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1973 in film
Overview of the events of 1973 in film
The significant events of the year 1973 in film are covered in this page.
United States and Canada
The top ten 1973 released films by theatrical rentals in the United States and Canada are as follows:
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| Rank | Title | Distributor | 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] |
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Outside North America
The highest-grossing 1973 films in countries outside of North America.
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| Country | Title | Studio | Gross | Ref |
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| 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] |
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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.
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| Title | Worldwide gross | Country | Ref |
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| 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] |
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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.
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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
United States unless stated
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- The 14, directed by David Hemmings, starring Jack Wild – (U.K.)
A
- Abhimaan (Pride) – (India)
- Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies, starring Cliff Robertson and Pamela Franklin
- The Adventures of Rabbi Jacob (Les Aventures de Rabbi Jacob) – (France)
- All Nudity Shall Be Punished (Toda Nudez Será Castigada) – (Brazil)
- The Alpha Caper, starring Henry Fonda and Leonard Nimoy
- Alvin Purple – (Australia)
- Amarcord, directed by Federico Fellini – (Italy)
- American Graffiti, directed by George Lucas, starring Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Howard, Cindy Williams, Paul Le Mat, Candy Clark and Harrison Ford
- Ana and the Wolves (Ana y los lobos), starring Geraldine Chaplin – (Spain)
- And Now the Screaming Starts!, starring Peter Cushing, Stephanie Beacham and Herbert Lom
- Arnold, starring Stella Stevens, Roddy McDowall and Elsa Lanchester
- Ashani Sanket (Distant Thunder), directed by Satyajit Ray – Golden Bear winner – (India)
B
- The Baby, starring Anjanette Comer and Ruth Roman
- Badlands, directed by Terrence Malick, starring Martin Sheen, Sissy Spacek and Warren Oates
- Bang the Drum Slowly, starring Robert De Niro and Michael Moriarty
- Bat Pussy, believed to have been made or released in 1973
- Battle for the Planet of the Apes, starring Roddy McDowall, Claude Akins, Natalie Trundy and John Huston
- Battles Without Honor and Humanity (ingi naki tatakai) – (Japan)
- Baxter!, starring Patricia Neal and Britt Ekland – (U.K.)
- Black Caesar, starring Fred Williamson
- Black Holiday (La Villeggiatura), starring Adolfo Celi – (Italy)
- Blood Brothers (Ci Ma), directed by Chang Cheh – (Hong Kong)
- Blood in the Streets, a.k.a. Revolver, starring Oliver Reed – (Italy/France/West Germany)
- Blood of the Dragon (Zhui ming qiang) – (Hong Kong)
- Blue Blood, starring Oliver Reed, Fiona Lewis and Derek Jacobi- (U.K.)
- Blume in Love, starring George Segal, Susan Anspach and Kris Kristofferson
- Bobby, starring Rishi Kapoor – (India)
- Book of Numbers, directed, produced by and starring Raymond St. Jacques
- Il Boss, starring Henry Silva and Richard Conte – (Italy)
- Breezy, directed by Clint Eastwood, starring William Holden and Kay Lenz
- A Brief Vacation (Una breve vacanza), directed by Vittorio De Sica – (Italy)
- Brother of the Wind
C
- Cahill U.S. Marshal, starring John Wayne and George Kennedy
- Can Dialectics Break Bricks? (La Dialectique Peut-Elle Casser Des Briques?) – (France)
- The Candy Snatchers, starring Tiffany Bolling
- Charley and the Angel, starring Fred MacMurray, Cloris Leachman and Kurt Russell
- Charley Varrick, directed by Don Siegel, starring Walter Matthau, John Vernon, Joe Don Baker, Andy Robinson, Sheree North and Felicia Farr
- Charlotte's Web, an animated film directed by Charles A. Nichols and Iwao Takamoto, with the voices of Debbie Reynolds and Henry Gibson
- Chino, directed by John Sturges, starring Charles Bronson
- Cinderella Liberty, directed by Mark Rydell, starring James Caan and Marsha Mason
- Class of '44, starring Gary Grimes
- Cleopatra Jones, starring Tamara Dobson and Shelley Winters
- Coffy, starring Pam Grier
- Cops and Robbers, starring Joseph Bologna and Cliff Gorman
- The Crazies, directed by George A. Romero
- The Creeping Flesh, starring Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing – (U.K.)
D
- Dark Places, starring Christopher Lee, Joan Collins and Jane Birkin – (U.K.)
