Boxoffice (Oct-Dec 1961)

Page scan 000262 from Boxoffice

Record Details:

Title:
Boxoffice
Date:
Oct-Dec 1961
Publisher:
New York, Boxoffice
Volume:
Boxoffice (Oct-Dec 1961)
Leaf #:
000262
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 attroctions 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 roting above or below that mark. (Asterisk * denotes combination bills.) </> </> CO O o CO BALTIMORE BOSTON BUFFALO CHICAGO CINCINNATI CLEVELAND S > z UJ o DETROIT —1 o a. < z < o z KANSAS Cir LOS ANGELE MEMPHIS MILWAUKEE MINNEAPOLI NEW HAVEN NEW YORK OMAHA PORTLAND SAN FRANCI SEATTLE ■ '/'Wfz 1 I 'S. Back Street (U-I) 160 300 225 100 110 210 140 160 125 85 162 Beyond All Limits (Omat) 100 135 100 95 100 90 103 Blast of Silence (U-I) 135 80 100 125 70 102 Blood and Roses (Petra) 100 140 100 90 80 100 135 150 125 100 130 75 95 109 Breakfast at Tiffany's (Para) 140 600 150 225 260 180 400 350 90 190 200 253 Bridge to the Sun (MGM) 100 300 80 200 85 90 125 150 no 100 90 125 120 350 145 Devil at 4 O'Clock, The (Col) 130 250 200 225 160 180 205 175 200 200 193 Dreams (Janus) 125 120 155 75 115 90 175 100 175 no 124 Flight That Disappeared, The (UA) 100 100 100 65 100 100 94 Great War, The (Lopert) 90 100 115 100 100 170 113 Greyfriars Bobby (BV) 120 200 130 150 275 125 70 100 no 120 90 95 132 Hand, The (AIP) 100 100 100 100 100 100 Hand in Hand (Col) 120 185 100 100 200 175 100 85 175 138 Herod the Great (AA) 75 115 100 105 100 100 90 98 Hippodrome (Cont'l) 175 115 85 60 100 150 90 125 113 Homicidal (Col) 110 150 125 150 100 125 175 180 90 160 200 200 85 125 175 175 145 Honeymoon Machine, The (MGM) 125 250 105 215 95 130 80 100 135 180 125 150 150 125 120 140 120 120 137 House of Fright (AIP) 100 150 130 50 100 130 110 Hustler, The (20th-Fox) 275 130 185 130 200 100 275 175 180 150 120 110 195 120 100 163 La Dolce Vita (Astor) 220 450 160 200 190 200 600 175 325 300 200 300 300 155 200 200 261 L'Awentura (Janus) 125 120 155 100 100 80 100 160 300 138 Mad Dog Coll (Col) 100 150 100 90 100 75 103 Magic Boy (MGM) 75 80 100 75 75 81 Mon in the Moon (Trans-Lux) 90 no no 190 150 225 146 Mon-Trap (Para) 100 80 no 100 100 150 70 95 101 Mania (Valiant-Vitalite) 105 150 100 90 70 100 103 Marines, Let's Go (20th-Fox) 110 115 105 90 140 95 100 115 95 100 125 80 135 100 135 10£ Master of the World (AIP) 175 85 105 150 75 200 190 80 135 130 133 Matter of Morals, A (UA) 130 80 100 100 100 100 102 Morgan the Pirate (MGM) 130 90 110 115 130 85 100 100 90 120 170 no 113 Question 7 (de Rochemont) 90 105 155 200 150 175 140 115 100 137 Revolt of the Slaves, The (UA) 150 125 100 65 100 108 Secret of Monte Cristo, The (MGM) 115 75 100 100 100 80 75 75 90 Seven Women From Hell (20th-Fox) 130 135 110 90 85 no 90 125 109 Splendor in the Grass (WB) 175 250 185 200 150 300 180 no 200 325 265 100 175 225 100 195 130 135 175 100 184 Twenty Plus Two (AA) 125 95 90 no 120 108 Underworld, U.S.A. (Col) 125 120 100 115 100 100 85 no 107 Upstairs and Downstairs (20th-Fox) 90 100 150 90 90 125 107 Young Doctors, The (UA) 140 275 100 125 130 100 150 no 125 180 255 100 no no 165 130 125 200 120 145 Young Servages, The (UA) 120 225 100 200 85 200 150 140 100 215 135 125 100 90 90 190 100 80 136 TOP HITS OF THE WEEK Indiyidual runs, not an averagt Pictures with less than five runs do not appear in the chart above. 1. Breakfast at Tiffany's (Para) Los Angeles 350 Chicago 225 2. Back Street (U-l) Boston 300 Memphis 210 3. Rocco and His Brothers (Astor) Boston 300 4. Greyfriars Bobby (BV) Denver 275 5. Hustler, The (20th-Fox) Detroit 275 6. Devil at 4 O'clock, The (Col) Buffalo 250 Cincinnati 225 Chicago 200 San Francisco 200 Seattle 200 7. West Side Story (DA) New York 250 8. La Dolce Vita (Astor) Denver 200 i I I I