Boxoffice (Apr-Jun 1961)

Page scan 000558 from Boxoffice

Record Details:

Title:
Boxoffice
Date:
Apr-Jun 1961
Publisher:
New York, Boxoffice
Volume:
Boxoffice (Apr-Jun 1961)
Leaf #:
000558
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:
June 06, 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.) Absent-Minded Professor, The (BV) 160 275 180 425 350 300 165 550 250 400 200 270 100 175 350 175 200 375 272 Alamo, The (UA) 140 200 120 250 140 200 300 250 500 320 300 300 300 160 200 250 250 246 Angry Silence, The (Valiant-Vitalite) 190 85 70 80 150 100 113 Atlantis, the Lost Continent (MGM) 100 200 100 125 105 100 80 150 120 145 220 131 Between Time and Eternity (U-I) 165 100 100 90 100 100 109 Beyond the Time Barrier (AIP) 105 85 90 100 125 80 100 98 Big Show, The (20th-Fox) 80 210 80 80 100 50 100 50 125 90 110 98 Black Sunday (AIP) 160 125 200 125 150 150 200 125 300 65 175 161 Breathless (F-A-W) 120 225 120 120 200 157 Cage of Evil (UA) 135 100 100 100 50 97 Circle of Deception (20th-Fox) 175 115 100 75 80 65 115 100 140 90 145 75 150 90 108 Days of Thrills & Laughter (20th-Fox) 120 85 100 100 90 175 112 Desert Attack (20th-Fox) 120 100 85 100 100 100 101 Entertainer, The (Cont'l) 13C 200 150 100 175 100 160 150 150 145 160 147 Esther and the King (20th-Fox) 125 125 110 225 90 125 160 130 125 115 100 135 140 100 175 100 125 100 80 126 Facts of Life, The (UA) 125 250 115 215 120 200 125 200 200 200 150 200 300 105 220 165 175 180 Ferry to Hong Kong (20th-Fox) 65 85 95 100 100 89 Fever in the Blood, A (WB) 150 115 85 80 110 110 100 95 90 125 65 90 90 135 90 75 100 Fiercest Heart, The (20th-Fox) 125 80 90 80 75 100 150 90 99 For Members Only (SR) 130 300 190 125 85 100 95 146 Foxhole in Cairo (Para) 90 100 100 75 100 70 85 90 89 Freckles (20th-Fox) 90 90 100 100 100 100 100 97 Gambler Wore a Gun, The (UA) 100 100 100 90 100 98 Goddess of Love, The (20th-Fox) 120 80 100 80 100 96 Gorgo (MGM) 135 175 140 120 150 150 275 125 105 115 200 100 135 80 95 140 100 138 Great Impostor, The (U-I) 150 375 190 95 120 150 115 200 150 150 200 110 115 195 130 100 159 Hand in Hand (Col) 120 100 100 200 175 100 175 133 Heroes Die Young (AA) 95 100 100 90 100 100 100 95 100 75 96 Hoodlum Priest, The (UA) 95 220 120 225 95 140 200 125 125 65 100 150 130 110 185 90 136 One-Eyed Jacks (Para) 170 200 160 225 100 80 325 130 150 250 125 160 120 195 200 173 Pleasure of His Company, The (Para) 160 125 210 175 170 168 Portrait of a Mobster (WB) 100 160 115 80 100 100 90 70 90 90 75 90 70 95 Private Property (Citation) 100 90 165 115 100 65 150 115 125 90 112 Raisin in the Sun, A (Col) 125 90 170 160 145 195 125 90 138 Return to Peyton Place (20th-Fox) 170 275 250 200 125 300 110 120 200 400 105 180 300 110 185 140 150 195 Savage Eye, The (Trans-Lux-Harrison) 175 200 115 100 150 175 250 166 Secret Partner, The (MGM) 130 90 165 100 100 100 50 80 125 80 100 70 99 Secret Ways, The (U-I) 100 85 100 90 120 135 80 101 Trapp Family, The (20th-Fox) 200 90 85 125 100 300 120 120 142 Tunes of Glory (Lopert) 150 200 160 85 115 300 175 150 200 140 250 300 185 Two Loves (MGM) 150 125 100 110 50 100 190 118 Young Savages, The (UA) 120 225 100 200 85 200 150 140 100 215 135 125 100 90 90 190 100 80 136 1 1 1 is 1 mm v&iv&i 0HC0CTO xSSScSI I TOP HITS OF THE WEEK Individual runs, not an average. Pictures with less than five runs do not appear in the chart above. 1. Return to Peyton Place (20th-Fox) Milwaukee 300 2. Last Sunset, The (U-l) Chicago 215 3. David and Goliath (AA) Kansas City .175 4. Pleasure of His Company, The (Para) New York 175 5. Master of the World (AIP) Los Angeles 150 6. Tunes of Glory (Lopert) Milwaukee 150 i