- Day for Night, directed by François Truffaut, starring Jacqueline Bisset, Valentina Cortese, Jean-Pierre Léaud and Jean-Pierre Aumont – Academy Award and Bafta winner – (France)
- The Day of the Dolphin, directed by Mike Nichols, starring George C. Scott, Trish Van Devere and Paul Sorvino
- The Day of the Jackal, directed by Fred Zinnemann, starring Edward Fox, Michael Lonsdale and Delphine Seyrig – (U.K./France)
- The Death of a Lumberjack (La Mort d'un bûcheron) – (Canada)
- A Delicate Balance, starring Katharine Hepburn, Paul Scofield, Lee Remick, Kate Reid and Betsy Blair
- The Devil in Miss Jones, adult film, directed by Gerard Damiano
- Dillinger, directed by John Milius, starring Warren Oates, Harry Dean Stanton, Richard Dreyfuss and Geoffrey Lewis
- A Doll's House, starring Claire Bloom and Anthony Hopkins – (U.K.)
- The Don Is Dead, starring Anthony Quinn, Robert Forster, Al Lettieri and Ina Balin
- Don't Be Afraid of the Dark, starring Kim Darby and Jim Hutton
- Don't Look Now, directed by Nicolas Roeg, starring Julie Christie and Donald Sutherland – (U.K./Italy)
E
- The Earth Is a Sinful Song (Maa on syntinen laulu) – (Finland)
- Electra Glide in Blue, starring Robert Blake
- Emperor of the North Pole, directed by Robert Aldrich, starring Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, Keith Carradine and Charles Tyner
- England Made Me, starring Peter Finch and Michael York – (U.K.)
- Enter the Dragon, starring Bruce Lee, John Saxon, Jim Kelly – (Hong Kong/United States)
- Executive Action, starring Burt Lancaster and Robert Ryan
- The Exorcist, directed by William Friedkin, starring Ellen Burstyn, Linda Blair, Jason Miller and Max von Sydow—winner of 5 Golden Globes and 2 Oscars
F
- Fantastic Planet (La Planète Sauvage) – (France/Czechoslovakia)
- Fé, Esperanza y Caridad (Faith, Hope and Charity), starring Katy Jurado – (Mexico)
- The Final Programme, starring Jon Finch, Jenny Runacre and Graham Crowden – (U.K.)
- Five on the Black Hand Side, starring Godfrey Cambridge
- Forced Entry, adult film starring Harry Reems
- The Friends of Eddie Coyle, directed by Peter Yates, starring Robert Mitchum, Richard Jordan, Steven Keats, Alex Rocco and Peter Boyle
- From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (a.k.a. The Hideaways), starring Ingrid Bergman
G
- Godspell, starring Victor Garber
- Godzilla vs. Megalon, directed by Jun Fukuda – (Japan)
- La Grande Bouffe (Blow-Out), starring Marcello Mastroianni, Ugo Tognazzi, Michel Piccoli and Philippe Noiret – (France/Italy)
H
- The Hare Census (Prebroyavane na Divite Zaytsi), directed by Eduard Zahariev, starring Itzhak Fintzi, Nikola Todev and Georgi Rusev – (Bulgaria)
- The Harrad Experiment, starring Don Johnson, Tippi Hedren and James Whitmore
- Heavy Traffic, an animated film by Ralph Bakshi
- Hell Up in Harlem, starring Fred Williamson
- High Plains Drifter, directed by and starring Clint Eastwood, with Verna Bloom, Marianna Hill and Geoffrey Lewis
- The Hireling, directed by Alan Bridges, starring Robert Shaw and Sarah Miles – Palme d'Or winner – (U.K.)
- Hitler: The Last Ten Days, starring Alec Guinness – (U.K./Italy)
- The Holy Mountain (La Montaña Sagrada), directed by Alejandro Jodorowsky – (Mexico/U.S.)
- Home Sweet Home (La fête à Jules) – (Belgium)
- The Homecoming, directed by Peter Hall, starring Cyril Cusack, Ian Holm and Vivien Merchant – (U.K.)
- Hot Winds (Garm Hava), directed by M. S. Sathyu – (India)
- The Hourglass Sanatorium (Sanatorium pod klepsydrą), directed by Wojciech Has – (Poland)
- The House in Nightmare Park, directed by Peter Skyes, starring Frankie Howerd and Ray Milland – (U.K.)
