Boxoffice (Oct-Dec 1963)

Page scan 000236 from Boxoffice

Record Details:

Title:
Boxoffice
Date:
Oct-Dec 1963
Publisher:
New York, Boxoffice
Volume:
Boxoffice (Oct-Dec 1963)
Leaf #:
000236
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 20, 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.) ■wmmm I 1 1 z o ft o UFFALO o (9 < o X INCINNATI LEVELAND ec m > z Ld H o oc t </> o Q_ < z < Q ANSAS CITY OS ANGELES CO X Q S UJ ILWAUKEE INNEAPOLIS EW HAVEN EW YORK < X < s ORTLAND AN FRANCISCO UJ t < UJ j UJ (9 < UJ CO CO o o o O o — _J s s z z o Cl CO CO < 1 H Beach Party (AIP) 170 150 250 200 135 160 170 125 170 150 90 115 120 145 200 175 158 | H Black Zoo (AA) 100 120 80 65 100 110 96 I 1 Care takers. The (UA) 115 175 200 100 125 125 100 120 180 150 125 100 125 85 130 | Castilian, The (WB) 90 75 105 100 95 95 80 95 70 135 90 94 I ; •: Cleopatra (20th-Fox) 190 400 300 250 250 400 400 300 700 750 300 700 250 200 385 4 IS Condemned of Altona, The (20th-Fox) 130 160 120 135 95 90 115 120 130 75 100 90 75 110 100 125 140 90 111 1 I 8V2 (Embassy) 130 200 120 195 250 325 225 210 275 300 250 225 160 225 200 219 | For Love or Money (Univ) 130 130 125 150 200 135 275 75 300 110 100 165 175 135 135 150 70 151 | Haunted Palace, The (AIP) 145 150 150 90 160 100 150 100 105 110 120 125 150 127 1 Haunting, The (MGM) 150 140 200 95 80 230 200 110 175 170 100 190 105 125 90 144 | Heavens Above (Janus) 140 135 125 250 150 130 125 115 200 163 | Hercules & Captive Women (Woolner) 155 100 165 120 140 100 90 100 135 123 1 || Hootenanny Hoot (MGM) 215 100 100 80 100 90 90 105 150 60 109 i 1 In the French Style (Col) 175 105 150 115 185 100 138 i Irma La Douce (UA) 400 300 225 160 400 190 300 150 320 300 350 250 200 260 200 170 125 200 250 | Johnny Cool (UA) 125 210 200 100 100 150 148 | §| Kiss of the Vampire (Univ) 130 100 80 90 100 90 98 t Leonard, The (20th-Fox) 120 75 165 160 125 100 140 250 142 1 1 Love at Twenty (Embassy) 110 175 115 90 100 65 50 90 100 175 300 125 | 1 Main Attraction, The (MGM) 115 125 100 90 115 115 90 65 100 90 100 70 80 75 95 | Marilyn (20th-Fox) 135 75 75 105 100 90 90 150 90 100 120 103 | Mind Benders, The (AIP) 100 75 100 125 100 100 | Mondo Cane (Times) 130 200 200 150 110 150 125 120 330 300 300 190 200 140 300 196 p Mouse on the Moon, The (Lopert) 150 165 170 110 230 200 120 180 150 100 195 145 200 163 | £:■ Murder at the Gallop (MGM) 155 210 135 195 150 100 150 200 162 | New Kind of Love, A (Para) 150 125 100 250 220 190 135 140 164 1 Nutty Professor, The (Para) 165 200 130 175 425 150 150 175 120 125 210 165 150 90 174 Of Love and Desire (20th-Fox) 75 75 115 65 90 120 90 125 250 112 | Rampage (WB) 140 90 75 125 90 90 105 100 104 pi Shock Corridor (AA) 135 125 70 100 70 75 145 160 80 107 | Stolen Hours (UA) 200 165 90 100 180 147 1 Sword of Lancelot (Univ) 125 95 60 125 65 100 90 125 90 97 1 Tales of Paris (Times) 130 100 160 85 80 110 110 80 90 125 107 | Terror, The (AIP) 100 145 125 100 100 100 150 100 no 114 | This Sporting Life (Cont'l) 175 165 75 205 125 90 125 90 130 195 200 143 3 Stooges Around W'ld in Daze (Col) 170 80 150 70 105 90 70 90 103 Traitors, The (Univ) 100 100 100 100 80 96 | V.LP.s, The (MGM) 190 275 200 225 200 300 150 155 400 200 300 250 170 200 225 125 185 300 225 225 1 Wives and Lovers (Para) 100 200 150 160 70 100 100 130 170 100 105 160 90 135 126 | Women of the World (Embassy) 140 135 170 150 80 100 220 140 350 250 100 165 210 155 200 120 168 | V/ Wond'fl W'ld Bros. Grimm (MGM-CinJ 100 300 125 275 200 240 300 250 400 125 100 300 250 110 200 350 227 1 p 1 Yojimbo (Seneca-Toho) 130 150 145 85 175 125 100 90 165 129 | wmmmmMmmmmmmmmmmmgmeism .v:vx::% SSffl 4 1. TOP HITS OF 2' THE WEEK 3 Individual runs, not an average. Listings are confined to opening . week figures on new releases only. 4. Leopard, The (20th-Fox) San Francisco Kansas City New Kind of Love, A (Para) Kansas City Lilies of the Field (UA) Milwaukee Boston Johnny Cool (UA) Boston 250 165 250 215 170 210 5. 6. 7. Stolen Hours (UA) Boston New Haven Chicago Twilight of Honor (MGM) Chicago Beach Party (AIP) Memphis ...200 ..180 ..165 ..175 ...170 MmmmmmmwmmMMMmwMmz mm mm. WM. mm. mm wm. •.v.v.v.v.v ■ • ‘ vlWXvX'Kv.v/.v*-*