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This is a list of films which have placed number one at the weekly box office in the United States during 1970 per Variety.The data was based on grosses from 20 to 24 key cities and therefore, the gross quoted may not be the total that the film grossed nationally in the week.
The highest-grossing American films released in 1970, by domestic box office gross revenue as estimated by The Numbers, are as follows: [1] Highest-grossing films of 1970
While The Exorcist was among the top five grossing films of the 1970s, the first film given the blockbuster distinction was 1975's Jaws. Released on June 20, the film about a series of horrific deaths related to a massive great white shark was director Steven Spielberg 's first big-budget Hollywood production, coming in at $9 million in cost.
Warner Bros. Adjusted gross: $922,397,100. Unadjusted gross: $232,906,145. The '70s horror film about a young girl who is possessed is widely regarded as the best in the genre.
Three of the four highest-grossing films, including Avatar at the top, were written and directed by James Cameron.. With a worldwide box-office gross of over $2.9 billion, Avatar is proclaimed to be the "highest-grossing" film, but such claims usually refer to theatrical revenues only and do not take into account home video and television income, which can form a significant portion of a film ...
The top ten 1970 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: ... 70, British director, Christmas in Connecticut, The Two Mrs. Carrolls;
4. Jaws (1975). Cast: Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss Rating: PG It’s the summer blockbuster that turned Steven Spielberg into a household name and made people think twice before ...
Steven Spielberg has directed a record four films to end the year as the highest-grossing in the U.S. This is a listing of the highest-grossing films by year, based on their United States box-office gross. The films are listed by in-year release, rather than the gross they accumulated during a calendar year. [1]