Motion Picture Herald (Nov-Dec 1937)

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74 MOTION PICTURE HERALD December II, 1937 [THEATRE RECEIPTS-CONTINUED] TL _ X (Average weekly grosses for 66 week period I neaTreS from January 4, 1936, to April 3, 1937) Average Now Ynrlr Receipts 6W IOrK Seats Price Per Week Astor 1,142 55c-$2.20 15,600 Capitol 4,700 25c-85c 33,400 Criterion 1,700 25c-75c 12,000 Paramount 3,700 25c-99c 36,100 Rialto 594 25c-55c 7.70O Rivoli 2,200 2Sc-99c 23,100 RKO Music Hall 6,200 40c-$1.65 79,000 Roxy 5,954 25c-75c 35,400 Strand 3,000 40c-99c 20,800 Oklahoma City Criterion 1,700 10c-40c 5,300 Midwest 1,500 10c-40c 4,300 Tower 1,100 10c-40c Omaha Brandeis 1,200 25c-40c 4,900 Omaha 2,200 25c-40c 6,900 Orpheum 3,000 25c-40c 9,200 Current Week Picture Grass "The Hurricane" (U.A.) 15,000 (4th week) "The Firefly" (MGM) 38,000 "The Barrier" (Para.) 8,000 "Ebb Tide" (Para.) 30,000 (stage: Frances Langford) (3rd week) "Thoroughbreds Don't Cry" (MGM) 7,800 "Damsel in Distress" (RKO) 14,500 (2nd week) "Nothing Sacred" (U.A.) 112,000 (plus stage show) "Merry-Go-Round of 1938" (Univ.) 43,000 (plus stage show) (8 days) "The Life of Emile Zola" (W.B.).. 32,000 (2nd week) "Live, Love and Learn" (MGM).... 7,000 (stage: musical revue) (10c-55c) "Damsel in Distress" (RKO) 4,300 "Second Honeymoon" 3,900 (20th Cent. -Fox) "Damsel in Distress" (RKO) and.. 6,300 "West of Shanghai" (F.N.) "The Firefly" (MGM) and 6,700 "A Girl with Ideas" (Univ.) "Second Honeymoon" 17,600 (20th Cent. -Fox) (plus stage show) (35c-55c) Previous Week Picture "The Hurricane" (U.A.) 13,800 (3rd week) "Live, Love and Learn" (MGM)... 20,000 "Fight for Your Lady" (RKO) 7,500 "Ebb Tide" (Para.) 41,000 (stage: Frances Langford) (2nd week) "Danger Patrol" (RKO) 5,800 "Damsel in Distress" (RKO) 27,800 (1st week) "Stand-In" (U.A.) 79,500 (plus stage show) "Second Honeymoon" 33,000 (20th Cent.-Fox) (plus stage show) (2nd week) "The Life of Emile Zola" (W.B.).. 45,000 (1st week) "Walter Wanger's Vogues of 1937" 4,000 (U.A.) "Conquest" (MGM) 3,600 "45 Fathers" (20th Cent.-Fox) 1,800 (6 days) "The Awful Truth" (Col.) and 6,200 "Trapped by G-Men" (Col.) (2nd week) "Navy Blue and Gold" (MGM) and 7,200 "Bulldog Drummond Comes Back" (Para.) "This Way, Please" (Para.) and.... 7,200 "Danger— Love at Work" (20th Cent.-Fox) (plus "Ali Baba Goes to Town" (2Cth Cent.-Fox) preview and Big Apple Dance Contest on stage) Philadelphia Boyd Fox , San Francisco Fox Geary Seattle 1,300 40c -65c 9,200 2,400 40c -65c 14,800 40c -65c 17,000 3,700 40c -65c 15,700 5,651 15c-75c 11,000 .. 1,400 55c-$1.65 15c-55c 16,600 . . 2,440 15c-55c 8,200 , 2,670 15c-75c 13,300 1,200 15c-75c 6,900 2,680 15c-75c 15,300 2,500 30c-55c 7,700 ., 1,800 30c -55c 7,700 , , 2,450 30c -40c 6,000 .. 3,050 30c-55c 5.200 "Nothing Sacred" (U.A.) 16,500 "It's Love I'm After" (W.B.) 12,000 "Submarine D-l" (F.N.) 16,500 "Damsel in Distress" (RKO) 13,000 "Submarine D-l" (F.N.) 21,000 "The Hurricane" (U.A.) 10,500 (3rd week) "Damsel in Distress" (RKO) 19,000 (plus vaudeville) "The Awful Truth"(Col.) (6th week) 9.000 and "Life Begins with Love" (Col.) (2nd week) "The Last Gangster" (MGM) and 14,000 "Sh! the Octupus" (W.B.) "The Prisoner of Zenda" (U.A.).... 9,000 (2nd week) "Navy Blue and Gold" (MGM) and 10,000 "Dinner at the Ritz" (20th Cent.-Fox) (2nd week) "Heidi" (20th Cent.-Fox) 8,100 "The Awful Truth" (Col.) 7,600 (2nd week) "Live, Love and Learn" (MGM).. 6,100 (MGM) and "45 Fathers" (20th Cent.-Fox) "Conquest" (MGM) and 5,750 "Dangerously Yours" (20th Cent.-Fox) "Breakfast for Two". (RKO) 5,000 "Live, Love and Learn" (MGM).. 13,000 "Second Honeymoon" 15,000 (20th Cent.-Fox) "The Firefly" (MGM) 10,000 (6 days-2nd week) "Second Honeymoon" (20th Cent.-.. 16.000 Fox) and "45 Fathers" (20th Cent.-Fox) "The Hurricane" (U.A.) 9,500 (2nd week) "There Goes the Groom" (RKO).... 17,800 (plus vaudeville) 'The Awful Truth" (Col.) (5th week) 9,000 and "Life Begins With Love" (Col.) (1st week) "Manhattan Merry-Go-Round" 13,000 (Rep.) and "Borrowing Trouble" (20th Cent.-Fox) (6 davs) "The Prisoner of 'Zenda" (U.A.).. 13,000 (1st week) "Navy Blue and Gold" (MGM) and 15,000 "Dinner at the Ritz" (20th Cent.-Fox) (1st week) "The Firefly" (MGM) 7,450 (2nd week) "The Awful Truth" (Col.) 12,000 (1st week) "Alcatraz Island" (F.N.) and 5,750 "Danger, Love at Work" (20th Cent.-Fox) "Ah Baba Goes to Town" (20th.. 8,300 Gent. -Fox) and "The Man Who Cried Wolf" (Univ.) (8 davs)