1973 in film
Overview of the events of 1973 in film From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This page covers significant events of the year 1973 in film.
United States and Canada
The top ten 1973 released films by box office gross in the United States and Canada are as follows:
| Rank | Title | Distributor | Domestic rentals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Exorcist | Warner Bros. | $88,500,000[1] |
| 2 | The Sting | Universal | $79,000,000[1] |
| 3 | American Graffiti | $55,900,000[1] | |
| 4 | Papillon | Allied Artists | $22,500,000[1] |
| 5 | The Way We Were | Columbia | $22,457,000[2] |
| 6 | Magnum Force | Warner Bros. | $20,100,000[2] |
| 7 | Last Tango in Paris | United Artists | $16,711,000[2] |
| 8 | Paper Moon | Paramount | $16,559,000[2] |
| 9 | Live and Let Die | United Artists | $15,925,000[2] |
| 10 | Serpico | Paramount Pictures | $15,400,000[3] |
Outside North America
The highest-grossing 1973 films in countries outside of North America.
| Country | Title | Studio | Gross | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| France | The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob | SNC | 7,295,727 admissions | [4] |
| Germany | Papillon | Columbia Pictures | 8,500,000 admissions | [5] |
| Hong Kong | The House of 72 Tenants | Shaw Brothers Studio | HK$5,600,000 | [6] |
| India | Bobby | R. K. Films | ₹110,000,000 (US$14,210,000) | [7][nb 1] |
| Italy | Malicious | Paramount Pictures | 11,756,327 admissions | [9] |
| Soviet Union | The Headless Horseman | Lenfilm | 64,900,000 admissions | [10] |
| Spain | Cabaret | TBD | 125.8 million ₧ | [11] |
| United Kingdom | Live and Let Die | Eon Productions | 9,000,000 admissions | [12] |
The following table lists known worldwide gross revenue figures for several high-grossing films that originally released in 1973. Note that this list is incomplete and is therefore not representative of the highest-grossing films worldwide in 1973. This list also includes gross revenue from later re-releases.
| Title | Worldwide gross | Country | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Exorcist | $441,306,145[nb 2] | United States | [13] |
| Enter the Dragon | $400,000,000[nb 2] | Worldwide | [14] |
| The Sting | $257,000,000 | United States | [15][16] |
| Live and Let Die | $161,800,000 | United Kingdom | [17] |
| American Graffiti | $140,000,000 | United States | [18] |
| Bobby | $39,000,000 | India | [19][20] |
The year's highest-grossing actor worldwide was Hong Kong martial arts film star Bruce Lee, who died the same year.[21]
- March – Five Fingers of Death is released in the United States and is a surprise success starting a kung fu film craze in North America[22]
- April 11 – Kim Jong-il publishes his film treatise On the Art of the Cinema.[23]
- May 1 – The Marx Brothers' Zeppo Marx divorces his second wife, Barbara Blakely; she will marry actor/singer Frank Sinatra in 1976.
- July 20 – Martial arts legend Bruce Lee dies before Enter the Dragon is released on July 26.
- August 17 – The sci-fi movie Westworld is the first feature film to use digital image processing.
- December 25 – The Sting is released and goes on to become one of the top-grossing films of all time.
- December 26 – The Exorcist reawakens the horror film genre and becomes one of the most popular and controversial films ever released.
Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):
- The Hireling, directed by Alan Bridges, United Kingdom
- Scarecrow, directed by Jerry Schatzberg, United States
Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):
- Ashani Sanket (Distant Thunder), directed by Satyajit Ray, India
By country/region
- List of American films of 1973
- List of Argentine films of 1973
- List of Australian films of 1973
- List of Bangladeshi films of 1973
- List of British films of 1973
- List of Canadian films of 1973
- List of French films of 1973
- List of Hong Kong films of 1973
- List of Indian films of 1973
- List of Japanese films of 1973
- List of Mexican films of 1973
- List of Pakistani films of 1973
- List of South Korean films of 1973
- List of Soviet films of 1973
- List of Spanish films of 1973
By genre/medium
- January 4 - Damon Gupton, American actor
- January 7 – Baiba Broka, Latvian actress
- January 10 – Ryan Drummond, American actor and comedian
- January 14 – Katie Griffin, Canadian actress and singer.
