Boxoffice (Oct-Dec 1963)

Record Details:

Title:
Boxoffice
Date:
Oct-Dec 1963
Publisher:
New York, Boxoffice
Volume:
Boxoffice (Oct-Dec 1963)
Leaf #:
00072
Language:
English
Collection:
Hollywood Studio System
Format:
Periodicals
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
BOXOFFICE was the leading American exhibitor trade paper of the post-World War II era. But the publication had modest beginnings. In 1920, Ben Shlyen founded the paper, orginally titled THE REEL JOURNAL, in an office located in Kansas City's Film Row district. Like other regional exhibitor publications, THE REEL JOURNAL focused its attention on the local -- in this case, KC and the nearby territories that the city's distribution exchanges served. By the end of the 1920s, however, Shlyen had acquired or founded several more small exhibitor papers serving other US markets. In 1932, their titles all changed to BOXOFFICE, though they continued to be published in regional editions for decades to follow. -- Eric Hoyt, 2015
Date Added:
March 21, 2024
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BOXOFFICE BAROMETER This chart records the performance of current attractions in the opening week of their first runs in the 20 key cities checked. Pictures with fewer than five engagements are not listed. As new runs are reported, ratings are added and averages revised. Computation is in terms of percentage in relation to normal grosses as determined by the theatre managers. With 100 per cent as "normal," the figures show the gross rating above or below that mark. (Asterisk * denotes combination bills.) 'WA Beach Party (AIP) 170 150 250 200 135 160 170 125 150 90 115 120 145 200 175 157 Black Zoo (AA) 100 120 80 65 100 110 96 124 Bluebeard (Embassy) 165 100 100 80 175 Castilian, The (WB) 90 105 100 95 95 95 135 90 m 101 | Condemned of Altona, The (20th-Fox) 160 120 95 90 115 120 130 75 100 75 110 100 125 140 90 110 !| David and Lisa (Cont'l) 175 200 200 235 100 115 165 255 115 125 125 165 90 159 I ;i Donovan's Reef (Para) 120 125 175 195 95 110 100 200 90 100 120 160 125 210 130 137 1 8V2 (Embassy) 130 200 195 250 325 225 210 275 300 250 225 160 225 200 226 1 H 55 Days at Peking (AA) j;| For Love or Money (Univ) 150 225 175 225 125 150 175 120 135 125 300 150 225 120 130 190 130 135 125 250 168 130 130 125 150 200 135 275 75 300 110 100 165 175 135 135 150 70 151 | Four Days of Naples. The (MGM) 120 160 165 120 165 120 165 110 190 130 100 125 225 146 Freud: The Secret Passion (Univ) 140 200 125 165 120 125 165 150 300 100 140 90 200 150 200 158 ; Haunted Palace. The (AIP) || Haunting. The (MGM) M Heavens Above (Janus) 140 : Hercules & Captive Women (Woolner) 150 90 160 100 150 100 105 110 140 200 95 80 230 200 110 175 170 100 190 105 125 150 124 1 125 90 144 r. 135 125 250 250 130 125 115 200 163 155 100 165 120 140 100 90 100 135 123 Hootenanny Hoot (MGM) Irma La Douce (UA) Island of Love (WB) 215 100 80 90 60 109 400 300 225 160 400 190 300 150 320 300 350 250 200 260 200 170 200 257 100 160 115 90 80 115 110 65 80 80 100 100 90 99 || Main Attraction. The (MGM) I Marilyn (20th-Fox) i| Mouse on the Moon, The (Lopert) 115 125 100 90 115 115 90 65 100 90 100 70 80 75 95 1 135 75 105 90 150 90 100 120 108 150 165 170 110 230 200 120 180 150 100 195 145 200 163 Murder at the Gallop (MGM) 155 210 195 150 200 182 Nutty Professor, The (Para) 165 200 130 175 425 150 150 175 120 125 210 165 150 90 174 Of Love and Desire (20th-Fox) Slave, The (MGM) 75 115 90 120 90 125 250 124 100 125 100 100 no 100 100 75 90 100 100 100 Sparrows Can't Sing (Janus) Sword of Lancelot (Univ) 170 125 85 120 110 100 115 185 126 125 95 60 125 65 90 93 I Swordsmen of Siena (MGM ) 1 Terror. The (AIP) 100 90 65 100 90 65 100 115 100 85 85 90 30 Years of Fun (20th-Fox) 125 100 100 150 100 105 150 100 135 80 100 100 no 117 109 p This Sporting Life (Cont'l) I Toys in the Attic (UA) 1 V.LP.s, The (MGM) If Wall of Noise (WB) 175 165 205 125 90 125 90 130 195 200 150 200 175 230 90 150 115 150 170 175 175 100 140 200 120 156 190 200 225 200 300 150 400 200 170 200 225 185 300 225 226 HO 135 115 90 75 105 100 100 90 100 90 130 80 101 Wives and Lovers (Para) inn 200 — || Women of the World (Embassy) 140 135 170 150 160 70 100 100 130 170 160 135 133 1 80 100 220 350 250 100 165 210 155 200 120 ;| Yellow Canary, The (20th-Fox) 115 170 90 65 65 100 115 110 65 100 65 90 100 130 80 80 170 96 | I TOP HITS OF THE WEEK Individual runs, not an average. Listings are confined to opening week figures on new releases only. V.I.P.s, The (MGM) Kansas City 400 Cleveland 300 San Francisco 300 Chicago 225 Seattle 225 Cincinnati 200 Buffalo 200 New Haven 200 Baltimore 190 Portland 185 Minneapolis 170 2. 8V2 (Embassy) Memphis 250 3. Lilies of the Field (UA) Denver 185 4. In the French Style (Col) Chicago 175 5. Wives and Lovers (Para) Los Angeles 170 6. Terror, The (AIP) Milwaukee 150 wmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmMmmMmmmMmmmz