This is a list of films which placed number one at the weekly box office in the United States during 1973.
Number-one films †This implies the highest-grossing movie of the year. Week ending Film Gross Notes 1 The Poseidon Adventure † $773,000 2 The Getaway $874,800 The Getaway reached number one in its third week of release 3 The Poseidon Adventure † $634,500The Poseidon Adventure returned to number one in its fifth week of release 4 $649,400 5 $533,300 6 $1,274,500 7 $1,116,400 8 $1,104,100 9 $749,800 10 $596,700 11 The Getaway $489,280The Getaway returned to number one in its twelfth week of release 12 The Poseidon Adventure † $438,100The Poseidon Adventure returned to number one in its 14th week of release 13 Five Fingers Of Death $696,000 14 Cabaret$983,950Cabaret reached number one in its 59th week of release. It grossed $1,880,000 nationally, a record for Allied Artists 15 $833,700 16 Five Fingers Of Death$440,500Five Fingers Of Death returned to number one in its fourth week of release 17 Soylent Green $674,500 18 $537,150 19 Fists of Fury$697,000 20 The Poseidon Adventure †$363,800The Poseidon Adventure returned to number one in its 22nd week of release 21 Last Tango in Paris$384,200Last Tango In Paris reached number one in its 16th week of release 22 High Plains Drifter$791,700High Plains Drifter reached number one in its eighth week on the chart 23 $460,500 24 The Chinese Connection $694,850The Chinese Connection reached number one in its second week of release 25 The Hammer of God$467,000 26 Scarecrow$627,600 Scarecrow reached number one in its ninth week on the chart 27 Live and Let Die$1,868,100 28 $1,203,690 29 $858,900 30 $731,400 31 Karado: The Hong Kong Flash$725,000 32 Live and Let Die $514,950Live and Let Die returned to number one in its sixth week of release 33 Coffy$625,750Coffy reached number one in its 14th week of release 34 Paper Moon$911,685Paper Moon reached number one in its twelfth week on the chart 35 Enter the Dragon $802,280 Enter the Dragon reached number one in its second week of release 36 $825,300 37 Lady Kung Fu $699,000 38 The Shanghai Killers $399,600 Shanghai Killers reached number one in its third week on the chart 39 Dillinger $412,000 Dillinger reached number one in its 13th week on the chart 40 Deadly China Doll$400,000 41 Enter the Dragon $643,200 Enter the Dragon returned to number one in its eighth week of release 42 The Cheerleaders/Fritz the Cat (double bill)$260,000 43 Paper Moon$465,800Paper Moon returned to number one in its 21st week on the chart 44 Billy Jack (reissue)$2,526,455 45 $2,085,425 46 $1,258,167 47 The Way We Were $1,345,000The Way We Were reached number one in its fifth week on the chart 48 $1,496,100 49 $967,700 50 $772,500 51 $504,100 52 Serpico$907,102 Serpico reached number one in its third week of release
Highest-grossing films Highest-grossing films of 1973 by calendar year gross based on the cities covered by Variety for the weekly charts. Rank Title StudioPlaying weeks Gross ($)1.The Poseidon Adventure20th Century Fox1,22912,850,3592.Billy JackWarner Bros.1,446 9,328,613 3.Last Tango in ParisUnited Artists804 8,937,300 4.The Way We WereColumbia6908,184,256 5.Live and Let DieUnited Artists803 7,739,979 6.The Devil in Miss Jones MBL607 7,681,7827.Paper MoonParamount954 7,245,8698.The GetawayNational General Pictures594 5,244,5689.The Heartbreak Kid20th Century Fox663 4,708,831 10.DeliveranceWarner Bros. 757 4,626,320 11.Deep ThroatDamiano182 4,617,211 12.Sleuth20th Century Fox547 4,528,312 13. CabaretAllied Artists1,080 4,511,70314.Jesus Christ SuperstarUniversal485 4,267,763 15.The Day of the JackalUniversal563 4,234,494 16.American GraffitiUniversal 4114,227,708 17.A Touch of ClassAvco Embassy 5274,202,988 18.Enter the DragonWarner Bros.3513,835,710 19.Tom SawyerUnited Artists 3353,688,035 20.Sounder 20th Century Fox5663,675,623 21.Five Fingers Of DeathWarner Bros.408 3,638,868 22.Across 110th Street United Artists 5283,560,285 23.Pete 'n' Tillie Universal5103,432,595 24.WestworldMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer434 3,369,655 25.Man of La Mancha United Artists361 3,192,703
See also List of American films — American films by year Lists of box office number-one films
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