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A Computation of What the Pictures Did in Their First Runs in Principal Centers as Compiled From the Weekly Reports in BOXOFFICE. Number of Runs Follows Initials of Distributors. Pictures With Less Than 5 Runs Not Listed. Average Theatre Gross Figured at 100%.
PERCENTAGES 75
90 l 00 110 125 140
PERCENTAGES 75
9U 100 110 125 140
Adventures of Jane
Arden (WB) 6
Ambush (Para) 8
Arizona Wildcat (20th-Fox) 10
Beachcomber (Para) 15
Blackwell's Island (FN) 15
Blondie Meets the Boss (Col).... 15
Boy Slaves (RKO) 6
Boy Trouble (Para) 13
Broadway Serenade (M-G-M) .13
Burn 'Em Up O'Connor
(M-G-M) 6
Cafe Society (Para) 19
Charlie Chan in Honolulu
(20th-Fox) 9
Devil's Island (WB) 5
Dodge City (WB) 19
Duke of West Point (UA) 6
Everybody's Baby (20th-Fox) .... 9
Fast and Loose (M-G-M) 25
Fisherman's Wharf (RKO) 9
Four Girls in White (M-G-M). ...17
Gambling Ship (Rep) 8
Girl Downstairs (M-G-M) 6
Great Man Votes (RKO) 12
Homicide Bureau (Col) 5
Honolulu (M-G-M) 7
Hound of the Baskervilles
(20th-Fox) 13
Huckleberry Finn (M-G-M) 24
Ice Follies of 1939 (M-G-M) 21
I'm From Missouri (Para) 17
Inside Story (20th-Fox) 8
King of Chinatown (Para) 9
King of the Turf (UA) 10
King of the Underworld (WB).... 6
Last Warning (Univ) 6
Let Freedom Ring (M-G-M) 9
Let Us Live (Col) 19
Little Princess (20th-Fox) 25
Lone Wolf Spy Hunt (Col) 8
Love Affair (RKO) 21
Made for Each Other (UA) 17
Midnight (Para) 21
Nancy Drew, Reporter (FN) 10
Never Say Die (Para) 11
Newsboys Home (Univ) 6
Off the Record (WB) 5
Oklahoma Kid (WB) 18
. . . one-third of a nation . . .
(Para) 11
Pacific Liner (RKO) 5
Pardon Our Nerve (20th-Fox).... 6
Persons in Hiding (Para) 13
Pride of the Navy (Rep) 8
Prison Without Bars (UA) 7
Pygmalion (M-G-M) 14
Risky Business (Univ) 5
St. Louis Blues (Para) 13
Saint Strikes Back (RKO) 7
Secret Service of the Air (WB). ... 9
Sergeant Madden (M-G-M) 9
Society Smugglers (Univ) 6
Spirit of Culver (Univ) 9
Stagecoach (UA) 26
Story of Alexander Graham
Bell (20th-Fox) 6
Story of Vernon and Irene
Castle (RKO) 14
Tail Spin (20th-Fox) 16
They Made Me a
Criminal (WB) 6
Three Musketeers (20th-Fox) 19
Three Smart Girls Grow
Up (Univ) 18
Topper Takes a Trip (UA) 13
Torchy Blane in Chinatown
(FN) 5
Wife, Husband and Friend
(20th-Fox) 23
Wings of the Navy (WB) 13
Within the Law (M-G-M) 8
Woman Doctor (Rep) 5
Wuthering Heights (UA) 7
Yes, My Darling Daughter (FN) 27 You Can't Cheat an Honest Man (Univ) 25
CITIES FROM WHICH AVERAGES WERE COMPUTED: With comparative figures indicating the percentage of average business (100 per cent) achieved by individual cities as compiled lrom the first run records of each.
City Pet.
Boston 100
Charlotte 105
Chicago SO
Cincinnati 120
Cleveland 105
Dallas 110
BOXOFFICE :: May 27, 1939
City
Pet.
Denver
110
Detroit
95
Indianapolis
90
Kansas City
100
Los Angeles
110
Milwaukee
105
City Pet.
Minneapolis 100
New Haven 115
New Orleans 100
New York 110
Oklahoma City 90
Omaha 135
City Pet
Philadelphia 110
Pittsburgh 95
Portland, Ore. 110
Providence 100
Salt Lake City 100
Seattle 95
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