Boxoffice (Oct-Dec 1962)

Page scan 000470 from Boxoffice

Record Details:

Title:
Boxoffice
Date:
Oct-Dec 1962
Publisher:
New York, Boxoffice
Volume:
Boxoffice (Oct-Dec 1962)
Leaf #:
000470
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 relotion 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.) II Chapman Report, The (WB) 150 300 200 225 150 150 125 135 350 360 200 130 105 195 150 200 195 i Coming-Out Party, A (Union) 130 125 150 65 175 129 Gigot (20th-Fox) 170 125 165 100 190 200 250 150 160 168 Girls! Girls! Girls! (Para) 175 180 175 200 125 150 210 I Hatori! (Para) 100 250 150 250 100 175 200 130 125 375 185 300 300 450 140 195 215 155 200 Hell Is for Heroes (Para) r 130 175 115 170 125 110 90 115 100 100 90 90 100 125 100 116 i Hellions, The (Col) 65 100 100 65 100 100 80 I' Horror Hotel (Trans-Lux) 120 100 145 65 90 Huns, The (PIP) 135 115 75 85 100 275 100 126 I Like Money (20th-Fox) 105 160 120 120 125 115 85 100 90 185 165 125 I I Thank a Fool (MGM) 125 140 125 175 90 50 80 115 120 65 100 95 175 105 135 90 112 i If a Man Answers (U-I) 235 90 135 115 200 310 75 175 150 155 125 Interns, The (Col) 140 400 300 200 250 200 135 365 185 200 175 160 200 200 222 i II Island, The (Zenith) 175 160 100 90 185 % Jack the Giant Killer (UA) 135 115 150 125 110 250 135 135 100 100 136 Jules and Jim (Janus) Kid Galahad (UA) 120 130 150 90 140 115 175 100 220 105 90 125 115 210 130 300 200 150 '% La Belle Americoine (Cont'l) 130 200 150 125 170 140 110 175 90 115 150 Last Year at Morienbad (Astor) 130 130 90 130 225 100 135 200 143 % Legend of Lobo, The (BV) 65 140 130 90 100 175 125 90 % Lisa (20th-Fox) i 125 135 120 175 90 65 100 120 120 120 90 135 90 100 145 90 90 112 Longest Day, The (20th-Fox) 250 250 185 225 200 270 250 375 300 200 || Manchurian Candidate, The (UA) 150 200 175 175 100 85 160 i Marco Polo (AIP) 110 85 90 105 175 150 90 125 200 120 100 180 165 155 200 75 80 120 130 160 90 175 Miracle Worker, The (UA) 150 250 250 95 100 190 155 150 400 285 150 200 100 90 195 110 165 75 % ^Mongols, The (Coloroma) 125 105 105 115 90 90 80 90 150 II My Geisha (Para) || Night Creatures (U-I) % 150 250 100 195 90 90 90 115 125 105 90 150 150 110 85 165 165 125 131 85 95 no 90 100 100 || Operation Snatch (Cont'l) 130 130 125 150 130 95 II Period of Adjustment (MGM) 150 185 180 175 185 155 no Phaedra (Lopert) 150 300 200 150 250 100 200 300 206 % Pressure Point (UA) 140 100 85 90 no 90 100 90 100 150 135 108 ^ Requiem for a Heavyweight (Col) I Samar (WB) 160 300 125 200 90 130 125 250 100 180 195 100 163 100 85 100 65 100 100 90 100 ^ Savage Guns, The (MGM) ^ 100 90 65 90 90 90 90 90 ^ Story Count Monte Cristo (WB) 140 80 85 100 100 90 75 85 % Stowaway in the Sky (Lopert) 125 155 90 145 145 140 95 150 no 195 100 ^ *Troian Horse, The (Coloroma) 125 105 105 115 90 90 80 90 150 i War Lover, The (Col) 105 170 180 80 200 We'll Bury You! (Col) 100 75 65 65 175 75 i What Ever Happ'd Baby Jane? (WB) 170 300 200 250 165 275 140 185 200 175 100 200 200 90 210 155 200 . z: TTT — rrrr: rrz rz ^ ^ — z TZ7 ZT Individual runt, not an tvcraoe. Listings arc emfioti to opening week figures on new releases only. 100 80 mmmmm"" ' 1. Mutiny on the Bounty (MGM) Los Angeles 310 Boston 300 2. If a Man Answers (U-I) Kansas City 310 3. Phaedra (Lopert) Los Angeles 250 4. Longest Day, The (20th-Fox) Cleveland 225 120 135 75 120 85 100 5. Girls! Girls! Girls! (Para) Minneapolis 200 6. What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (WB) Detroit 185 7. Period of Adjustment (MGM) Chicago 185 Los Angeles 185 102