Year book of motion pictures (1925)

"Variety's" First Run Box Office Records Through the courtesy of Simc Silverman, publisher of "Variety," the first run box office figures, a feature of that weekly publication, have been collated to show the business done by various features at a number of important first run theaters of the United States. Below will be found reports for 50 weeks of 1924, together with the title of the feature which did the highest, as well as the lowest business, at these houses. While the publishers of THE FILM YEAR BOOK do not vouch for the accuracy of these figures, several authorities, important as leading exhibitors, are responsible for the statement that the figures published in "Variety" are very often exceedingly close to the actual business of the houses mentioned. ASTOR, NEW YORK Prices $1.00-1.50 Seats 1131 High: The Sea Hawk, $16,102; week ending June 14. Low: Secrets, $8,800; week ending April 19. Average gross on: Hunchback of Notre Dame for 3 wks $14,500 Secrets for 10 wks 10,000 The Sea Hawk ....for 18 wks 10,000 Week Ending Jan. 5 Hunchback of Notre Dame $11,500 Jan. 12 Hunchback of Notre Dame 10,000 Jan. 19 Hunchback of Notre Dame 12,760 Closed Mar. 29 Secrets 12,988 Apr. 5 Secrets 12,500 Apr. 10 Secrets 10,000 Apr. 19 Secrets 8,800 Apr. 26 Secrets 13,747 May 3 Secrets 11,875 May 10 Secrets 11,200 May 17 Secrets 10,900 Mav 24 Secrets 10,000 Mav 31 Secrets 10,046 Tune 7 The Sea Hawk 14,300 June 14 The Sea Hawk 16,102 June 21 The Sea Hawk 15.900 Tune 28 The Sea Hawk 15,800 July 5 The Sea Hawk 12,400 July 12 The Sea Hawk 11,500 Julv 19 The Sea Hawk July 26 The Sea Hawk 12,500 Aug. 2 The Sea Hawk 12,700 Aug. 9 The Sea Hawk 12,000 Aug. 16 The Sea Hawk Good Aug. 23 The Sea Hawk 13,250 Aug. 30 The Sea Hawk 12,100 Sept. 6 The Sea Hawk 11,300 Sept. 13 Captain Blood 13,679 Sept. 20 Captain Blood 13,750 Sept. 27 Captain Blood 10,300 Oct. 4 Captain Blood 11,900 CAMEO, NEW YORK Prices 55c-85c Seats 539 High: Girl Shy, $10,053; week ending May 31. Low: Her Temporary Husband, $2,200; week ending Feb. 2. Average gross on: Through the Dark, .for 3 wks $4,000 When a Man's a Man for 5 wks 5,000 Girl Shy for 12 wks 5,500 Messalina for 3 wks 4,500 Week Ending Jan. 5 Through the Dark 3,321 Jan. 12 Through the Dark .... 6,060 Jan. 19 Through the Dark 4,400 Jan. 26 The Lullaby 3,635 Feb. 2 Her Temporary Husband 2,200 Feb. 9 When A Man's A Man 6,350 Feb. 16 When A Man's A Man 5,750 Feb. 23 When A Man's A Man 5,240 Mar. 1 When A Man's A Man 4,900 Mar. 8 When A Man's A Man 4,000 Mar. 15 Love's Whirlpool 4,850 Mar. 22 The Hoosier Schoolmaster 4,442 Mar. 29 His Darker Self 4,310 Apr., 5 Try and Get It 4,500 Apr. 12 Not One to Spare (Which Shall It Be?) . . 3,743 Mar. 19 Not One to Spare (Holy Week) 1,950 Mar. 26 The Worlds Struggle for Oil (Second Youth) 3,229 May 3 The Worlds Struggle for Oil (Enchanted Cottage) 3,400 May 10 The Birth of a Nation 5,490 May 17 The Chechahcos 3,720 Mav 24 The Chechahcos 3,250 May 31 Girl Shy 10,053 June 7 Girl Shv 8,243 Tune 14 Girl Shy (3rd Week) 8,110 June 21 Girl Shv 5,961 June 28 Girl Shy 3,985 July 5 Girl Shy 4,910 July 12 Girl Shy 3,889 Julv 26 Girl Shy 3,863 Aug. 2 Girl Shy 4,010 Aug. 9 Girl Shy 3,320 Aug. 16 Girl Shy 4,800 Aug. 23 Fools in the Dark 6,120 Aug. 30 Messalina 9,807 Sept. 6 Messalina (2nd week) 5,223 Sept. 13 Messalina (3rd week) 4,550 Sept. 20 Monsieur Beaucaire . . 5,560 Sept. 27 Monsieur Beaucaire . . 4,434 Oct. 4 Lifes Greatest Game . . 3,210 Oct. 11 Vanity's Price 3,350 . Oct. 18 Roaring Rails 3,207 Oct. 25 Speed Spook 4,322 Nov. 1 The Bandalero 5,568 Nov. 8 The Battling Orioles . . 3,500 7