- The House on Chelouche Street (Ha-Bayit Berechov Chelouche) – (Israel)
- Hugo the Hippo (Hugó, a víziló) – (Hungary)
I
- The Iceman Cometh, directed by John Frankenheimer, starring Lee Marvin, Fredric March, Robert Ryan and Jeff Bridges
- Idaho Transfer, directed by Peter Fonda
- Indian Summer, directed by Milen Nikolov, starring Georgi Partsalev, Leda Taseva and Tatyana Lolova – (Bulgaria)
- Interval, starring Merle Oberon
- L' Invitation (The Invitation), directed by Claude Goretta – Academy Award for Best Foreign Film – (France/Switzerland)
- Ivan Vasilievich: Back to the Future (Ivan Vasilyevich menyayet professiyu) – (U.S.S.R.)
J
- Jesus Christ Superstar, directed by Norman Jewison, starring Ted Neeley and Yvonne Elliman, music by Andrew Lloyd Webber
- Jeremy, starring Robby Benson and Glynnis O'Connor
- Jonathan Livingston Seagull, featuring voices of James Franciscus and Juliet Mills
K
- Kanashimi no Belladonna (Belladonna of Sadness), Anime feature film – (Japan)
- Kid Blue, starring Dennis Hopper, Warren Oates and Peter Boyle
L
- Lady Ice, starring Donald Sutherland and Jennifer O'Neill
- Lady Snowblood (Shurayukihime) – (Japan)
- The Last American Hero, starring Jeff Bridges and Valerie Perrine
- The Last Detail, directed by Hal Ashby, starring Jack Nicholson, Randy Quaid and Otis Young
- The Last of Sheila, directed by Herbert Ross, written by Stephen Sondheim and Anthony Perkins, starring Raquel Welch, Dyan Cannon, James Mason, James Coburn, Richard Benjamin, Joan Hackett and Ian McShane
- The Laughing Policeman, starring Walter Matthau, Bruce Dern, Louis Gossett Jr., Joanna Cassidy and Cathy Lee Crosby
- The Legend of Hell House, starring Pamela Franklin and Gayle Hunnicutt
- The Legend of Paul and Paula (Die Legende von Paul und Paula) – (East Germany)
- Le Magnifique, starring Jean-Paul Belmondo and Jacqueline Bisset – (France)
- Little Tiger of Canton (Guang dong xiao lao hu), starring Jackie Chan – (Hong Kong)
- Live and Let Die, starring Roger Moore (as James Bond), with Jane Seymour and Yaphet Kotto – (U.K.)
- Lolly-Madonna XXX, starring Rod Steiger, Robert Ryan and Jeff Bridges
- The Long Goodbye, directed by Robert Altman, starring Elliott Gould, Nina van Pallandt, Sterling Hayden, Mark Rydell, Henry Gibson and Jim Bouton
- Lost Horizon, starring Peter Finch, John Gielgud, Liv Ullmann, George Kennedy and Olivia Hussey
- Love and Anarchy (d'amore e d'anarchia), directed by Lina Wertmüller – (Italy)
- Love and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing, directed by Alan J. Pakula, starring Timothy Bottoms and Maggie Smith
M
- The Mack , directed by Michael Campus, starring Max Julien, Richard Pryor, and Carol Speed
- The Mackintosh Man, directed by John Huston, starring Paul Newman, Dominique Sanda and James Mason – (UK/US)
- Magnum Force, directed by Ted Post, starring Clint Eastwood, Hal Holbrook, David Soul, Tim Matheson and Robert Urich
- Malizia (Malicious) – (Italy)
- Manson, a documentary film about Charles Manson
- Massacre in Rome (Rappresaglia), directed by George Pan Cosmatos, starring Richard Burton and Marcello Mastroianni – (Italy)
- Maurie, directed by Daniel Mann, starring Bo Svenson and Bernie Casey
- Mean Streets, directed by Martin Scorsese, starring Harvey Keitel and Robert De Niro
- Memory of a Night of Love, starring Salah Zulfikar, Nelly and Nabila Ebeid – (Syria)
- The Mother and the Whore (La Maman et la Putain), directed by Jean Eustache, starring Jean-Pierre Léaud, Bernadette Lafont and Françoise Lebrun – (France)
- My Dear Brother starring Tarık Akan, Halit Akçatepe and Kahraman Kıral – (Turkey)
- My Name Is Nobody (Il mio nome è Nessuno), starring Terence Hill and Henry Fonda – (Italy)
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- The Neptune Factor, starring Ben Gazzara, Yvette Mimieux and Ernest Borgnine
- Nefertiti and Akhenaten, TV movie starring Geraldine Chaplin and Salah Zulfikar – (Mexico)
- The No Mercy Man, starring Sid Haig and Ron Thompson
- Night Flight from Moscow, starring Yul Brynner, Henry Fonda and Dirk Bogarde – (France/Italy/Germany)
- Night Watch, starring Elizabeth Taylor and Laurence Harvey – (U.K.)
