
38 September 19, 1973 The Shanghai Killers $399,600 Shanghai Killers reached number one in its third week on the chart [39]
39 September 26, 1973 Dillinger $412,000 Dillinger reached number one in its 13th week on the chart [40]
40 October 3, 1973 Deadly China Doll $400,000 [41]
41 October 10, 1973 Enter the Dragon $643,200 Enter the Dragon returned to number one in its eighth week of release [42]
42 October 17, 1973 The Cheerleaders/Fritz the Cat (double bill) $260,000 [43]
43 October 24, 1973 Paper Moon $465,800 Paper Moon returned to number one in its 21st week on the chart [44]
44 October 31, 1973 Billy Jack (reissue) $2,526,455 [45]
45 November 7, 1973 $2,085,425 [45]
46 November 14, 1973 $1,258,167 [46]
47 November 21, 1973 The Way We Were $1,345,000 The Way We Were reached number one in its fifth week on the chart [47]
48 November 28, 1973 $1,496,100 [48]
49 December 5, 1973 $967,700 [49]
50 December 12, 1973 $772,500 [50]
51 December 19, 1973 $504,100 [51]
52 December 26, 1973 Serpico $907,102 Serpico reached number one in its third week of release [52]

Highest-grossing films

Highest-grossing films of 1973 by calendar year gross based on the cities covered by Variety for the weekly charts.[nb 1][53][54]

Rank Title Studio Playing weeks[nb 2] Gross ($)
1. The Poseidon Adventure 20th Century Fox 1,229 12,850,359
2. Billy Jack Warner Bros. 1,446 9,328,613
3. Last Tango in Paris United Artists 804 8,937,300
4. The Way We Were Columbia 690 8,184,256
5. Live and Let Die United Artists 803 7,739,979
6. The Devil in Miss Jones MBL 607 7,681,782
7. Paper Moon Paramount 954 7,245,869
8. The Getaway National General Pictures 594 5,244,568
9. The Heartbreak Kid 20th Century Fox 663 4,708,831
10. Deliverance Warner Bros. 757 4,626,320
11. Deep Throat Damiano 182 4,617,211
12. Sleuth 20th Century Fox 547 4,528,312
13. Cabaret Allied Artists 1,080 4,511,703
14. Jesus Christ Superstar Universal 485 4,267,763
15. The Day of the Jackal Universal 563 4,234,494
16. American Graffiti Universal 411 4,227,708
17. A Touch of Class Avco Embassy 527 4,202,988
18. Enter the Dragon Warner Bros. 351 3,835,710
19. Tom Sawyer United Artists 335 3,688,035
20. Sounder 20th Century Fox 566 3,675,623
21. Five Fingers Of Death Warner Bros. 408 3,638,868
22. Across 110th Street United Artists 528 3,560,285
23. Pete 'n' Tillie Universal 510 3,432,595
24. Westworld Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 434 3,369,655
25. Man of La Mancha United Artists 361 3,192,703

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Variety noted that the total grosses that they collated represented about one-third of total U.S. grosses as defined by the US Department of Commerce. The grosses of the top 25 films represented 37% of the total grosses collated. Variety noted that the grosses they reported were based on mostly first-run theatres in major metropolitan markets and that the performance of films from distributors such as Walt Disney Studios and Universal Pictures, which sought out smaller markets and subsequent run marketing strategies for their films, were not fully reflected in their charts.
  2. ^ Playing weeks represent one film in one theatre for one week

References

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Chronology

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