Boxoffice (Oct-Dec 1963)

Record Details:

Title:
Boxoffice
Date:
Oct-Dec 1963
Publisher:
New York, Boxoffice
Volume:
Boxoffice (Oct-Dec 1963)
Leaf #:
000328
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:
March 21, 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 manogers. With 100 per cent as "normal," the figures show the gross rating above or below that mark. (Asterisk * denotes combination bills.) o z o b o UFFALO O o < o X INCINNATI LEVELAND ec Ul > Z Ul i t </> Zj o CL < z < □ ANSAS CITY OS ANGELES t/J X a. s Ul ILWAUKEE 1 N NEAPOLIS EW HAVEN EW YORK < X < 2 ORTLAND SAN FRANCISC Ul -J E < Ui Ul O < CC UJ > 03 o o o o a — -J s 2 2 z z o a. (/) < ! I H Beach Party (AIP) 170 150 250 200 135 160 170 125 170 150 90 115 120 145 200 175 158 || Candide (Union) 150 125 100 90 140 120 120 100 125 119 |j Caretakers, The (UA) 115 175 200 100 125 125 100 120 180 150 150 125 100 125 85 132 |i| 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) 100 200 100 120 100 90 90 114 I Dr. No (UA) 130 200 200 95 80 no 125 110 100 200 125 110 180 225 135 150 135 142 if 8V2 (Embassy) 130 200 120 195 250 325 225 210 275 300 250 225 160 225 200 219 H Freud: The Secret Passion (Univ) 140 200 125 165 120 125 165 150 300 100 140 90 85 200 150 200 153 ff For Love or Money (Univ) 130 130 125 150 200 135 275 75 300 110 100 165 175 135 135 150 70 151 || Gidget Goes to Rome (Col) 170 125 100 110 125 245 100 150 100 175 100 175 175 150 143 Haunting, The (MGM) 150 140 100 200 95 80 230 110 200 140 110 200 175 170 100 190 105 125 90 143 if Hootenanny Hoot (MGM) 215 100 100 80 100 90 90 105 150 60 109 | In the French Style (Col) 90 175 90 105 200 100 150 115 185 135 100 131 | Johnny Cool (UA) 125 210 200 115 150 100 95 100 100 85 150 130 || Leopard, The (20th-Fox) 120 160 210 100 75 150 165 160 125 100 140 90 250 142 Lilies of the Field (UA) 170 215 185 135 295 165 215 175 no 185 || Lord of the Flies (Cont'l) 200 190 190 220 150 200 300 207 |f L-Shaped Room, The (Col) 140 200 175 175 300 225 290 270 150 200 150 110 200 125 194 ijl Marilyn (20th-Fox) 135 155 75 75 105 100 90 90 150 90 100 120 107 If Mondo Cane (Times) 130 200 200 150 75 110 150 125 120 330 300 300 190 200 140 300 189 | Murder at the Gallop (MGM) 155 210 135 195 150 110 150 100 150 200 156 |1 New Kind of Love, A (Para) 150 155 175 170 165 135 125 100 250 220 190 135 80 140 156 if Of Love and Desire (20th-Fox) 75 75 115 65 90 120 90 125 250 112 $3 Rampage (WB) 140 100 90 70 75 115 125 90 120 125 90 105 145 85 125 100 106 i| Running Man, The (Col) 140 100 200 90 120 90 150 100 105 130 145 100 123 fl Stolen Hours (UA) 200 165 90 105 100 180 140 140 ’• V PI Sword of Lancelot (Univ) 125 95 60 125 65 100 80 90 125 90 96 i§ Terror, The (AIP) 100 145 125 100 100 100 150 100 110 114 if 13 Frightened Girls (Col) 100 125 100 85 70 96 |§ 30 Years of Fun (20th-Fox) 80 100 105 150 100 135 80 100 100 106 y 3 Stooges Ar'nd W'ld in Daze (Col) 170 80 150 70 105 90 85 70 135 90 105 % Toys in the Attic (UA) 130 200 175 230 90 150 115 150 170 175 175 100 140 200 120 100 151 § Twilight of Honor (MGM) 175 90 80 130 65 85 120 85 104 | V.I.P.s, The (MGM) 190 275 200 225 200 300 150 155 400 200 300 250 170 200 225 125 185 300 225 225 |p Winter Light (Janus) 135 85 105 90 no 110 175 300 139 p Wives and Lovers (Para) 100 200 150 160 70 100 100 130 170 100 100 105 160 90 135 100 123 j Women of the World (Embassy) 140 135 170 150 80 100 220 140 350 250 100 165 210 155 200 120 168 . X— The Man With X-Ray Eyes (AIP) i 130 125 120 115 125 135 135 126 % mwmmmmmmmmm&mmmmm MW I I i 1. Conjugal Bed, The (Embassy) San Francisco 5. Haunting, The (MGM) TOP HITS OF 2. Tom Jones (Lopert) Los Angeles THE WEEK Individual runs, not an average. Listings are confined to opening week figures on new releases only. 3. Lilies of the Field (UA) 4. Under the Yum Yum Tree (Col) .300 Memphis 200 6. Lord of the Flies (Cont'l) Cincinnati 190 .300 7. Mary, Mary (WB) New York 180 .295 .215 8. Macbeth (Prominent Films) Kansas City 175 .240 .225 9. New Kind of Love, A (Para) Buffalo Cincinnati 175 165