- The Night Strangler, TV movie starring Darren McGavin
- The Nutcracker (Schelkunchik) – (U.S.S.R.)
O
- O Lucky Man!, directed by Lindsay Anderson, starring Malcolm McDowell, Helen Mirren, Ralph Richardson, Rachel Roberts and Arthur Lowe – (U.K.)
- The Offence, directed by Sidney Lumet, starring Sean Connery, Ian Bannen and Trevor Howard
- Oklahoma Crude, directed by Stanley Kramer, starring Faye Dunaway and George C. Scott
- The Olsen Gang Goes Crazy (Olsen-banden går amok) – (Denmark)
P
- The Paper Chase, starring Timothy Bottoms, Lindsay Wagner and John Houseman
- Paper Moon, directed by Peter Bogdanovich, starring Ryan O'Neal, Tatum O'Neal and Madeline Kahn
- Paperback Hero, starring Keir Dullea and Elizabeth Ashley – (Canada)
- Papillon, directed by Franklin J. Schaffner, starring Steve McQueen and Dustin Hoffman
- Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, directed by Sam Peckinpah, starring James Coburn, Kris Kristofferson and Bob Dylan, with music by Dylan
- The Pedestrian (Der Fußgänger), directed by Maximilian Schell, starring Peggy Ashcroft – Golden Globe for best foreign film – (West Germany/Switzerland/Israel)
- Property Is No Longer a Theft (La proprietà non è più un furto), starring Ugo Tognazzi – (Italy)
- The Pyx, starring Christopher Plummer and Karen Black- (Canada)
R
- Resurrection of Eve, starring Marilyn Chambers
- El Retorno de Walpurgis (a.k.a. The Curse of the Devil) – (Spain/Mexico)
- Robin Hood, animated film with voices of Roger Miller, Phil Harris, Andy Devine, Peter Ustinov and Terry-Thomas
S
- Save the Tiger, directed by John G. Avildsen, starring Jack Lemmon
- Scarecrow, directed by Jerry Schatzberg, starring Gene Hackman and Al Pacino – Palme d'Or winner
- Scenes from a Marriage (Scener ur ett äktenskap), directed by Ingmar Bergman, starring Liv Ullmann and Erland Josephson – (Sweden)
- Scorpio, starring Burt Lancaster, Alain Delon, Paul Scofield and Gayle Hunnicutt
- Scream Blacula Scream, starring William H. Marshall and Pam Grier
- Serpico, directed by Sidney Lumet, starring Al Pacino
- The Seven Madmen (Los siete locos), directed by Leopoldo Torre Nilsson – (Argentina)
- The Seven-Ups, starring Roy Scheider and Tony Lo Bianco
- Shaft in Africa, starring Richard Roundtree
- Shamus, starring Burt Reynolds, Dyan Cannon and John P. Ryan
- Showdown, starring Dean Martin and Rock Hudson
- Sisters, directed by Brian De Palma, starring Margot Kidder and Jennifer Salt
- Slaughter's Big Rip-Off, starring Jim Brown, Brock Peters and Ed McMahon
- Sleeper, directed by and starring Woody Allen, with Diane Keaton
- Slither, starring James Caan, Sally Kellerman and Peter Boyle
- The Society of the Spectacle (La Société du Spectacle) – (France)
- Son of Zorro
- Soul Hustler, directed by Bert Topper, starring Fabian Forte, Nai Bonet, Tony Russel and Casey Kasem
- Soylent Green, directed by Richard Fleischer, starring Charlton Heston, Leigh Taylor-Young and Edward G. Robinson
- The Spirit of the Beehive (El espíritu de la colmena), directed by Victor Erice – (Spain)
- Stateline Motel, starring Eli Wallach, Ursula Andress, Fabio Testi and Eli Wallach – Canada/Italy
- Steelyard Blues, starring Donald Sutherland and Jane Fonda
- Steptoe and Son Ride Again, starred Wilfrid Brambell and Harry H. Corbett – (U.K.)
