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The year 1970 in film involved some significant events.
The top ten 1970 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:
| Rank | Title | Distributor | Domestic rentals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Love Story | Paramount | $50,000,000[1] |
| 2 | Airport | Universal | $44,500,000[1] |
| 3 | M*A*S*H | 20th Century Fox | $30,000,000[1] |
| 4 | Patton | $27,000,000[1] | |
| 5 | Woodstock | Warner Bros. | $16,400,000[2] |
| 6 | Little Big Man | National General Pictures | $15,000,000[1] |
| 7 | Tora! Tora! Tora! | 20th Century Fox/Toei | $13,700,000[1] |
| 8 | Ryan's Daughter | MGM | $13,400,000[1] |
| 9 | Catch-22 | Paramount | $12,300,000[1] |
| 10 | The Owl and the Pussycat | Columbia | $11,500,000[1] |
Cannes Film Festival (Palme d'Or):
