Boxoffice (Jul-Sep 1938)

Page scan 0001271 from Boxoffice

Record Details:

Title:
Boxoffice
Date:
Jul-Sep 1938
Publisher:
Kansas City, Associated Publications
Volume:
Boxoffice (Jul-Sep 1938)
Leaf #:
0001271
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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NUMBER OF RUNS FOLLOWS INITIALS OF DISTRIBUTORS. PICTURES WITH LESS THAN 5 RUNS NOT LISTED. AVERAGE THEATRE GROSS FIGURED AT 100%. PERCENTAGES 75 90 100 110 125 140 PERCENTAGES 75 90 100 110 125 140 Alexander's Ragtime Band (20th-Fox) 19 Algiers (UA) 8 Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (FN) 17 Army Girl (Rep) 9 Booloo (Para) 10 Boy Meets Girl (WB) 5 Chaser, The (M-G-M) 8 City Streets (Col) G Cowboy From Brooklyn (WB).... 7 Crime Ring (RKO) 5 Crowd Roars, The (M-G-M) 22 Devil's Party (Univ) 6 Fast Company (M-G-M) 7 Gateway (20th-Fox) 14 Give Me a Sailor (Para) 6 I'll Give a Million (20th-Fox)....ll I'm From the City (RKO) 5 Keep Smiling (20th-Fox) 8 Letter of Introduction (Univ) 18 Little Miss Broadway (20th Fox) 18 Little Tough Guy (Univ) 12 Love Finds Andy Hardy (M-G-M) 20 Men Are Such Fools (WB) 6 Mr. Chump (WB) 6 Mother Carey's Chickens (RKO) 17 My Bill (FN) 10 Passport Husband (20th-Fox).... 5 Penrod's Double Trouble (FN).... 5 Port of Seven Seas (M-G-M) 5 Prison Break (Univ) 7 Professor Beware (Para) 18 Racket Busters (WB) 14 Rich Man, Poor Girl (M-G-M). ...11 Romance of the Limberlost (Mono) 6 Sky Giant (RKO) 12 Texans, The (Para) 18 We're Going to Be Rich (20thFox) 8 CITIES FROM WHICH AVERAGES WERE COMPUTED: With comparative figures indicating the percentage of average business (100 per cent) achieved by individual cities as compiled from the first run records of each. City Pet. City Pet. Boston 100 Charlotte 100 Chicago 105 Cincinnati 110 Cleveland 115 Dallas 115 Denver 110 Detroit 70 Indianapolis 95 Kansas City 100 Los Angeles 115 Milwaukee 110 Minneapolis 100 New Haven 90 City Pet. New Orleans 95 New York 105 Oklahoma City 95 Omaha 160 Philadelphia 100 Pittsburgh 110 Portland, Me 115 City Pet. Portland, Ore 110 Providence 115 Salt Lake City 90 San Francisco 95 Seattle 130 Washington, D. C. 110 25 BOXOFFICE :: September 17, 1938