Boxoffice (Jul-Sep 1947)

Page scan 0001949 from Boxoffice

Record Details:

Title:
Boxoffice
Date:
Jul-Sep 1947
Publisher:
Kansas City, Associated Publications
Volume:
Boxoffice (Jul-Sep 1947)
Leaf #:
0001949
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 FEATURE CHART • REVIEW DIGEST • SHORTS CHART SHORTS REVIEWS • FEATURE REVIEWS • EXFLOITIPS Bookin^uide BOXOFFICE FIRST RUN REPORTS This chart ahovrs the records made by pictures in five or more of the 21 key cities checked. As new runs are reported, ratings are added and averages revised. BAROMETER TOP HIT OF THE WEEK Welcome Stranger — Omaha 300 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 Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (RKO) 200 115 125 260 230 250 200 120 160 225 200 170 175 130 185 190 200 184 Banjo (RKO) 100 100 100 100 110 90 95 100 90 95 140 102 Beast With Five Fingers, The (WB) 140 90 115 100 115 100 125 95 100 125 120 125 140 95 95 160 140 no no 116 Black Gold (AA-Mono) 140 110 100 100 120 114 Blackmail (Rep) 100 100 100 100 85 100 98 Blondie’s Big Moment (Col) 100 100 85 100 100 100 100 lOO 100 100 no 100 100 no 85 99 Bringing Up Father (Mono) 90 115 90 100 100 100 100 160 100 90 105 Buck Privates Come Home (U-I) 85 100 120 130 70 120 105 85 105 95 150 95 90 90 108 150 75 75 130 90 103 Brute Force (U-I) 110 100 135 100 160 130 135 110 123 200 125 150 no 165 160 100 170 134 Crossfire (RKO) 165 180 115 115 180 150 128 135 190 155 Cry Wolf (WB) 90 110 135 90 110 175 95 100 110 150 90 125 120 105 90 85 140 115 113 Cynthia (MGM) 100 115 170 90 115 85 90 100 no 135 140 100 120 90 120 80 100 109 Dear Ruth (Para) 150 111 120 160 100 95 110 100 150 1S5 150 90 150 137 no 140 160 150 145 no 130 Deep Valley (WB) 90 100 100 95 no 175 100 85 100 120 75 105 Desperate (RKO) 70 100 100 115 100 100 100 100 100 150 104 Down to Earth (Col) 120 113 110 220 160 128 125 150 141 Ghost and Mrs. Muir, The (20-Pox) 120 75 100 90 90 100 95 70 75 150 95 100 115 130 100 75 120 75 99 Great Expectations (U-I) 110 100 115 125 95 100 125 100 150 125 no no 105 175 118 Huckster^, The (MGM) 185 145 125 220 180 180 100 150 200 230 200 140 180 120 no 235 210 125 240 190 173 Jungle Flight (Para) 100 100 100 100 100 100 Kilroy Was Here (Mono) 90 100 100 95 85 100 100 96 Kiss of Death (20th-Fox) 120 160 100 175 150 160 144 *Life With Father (WB) 280 190 240 200 150 200 150 200 220 350 218 Millerson Case, The (Col) 100 100 80 95 110 95 100 100 100 100 100 90 80 100 96 Mother Wore Tights (20th-Fox) 160 138 125 200 175 120 185 200 100 no 150 130 120 160 135 147 Odd Man Out (U-I) 130 118 115 140 70 115 105 120 95 100 175 125 no no 142 140 80 165 75 112 Other Love, The (UA) 90 69 115 90 95 95 100 90 95 90 no 75 145 no 98 Outlaw, The (UA) 150 225 150 135 150 175 175 150 250 173 Possessed (WB) 130 112 115 90 125 120 130 105 150 115 135 103 126 140 145 90 160 90 121 Red Stallion, The (EL) 110 125 100 115 175 95 120 120 Shoot to Kill (SG) 100 90 100 100 90 90 100 96 Singapore (U-I) 140 145 125 140 90 160 133 Trap, The (Mono) 100 100 100 90 100 95 100 100 100 100 99 Trespasser, The (Rep) 100 135 100 100 100 107 Trouble With Women, The (Para) 120 100 120 115 60 105 90 100 90 135 65 85 115 105 95 100 Vacation Days (Mono) 100 90 90 100 100 85 100 100 90 75 93 Vigilantes Return, The (U-I) 100 100 120 105 85 90 90 100 80 150 108 170 108 Welcome Stranger (Para) 150 110 215 200 200 230 200 120 300 300 220 204 Wicked Lady, The (U-I) 140 120 115 165 125 130 140 125 80 150 100 125. 135 95 130 115 160 80 124 Wyoming (Rep) 100 125 150 100 65 no 1^ Yankee Fakir (Rep) 100 100 90 100 100 95 97 BOXOFFICE BookinGuide : Sept. 27, 1947 Playing at advanced prices. 1