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1952 Hollywood Highest Grossing Movies


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Highest-grossing films of 1952
RankTitleStudioBox-office gross rental
1The Greatest Show on EarthParamount Pictures$12,800,000[1]
2This Is CineramaCinerama Releasing Corporation$12,500,000[1]
3The Snows of Kilimanjaro20th Century Fox$6,500,000[1]
4Hans Christian AndersenRKO Radio Pictures/Samuel Goldwyn Productions$6,000,000[1]
5IvanhoeMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer$5,810,000[2]
6Sailor BewareParamount Pictures$4,300,000[1]
7Moulin RougeUnited Artists$4,252,000[3]
8Jumping JacksParamount Pictures$4,000,000[1]
9The Quiet ManRepublic Pictures$3,800,000[3]
10Come Back, Little Sheba
The Stooge
Paramount Pictures$3,500,000[4]

1) The Greatest Show on Earth

The Greatest Show on Earth
The Greatest Show on Earth (1952 movie poster).gif
Original theatrical poster
Directed byCecil B. DeMille
Produced byCecil B. DeMille
Written by
Starring
Narrated byCecil B. DeMille
Music byVictor Young
CinematographyGeorge Barnes
Edited byAnne Bauchens
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • January 10, 1952
Running time
152 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$4 million[1]
Box office$36 million[1]

2) This Is Cinerama

This Is Cinerama
This Is Cinerama FilmPoster.jpeg
US re-release film poster
Directed byMerian C. Cooper
Produced byRobert L. Bendick
Merian C. Cooper
StarringLowell Thomas
Music byMiklós Rózsa
CinematographyHarry Squire
Edited byWilliam Henry
Milton Shifman
Production
company
Cinerama Productions
Distributed byCinerama Releasing Corporation
Release date
  • September 30, 1952
Running time
115 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$41.6 million[1]

3) The Snows of Kilimanjaro

The Snows of Kilimanjaro
The Snows of Kilimanjaro.jpg
Lobby Card
Directed byHenry King
Produced byDarryl F. Zanuck
Screenplay byCasey Robinson
Based onThe Snows of Kilimanjaro
1936 story
by Ernest Hemingway
StarringGregory Peck
Ava Gardner
Susan Hayward
Music byBernard Herrmann
CinematographyLeon Shamroy
Edited byBarbara McLean
Distributed byTwentieth Century Fox
Release date
  • September 17, 1952 (New York)[1]
Running time
117 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$3,000,000[2]
Box office$6.5–$12.5 million[3][4]

4) Hans Christian Andersen

Hans Christian Andersen
Hans Christian Andersen FilmPoster.jpeg
Theatrical release poster
Directed byCharles Vidor
Produced bySamuel Goldwyn
Written byMoss Hart
Story byMyles Connolly
StarringDanny Kaye
Farley Granger
Zizi Jeanmaire
Music byWalter Scharf
Frank Loesser
CinematographyHarry Stradling
Edited byDaniel Mandell
Production
company
Distributed byRKO Radio Pictures
Release date
  • November 25, 1952 (Premiere-New York City)[1]
  • December 19, 1952 (US)[1]
Running time
120 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$4 million[1]
Box office$6 million (US and Canada rentals)[2]

5) Ivanhoe

Ivanhoe
Ivanhoe (1952 movie poster).jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed byRichard Thorpe
Produced byPandro S. Berman
Screenplay byÆneas MacKenzie
Noel Langley
Marguerite Roberts
Based onIvanhoe
by Sir Walter Scott
StarringRobert Taylor
Elizabeth Taylor
Joan Fontaine
George Sanders
Emlyn Williams
Felix Aylmer
Finlay Currie
Music byMiklós Rózsa
CinematographyFreddie Young
Edited byFrank Clarke
Production
company
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
  • July 31, 1952 (United States)
[1]
Running time
107 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
United States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$3,842,000[2]
Box office$10,878,000[2]

6) Sailor Beware

Sailor Beware
Sailorbeware.jpg
Directed byHal Walker
Produced byHal B. Wallis
Written byJames Allardice
Martin Rackin
Kenyon Nicholson
Charles Robinson (orig. play)
StarringDean Martin
Jerry Lewis
Marion Marshall
Corinne Calvet
Leif Erickson
CinematographyDaniel L. Fapp
Distributed byParamount Pictures
British Lion Films (UK)
Release date
  • February 9, 1952
Running time
108 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$4.3 million (US)[1]
854,588 admissions (France)[2]

7) Moulin Rouge

Moulin Rouge
Moulin rougeposter1952.jpg
French theatrical poster
Directed byJohn Huston
Produced byJohn and James Woolf
Written byJohn Huston
Anthony Veiller
Pierre La Mure (Novel)
StarringJosé Ferrer
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Suzanne Flon
Music byGeorges Auric
William Engvick
CinematographyOswald Morris
Edited byRalph Kemplen
Production
company
Distributed byUnited Artists (US)
British Lion Films (UK)
Release date
  • 23 December 1952 (United States)
Running time
119 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
BudgetUSD$1.5 million (approx. £967,785)
Box office$9 million[1]

8) Jumping Jacks

Jumping Jacks
Jumpingjacks.jpg
Directed byNorman Taurog
Produced byHal B. Wallis
Written byRobert Lees
Fred Rinaldo
Herbert Baker
Story byBrian Marlow
StarringDean Martin
Jerry Lewis
Mona Freeman
Don DeFore
Robert Strauss
CinematographyDaniel L. Fapp
Edited byStanley Johnson
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • June 11, 1952
Running time
96 min.
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$4 million (US)[1]
586,195 admissions (France)[2]

9) The Quiet Man

The Quiet Man
Poster - Quiet Man, The 01.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJohn Ford
Produced byJohn Ford
Merian C. Cooper
Screenplay byFrank S. Nugent
Based onThe Quiet Man
1933 story in The Saturday Evening Post
by Maurice Walsh
Starring
Narrated byWard Bond
Music byVictor Young
CinematographyWinton C. Hoch
Edited byJack Murray
Color processTechnicolor
Production
company
Distributed byRepublic Pictures
Release date
  • June 6, 1952
    • (London and Dublin)[1]
  • August 21, 1952
    • (New York)
Running time
129 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Irish
Budget$1.75 million
Box office$3.8 million (rentals)[2]

10) Come Back, Little Sheba
The Stooge

Come Back, Little Sheba
Come back little sheba.jpeg
Original film poster
Directed byDaniel Mann
Produced byHal B. Wallis
Written byKetti Frings
William Inge (play)
StarringBurt Lancaster
Shirley Booth
Terry Moore
Music byFranz Waxman
CinematographyJames Wong Howe
Edited byWarren Low
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
December 24, 1952
Running time
99 minutes
LanguageEnglish
Box office$3.5 million (US)[1]

The Stooge
Stooge.jpg
Directed byNorman Taurog
Produced byHal B. Wallis
Written byFred Finklehoffe
Martin Rackin
StarringDean Martin
Jerry Lewis
Polly Bergen
Marion Marshall
Eddie Mayehoff
CinematographyDaniel L. Fapp
Edited byWarren Low
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • December 31, 1952
Running time
100 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$3.5 million (US)[1]
37,424 admissions (France)[2]
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