Motion Picture Herald (Mar-Apr 1947)

PICTURE CROSSES A statistical compilation and comparison of Box Office Performance in first run theatres Figures directly below picture title compare estimated dollar gross with average gross and show relative percentage of all engagements tabulated. Figures opposite theatre names represent percentage of tabulated grosses to average weekly business based on the six months' period ending January 31, 1947. SYMBOLS: (DB) Double Bill— associate feature title; (SA) Stage Attraction; (MO) MoveOver Run; (AA) Advance Admission. INDEX: Over-all performance percentage figures from previously published final reports appear in Service Data section of Product Digest. See last column of Release Chart for Index. LADY IN THE LAKE (MCM) Intermediate Report: Total Gross Tabulated $677,300 Comparative Average Gross 618,700 Over-all Performance 109.4% ATLANTA— Loew's Grand, 1st week .... 109.4% ATLANTA— Loew's Grand, 2nd week .... 93.2% BALTIMORE— Century 867% BUFFALO — Buffalo 79.6% BUFFALO— Hippodrome, MO' 1st week . . . 117.0% CLEVELAND— Loew's State 99.5% CLEVELAND— Loew's Stillman, MO 1st week 116.0% INDIANAPOLIS— Loew's 106.3% KANSAS CITY— Midland 98.2% (DB) Cigarette Girl (Col) LOS ANGELES — Egyptian, 1st week ..... 135.7% LOS ANGELES— Egyptian, 2nd week .... 92.7% LOS ANGELES— Egyptian, 3rd week .... 72.8% LOS ANGELES— Fox-Wilshire, 1st week . . 118.8% LOS ANGELES — Fox-Wilshire, 2nd week . . 114.7% LOS ANGELES— Fox-Wilshire, 3rd week . . 90.17o LOS ANGELES— Los Angeles, 1st week . . . 141.6% LOS ANGELES— Los Angeles, 2nd week . . . 77.0% LOS ANGELES— Los Angeles, 3rd week . . . 50.0% MINNEAPOLIS— State, 1st week 106.0% MINNEAPOLIS— State, 2nd week 87.1% NEW YORK— Capitol, 1st week 137.5% (SA) Tex Beneke's Orchestra. NEW YORK— Capitol, 2nd week 134.6% (SA) Tex Beneke's Orchestra. NEW YORK — Capitol, 3rd week 113.9% (SA) Tex Beneke's Orchestra. NEW YORK— Capitol, 4th week 81.9% (SA) Tex Beneke's Orchestra. PHILADELPHIA— Aldine, 1st week .... 172.2% PHILADELPHIA— Aldine, 2nd week .... 111.1% THE BEGINNING OR THE END (MCM) Final Report: Total Gross Tabulated Comparative Average Gross Over-all Performance $512,000 51 1,900 100.0% ATLANTA— Loew's Grand 111.9% BALTIMORE— Century 86.7% BOSTON— Orpheum 112.4% BOSTON— State 83.8% BUFFALO— Buffalo 84.5% CHICAGO— Garrick 128.2% CINCINNATI— RKO Grand ' . . 132.6% CLEVELAND— Loew's State 77.9% KANSAS CITY — Midland 93.0% (DB) Blind Spot (Col.) LOS ANGELES— Egyptian 109.2% LOS ANGELES— Fox-Wilshire ....... 118.8% LOS ANGELES— Los Angeles 95.8% MINNEAPOLIS— State 98.4% NEW York— Capitol, 1st week 130.1% (SA) Kathryn Grayson and others. NEW YORK— Capitol, 2nd week 105.0% (SA) Kathryn Grayson and others. NEW YORK— Capitol, 3rd week 81.3% (SA) Kathryn Grayson and others. OMAHA— Paramount 78.1% PITTSBURGH— Penn 86.1% SALT LAKE CITY— Uptown 147.0% SAN FRANCISCO— Warfield 80.9% ST. LOUIS-Loew's State 78.4% SAN QUENTIN (RKO) Intermediate Report: Total Gross Tabulated $269,800 Comparative Average Gross 253,700 Over-all Performance 106.3% BALTIMORE— Hippodrome (SA) Vaudeville. CHICAGO— Palace (DB) Genius at Work (RKO) CINCINNATI— RKO Grand (SA) Vaudeville. CINCINNATI— RKO Lyric, MO 1st week . (SA) Vaudeville. CLEVELAND— RKO Palace (SA) Vaudeville. DENVER— Paramount (DB) The Fabulous Suzanne (Rep.) INDIANAPOLIS— Circle (DB) Dick Tracy Versus Cueball (RKO) LOS ANGELES— Belmont, 1st week . . . (DB) Dick Tracy Versus Cueball (RKO) LOS ANGELES— Belmont, 2nd week . . . (DB) Dick Tracy Versus Cueball (RKO) LOS ANGELES— El Rey, 1st week .... (DB) Dick Tracy Versus Cueball (RKO) LOS ANGELES— El Rey, 2nd week .... (DB) Dick Tracy Versus Cueball (RKO) LOS ANGELES— Orpheum, 1st week . . . (DB) Dick Tracy Versus Cueball (RKO) LOS ANGELES— Orpheum, 2nd week . . . (DB) Dick Tracy Versus Cueball (RKO) OMAHA— RKO Brandeis (DB) Singin' in the Corn (Col.) SALT LAKE CITY— Lyric SAN FRANCISCO— Paramount, 1st week . (DB) Code of the West (RKO) SAN FRANCISCO— Paramount, 2nd week . (DB) Code of the West (RKO) ST. LOUIS— Fox (DB) Vacation in Reno (RKO) 92,7% 91.2% 153.0% 75.0% 167.3% 106.3% 76.9% 112.3% 58.4% 144.9% 81.8% 159.0% 79.5% 88.6% 104.6% 121.7% 60.9% 103.2% NORA PRENTISS (WB) First Report: Total Gross Tabulated Comparative Average Gross Over-all Performance $341,800 331,500 103.1% BALTIMORE— Stanley, 1st week 95.8% BUFFALO— Great Lakes 135.2% CINCINNATI— RKO Palace 103.6% LOS ANGELES— Warner Downtown, 1st week 126.9% LOS ANGELES— Warner Downtown, 2nd week 65.9% LOS ANGELES— Warner Hollywood, 1st week 130.1% LOS ANGELES-Warner Hollywood, 2nd week 68.4% LOS ANGELES— Warner Wiltern, 1st week . 140.8% LOS ANGELES— Warner Wiltern, 2nd week . 70.4% MINNEAPOLIS— Radio City 105.5% NEW YORK— Hollywood, 1st week 117.4% NEW YORK— Hollywood, 2nd week 77.1% NEW YORK— Hollywood, 3rd week 63.7% PHILADELPHIA— Boyd, 1st week 175.9% PHILADELPHIA— Boyd, 2nd week 97.2% PITTSBURGH— Warner, MO1 1st week . . . 108.1% SAN FRANCISCO— Fox 120.9% (DB) Dangerous Money (Mono.) Circuit to Show Foreign Films "The exhibition of foreign pictures has outgrown the 300-seat art theatres" and as a result the Transinternational Pictures Corporation of Los Angeles has converted its west coast circuit of 10 theatres to the exhibition of foreign films, Sidney J. Pink, president, has announced. At a trade press conference in his suit at the Hotel Warwick in New York last Friday, Mr. Pink said that on his trip to New York he acquired 50 foreign features which will be distributed through his company. Most of these are to be supplied by Superfilm and Siritzky International. Currently,Mr. Pink said, he is negotiating for the acquisition of theatres in Denver, Salt Lake City and Dallas, and eventually plans to have a total of 50 theatres throughnut the country for foreign film exhibition. Marc A. Gilbert, president of an affiliated company, Transinternational of New York, said he would negotiate for a string of foreign film theatres in the east to exhibit foreign pictures he imports. Nine Prestige Films Sold To Purdue University J. Arthur Rank's Prestige Pictures, in a precedent-setting move, has sold prior-run rights to nine features to Purdue University, Lafayette, Ind., for showing in the university's 6,146-seat auditorium. The deal was concluded after consultations with the city's five commercial theatres. First picture to be shown will probably be "Brief Encounter." New Fall River House The Embassy theatre was opened last week in Fall River, Mass., with "Her Sister's Secret." City officials, including the mayor and the president of the City Council, attended the ceremonies. ITS TIME! It's time you learned about Filmack's NEW Prevue Trailer Service. It's READY NOW! For full information .write Filmack, 1325 S. Wabash Ave., Chicago 5, 111. 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