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Top Grossing English Movies in 1973

Rank	Title	Genre(s)	Domestic	Worldwide
1	The Exorcist	Drama Thriller Horror	$233,005,644	$430,872,776
2	The Sting	Drama Comedy Crime	$156,000,000	$156,000,000
3	American Graffiti	Drama Comedy	$115,000,000	$115,006,690
4	Papillon	Biography Drama Crime	$53,267,000	$53,267,000
5	Magnum Force	Action Mystery Thriller	$39,768,000	$39,768,000
6	Live and Let Die	Action Adventure Thriller	$35,377,836	$35,384,098
7	Serpico	Biography Drama Crime	$29,800,000	$29,857,918
8	Sleeper	Sci-Fi Comedy	$18,344,729	$18,344,868
9	High Plains Drifter	Mystery Western	$15,700,000	$15,706,540
10	Battle for the Planet of the Apes	Action Sci-Fi	$8,844,595	$8,844,595
11	The Day of the Dolphin	Sci-Fi Drama Thriller	$2,300,000	$2,300,000
12	The Day of the Jackal	Drama Thriller Crime	$2,300,000	$2,300,000
13	Sisters	Mystery Thriller Horror	-	$318,348
14	The Holy Mountain	Adventure Drama Fantasy	$61,001	$117,249
15	Don't Look Now	Drama Thriller Horror	-	$116,094
16	Enter the Dragon	Action Drama Thriller	$25,259	$115,762
17	Jesus Christ Superstar	Drama Music	-	$101,975
18	Ladies & Gentlemen, the Rolling Stones	Music	-	$70,287
19	Badlands	Drama Crime	-	$54,396
20	The Long Goodbye	Drama Mystery Thriller	-	$24,215
21	Ganja & Hess	Drama Horror Fantasy	$21,197	$21,197
22	Breezy	Drama Romance	-	$17,753
23	Wattstax	Music Documentary	$16,000	$16,155
24	The Harder They Come	Drama Crime Music	-	$15,327
25	Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid	Biography Drama Western	-	$8,455
26	Detroit 9000	Action Crime	$3,179	$3,179
27	Westworld	Action Sci-Fi Thriller	-	$614
28	The Last of Sheila Featurette	Documentary	-	$535
29	The Last of Sheila	Drama Crime Thriller	-	$535
30	Coffy	Action Thriller Crime	-	$469
31	O Lucky Man!	Music Fantasy Comedy	-	$332
32	Scarecrow	Drama	-	$295
33	Soylent Green	Sci-Fi Mystery Thriller	-	$210
34	Charley Varrick	Crime Thriller Drama	-	$194
35	We Can’t Go Home Again	Drama	-	$64
36	Scorpio	Action Drama Thriller	-	$11
37	Steelyard Blues	Comedy Crime Drama	-	-
38	The World’s Greatest Athlete	Comedy Family	-	-
39	Lolly-Madonna XXX	Drama	-	-
40	Blume in Love	Drama Romance Comedy	-	-
41	The Neptune Factor	Action	-	-
42	The Iceman Cometh	Drama	-	-
43	A Delicate Balance	Drama	-	-
44	Cinderella Liberty	Drama Romance Comedy	-	-
45	The Mack	Drama Crime	-	-
46	The Offence	Drama Thriller Crime	-	-
47	Cahill U.S. Marshal	Drama Western	-	-
48	The Last American Hero	Drama Sport	-	-
49	Don't Be Afraid of the Dark	Horror	-	-
50	Charlotte's Web	Animation Family Musical	-	-

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