- January 17 - Bob Persichetti, American animator, story artist, storyboard artist, screenwriter and director
- January 18 - Ben Willbond, English actor and screenwriter
- January 23 – Lanei Chapman, American actress
- January 24 – William Gregory Lee, American actor
- January 29 – Arben Bajraktaraj, Korovan-born French actor
- January 30 - Jordan Prentice, Canadian actor
- January 31
- Portia de Rossi, Australian-Canadian actress
- Matthew Faber, American actor (d. 2020)
- February 12 – Tara Strong, Canadian-American voice actress
- February 14 - Kristen Dalton, American actress
- February 15 - Sarah Wynter, Australian actress
- February 17 – Lucy Davis, English actress
- February 18 – Tom Wisdom, English actor
- February 25 – Anson Mount, American actor
- February 27 – Li Bingbing, Chinese actress
- March 1 – Jack Davenport, English actor
- March 3 - Matthew Marsden, English-American actor, producer and singer
- March 4 – Len Wiseman, American director, screenwriter and producer
- March 8 - Boris Kodjoe, German actor and producer
- March 10 – Natasha Alam, Uzbekistani–American actress and model
- March 13 – Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, Icelandic-American actor, producer and screenwriter
- March 16 - Jerome Flynn, English actor and singer
- March 18 – Luci Christian, American voice actress
- March 19 - Jill Culton, American animator, storyboard artist, director and screenwriter
- March 20
- Jane March, English actress and model
- Cedric Yarbrough, American actor and comedian
- March 21 - Vanessa Branch, English-born American actress
- March 22 - Clay Kaytis, American animator and director
- March 24 – Jim Parsons, American actor and producer
- April 1 - Kris Marshall, English actor
- April 2
- Simon Farnaby, English actor, comedian and writer
- Roselyn Sánchez, Puerto Rican singer-songwriter, actress, producer and writer
- April 3 – Adam Scott, American actor, comedian and producer
- April 6
- Lori Heuring, American actress
- Cindy Robinson, American voice actress
- April 10 – Guillaume Canet, French actor
- April 11
- Kris Marshall, English actor
- Alec Musser, American actor and fitness model (d. 2024)
- April 12 - Amr Waked, Egyptian actor
- April 14 – Adrien Brody, American actor
- April 19
- Michael Bacall, American screenwriter and actor
- David Soren, Canadian director, writer, voice actor and storyboard artist
- April 22 – Christopher Sabat, American voice actor
- April 30
- Robyn Griggs, American actress (d. 2022)
- Antonino Isordia, Mexican director
- May 5 – Tina Yothers, American actress
- May 8
- Marcus Brigstocke, British comedian and actor
- Jonathon Young, Canadian actor
- May 10 – Tora Sudiro, Indonesian actor
- May 12 - Mackenzie Astin, American actor
- May 17
- Sasha Alexander, American actress and director
- Matthew McGrory, American actor (d. 2005)
- May 21 - Noel Fielding, English comedian, writer, actor, artist, musician and television presenter
- May 25 - Jossara Jinaro, Brazilian-American actress (d. 2022)
- May 27 - Jack McBrayer, American actor, singer and comedian
- May 30 - Minae Noji, Japanese-American actress
- June 1 - Adam Garcia, Australian actor
- June 2 - Kevin Feige, American producer
- June 4 - Matt Corboy, American actor
- June 8 - Lexa Doig, Canadian actress
- June 9 - Orlando Wells, English actor and writer
- June 12 - Mel Rodriguez, American actor
- June 15 – Neil Patrick Harris, American actor
- June 16 – Eddie Cibrian, American actor
- June 17 - Louis Leterrier, French director and producer
- June 18 - Julie Depardieu, French actress
- June 19 - Leticia Spiller, Brazilian actress
- June 21 – Juliette Lewis, American actress
