Boxoffice (Oct-Dec 1962)

Record Details:

Title:
Boxoffice
Date:
Oct-Dec 1962
Publisher:
New York, Boxoffice
Volume:
Boxoffice (Oct-Dec 1962)
Leaf #:
000402
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 rating above or below that mark. (Asterisk * denotes combination bills.) ^ Boccaccio '70 (Embassy) 195 625 200 310 370 225 150 500 322 P \ *Centurion, The (PIP) 135 115 75 100 275 100 133 i Chapman Report, The (WB) 150 300 200 225 150 150 125 135 350 360 200 130 105 195 150 200 195 P Convicts 4 (AA) 120 140 105 160 110 185 90 150 100 150 100 90 125 i ^0 I 102 i Damon and Pythias (MGM) 125 100 65 100 110 100 Flame in the Streets (Atlantic) 125 140 70 100 90 65 65 175 90 Forever My Love (Para) 100 175 170 90 90 90 65 100 190 119 i Gigot (20th-Fox) 170 125 165 100 250 150 160 160 1 100 i Guns of the Black Witch (AIP) 110 100 100 100 100 80 70 110 120 110 *Huns, The (PIP) 135 115 75 100 275 100 133 i % 125 g I Like Money (20th-Fox) 105 160 120 120 125 115 85 100 90 185 If a Man Answers (U-I) 235 115 200 75 150 J65_ 155 155 i Longest Day, The (20th-Fox) 250 250 185 200 270 375 300 200 254 i P Magic Sword, The (UA) 100 100 175 80 125 90 112 i '.s Make Mine a Double (Ellis) 130 165 100 125 90 Malaga (WB) 110 100 100 80 65 90 100 90 Manchurian Candidate, The (UA) 200 175 175 100 85 160 175 150 120 100 180 155 200 Marco Polo (AIP) 110 85 90 105 160 90 75 80 120 130 175 111 Matter of WHO, A (Herts-Lion) 150 160 175 110 175 100 65 105 190 105 150 Merrill's Marauders (WB) 150 110 110 95 135 115 140 100 100 90 105 100 155 125 75 114 Mighty Ursus (UA) ■ 100 100 80 100 100 ^ Miracle Worker. The (UA) 150 250 250 95 100 190 155 150 400 285 150 200 100 90 195 110 165 75 i Music Man, The (WB) 175 300 225 255 225 325 375 165 225 300 530 250 300 300 200 180 290 175 350 271 ^ My Geisha (Para) — 150 250 100 195 90 90 90 115 125 105 90 150 150 110 85 165 165 125 131 % Night, The (Lopert) 120 150 110 160 125 155 175 100 195 Night Creatures (U-I) ^ No Mon Is on Island (U-I) 85 95 110 90 100 100 125 90 100 90 70 130 80 115 85 90 150 no 100 No Place Like Homicide (Embassy) 135 100 90 100 100 Operation Snatch (Conti) 130 125 150 130 95 >1^ Panic in Year Zero! (AIP) no no 60 100 100 95 90 150 100 125 104 Phaedra (UA) 150 300 200 115 100 200 % Pigeon That Took Rome, The (Para) 140 125 195 100 100 90 120 175 150 100 135 100 Requiem for a Heavyweight (Col) 160 300 125 200 90 125 250 180 195 Savage Guns, The (MGM) 100 90 65 90 90 90 90 90 Scorface Mob, the (Desilu) 95 100 90 75 80 100 100 100 100 130 85 120 ^ Stowaway in the Sky (Lopert) 125 155 90 145 145 140 95 150 no 195 135 P Tales of Terror (AIP) 160 130 125 150 125 140 135 70 150 125 150 133 i p Taste of Honey, A (Conti) ^ Tell-Tale Heart, The (Brigadier) 125 200 200 200 no 190 150 175 100 195 350 120 100 100 175 70 I Valiant, The (UA) i 130 100 70 160 100 145 100 What Ever Happ'd to Baby Jane? (WB) 300 250 165 140 200 90 200 White Slave Ship (AIP) 100 1. What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (WB) Boston 300 Kansas City 200 San Francisco 200 2. Longest Day, The (20th-Fox) Detroit 270 Denver 200 Cincinnati 185 120 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 100 120 135 75 Manchurian Candidate, The (UA) Boston 200 San Francisco 200 Billy Budd (AA) New York 200 If a Man Answers (U-I) Indianapolis 200 Phaedra (Lopert) Chicago 200 Gypsy (WB) New York 195