- The Sting, directed by George Roy Hill, starring Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Robert Shaw, Eileen Brennan, Charles Durning and Ray Walston – winner of 7 Academy Awards
- The Stone Killer, starring Charles Bronson
- Super Fly T.N.T., directed by and starring Ron O'Neal
- Superdad, starring Bob Crane, Barbara Rush and Kurt Russell
- Sweet Kill, starring Tab Hunter
T
- The Tenderness of Wolves (Die Zärtlichkeit der Wölfe) – (West Germany)
- That'll Be the Day, starring David Essex, Rosemary Leach and Ringo Starr – (U.K.)
- Theatre of Blood, starring Vincent Price, Diana Rigg, Ian Hendry and Robert Morley
- Themroc, starring Michel Piccoli – (France)
- There's No Smoke Without Fire (Il n'y a pas de fumée sans feu), starring Annie Girardot – (France)
- The Other Man, starring Salah Zulfikar, Shams El Baroudi and Zubaida Tharwat – (Egypt)
- The Thief Who Came to Dinner, starring Ryan O'Neal, Jacqueline Bisset and Warren Oates
- The Three-Day Reign (Samil cheonha) – (South Korea)
- The Three Musketeers, directed by Richard Lester, starring Michael York, Oliver Reed, Richard Chamberlain, Frank Finlay, Raquel Welch, Charlton Heston, Faye Dunaway and Christopher Lee – (U.K./U.S.)
- Three Wishes for Cinderella (Tři oříšky pro Popelku) – (Czechoslovakia/East Germany)
- A Touch of Class, starring George Segal and Glenda Jackson – (U.K.)
- Tom Sawyer, starring Johnny Whitaker and Jodie Foster
- Touki Bouki (Journey of the Hyena) – (Senegal)
- The Train Robbers, starring John Wayne and Ann-Margret
- Tsugaru Folk Song (Tsugaru Jongarabushi) – (Japan)
- Turkish Delight (Turks Fruit), directed by Paul Verhoeven, starring Rutger Hauer – (Netherlands)
- Two Men in Town (Deux hommes dans la ville), starring Jean Gabin and Alain Delon – (France)
- Two People, directed by Robert Wise, starring Peter Fonda and Lindsay Wagner
U
- Ultimul cartuş (The Last Bullet) – (Romania)
V
- The Vault of Horror, starring Glynis Johns, Terry-Thomas and Curd Jürgens – (U.K.)
- Voices, starring David Hemmings and Gayle Hunnicutt – (U.K.)
W
- Walking Tall, starring Joe Don Baker
- The Way We Were, directed by Sydney Pollack, starring Barbra Streisand and Robert Redford
- We Want the Colonels (Vogliamo i colonnelli), starring Ugo Tognazzi – (Italy)
- Wedding in Blood (Les Noces rouges), directed by Claude Chabrol, starring Stéphane Audran and Michel Piccoli – (France)
- Westworld, directed by Michael Crichton, starring Yul Brynner, Richard Benjamin and James Brolin
- White Lightning, starring Burt Reynolds
- Wicked, Wicked, starring David Bailey, Edd Byrnes and Tiffany Bolling
- The Wicker Man, directed by Robin Hardy, starring Edward Woodward, Christopher Lee, Diane Cilento and Britt Ekland– (U.K.)
- Willie Dynamite, directed by Gilbert Moses, starring Roscoe Orman, Diana Sands, Thalmus Rasulala and Roger Robinson
- The World's Greatest Athlete, starring Jan-Michael Vincent and John Amos
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United States unless stated
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- January 7 – Baiba Broka, Latvian actress
- January 9 - Angela Bettis, American actress, producer and director
- 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 26 - Jennifer Crystal Foley, American actress
- 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
- Demetri Martin, American comedian, actor, writer, director and musician
- Molly Sims, American model and actress
- 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 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 former actress
- June 24 - Alexander Beyer, German actor
- June 27 - Razaaq Adoti, British actor, producer and screenwriter
- 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
- Ana Cristina Oliveira, Portuguese actress
- 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 former 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 15 - Lubna Azabal, Belgian actress
- 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 former 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 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 9 - Diane Mizota, 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, former 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 14 - Jason Manuel Olazabal, American actor
- 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 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 – 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
- 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
- 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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- Fu, Poshek; Desser, David (2002). The Cinema of Hong Kong: History, Arts, Identity. Cambridge University Press. p. 95. ISBN 9780521776028.
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After its release, Enter the Dragon became Warner Brothers' highest grossing movie of 1973. It has earned well over $400 million
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Domestic $156,000,000
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Foreign $101.0m
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