- June 22 - Tracy Melchior, American actress
- June 24 - Alexander Beyer, German actor
- June 27 - Razaaq Adoti, British actor, producer and screenwriter
- June 29 - Lance Barber, American actor
- July 2 - Peter Kay, English comedian and actor
- July 3 - Patrick Wilson, American actor, director and singer
- July 6 - William Lee Scott, American actor
- July 8 - Sebastian Maniscalco, American stand-up comedian and actor
- July 9 - Enrique Murciano, American actor
- July 10 - Annie Mumolo, American actress, screenwriter, comedian and producer
- July 11 - Jason Liebrecht, American voice actor
- July 15 - Rachel Pickup, British actress
- July 16 - Robert Jayne, American actor
- July 19 - Saïd Taghmaoui, French-American actor and screenwriter
- July 20 – Omar Epps, American actor, rapper and producer
- July 22 - Jaime Camil, Mexican actor and singer
- July 23
- Daisy Donovan, English television presenter, actress and writer
- Kathryn Hahn, American actress and comedian
- July 24 - Jamie Denbo, American actress, writer and comedian
- July 25 - David Denman, American actor
- July 26 – Kate Beckinsale, English actress
- July 29
- Stephen Dorff, American actor
- Dileep Rao, American actor
- August 2 - Simon Kinberg, British-born American filmmaker
- August 3 - Michael Ealy, American actor
- August 5 - Michael Hollick, American actor
- August 6
- Asia Carrera, American pornographic actress
- David Campbell, Australian singer, actor and television personality
- Vera Farmiga, American actress
- August 8 – Jessica Calvello, American voice actress
- August 9 - Kevin McKidd, Scottish actor and television director
- August 19 - Ahmed Best, American actor, comedian and musician
- August 22 – Kristen Wiig, American actress and comedian
- August 24
- Dave Chappelle, American actor
- Carmine Giovinazzo, American actor, writer and musician
- Grey Griffin, American actress, comedian and singer-songwriter
- Barrett Oliver, American child actor
- August 25 - Ben Falcone, American filmmaker, comedian and actor
- August 26 - Andy Muschietti, Argentine filmmaker
- August 28 - Kirby Morrow, Canadian actor, comedian and writer (d. 2020)
- September 1 - Guillem Morales, Spanish director
- September 4
- Jason David Frank, American actor and mixed martial artist (d. 2022)
- Lazlow Jones, American writer, producer, director, voice actor and radio personality
- September 5
- Paddy Considine, English actor, director, screenwriter and musician
- Rose McGowan, American actress
- September 7 – Shannon Elizabeth, American actress
- September 12 –
- Maximiliano Hernández, American actor
- Paul Walker, American actor and producer (d. 2013)
- September 13 - Travis Knight, American animator, producer and director
- September 14 – Andrew Lincoln, English actor
- September 18 – James Marsden, American actor
- September 19 - Nicholas Bishop, English-born Australian actor
- September 25 - Bridgette Wilson, American actress and singer
- September 26 – Julienne Davis, American actress and model
- September 27 - Indira Varma, British actress and narrator
- October 1 – Christian Borle, American actor and singer
- October 2 – Efren Ramirez, American actor
- October 3
- Keiko Agena, American actress
- Neve Campbell, Canadian actress
- Richard Ian Cox, Welsh-Canadian voice actor
- Lena Headey, English actress
- October 6 – Ioan Gruffudd, Welsh actor
- October 8 - Jan Pavel Filipensky, Czech actor
- October 10
- Mario Lopez, American actor and television host
- S. S. Rajamouli, Indian director
- October 21 - Sasha Roiz, Israeli-born Canadian actor
- October 22 – Carmen Ejogo, British actress and singer
- October 23 - Stéphane Debac, French actor
- October 24
- Burgess Jenkins, American actor
