Boxoffice (Jan-Mar 1962)

Page scan 000500 from Boxoffice

Record Details:

Title:
Boxoffice
Date:
Jan-Mar 1962
Publisher:
New York, Boxoffice
Volume:
Boxoffice (Jan-Mar 1962)
Leaf #:
000500
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.) mmmsm i 1 Bachelor Flat (20th-Fox) 130 150 125 150 120 75 200 95 210 80 190 200 130 90 175 135 135 90 138 f Back Street (U-I) 160 300 225 100 no 125 190 150 250 190 210 140 120 160 125 125 125 85 161 | [ Battle at Bloody Beach, The (20th-Fox) 150 110 80 80 100 95 80 135 125 106 l Blast of Silence (U-I) 135 80 100 125 70 102 \ Call Me Genius (Cont'l) 125 165 90 65 125 90 125 112 f Carry On, Constable (Governor) 150 170 120 105 200 310 165 240 100 173 l % Cold Wind in August, A (Aidart) 140 300 150 no 175 175 150 175 100 164 f Colossus of Rhodes (MGM) 125 85 140 135 75 130 100 113 t Day the Sky Exploded, The (Excelsior) 100 100 100 100 100 100 f if Dentist in the Chair (Ajay) 110 no 200 100 75 119 1 § Dondi (AA) 60 100 75 100 100 100 125 90 100 80 93 f 1 El Cid (AA) 300 250 275 250 250 400 285 150 190 261 l | Errand Boy, The (Para) 140 250 150 300 no 150 240 120 135 155 185 200 250 120 170 175 200 179 f 1 Everything's Ducky (Col) 95 90 100 65 100 100 70 125 93 1 1 Flight of the Lost Balloon (Woolner) 125 185 no 80 no no 120 I Flower Drum Song (U-I) 175 375 200 265 250 350 160 185 225 425 290 200 275 150 180 190 225 165 160 200 232 i ?f French Mistress, A (F-A-W) 130 no 100 90 100 no 150 90 100 150 113 George Raft Story, The (AA) 150 130 225 100 100 105 120 75 100 200 80 no 105 125 100 122 If Guns of the Black Witch (AIP) 110 100 100 80 no 120 103 i 1 Hand, The (AIP) 100 100 100 100 100 100 | Happy Thieves, The (UA) 90 190 90 100 no 100 115 75 125 111 | Hey, Let's Twist! (Para) 215 100 no 65 70 200 145 100 135 100 125 90 80 118 f! I Bombed Pearl Harbor (Parade) 100 115 no no 135 75 90 75 125 104 1 | Innocents, The (20th-Fox) 150 190 150 170 95 125 125 185 130 125 200 180 135 150 no 143 i It Happened in Broad Daylight (Cont'l) 140 105 165 90 150 75 80 200 150 128 | Joker, The (Lopert) 130 90 90 100 115 185 118 | King of the Roaring 20's (AA) 135 155 65 100 100 75 100 175 150 no 85 114 ! | La Belle Americaine (Cont'l) 130 200 170 115 150 153 i j§ Light in the Piazza (MGM) 120 225 100 85 165 125 170 165 350 no 162 |f Lover Come Back (U-I) 100 300 250 200 220 200 185 300 150 300 220 190 230 300 230 |f Madison Avenue (20th-Fox) 160 100 80 80 100 100 100 103 % Majority of One, A (WB) 133 125 225 no 95 100 100 100 125 120 165 100 150 140 128 P No Love for Johnnie (Embassy) 85 170 80 125 95 165 120 |f Sail a Crooked Ship (Col) 140 200 125 150 no 100 175 175 150 120 130 105 140 125 150 125 150 139 : % Sergeants 3 (UA) 350 300 225 240 135 500 140 200 300 600 135 200 150 400 277 i | Summer and Smoke (Para) 100 200 no 80 no 150 325 125 195 155 | f Summer to Remember, A (Kingsley) 125 165 80 105 no 185 128 ! |f Tender Is the Night (20thFox) 170 130 195 85 75 no 170 125 210 200 200 140 100 180 120 150 125 125 145 |§ Twenty Plus Two (AA) 125 95 90 no 80 100 100 100 120 100 80 100 | Twist Around the Clock (Col) 160 400 120 115 95 100 150 200 265 75 140 150 120 100 160 150 125 150 154 | View From the Bridge, The (Cont'l) 120 190 160 125 200 300 183 ; West Side Story (UA) 200 400 275 225 175 260 250 250 400 300 274 j 8 i I 1. Sergeants 3 (UA) Minneapolis 600 Memphis 300 2. El Cid (AA) Kansas City 400 Buffalo 250 3. Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, The (MGM) Los Angeles 300 wmmmmmmmmmmm TOP HITS 4. Lover Come Back (U-l) Memphis .300 OF 5. View From the Bridge, A (Cont'l) San Francisco .300 THE WEEK Individual runs, not an average. Listings are confined to opening week figures on new releases only. 6. West Side Story (UA) Seattle .300 7. Black Tights (Magna) New York .200