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1951 in film

1951 in film

Overview of the events of 1951 in film

The year 1951 in film involved some significant events.

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Top-grossing films

United States

See also: List of 1951 box office number-one films in the United States

The top ten 1951 released films by box office gross in the United States are as follows:

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International

The highest-grossing 1951 films in countries outside of North America.

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Worldwide gross

The following table lists known worldwide gross figures for several high-grossing films that originally released in 1951. Note that this list is incomplete and is therefore not representative of the highest-grossing films worldwide in 1951. This list also includes gross revenue from later re-releases.

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Events

Awards

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Top ten money making stars

The Top Ten Money Making Stars Poll was published by Quigley Publishing Company based on a poll of U.S. movie theater owners who were asked to name who they felt were the previous year's top 10 moneymaking stars.[22]

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They also published a Western stars poll which Roy Rogers topped for the ninth year running.[22]

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Notable films released in 1951

United States release unless stated

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Serials

Short film series

Births

Deaths

The Oscar winner Warner Baxter publicity photo.

Film Debuts

Notes

  1. [n 1]
    4.7619 Indian rupees per US dollar from 1950 to 1965[8]
  2. [n 2]
    ₹23 million[7] ($4.83 million)[n 1]
  3. [n 3]
    4 Rbls per US dollar from 1950 to 1960[13]
  4. [n 4]
    5.875 million Rbls (23.5 million Soviet tickets sold,[11] average ticket price of 25 kopecks),[12] 4 SUR per USD[n 3]
  5. [n 5]
    35 million re-run admissions up until 1964-1966,[16] average Soviet ticket price of 25 kopecks[12]
  6. [n 6]
    0.9 SUR per US$ from 1961 to 1971[13]
  7. [n 7]
    Awaara:
    • India – $4.83 million[n 2]
    • Soviet Union – 37.75 million руб ($16.97 million)
      • Initial run – 29 million руб[15] ($7.25 million)[n 3]
      • Re-runs – 8.75 million руб[n 5] ($9.72 million)[n 6]
    • China – CN¥14.8 million ($8.86 million)
      • Initial release – CN¥2.8 million[17] ($1.14 million)[18]
      • Re-release – CN¥12 million[19][20] ($7.72) million[18]

References

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    The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
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    Cohn, Lawrence (October 15, 1990). "All Time Film Rental Champs". Variety. p. M-152. ISSN 0042-2738.
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    "All-Time Top Grossers". Variety. January 13, 1954. p. 10. Retrieved February 27, 2018.
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    "The Top Box Office Hits of 1951". Variety. January 2, 1952. p. 70. Retrieved May 12, 2020 – via Archive.org.
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    "Top 20 Films of 1950 by Domestic Revenue". boxofficereport.com. Archived from the original on 2008-06-15.
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    "Bilan Annuel France – 1951". JP's Box-Office. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
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    "Boxofficeindia.com". 22 September 2012. Archived from the original on 22 September 2012. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
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    "Pacific Exchange Rate Service" (PDF). UBC Sauder School of Business. University of British Columbia. p. 3. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
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    "Bilan Annuel Italie – 1951". JP's Box-Office. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
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    キネマ旬報ベスト・テン85回全史 1924–2011. Kinema Junposha. May 2012. p. 88. ISBN 978-4873767550. {{cite book}}: |journal= ignored (help)
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    "Prokat2". Kinokultura.com. Archived from the original on 2012-05-10. Retrieved 2012-10-09.
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    Moscow Prime Time: How the Soviet Union Built the Media Empire that Lost the Cultural Cold War, page 48, Cornell University Press, 2011
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    "Archive". Central Bank of Russia. Archived from the original on 29 December 2009. Retrieved 29 December 2009.
  14. [14]
    "The Great Caruso". British Film Institute. 28 November 2004. Archived from the original on 3 August 2012. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
  15. [15]
    Rajagopalan, Sudha (2005). Indian Films in Soviet Cinemas: The Culture of Movie-going After Stalin. Indiana University Press. p. 86. ISBN 9780253220998. The purchase of Shree 420 (Mr 420/Gospodin 420) followed a letter from a Soveksportfil'm representative in Bombay to officials in Moscow in which the former wrote: We are in a delicate situation with Raj Kapoor. He feels he is not being offered enough for Mr 420 despite the fact that 'The Vagabond' raised 29 million roubles for the Soviet state.
  16. [16]
    "You Asked It - Padmaavat Is Bigger Than Mughal E Azam?". Box Office India. 8 March 2018.
  17. [17]
    "《流浪者》《大篷车》中国内地票房". Sina Corp. 9 February 2019. Archived from the original on 17 January 2019. Retrieved 2018-11-03.
  18. [18]
    "Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average)". World Bank. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  19. [19]
    "异域音乐风 ——印度音乐（三至六）". CCTV.com. China Central Television. 4 July 2007. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
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    Link, Perry (2000). The Uses of Literature: Life in the Socialist Chinese Literary System. Princeton University Press. p. 204. ISBN 9780691001982.
  21. [21]
    "Quo Vadis? (1951) – Financial Information". The Numbers. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
  22. [22]
    "Exhibitors Pick Money Making Stars". Motion Picture Herald. December 28, 1951. p. 1.
  23. [23]
    (in Japanese) http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1951/ca000310.htm accessed 25 May 2009
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