Boxoffice (Apr-Jun 1939)

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/sGtometet 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 13