1973 Films

This page covers significant events of the year 1973 in film.
Warner Bros. and Walt Disney Studios celebrated their 50th anniversaries.

Highest-grossing films

United States and Canada

The top ten 1973 released films by box office gross in the United States and Canada are as follows:

Outside North America

The highest-grossing 1973 films in countries outside of North America.

Worldwide gross revenue

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.

The year's highest-grossing actor worldwide was Hong Kong martial arts film star Bruce Lee, who died the same year.

Events

*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
*April 11 – Kim Jong-il publishes his film treatise '' On the Art of the Cinema''.
*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.

Awards

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

1973 films

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 Hindi films of 1973
** List of Kannada films of 1973
** List of Malayalam films of 1973
** List of Marathi films of 1973
** List of Tamil films of 1973
** List of Telugu 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

* List of action films of 1973
* List of animated feature films of 1973
* List of avant-garde films of 1973
* List of comedy films of 1973
* List of drama films of 1973
* List of horror films of 1973
* List of science fiction films of 1973
* List of thriller films of 1973
* List of western films of 1973

Births

*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 9 - Colin Egglesfield, American actor
*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 20 - Andrea Savage, American actress and comedian
*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
** Pia Miranda, Australian actress
*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
*June 30 - Jon Gunn, American director 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
** Kathleen Robertson, Canadian actress
*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
** Roberto Orci, Mexican-American screenwriter and producer (d. 2025)
*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
** Gaetano Bruno, Italian actor
*July 29
**Stephen Dorff, American actor
** Dileep Rao, American actor
*July 31 - Daniel Evans, Welsh actor and director
*August 1 - Eduardo Noriega, Spanish 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 14 - Jamie Sives, Scottish actor
*August 18 - Carmen Serano, American 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 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 6 - Martin Hancock, English actor
*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
** Sasha Alexander, American actress and television director
** 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 3 - Sticky Fingaz, American rapper and actor
*November 4 - Steven Ogg, Canadian actor
*November 11 - Chris McKay, American filmmaker
*November 12 - Radha Mitchell, Australian actress
*November 13 - John DeSantis, Canadian actor
*November 14 - Dana Snyder, American actor and voice actor
*November 17 - Maurizio Lombardi, Italian 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 27 - Wilson Cruz, American actor
*December 28 - Seth Meyers, American talk show host, actor and comedian
*December 30 - Christian McKay, English actor

Deaths

Debuts

Notes

References

External links

List of 1973 films
at IMDb
List of 1973 deaths
at IMDb

List of 1973 births
at IMDb

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