- Kurt Kuenne, American filmmaker
- October 25 - Michael Weston, American actor
- October 26 – Seth MacFarlane, American actor, animator, screenwriter, comedian, director and singer
- October 28 – Kim Seo-hyung, South Korean actress
- October 30
- Adam Copeland, Canadian wrestler and actor
- Kemp Powers, American filmmaker
- November 1
- Robert Luketic, Australian director
- Aishwarya Rai, Indian actress
- November 2 - Marisol Nichols, American actress
- November 4 - Steven Ogg, Canadian actor
- November 11 - Chris McKay, American filmmaker
- November 12 - Radha Mitchell, Australian actress
- November 14 - Dana Snyder, American actor and voice actor
- November 21 - Brook Kerr, American actress
- November 24
- J. C. Chandor, American filmmaker
- Lucy Liemann, British actress
- Danielle Nicolet, American actress
- November 26 – Peter Facinelli, American actor
- November 27
- Tadanobu Asano, Japanese actor
- Sharlto Copley, South African actor
- December 1 - Lombardo Boyar, American actor
- December 3
- Bruno Campos, Brazilian-American actor and lawyer
- Holly Marie Combs, American actress and producer
- December 4 - Tyra Banks, American television personality, producer, writer and actress
- December 11 - Mos Def, American rapper, singer-songwriter and actor
- December 14
- Thuy Trang, Vietnamese-American actress (d. 2001)
- Jan Uuspõld, Estonian actor
- December 17 - Rian Johnson, American filmmaker
- December 28 - Seth Meyers, American talkshow host, actor, comedian
| Month | Date | Name | Age | Country | Profession | Notable films |
| January | 2 | Franciska Gaal | 68 | Hungary | Actress, Singer | |
| 15 | Coleman Francis | 53 | US | Actor, Director | ||
| 19 | Max Adrian | 69 | Northern Ireland | Actor | ||
| 24 | J. Carrol Naish | 77 | US | Actor | ||
| 26 | Edward G. Robinson | 79 | Romania | Actor | ||
| 29 | Ludwig Stossel | 89 | Austria | Actor | ||
| 31 | Jack MacGowran | 54 | Ireland | Actor | ||
| February | 13 | David Bauer | 55 | US | Actor | |
| 15 | Tim Holt | 54 | US | Actor | ||
| 15 | Wally Cox | 48 | US | Actor | ||
| 22 | Katina Paxinou | 72 | Greece | Actress | ||
| 24 | Art Smith | 73 | US | Actor | ||
| 28 | Cecil Kellaway | 82 | South Africa | Actor | ||
| March | 5 | Rupert Crosse | 45 | US | Actor | |
| 10 | Robert Siodmak | 72 | Germany | Director | ||
| 11 | Gregorio Fernandez | 68 | Philippines | Actor, Director | ||
| 13 | Melville Cooper | 76 | England | Actor | ||
| 16 | Carl Benton Reid | 79 | US | Actor | ||
| 19 | Lauritz Melchior | 82 | US | Singer | ||
| 22 | Kane Richmond | 66 | US | Actor | ||
| 23 | Ken Maynard | 77 | US | Actor | ||
| 26 | Noël Coward | 73 | England | Actor, Songwriter | ||
| April | 11 | Ted de Corsia | 69 | US | Actor | |
| 12 | Arthur Freed | 78 | US | Songwriter, Producer | ||
| 14 | Minna Gombell | 80 | US | Actress | ||
| 20 | Robert Armstrong | 82 | US | Actor | ||
| 21 | Merian C. Cooper | 79 | US | Director, Producer, Screenwriter | ||
| 21 | Ursula Jeans | 73 | UK | Actress | ||
| 26 | Irene Ryan | 70 | US | Actress | ||
| May | 4 | Charles Grayson | 69 | US | Screenwriter | |
| 6 | Myrna Fahey | 40 | US | Actress | ||
| 7 | Maxine Doyle | 58 | US | Actress | ||
| 10 | Jack E. Leonard | 63 | US | Actor, Comedian | ||
| 11 | Lex Barker | 54 | US | Actor | ||
| 12 | Frances Marion | 84 | US | Screenwriter | ||
| 21 | Vaughn Monroe | 61 | US | Singer, Actor | ||
| 29 | P. Ramlee | 44 | Malaysia | Actor, Director | ||
| June | 5 | Max Terhune | 87 | US | Actor | |
| 10 | William Inge | 60 | US | Screenwriter, Playwright | ||
| 16 | Louise Latimer | 60 | US | Actress | ||
| 18 | Roger Delgado | 55 | England | Actor | ||
