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1951 Hollywood Highest Grossing Movies


1951 Hollywood Highest Grossing Movies:
Highest-grossing films of 1951
RankTitleStudioBox-office gross rental
1Quo VadisMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer$11,143,000[1]
2Show Boat$5,293,000[1]
3David and Bathsheba20th Century Fox$4,720,000[2]
4The Great CarusoMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer$4,309,000[1]
5A Streetcar Named DesireWarner Bros.$4,250,000[3]
6The African QueenUnited Artists$4,100,000[3]
7That's My BoyParamount Pictures$3,800,000[4]
8An American in ParisMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer$3,750,000[1]
9A Place in the SunParamount Pictures$3,500,000[4]
10Father's Little DividendMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer$3,122,000[1]

1) Quo Vadis
Quo Vadis
Poster - Quo Vadis (1951) 01.jpg
theatrical release poster
Directed byMervyn LeRoy
Produced bySam Zimbalist
Screenplay byS. N. Behrman
Sonya Levien
John Lee Mahin
Based onQuo Vadis
by Henryk Sienkiewicz
StarringRobert Taylor
Deborah Kerr
Leo Genn
Peter Ustinov
Narrated byWalter Pidgeon
Music byMiklós Rózsa
CinematographyRobert Surtees
William V. Skall
Edited byRalph E. Winters
Production
company
Distributed byLoew's, Inc.
Release date
  • November 8, 1951
Running time
171 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$7.6 million[1]
Box office$21 million

2) Show Boat

Show Boat
Show boat.jpeg
French film poster
Directed byGeorge Sidney
Produced byArthur Freed
Screenplay byJohn Lee Mahin
Based onShow Boat
by Edna Ferber
Show Boat
by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II
StarringKathryn Grayson
Ava Gardner
Howard Keel
Joe E. Brown
Marge Champion
Gower Champion
Agnes Moorehead
William Warfield
Music byJerome Kern
CinematographyCharles Rosher
Edited byJohn D. Dunning
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
September 24, 1951[1]
Running time
107 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$2,389,000[2]
Box office$7,621,000[2]

3) David and Bathsheba

David and Bathsheba
David Bathsheba.jpg
Original film poster
Directed byHenry King
Produced byDarryl F. Zanuck
Written byPhilip Dunne
StarringGregory Peck
Susan Hayward
Raymond Massey
Kieron Moore
James Robertson Justice
Music byAlfred Newman
Edward Powell
CinematographyLeon Shamroy
Edited byBarbara McLean
Distributed by20th Century-Fox
Release date
  • August 14, 1951 (New York City)[1]
Running time
116 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$2.17 million[2]
Box office$4.72 million (US/Canada rentals)[3]

4) The Great Caruso

The Great Caruso
Great caruso (1951).jpeg
Original film poster
Directed byRichard Thorpe
Produced byJoe Pasternak
Written byWilliam Ludwig
StarringMario Lanza
Music byJohnny Green
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
  • April 16, 1951
Running time
109 mins
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1,853,000[1]
Box office$9,269,000[1]

5) A Streetcar Named Desire

A Streetcar Named Desire
A Streetcar Named Desire (1951).jpg
Theatrical release poster by Bill Gold
Directed byElia Kazan
Produced byCharles K. Feldman
Screenplay by
Based onA Streetcar Named Desire
by Tennessee Williams
Starring
Music byAlex North
CinematographyHarry Stradling
Edited byDavid Weisbart
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release date
  • September 18, 1951
Running time
125 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1.8 million[2]
Box office$8 million (North America)[2]

6) The African Queen

The African Queen
The African Queen (1952 US poster).jpg
US theatrical release poster
Directed byJohn Huston
Produced bySam Spiegel
John Woolf (uncredited)
Screenplay byJohn Huston
James Agee
Peter Viertel
John Collier
Based onThe African Queen
by C. S. Forester
StarringHumphrey Bogart
Katharine Hepburn
Robert Morley
Music byAllan Gray
CinematographyJack Cardiff
Edited byRalph Kemplen
Production
company
Distributed by
Release date
Running time
105 minutes
CountryUnited States
United Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
German
Swahili
Budget$1 million[3]
Box office$10,750,000[4]

7) That's My Boy

That's My Boy
Thatsmyboy.jpg
Directed byHal Walker
Produced byCy Howard
Hal B. Wallis
Written byCy Howard
StarringDean Martin
Jerry Lewis
Ruth Hussey
Eddie Mayehoff
Polly Bergen
Music byLeigh Harline
CinematographyLee Garmes
Edited byWarren Low
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • May 13, 1951
Running time
98 minutes
LanguageEnglish
Box office$3.8 million (US rentals)[1]
21,386 admissions (France)[2]

8) An American in Paris

An American in Paris
An American in Paris (1951 film poster).jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed byVincente Minnelli
Produced byArthur Freed
Written byAlan Jay Lerner
Starring
Music by
Cinematography
Edited byAdrienne Fazan
Production
company
Distributed byLoew's Inc.[1]
Release date
  • October 4, 1951 (New York[2])
  • January 11, 1952 (USA)
Running time
113 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$2.7 million[3]
Box office$7 million[3]

9) A Place in the Sun

A Place in the Sun
A Place in the Sun (1951 poster).jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed byGeorge Stevens
Produced byGeorge Stevens
Screenplay byMichael Wilson
Harry Brown
Based onAn American Tragedy
by Theodore Dreiser
An American Tragedy
by Patrick Kearney
StarringMontgomery Clift
Elizabeth Taylor
Shelley Winters
Music byFranz Waxman
Daniele Amfitheatrof uncredited
CinematographyWilliam C. Mellor
Edited byWilliam Hornbeck
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • April 5, 1951 (Cannes Film Festival)
  • August 14, 1951 (Los Angeles)
Running time
122 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$2.3 million
Box office$7 million

10) Father's Little Dividend

Father's Little Dividend
Father's Little Dividend.jpg
Theatrical poster
Directed byVincente Minnelli
Produced byPandro S. Berman
Written byAlbert Hackett
Frances Goodrich
Based onFather of the Bride
by Edward Streeter
StarringSpencer Tracy
Joan Bennett
Elizabeth Taylor
Don Taylor
Billie Burke
Moroni Olsen
Richard Rober
Marietta Canty
Russ Tamblyn
Tom Irish
Hayden Rorke
Paul Harvey
Music byAlbert Sendrey
CinematographyJohn Alton
Edited byFerris Webster
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
  • April 27, 1951
Running time
82 min
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$941,000[1]
Box office$4,622,000[1]
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