Boxoffice (Oct-Dec 1962)

Record Details:

Title:
Boxoffice
Date:
Oct-Dec 1962
Publisher:
New York, Boxoffice
Volume:
Boxoffice (Oct-Dec 1962)
Leaf #:
000522
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 s I 5 I % i ‘Almost Angels (BV) 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 90 100 100 99 Best of Enemies, The (Col) 135 200 160 110 155 150 110 100 125 100 175 100 190 139 Bird Man of Alcatraz (UA) 150 250 200 210 100 150 225 130 125 160 325 100 150 120 200 200 175 I I Brushfire (Para) — 100 100 100 100 90 100 98 Chapman Report, The (WB) 150 300 200 225 150 150 125 135 350 360 200 130 105 195 150 200 % 195 1 g? Coming-Out Party, A (Union) 130 125 150 65 150 175 133 i ® Convicts 4 (AA) 120 140 105 160 no 185 90 80 150 100 150 100 90 122 i ^ Damn the Defiant! (Col) 115 150 75 no 75 105 115 65 100 160 85 105 || Flame in the Streets (Atlantic) 125 140 70 100 90 65 65 175 90 102 Gigot (20th-Fox) 170 125 165 100 190 140 200 175 195 250 125 150 160 165 jig Girls! Girls! Girls! (Para) 175 180 100 180 175 260 no 225 200 125 150 150 169 Head, The (Trons-Lux) 120 180 125 no 100 100 95 115 70 90 100 80 no 107 ^ 125 100 116 i Hell Is for Heroes (Para) 130 175 115 170 125 no 90 115 100 100 90 90 100 Horror Hotel! (Trans-Lux) 120 100 145 95 65 90 103 fins i I Like Money (20th-Fox) 105 160 120 120 125 115 85 100 90 185 165 P I Thank a Fool (MGM) P — P If a Man Answers (U-I) 125 140 125 175 90 50 80 115 120 65 100 95 175 105 135 90 112 150 235 90 135 115 200 310 75 175 150 180 100 175 140 155 125 157 Interns, The (Col) 140 400 300 200 250 200 135 365 185 200 175 160 200 200 222 It Happened in Athens (20th-Fox) 150 65 100 100 75 98 Kid Galahad (UA) 100 220 105 90 125 115 210 130 300 200 150 159 Legend of Lobo, The (BV) 225 65 140 130 90 100 175 125 90 127 p Lolita (MGM) 175 400 125 190 95 200 200 125 165 150 200 300 275 110 200 250 400 100 204 P Longest Day, The (20th-Fox) 250 250 185 225 200 270 250 375 300 200 251 Manchurian Candidate, The (UA) 150 200 175 175 100 85 160 120 175 150 90 125 200 120 100 180 165 155 200 149 M Marco Polo (AlP) ^ No Mon Is cm Island (U-I) p no 85 90 105 160 90 75 80 120 130 175 111 125 90 100 90 70 130 125 80 115 85 90 150 no 100 104 P Period of Adjustment (MGM) 150 ^ Phaedra (Lopert) i 175 185 125 80 180 225 175 185 200 95 155 no 157 150 300 200 150 250 100 200 300 206 P Phantom of the Opera, The (U-I) 200 120 160 115 90 115 75 150 95 140 85 125 100 121 P Pigeon That Took Rome, The (Para) 140 125 195 100 100 120 90 120 175 150 100 135 100 127 P Pressure Point (UA) 140 100 85 90 no 90 100 90 100 150 135 108 M Requiem for a Heavyweight (Col) 160 300 125 200 90 130 125 250 100 180 105 195 100 158 Scarface Mob, The (Desilu) 95 100 90 75 80 100 100 100 100 130 85 120 98 P Shoot the Piano Player (Astor) 125 155 100 100 160 85 121 p Spiral Road, The (U-I) ^ Sword of the Conqueror (UA) 130 250 100 150 no 75 90 135 200 80 150 150 120 100 150 120 135 125 132 90 200 50 65 115 104 ^ Tarzan Goes to India (MGM) 120 150 150 p i 300 Spartans, The (20th-Fox) 135 120 115 180 90 135 125 I Two Weeks in Another Town (MGM) 140 270 115 195 95 110 no 150 90 no 125 no 105 300 100 150 125 95 133 75 115 120 65 200 75 140 135 95 120 i P Very Private Affair, A (MGM) 90 75 135 165 85 100 125 100 105 125 120 135 130 100 126 100 120 175 95 100 90 150 75 115 175 90 150 100 90 113 P Waltz of the Toreadors (Cont'l) 130 160 190 160 130 100 150 70 136 P War Lover, The (Col) I TOP HITS OF THE WEEK Individual runs, not an ivcraot. Listings are confined to openJng week figures on new releases only. 105 170 115 180 100 80 200 immr 1. Girls! Girls! Girls! (Para) Kansas City 260 Milwaukee 225 2. It's Only Money (Para) Chicago 250 New York 190 100 80 S 85 122 3. Period of Adjustment (MGM) Indianapolis 225 Minneapolis 200 4. Two for the Seesaw (UA) New York 195