Boxoffice (Oct-Dec 1962)

Record Details:

Title:
Boxoffice
Date:
Oct-Dec 1962
Publisher:
New York, Boxoffice
Volume:
Boxoffice (Oct-Dec 1962)
Leaf #:
000370
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 percentage 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.) i I I I *Almost Angels (BV) 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 90 100 100 99 Call Me Genius (Cont'l) 125 165 90 65 100 90 100 125 90 125 108 Carry On, Teacher (Governor) 130 150 165 110 200 100 285 95 125 115 148 Concrete Jungle. The (Fonfctre) 100 100 65 100 100 93 Convicts 4 (AA) 120 105 160 no 185 90 150 100 150 100 90 124 Devil's Eye, The (Jcmus) 125 200 150 225 no 100 100 115 160 225 151 El Cid (AA) 180 300 250 275 250 225 250 250 400 285 300 250 150 130 190 350 175 300 250 251 Five Finger Elxercise (Col) 130 150 100 195 100 65 90 150 100 100 90 95 185 70 125 95 115 Five Weeks in a Balloon (20th-Fox) 110 200 185 90 130 100 no 160 120 200 90 150 95 133 Flame in the Streets (Atlantic) 125 140 70 90 65 65 175 104 Follow That Dream (UA) 140 160 110 100 125 125 150 220 95 175 225 no no 140 250 135 150 148 Forever My Love (Para) 100 175 170 90 90 90 100 190 126 Geronimo (UA) 150 85 125 100 no no 140 85 100 225 100 80 90 115 Guns of Darkness (WB) 100 125 95 75 95 80 90 75 no 90 94 Hand of Death (20th-Fox) 65 70 100 90 100 85 Hatoril (Para) 100 250 150 250 100 175 200 130 125 375 185 300 300 450 140 195 215 155 200 210 Head, The (Trans-Lux) 120 180 125 110 100 100 115 70 90 100 80 no 108 Hell Is for Heroes (Para) 130 175 115 170 125 no 90 115 100 100 90 90 100 125 100 116 Hitler (AA) 145 130 110 105 150 80 80 114 Horror Hotel (Trans-Lux) 120 100 145 65 90 104 I Like Money (20th-Fox) 105 160 120 120 115 85 100 90 185 165 125 I Thank a Fool (MGM) 125 140 125 175 90 50 80 115 120 65 100 95 175 105 135 90 112 Interns, The (Col) 140 400 300 200 250 200 135 365 185 200 175 160 200 200 222 Jack the Giant Killer (UA) 135 115 150 125 no 250 135 135 100 100 136 Kid Galahad (UA) 100 220 105 90 125 115 210 130 300 200 150 159 Kitchen, The (Kingsley) 145 135 75 90 140 100 114 Last of the Vikings (Medallion) 110 120 100 90 90 100 120 80 101 Lolita (MGM) 175 400 125 190 95 200 200 125 165 150 200 300 275 no 200 250 400 100 204 Longest Day, The (20th-Fox) 250 250 375 300 200 275 ‘Mongols, The (Coloroma) 125 105 105 90 90 80 90 150 104 Only Two Con Ploy (Kingsley) 140 175 110 160 280 190 125 250 105 200 200 115 200 173 Pressure Point (UA) 140 100 85 90 no 90 100 150 135 111 Requiem for a Heavyweight (UA) 300 200 250 180 195 225 Savage Guns, The (MGM) 100 90 90 90 90 90 90 91 Sword of the Conqueror (UA) 90 200 50 65 115 104 Taste of Honey, A (Cont'l) 125 200 200 200 190 150 175 100 195 350 189 300 Spartans, The (20th-Fox) 135 120 115 180 90 135 125 75 115 120 65 200 75 140 135 95 120 Through a Glass Darkly (Janus) 120 160 100 165 90 95 100 175 125 200 300 148 ‘Trojan Horse, The (Coloroma) 125 105 105 90 90 80 90 150 104 Very Private Affair, A (MGM) 100 120 175 95 100 90 115 175 90 150 100 90 117 Viridiana (Kingsley) 160 130 165 200 165 150 100 175 156 Waltz of the Toreadors (Cont'l) 130 160 190 160 150 70 143 vXv:*:*;*: TOP HITS OF THE WEEK Indhrltfual runt, net en twee*Listings ere centincd te optnini «mk fifurct en new rtitaset enly. 1. Longest Day, The (20th-Fox) Minneapolis 300 2. What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (WB) Chicago 250 3. Gigot (20th-Fox) Los Angeles... .250 4. El Cid (AA) Milwaukee 250 5. Only Two Can Play (Kingsley) Minneapolis 200 6. Manchurian Candidate, The (UA) New York 180 mmmmm