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. TRAIL STREET (RKO) First Report: Total Gross Tabulated $95,900 Comparative Average Gross 87,100 Over-all Performance I 10.0% CHICAGO — Palace 95.0% (DB) Little Miss Big (Univ.) • KANSAS CITY— Esquire 118.1% KANSAS CITY — Uptown 119.4% OMAHA— RKO' Brandeis 120.2% (DB) Cigarette Girl (Col.) SALT LAKE CITY— Uptown 102.9% SAN FRANCISCO— Golden Gate 117.6% (SA) Vaudeville STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN (Univ.) First Report: Total Gross Tabulated $209,300 Comparative Average Gross 207,800 Over-all Performance 100.9% BALTIMORE — Century 104.0% CINCINNATI— Keith's, 1st week 168.6% CINCINNATI— Keith's, 2nd week 108.1% CINCINNATI— Keith's, 3rd week 96.3% NEW YORK— Winter Garden, 1st week . . 133.8% NEW YORK— Winter Garden 2nd week . . 105.6% NEW YORK— Winter Garden, 3rd week '. . 73.9% NEW YORK— Winter Garden, 4th week . . 70.4% PHILADELPHIA— Boyd, 1st week .... 114.8% PHILADELPHIA— Boyd, 2nd week .... 92.8% SAN FRANCISCO — Esquire 73.8% (DB) Cigarette Girl (Col.) IT HAPPENED IN BROOKLYN (M-G-M) Intermediate Report: Total Gross Tabulated $515,800 Comparative Average Gross 523,700 Over-all Performance 98.4% ATLANTA— Loew's Grand 111.9% BALTIMORE — Century 112.7% BUFFALO— Buffalo 94.5% CLEVELAND— Loew's State 95.1% CLEVELAND — Loew's Stillman, MO 1st week 120.5% INDIANAPOLIS — Loew's 85.1% (DB) So Dark the Night (Col.) KANSAS CITY— Midland 95.9% (DB) Blondie's Holiday (Col.) LOS ANGELES — Egyptian, 1st week .... 109.2% LOS ANGELES— Egyptian, 2nd week . . . 76.1% LOS ANGELES— FoxWilshire, 1st week . . 135.2% LOS ANGELES— Fox-Wilshire, 2nd week . . 94.2% LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles, 1st week . . 83.3% LOS ANGELES— Los Angeles, 2nd week . . 50.0% NEW YORK— Capitol, 1st week 133.1% (SA) Sammy Kaye's Orchestra NEW YORK— Capitol, 2nd week 102.0% (SA) Sammy Kaye's Orchestra NEW YORK— Capitol, 3rd week 91.7% (SA) Sammy Kaye's Orchestra NEW YORK— Capitol, 4th week 76.9% (SA) Sammy Kaye's Orchestra ST. LOUIS— Loew's State 93.1% (DB) So Dark the Night (Col.) TORONTO— Loew's ■ . . . . 131.6% MOTION PICTURE HERALD, APRIL 19, 1947 MY FAVORITE BRUNETTE (Para.) Final Report: Total Gross Tabulated $1,097,000 Comparative Average Gross 1,024,400 Over-all Performance 107.0% ATLANTA — Fox 104.4% ATLANTA— Roxy, MO 1st week 96.7% BALTIMORE— Stanley, 1st week 125.7% BALTIMORE— Stanley, 2nd week 101.2% BOSTON— Metropolitan, 1st week 128.1% (DB) Seven Were Saved (Para.) BOSTON— Metropolitan, 2nd week 88.9% (DB) Seven Were Saved (Para.) BUFFALO-Great Lakes, 1st week .... 133.6% BUFFALO— Great Lakes, 2nd week .... 85.5% CHICAGO— Chicago, 1st week 102.5% (SA) Vaudeville CHICAGO— Chicago, 2nd week 91.4% (SA) Vaudeville CHICAGO— Chicago, 3rd week 82.0% (SA) Vaudeville CLEVELAND— Loew's State 86.5% CLEVELAND— Loew's Stillman, MO' 1st week 111.6% CLEVELAND— Loew's Ohio, MO 2nd week . 123.2% CLEVELAND1— Loew's Ohio, MO 3rd week . 123.2% DENVER — Denham 125.9% KANSAS CITY— Newman, 1st week .... 108.6% KANSAS CITY— Newman, 2nd week .... 86.9% LOS ANGELES— Paramount Downtown, 1st week 130.0% LOS ANGELES— Paramount Downtown, 2nd week 83.3% LOS ANGELES— Paramount Downtown, 3rd week 09.1% (DB) Renegade Girl (Screen Guild; LOS ANGELES — Paramount Hollywood, 1st week 138.1% LOS ANGELES— Paramount Hollywood, 2nd week 118.4% LOS ANGELES— Paramount Hollywood, ' 3rd week 98.6% (DB) Renegade Girl (Screen Guild) MINNEAPOLIS — Radio City 122 2% NEW YORK— Paramount, 1st week .... 130.7% (SA) Jimmy Dorsey's Orchestra, others NEW YORK— Paramount, 2nd week .... 116.5% (SA) Jimmy Dorsey's Orchestra, others NEW YORK— Paramount, 3rd week .... 118.9% (SA) Jimmy Dorsey's Orchestra, others PHILADELPHIA— Mastbaum, 1st week . . 118.8% PHILADELPHIA— Mastbaum, 2nd week . . 74.5% PITTSBURGH— Penn, 1st week 133.9% PITTSBURGH— Penn, 2nd week 57.4% PITTSBURGH — Ritz, MO 1st week .... 83.3% SALT LAKE CITY— Centre 95.8% SALT LAKE CITY— Capitol, MO 1st week . 84.9% SAN FRANCISCO^Paramount, 1st week . . 79 2% (DB) Blondie Knows Best (Col.) SAN FRANCISCO— Paramount, 2nd week . . 127.7% (DB) Blondie Knows Best (Col.) ST. LOUIS — Fox 126.9% (DB) Seven Were Saved (Para.) TOkuXTO lmp--ii.<! 132.1% Skouras Short Launches Medicai Center Drive The $2,500,000 fund-raising campaign on behalf of the Institute of Rehabilitation and Physical Medicine of the New York University Medical Center was launched Monday when several hundred New York area theatres, members of the Metropolitan Theatres Association, screened "The Forgotten Casualty." This short, produced by Skouras Theatres Community Service Department, is narrated by Fredric March and dramatizes the need for civilian rehabilitation. Skouras Theatres also have 50 prints of the short in 16mm which are available for special club showings. Retitle Canadian Film Canada's first bilingual production, previously titled "The Stronghold," has been retitled "Whispering City," Paul L'Anglais, executive producer of Quebec Productions, has announced. 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