Most Popular Movies 1973
This chart shows the 1973 movie releases that have attracted the most interest on The Numbers web site over the past 24 hours. A share of 100 corresponds to 1 percent of the total views for all 1973 releases.
See also: Domestic Release Schedule for 1973 - Top 1973 Worldwide
| Most Popular Overall | 1974 → |
| The Exorcist |
| Director: William Friedkin |
| Lead Roles: Max von Sydow as Father Lankester Merrin |
| Initial Theatrical Release: December 26, 1973 (Wide) by Warner Bros. |
| Keywords: Possessed, Religious, Skeptic, Exorcism, Supernatural Horror, 1974 Oscars Best Picture Nominee |
| Classification: Based on Fiction Book/Short Story, Horror, Live Action, Fantasy |
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Domestic BO: $230,956,951 |
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International BO: $197,867,132 |
| Jesus Christ Superstar |
| Director: Norman Jewison |
| Lead Roles: Ted Neeley as Jesus Christ, Carl Anderson as Judas Iscariot |
| Initial Theatrical Release: August 17, 1973 (Wide) by Universal |
| Keywords: Religious, Ancient Rome, Rock Opera Musical, Slow Motion Scene, Intentionally Anachronistic |
| Classification: Based on Religious Text, Musical, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
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Domestic BO: $24,477,615 |
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International BO: $115,488 |
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| Ceremonia sangrienta |
| Director: Jorge Michel Grau |
| Initial Theatrical Release: September 10, 1973 (Limited) (Spain) |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Horror, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
| The Way We Were |
| Director: Sydney Pollack |
| Lead Roles: Robert Redford as Hubbell Gardner |
| Initial Theatrical Release: October 19, 1973 (Wide) by Sony Pictures |
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Domestic BO: $49,919,870 |
| Battle for the Planet of the Apes |
| Director: Jack Lee Thompson |
| Initial Theatrical Release: 1973 (Wide) by 20th Century Fox |
| Keywords: Action Adventure, Rebellion, Talking Animals, Animal Lead |
| Classification: Based on Fiction Book/Short Story, Action, Live Action, Science Fiction |
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Domestic BO: $8,800,000 |
| Paper Moon |
| Director: Peter Bogdanovich |
| Initial Theatrical Release: January 1, 1973 (Wide) |
| Keywords: Confidence Men, Young Child Dealing with the Death of a Parent, Relatives Playing Relatives, Road Trip, Corrupt Cops, Prostitution |
| Classification: Based on Fiction Book/Short Story, Comedy, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
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Domestic BO: $30,933,743 |
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International BO: $248 |
| Shaft in Africa |
| Director: John Guillermin |
| Lead Roles: Richard Roundtree as John Shaft, Vonetta McGee |
| Initial Theatrical Release: June 14, 1973 (Limited) by MGM |
| Classification: Action, Live Action |
| The Crazies |
| Director: George A. Romero |
| Initial Theatrical Release: March 16, 1973 (Limited) by Cambist Films |
| Classification: Horror, Science Fiction |
| Kanashimi no Belladonna |
| Director: Eiichi Yamamoto |
| Lead Roles: Aiko Nagayama as Jeanne |
| Initial Theatrical Release: June 30, 1973 (Wide) (Japan) |
| Keywords: Anime, Supernatural, Sex Crimes, The Devil, Witches, Surrealism / Absurdism, Intertitle, Medieval, Bubonic Plague / Black Death |
| Classification: Based on Factual Book/Article, Drama, Hand Animation, Historical Fiction |
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| Andrey Rublyov |
| Director: Andrei Tarkovsky |
| Lead Roles: Anatoly Solonitsyn as Andrei Rublev |
| Initial Theatrical Release: October, 1973 (Limited) by Columbia, released as Andrei Rublev |
| Keywords: Non-Chronological, Religious, Voiceover/Narration, Tortured as Punishment, Moscow, 1400s, Painter, Betrayal, Falsely Accused |
| Classification: Based on Real Life Events, Drama, Live Action, Dramatization |
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Domestic BO: $102,023 |
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International BO: $10,669 |
Synopsis
With his second feature, a towering epic that took him years to complete, Andrei Tarkovsky waded deep into the past and emerged with a visionary masterwork. Threading together several self-contained episodes, the filmmaker traces the renowned icon painter Andrei Rublev through the harsh realities of fifteenth-century Russian life, vividly conjuring the dark and otherworldly atmosphere of the age: a primitive hot-air balloon takes to the sky, snow falls inside an unfinished church, naked pagans celebrate the midsummer solstice, a young man oversees the casting of a gigantic bell. Appearing here in Tarkovsky’s preferred 183-minute cut, as well as the version that was originally censored by Soviet authorities, Andrei Rublev is an arresting meditation on art, faith, and endurance, and a powerful reflection on expressive constraints in the director’s own time.
| White Lightning |
| Director: Joseph Sargent |
| Initial Theatrical Release: August 8, 1973 (Limited) by United Artists |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Action, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
| Ganja & Hess |
| Director: Bill Gunn |
| Initial Theatrical Release: April 23, 1973 (Limited) |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Thriller/Suspense, Live Action, Fantasy |
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Domestic BO: $21,344 |
| Soylent Green |
| Director: Richard Fleischer |
| Initial Theatrical Release: May 9, 1973 (Limited) by MGM |
| Keywords: Cannibalism, Dystopia |
| Classification: Based on Fiction Book/Short Story, Thriller/Suspense, Live Action, Science Fiction |
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International BO: $140 |
| Mean Streets |
| Director: Martin Scorsese |
| Lead Roles: Robert De Niro as Johnny Boy Cervello |
| Initial Theatrical Release: October 2, 1973 (Wide) by Warner Bros. |
| Keywords: Mafia, Film Noir |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Drama, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
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Domestic BO: $32,645 |
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International BO: $17,894 |