Movies Released in 1974
| Release Date | Movie | Genre | Production Budget | Domestic Box Office to Date | Trailer |
January, 1974 |
| January 1 |
Blazing Saddles |
Comedy |
$2,600,000 |
$119,500,000 |
|
|
California Split |
Comedy |
|
$10,000,000 |
|
|
Claudine |
Drama |
|
$6,000,000 |
|
|
Earthquake |
|
|
$79,700,000 |
|
|
Freebie and the Bean |
|
|
$30,000,000 |
|
|
The Golden Voyage of Sinbad |
|
|
$11,000,000 |
|
|
The Groove Tube |
Comedy |
|
$20,447,000 |
|
|
Hearts and Minds |
Documentary |
|
$28,287 |
|
|
Macon County Line |
|
|
$18,800,000 |
|
|
That's Entertainment |
|
|
$19,100,000 |
|
|
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot |
Action |
|
$25,000,000 |
|
|
The Trial of Billy Jack |
|
|
$89,000,000 |
|
March, 1974 |
| March 29 |
The Great Gatsby |
Drama |
$7,000,000 |
$26,533,200 |
|
|
Herbie Rides Again |
|
|
$31,765,098 |
|
|
The Three Musketeers |
|
|
$1,243,930 |
|
April, 1974 |
| April 5 |
The Sugarland Express |
|
|
$7,000,000 |
|
| |
| April 7 |
The Conversation |
Thriller/Suspense |
$1,600,000 |
$4,420,000 |
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| |
| April 9 |
It's the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown |
|
|
$0 |
|
May, 1974 |
| May 1 |
The Lord's of Flatbush |
Comedy |
|
$0 |
|
| |
| May 17 |
Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry |
|
|
$28,401,735 |
|
June, 1974 |
| June 21 |
Chinatown |
Drama |
|
$23,169,837 |
|
July, 1974 |
| July 1 |
Death Wish |
Action |
|
$22,000,000 |
|
August, 1974 |
| August 30 |
The Longest Yard |
|
|
$43,008,075 |
|
September, 1974 |
| September 19 |
Amarcord |
|
|
$131,377 |
|
October, 1974 |
| October 18 |
Airport 1975 |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$47,285,152 |
|
|
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre |
Horror |
$140,000 |
$26,572,439 |
|
November, 1974 |
| November 15 |
Benji |
Adventure |
$500,000 |
$31,559,560 |
|
| |
| November 22 |
Murder on the Orient Express |
|
|
$35,733,867 |
|
December, 1974 |
| December 11 |
The Godfather: Part II |
|
$13,000,000 |
$57,300,000 |
|
| |
| December 15 |
Young Frankenstein |
|
$2,800,000 |
$86,300,000 |
|
| |
| December 17 |
The Front Page |
Comedy |
$4,000,000 |
$15,000,000 |
|
|
Towering Inferno |
|
$14,000,000 |
$116,000,000 |
|
| |
| December 20 |
The Man with the Golden Gun |
Action |
$7,000,000 |
$21,000,000 |
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| |
| December 31 |
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla |
|
|
$0 |
|
|
Promised Lands |
|
|
$4,546 |
|
|
'Twas the Night Before Christmas |
Adventure |
|
$0 |
|
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