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Live Action Movies Released in 1970
This list shows all Live Action films released in 1970, including films that went direct-to-video, or only got an international theatrical release. For each film, we use the first date on which it was made available to the public, which might include international theatrical or domestic video releases that were a few days, or sometimes more, earlier than the domestic (US/Canada) theatrical release.
The revenue listed is the worldwide box office combined with the domestic home market revenue to date.
Domestic Analysis for Live Action Movies for 1970
Release Date | Movie | Genre | Release Type | Revenue to Date | Trailer |
January, 1970 |
January 1 |
M*A*S*H |
Black Comedy |
Theatrical |
$81,600,000 |
|
|
Patton |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$62,500,000 |
|
|
1970 TBD |
The Molly Maguires |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$2,200,000 |
|
|
January 2 |
Jenny |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
|
January 3 |
Elvis ‘68 Comeback Special |
Concert/Performance |
Theatrical |
$345 |
|
|
January 12 |
La Residencia |
Horror |
Theatrical |
$67,853 |
|
|
January 14 |
The Dunwich Horror |
Horror |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
|
January 21 |
Change of Habit |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
|
The Only Game in Town |
Romantic Comedy |
Theatrical |
$1,500,000 |
|
|
January 26 |
La voie lactée |
Comedy |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
|
|
Jan, 1970 TBD |
The Gamblers |
Romantic Comedy |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
February, 1970 |
February 2 |
Fando y Lis |
Adventure |
Theatrical |
$1,234 |
|
|
February 4 |
Start the Revolution Without Me |
Comedy |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
|
February 5 |
Il Trono di Fuoco |
Horror |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
|
February 10 |
End of the Road |
Comedy |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
|
February 11 |
Scream And Scream Again |
Horror |
Theatrical |
$31,428 |
|
|
February 19 |
Au Hasard Balthazar |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$141,718 |
|
March, 1970 |
March 5 |
Airport |
Thriller/Suspense |
Theatrical |
$100,842,792 |
|
|
March 6 |
Skullduggery |
Adventure |
Theatrical |
$16,540 |
|
|
March 12 |
Mouchette |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
|
March 13 |
Les choses de la vie |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$25,314 |
|
|
I girasoli |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
|
March 17 |
The Boys in the Band |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$89,145 |
|
|
March 24 |
King: A Filmed Record...Montgomery to… |
Documentary |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
|
March 25 |
Women in Love |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
|
March 26 |
Mandabi |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$11,925 |
|
|
Woodstock |
Documentary |
Theatrical |
$34,699,266 |
|
April, 1970 |
April 3 |
Kes |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$60,750 |
|
|
Nachts, wenn Dracula erwacht |
Horror |
Theatrical |
$123,994 |
|
|
April 8 |
Colossus: The Forbin Project |
Thriller/Suspense |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
|
April 10 |
Multiple Maniacs |
Comedy |
Theatrical |
$444,517 |
|
|
April 20 |
L'eden et apres |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$84,924 |
|
|
April 29 |
L'aveu |
Thriller/Suspense |
Theatrical |
$34,548 |
|
|
A Man Called Horse |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
May, 1970 |
May 11 |
Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon |
Comedy |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
|
May 13 |
The Ballad of Cable Hogue |
Western |
Theatrical |
$5,000,000 |
|
|
May 20 |
Borsalino |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
|
The Landlord |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
|
Let It Be |
Documentary |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
|
May 21 |
Ma nuit chez Maud |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$5,975 |
|
|
May 24 |
Le passager de la pluie |
Thriller/Suspense |
Theatrical |
$57,404 |
|
|
May 26 |
Beneath the Planet of the Apes |
Action |
Theatrical |
$17,489,009 |
|
|
May 27 |
Cotton Comes to Harlem |
Action |
Theatrical |
$97,976 |
|
June, 1970 |
June 2 |
Il rosso segno della follia |
Thriller/Suspense |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
|
June 15 |
Pufnstuf |
Adventure |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
|
June 16 |
Two Mules for Sister Sara |
Western |
Theatrical |
$5,050,000 |
|
|
June 17 |
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls |
Comedy |
Theatrical |
$9,000,000 |
|
|
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever |
Comedy |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
|
June 23 |
Kelly's Heroes |
Comedy |
Theatrical |
$5,200,000 |
|
|
June 24 |
Catch-22 |
Black Comedy |
Theatrical |
$24,911,670 |
|
|
Darling Lili |
Musical |
Theatrical |
$5,000,000 |
|
|
Myra Breckinridge |
Comedy |
Theatrical |
$3,000,000 |
|
July, 1970 |
July 1 |
The Boatniks |
Comedy |
Theatrical |
$18,607,492 |
|
|
July 10 |