| 23 | Fay Holden | 79 | England | Actress | ||
| 25 | Lars Tvinde | 86 | Norway | Actor | ||
| 26 | Ernest Truex | 83 | US | Actor | ||
| July | 2 | Betty Grable | 56 | US | Actress | |
| 2 | George Macready | 73 | US | Actor | ||
| 6 | Joe E. Brown | 80 | US | Actor | ||
| 7 | Veronica Lake | 50 | US | Actress | ||
| 11 | Robert Ryan | 63 | US | Actor | ||
| 12 | Lon Chaney Jr. | 67 | US | Actor | ||
| 18 | Jack Hawkins | 62 | England | Actor | ||
| 20 | Bruce Lee | 32 | US | Actor | ||
| 30 | Guy Middleton | 65 | England | Actor | ||
| August | 2 | Jean-Pierre Melville | 55 | France | Director | |
| 5 | Warren Duff | 69 | US | Producer, Screenwriter | ||
| 10 | Douglas Kennedy | 57 | US | Actor | ||
| 11 | Peggie Castle | 45 | US | Actress | ||
| 16 | Veda Ann Borg | 58 | US | Actress | ||
| 17 | Eve Miller | 50 | US | Actress | ||
| 22 | Louise Huff | 77 | US | Actress | ||
| 30 | Michael Dunn | 38 | US | Actor, Singer | ||
| 31 | John Ford | 79 | US | Director | ||
| September | 13 | Betty Field | 60 | US | Actress | |
| 20 | Glenn Strange | 74 | US | Actor | ||
| 21 | Diana Sands | 39 | US | Actress | ||
| 24 | Ted Adams | 83 | US | Actress | ||
| 26 | Anna Magnani | 65 | Italy | Actress | ||
| 28 | Norma Crane | 44 | US | Actress | ||
| 28 | Mantan Moreland | 71 | US | Actor, Comedian | ||
| October | 6 | Sidney Blackmer | 78 | US | Actor | |
| 6 | Dennis Price | 58 | UK | Actor | ||
| 16 | Cleo Moore | 48 | US | Actress | ||
| 18 | Crane Wilbur | 86 | US | Screenwriter, Director | ||
| 27 | Allan Lane | 64 | US | Actor | ||
| November | 13 | Lila Lee | 72 | US | Actress | |
| 20 | Viola Lawrence | 78 | US | Film Editor | ||
| 23 | Claire Dodd | 64 | US | Actress | ||
| 23 | Robert Ellis | 40 | US | Actor | ||
| 23 | Constance Talmadge | 75 | US | Actress | ||
| 23 | Sessue Hayakawa | 84 | Japan | Actor | ||
| 23 | Adele Buffington | 73 | US | Screenwriter | ||
| 25 | Laurence Harvey | 45 | Lithuania | Actor | ||
| December | 4 | Michael O'Shea | 67 | US | Actor | |
| 12 | Ranald MacDougall | 58 | US | Screenwriter, Director | ||
| 20 | Bobby Darin | 37 | US | Actor, Singer | ||
| 26 | Steven Geray | 69 | Ukraine | Actor | ||
| 26 | William Haines | 73 | US | Actor | ||
| 31 | A. Edward Sutherland | 78 | England | Director | ||
- Danny Aiello – Bang the Drum Slowly
- Nancy Allen – The Last Detail
- John Ashton – The Psychopath
- Daniel Auteuil – The Year 01
- Graham Beckel – The Paper Chase
- Reb Brown – Sssssss
- Dennis Burkley – Bummer!
- Colleen Camp – Battle for the Planet of the Apes
- John Candy – Class of '44
- David Clennon – The Paper Chase
- Laura Dern – White Lightning
- Pino Donnagio – Don't Look Now (film composer)
- George Dzundza – Massage Parlor Murders
- Anthony Edwards – Big Zapper
- Michael Ensign – Assassin
- Emilio Estevez – Badlands
- Dexter Fletcher – Steptoe and Son Ride Again
- Sasson Gabai – Light Out of Nowhere
- Victor Garber – Godspell
- Burton Gilliam – Paper Moon
- John Glover – Shamus
- Irma P. Hall – Book of Numbers
- Rutger Hauer – Turkish Delight
- William Hootkins – Big Zapper
- Gérard Jugnot – The Year 01
- Dimple Kapadia – Bobby
- Sylvia Kristel – Frank en Eva
- Stan Lee – The Year 01
- Kay Lenz – American Graffiti
- Temuera Morrison – Rangi's Catch
- Tatum O'Neal – Paper Moon
- Bernadette Peters – Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies
- Joe Pantoliano – Road Movie
- Kathleen Quinlan – American Graffiti
- John Rhys-Davies – Penny Gold
- Allan Rich – Serpico
- Henry G. Sanders – No Place to Hide
- Charlie Sheen – Badlands
- Bo Svenson – Maurie
- Ana Torrent – The Spirit of the Beehive
- Carl Weathers – Magnum Force
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