Boxoffice (Oct-Dec 1962)

Page scan 00054 from Boxoffice

Record Details:

Title:
Boxoffice
Date:
Oct-Dec 1962
Publisher:
New York, Boxoffice
Volume:
Boxoffice (Oct-Dec 1962)
Leaf #:
00054
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 percentoge 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.) UJ ce o S P z o o mi < u. u. e o < o ► < z z o z o z 3 UJ & ae UJ > z K O K OIANAPOLIS > o c/) < </> z £3 UJ C9 z < (/) X cu s UJ UJ X X < $ -1 3 o a. < UJ z z z UJ > < X 5 ■W YORK < X < o z 3 H K O u o < K U. Z UJ •J t a ffi a CO CO o o o o U o — z s z Z o & c/> 1 Advise and Consent (Col) 125 250 95 195 75 190 135 200 210 150 125 120 110 175 130 150 150 150 152 !| 1 Belle Sommers (Col) 100 80 100 100 80 92 || i Best of Enemies, The (Col) 135 200 160 155 150 100 125 100 190 146 |: Bird Man of Alcatraz (UA) 150 250 200 210 100 150 225 130 125 160 325 100 150 120 200 200 175 1 Boccaccio ‘70 (Embassy) 195 625 200 310 370 225 500 346 1 Bum, Witch, Bum (AIP) 150 120 125 110 90 100 80 85 108 1 1 Experiment in Terror (Col) 120 125 160 100 130 80 100 110 110 100 100 90 165 85 150 200 no 120 ^ Five Finger Exercise (Col) 130 150 100 195 100 65 90 150 100 100 90 95 185 70 125 95 115 1 ^ Five Weeks in a Balloon (20th-Fox) 110 200 185 90 130 100 110 150 120 200 90 150 95 133 1 1 Guns of Darkness (WB) 100 125 95 95 80 90 75 no 90 96 1 i H. Lloyd's World of Comedy (Cont'l) 125 85 220 100 105 190 300 185 90 100 150 i Hellions, The (Col) 65 100 100 65 100 no 90 89 1 i I Like Money (20th-Fox) 160 120 120 115 90 185 132 1 i I Thank a Fool (MGM) 140 175 50 175 90 126 i Interns, The (Col) 140 400 300 200 250 200 135 365 185 200 175 160 200 200 222 i| 1 Jules and Jim (Janus) 120 130 150 90 115 175 130 § Last of the Vikings (Medallion) 110 120 100 90 100 120 80 103 i 1 Man in the Moon (Trons-Lux) 165 90 75 110 65 100 150 135 no 190 150 225 130 1 1 Marco Polo (AIP) 110 160 120 130 175 139 1 i Matter of WHO, A (Herts-Lion) 150 160 175 110 175 65 105 190 150 142 1 1 Miracle Worker, The (UA) 150 250 250 100 190 155 400 285 150 100 195 no 165 192 1 1 Music Mon, The (WB) 175 300 225 255 225 325 375 165 225 300 530 250 300 300 200 180 290 175 350 271 i 1 My Geisha (Para) 150 250 100 195 90 90 90 115 125 105 90 150 150 110 85 165 165 125 131 1 Panic in Year Zero) (AIP) 110 110 60 100 100 95 100 96 1 Phantom of the Opera, The (U-I) 200 120 160 115 90 75 150 140 125 100 128 i Safe at Home! (Col) 190 90 110 105 70 90 80 65 100 80 98 1 1 Scorface Mob, The (Desilu) 95 100 90 75 80 100 100 100 130 120 99 1 Something Wild (UA) 140 150 100 65 75 150 100 111 1 1 Spiral Road, The (U-I) 130 250 100 150 75 135 200 80 150 150 120 100 150 120 135 125 136 || i Story of Count of Monte Cris’o (WB) 140 80 85 90 75 94 1 i Tales of Terror (AIP) 160 130 125 150 125 140 150 125 138 1 1 Tartans, The (MGM) 120 100 90 80 90 150 105 85 150 108 1 Tarzan Goes to India (MGM) 120 150 110 150 90 125 110 105 300 150 125 140 1 i That Touch of Mink (U-I) 200 200 200 300 250 250 200 300 250 500 130 200 300 200 140 225 225 175 250 200 235 i 300 Spartans, The (20th-Fox) 135 120 115 180 90 135 125 75 200 140 132 1 Three Stooges in Orbit, The (Col) 110 90 105 150 75 125 90 106 g Tomorrow Is My Turn (Showcorp) 130 155 115 100 175 135 1 i Two Weeks in Another Town (MGM) 140 270 115 195 95 110 90 135 85 100 125 100 125 120 135 130 100 128 1 Valiant, The (Col) 130 100 70 160 145 121 1 igj . p Victim (Astor) 150 65 155 100 150 125 90 250 250 100 175 100 100 190 143 1 § Viridiana (Kingsley) 160 130 165 165 150 100 175 149 1 i World in My Pocket (MGM) 185 90 100 100 100 100 100 100 90 85 100 no 105 1 f K .f f •• f' s 1 1. Divorce— Italian Style (Embassy) 3. Interns, The (Col) 1 1 TOP HITS Boston 250 Omaha ... ...200 I i —OF — New York.. 210 4. Boccaccio '70 (Embassy) I I THE WEEK Chicago .. ..195 1 P 2 p Individual rum, not an avMO*. i Listings are confined to opening p week figures on new releases only. Bird Man of Alcatraz (UA) 5. Leda (Times) San Praneisco... 200 Chicaao . ...185