They Call Me Mister Tibbs! |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$30,962 |
|
|
July 15 |
Joe |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$19,319,254 |
|
|
July 22 |
Something for Everyone |
Comedy |
Theatrical |
$92,181 |
|
|
July 29 |
Chisum |
Western |
Theatrical |
$6,000,000 |
|
August, 1970 |
August 3 |
Ann och Eve - de Erotiska |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$18,000,000 |
|
|
Performance |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$119,564 |
|
|
August 10 |
Diary of a Mad Housewife |
Comedy |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
|
August 12 |
Lovers and Other Strangers |
Romantic Comedy |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
|
Soldier Blue |
Western |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
|
August 17 |
Bloody Mama |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$82,856 |
|
|
Macho Callahan |
Western |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
|
August 19 |
WUSA |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
|
August 26 |
The People Next Door |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$318 |
|
September, 1970 |
September 1 |
Rote Sonne |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
|
September 7 |
Memorias del subdesarrollo |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$29,647 |
|
|
September 9 |
L'Enfant sauvage |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$62,943 |
|
|
September 11 |
Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came? |
Comedy |
Theatrical |
$5,914 |
|
|
September 12 |
Five Easy Pieces |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$18,259,690 |
|
|
September 16 |
R.P.M. |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
|
September 21 |
Tristana |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$14,663 |
|
|
September 22 |
Adam at Six A.M. |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
|
September 23 |
Spring Night, Summer Night |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
|
Tora! Tora! Tora! |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$29,548,291 |
|
October, 1970 |
October 1 |
Bronco Bullfrog |
Comedy |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
|
October 7 |
Monte Walsh |
Western |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
|
Underground |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
|
October 16 |
Valerie a týden divu |
Adventure |
Theatrical |
$136,507 |
|
|
October 20 |
Le cercle rouge |
Thriller/Suspense |
Theatrical |
$480,583 |
|
|
The Only Way |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
|
Rabbit, Run |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
|
October 22 |
Il conformista |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$578,479 |
|
|
October 23 |
The Wizard of Gore |
Horror |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
|
October 28 |
House of Dark Shadows |
Horror |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
|
|
Oct, 1970 TBD |
Cannon for Cordoba |
Western |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
November, 1970 |
November 3 |
The Owl and the Pussycat |
Romantic Comedy |
Theatrical |
$23,681,338 |
|
|
Three Sisters |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
|
November 4 |
Song of Norway |
Musical |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
|
November 9 |
Ryan's Daughter |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$30,846,716 |
|
|
November 10 |
Perfect Friday |
Comedy |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
|
La route de Salina |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$5,140 |
|
|
November 11 |
Elvis: That’s the Way It Is |
Documentary |
Theatrical |
$64,749 |
|
|
Figures in a Landscape |
Thriller/Suspense |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
|
November 19 |
Le foto proibite di una signora per bene |
Thriller/Suspense |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
|
Scrooge |
Musical |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
December, 1970 |
December 3 |
Szép lányok, ne sírjatok! |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
|
December 5 |
Brewster McCloud |
Comedy |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
|
December 8 |
Husbands |
Comedy |
Theatrical |
$626 |
|
|
December 11 |
Le regine |
Horror |
Theatrical |
$31,868 |
|
|
December 14 |
Little Big Man |
Western |
Theatrical |
$31,559,552 |
|
|
December 16 |
Love Story |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$136,397,186 |
|
|
Puzzle of a Downfall Child |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$5,377 |
|
|
December 18 |
Rio Lobo |
Western |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
|
December 22 |
The Railway Children |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$32,179 |
|
|
December 23 |
Scars of Dracula |
Horror |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
|
December 25 |
There Was a Crooked Man |
Comedy |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
|
December 26 |
I clowns |
Documentary |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
|
|
Unknown TBD |
Hopper/Welles |
Documentary |
Unknown |
$0 |
|
|
Legend of the Witches |
Documentary |
Unknown |
$0 |
|
|
Dec, 1970 TBD |
The Ballad of Tam Lin |
Horror |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|