Boxoffice (Oct-Dec 1963)

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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.) ■tf I U1 u <r lil > S Beach Party (AIP) 170 150 250 200 135 160 1 170 125 170 150 90 115 120 145 200 175 — 8 158 | Black Zoo (AA) 100 120 80 65 100 no 90 95 f Caretakers, The (UA) 115 175 200 100 125 125 100 120 180 150 150 125 100 125 85 132 | Condemned of Altona, The (20th-Fox) 130 160 120 135 95 90 115 120 130 75 100 90 75 no 100 125 140 90 111 \ Dime With a Halo (MGM) 100 200 120 100 90 90 117 \ Drums of Africa (MGM) 135 125 85 65 100 85 90 100 80 95 75 100 62 92 1 8V2 (Embassy) 130 200 120 195 250 325 225 210 275 300 250 225 160 225 200 219 | Flipper (MGM) 155 150 225 110 175 135 130 135 275 175 125 90 100 130 100 147 \ For Love or Money (Univ) 130 130 125 150 200 135 275 75 300 no 100 165 175 135 135 150 70 151 i Four Days of Naples, The (MGM) 120 160 165 120 165 120 165 110 100 190 130 100 125 225 143 i Gidget Goes to Rome (Col) 170 125 100 110 125 245 100 150 100 175 no 175 175 150 143 | Girl Hunters, The (Colorama) 105 125 125 65 115 100 90 100 90 101 i Haunted Palace, The (AIP) 145 150 150 90 160 100 150 100 105 no 120 125 150 127 i Hootenanny Hoot (MGM) 215 100 100 80 100 90 90 105 150 60 109 i In the French Style (Col) 175 105 200 100 150 115 185 100 141 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) 125 210 200 115 150 100 100 100 150 139 King Kong vs. Godzilla (Univ) 150 175 170 175 110 250 135 100 205 125 120 156 Leopard, The (20th-Fox) 120 210 100 75 150 165 160 125 100 140 90 250 140 Lilies of the Field (UA) 170 185 165 215 175 no 170 Lord of the Flies (Cont'l) 200 190 220 150 200 300 210 ! Marilyn (20th-Fox) 135 155 75 75 105 100 90 90 150 90 100 120 107 | Mouse on the Moon, The (Lopert) 150 165 170 110 230 200 120 180 80 150 100 100 195 145 200 153 Murder at the Gallop (MGM) 155 210 135 195 150 150 100 150 200 161 Of Love and Desire (20th-Fox) 75 75 115 65 90 120 90 125 250 112 New Kind of Love, A (Para) 150 170 125 100 250 220 190 135 140 164 Rampage (WB) 140 100 90 75 125 90 125 90 105 145 85 125 100 107 Reluctant Saint, The (Col) 135 185 135 90 150 139 Running Man, The (Col) 200 90 120 90 105 130 100 119 Shock Corridor (AA) 135 125 95 70 100 70 100 75 145 160 80 105 Sparrows Can't Sing (Janus) 130 170 125 85 120 no 100 115 185 127 Stolen Hours (UA) 200 165 90 105 100 180 140 140 Sword of Lancelot (Univ) 125 95 60 125 65 100 80 90 125 90 96 13 Frightened Girls (Col) 100 125 100 85 70 96 This Sporting Life (Cont'l) 130 175 165 75 205 125 125 90 125 100 90 130 195 200 138 3 Stooges Around W'ld in Daze (Col) 170 80 150 70 105 90 85 70 90 101 Thrill of It All, The (Univ) 150 200 250 250 275 210 190 200 220 175 225 200 200 200 210 210 150 190 206 Toys in the Attic (UA) 130 200 175 230 90 150 115 150 170 175 175 100 140 200 120 155 V.I.P.s, The (MGM) 190 275 200 225 200 300 150 155 400 200 300 250 170 200 225 125 185 300 325 225 Wall of Noise (WB) 110 135 115 90 75 75 105 100 100 90 80 80 100 70 90 130 80 96 Wives and Lovers (Para) 100 200 150 160 70 100 100 130 170 100 100 105 160 90 135 125 X — Man With X-Ray Eyes (AIP) 125 120 115 125 135 124 wmmmmmmmmmmmwmmm mm J %%$$$& SwSWsS ■sSSSS 's I TOP HITS OF THE WEEK Individual runs, not an average. Listings are confined to opening week figures on new releases only. 1. Stranger Knocks, A (Trans-Lux) Los Angeles 225 2. Lord of the Flies (Cont'l) Los Angeles 220 3. Leopard, The (20th-Fox) Chicago 210 4. In the French Style (Col) Kansas City 200 5. Running Man, The (Col) Chicago 200 6 New Kind of Love, A (Para) Chicago 170 mmmmmmmmm w ' s