Boxoffice (Jul-Sep 1947)

Page scan 0001701 from Boxoffice

Record Details:

Title:
Boxoffice
Date:
Jul-Sep 1947
Publisher:
Kansas City, Associated Publications
Volume:
Boxoffice (Jul-Sep 1947)
Leaf #:
0001701
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 • EXHIBITOR HAS HIS SAY IsATite CHART ^♦REVIEW DIGEST • SHORTS CHART HORTS REVIEWS • FEATURE REVIEWS • EXPIOITIPSI BookinGuide BOXOFFICE FIRST RUN REPORTS Thia chart showa the recorda made by picturea in five or more of the 21 key citiea checked. As new runs are reported, ratings are added and overages revised. Computed in terms of percentage in relations to normal grosses. With 100 per cent as "normal," the figures show the percentage above or below that mark. BOSTON BUFFALO CHICAGO CINCINNATI CLEVELAND DALLAS DENVER DES MOINES DETROIT INDIANAPOLIS KANSAS CITY LOS ANGELES MILWAUKEE MINNEAPOLIS NEW HAVEN NEW YORK OMAHA PHILADELPHIA PITTSBURGH SAN FRANCISCO SEATTLE AVERAGE Adventuress, The (EL) 160 110 95 80 105 160 118 Apache Rose (Rep) 150 90 90 90 105 90 100 135 106 Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (RKO) 200 115 125 260 230 250 200 225 200 170 175 130 185 190 200 190 Banjo (RKO) 100 100 100 100 110 90 95 90 95 98 Brute Force (U-I) 110 100 135 100 160 130 110 123 200 125 150 no 165 160 170 137 Calendar Girl (Rep) 100 96 140 95 100 60 85 90 90 85 125 100 100 100 135 100 Code of the West (RKO) 100 95 90 90 80 100 100 90 100 70 92 Corpse Came C. O. D., The (Col) 100 100 125 120 125 90 125 95 no 75 98 90 100 104 Crimson Key, The (20th-Fox) 120 100 120 95 100 100 100 100 75 101 Crossfire (RKO) 165 180 ,150 128 190 163 Cry Wolf (WB) 90 110 90 110 175 100 110 150 90 125 105 90 85 115 no Cynthia (MGM) 100 170 90 115 85 90 100 110 135 140 100 120 90 120 80 100 109 Danger Street (Para) 100 100 100 80 100 90 100 100 100 100 70 95 Dear Ruth (Para) 150 111 120 160 100 95 110 100 150 165 150 90 137 no 140 160 150 145 no 129 Deep VaUey (WB) 90 100 95 175 100 85 100 106 Desert Fury (Para) 90 100 90 no 220 230 140 Dick Tracy’s Dilemma (RKO) 100 85 105 100 90 100 100 100 100 95 100 115 99 Ghost of Mrs. Muir, The (20th-Fox) 120 75 100 90 90 100 95 70 75 150 95 100 115 130 100 75 120 75 99 Gunfighters (Col) 89 115 100 100 100 90 100 100 80 195 165 no 112 I Cover Big Tovm (Para) 100 75 60 100 150 100 100 98 KiUer at Large (EL) 100 95 100 90 100 100 98 Kilroy Was Here (Mono) 90 100 100 95 85 94 Last of the Redmen (Col) 130 100 100 130 120 116 *Life with Father (WB) 280 190 240 200 200 220 350 240 Likely Story, A (RKO) 100 100 100 80 105 100 100 100 100 100 95 100 75 100 90 95 96 Michigan Kid (U-I) 85 100 135 95 100 100 110 90 110 90 125 115 140 100 150 80 100 90 125 80 106 Millie’s Daughter (Col) 100 100 95 80 100 85 100 80 100 100 95 100 150 90 90 98 Moss Rose (20th-Fox) 140 100 90 85 113 120 90 175 125 75 91 no no no Mother Wore Tights (20th-Fox) 120 185 200 100 no 150 120 160 135 142 News Hounds (Mono) 100 100 95 100 no no 103 Northwest Outpost (Rep) 100 90 95 102 100 140 105 Repeat Performance (EL) 120 90 90 80 125 95 90 -80 105 97 Riff-Raff (RKO) 110 100 80 120 125 95 75 120 65 120 101 Romance of Rosy Ridge, The (MGM) 90 73 80 95 110 100 120 175 125 90 100 105 80 100 103 Slave Girl (U-I) 100 140 100 120 150 100 71 no 80 175 115 Song of the Thin Man (MGM) 150 110 no 135 100 121 That’s My Man (Rep) 100 90 120 60 85 83 90 85 105 100 92 They Were Sisters (U-I) 100 80 115 85 105 100 175 100 no 105 105 75 105 They Won’t Believe Me (RKO) 95 80 130 95 125 100 80 125 100 100 160 80 140 75 106 Variety Girl (Para) 160 100 220 140 130 125 180 100 140 no 155 175 145 Welcome Stranger (Para) 150 110 215 200 200 230 200 120 300 220 195 BAROMETER TOP HITS OF THE WEEK *Life With Father — Pittsburgh 350 Boston 280 The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer — Cincinnati 260 BOXOFFICE BookinGuide :: Sept. 13, 1947 * Playing at advanced admission prices. 1