1952 in film explained

The year 1952 in film involved some significant events.

Top-grossing films

United States

See also: List of 1952 box office number-one films in the United States. The top ten 1952 released films by box office gross in the United States are as follows:

Highest-grossing films of 1952
Rank Title Distributor(s) Domestic rentals
1The Greatest Show on EarthParamount$12,800,000[1]
2This Is CineramaCinerama Releasing$12,500,000
3The Snows of Kilimanjaro20th Century Fox$6,500,000
4Hans Christian AndersenRKO$6,000,000
5IvanhoeMGM$5,810,000[2]
6Sailor BewareParamount$4,300,000[3]
7Moulin RougeUnited Artists$4,252,000[4]
8Jumping JacksParamount$4,000,000
9The Quiet ManRepublic$3,800,000
10High NoonUnited Artists$3,750,000[5]

International

Country Title Director Studio(s) Gross
FranceLittle World of Don CamilloJulien DuvivierCineriz, Francinex12,791,168 admissions[6]
IndiaAanMehboob KhanMehboob Productions$5,880,000
ItalyLittle World of Don CamilloJulien DuvivierCineriz, Francinex13,215,653 admissions[7]
JapanHimeyuri no TōTadashi ImaiToei Company[8]
Soviet UnionTarzan the Ape ManW. S. Van DykeMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer42,900,000 admissions[9]
United KingdomThe Greatest Show on EarthCecil B. DeMilleParamount Pictures13,000,000 admissions[10]

Events

Awards

Category/Organization 10th Golden Globe Awards
February 26, 1953
25th Academy Awards
March 19, 1953
width=200Drama !Comedy or Musical
Best Film The Greatest Show on Earth With a Song in My Heart The Greatest Show on Earth
Best Director Cecil B. DeMille
The Greatest Show on Earth
John Ford
The Quiet Man
Best Actor Gary Cooper
High Noon
Donald O'Connor
Singin' in the Rain
Gary Cooper
High Noon
Best Actress Shirley Booth
Come Back, Little Sheba
Susan Hayward
With a Song in My Heart
Shirley Booth
Come Back, Little Sheba
Best Supporting Actor Millard Mitchell
My Six Convicts
Anthony Quinn
Viva Zapata!
Best Supporting Actress Katy Jurado
High Noon
Gloria Grahame
The Bad and the Beautiful
Best Screenplay, Adapted Michael Wilson
5 Fingers
Charles Schnee
The Bad and the Beautiful
Best Screenplay, Original T. E. B. Clarke
The Lavender Hill Mob

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Finler, Joel Waldo . 2003 . The Hollywood Story . Wallflower Press . 978-1-903364-66-6 . 358–359.
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  3. "Top Box-Office Hits of 1952." Variety, January 7, 1953.
  4. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20080615023703/http://www.boxofficereport.com/database/1952.shtml . 2008-06-15 . Top 20 Films of 1952 by Domestic Revenue . boxofficereport.com.
  5. Book: Meyers, Jeffrey. Gary Cooper: American Hero. 1998. 0-688-15494-8. High Noon grossed $3.75 million in America and eventually earned $18 million worldwide, and Cooper was said to have earned $600,000 from this film..
  6. Web site: Bilan Annuel France – 1952 . JP's Box-Office . 10 December 2018.
  7. Web site: Bilan Annuel Italie – 1952 . JP's Box-Office . 10 December 2018 . 25 October 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221025051822/http://www.jpbox-office.com/bilanitalie.php?year=1952 . dead .
  8. Book: May 2012. キネマ旬報ベスト・テン85回全史 1924–2011. Kinema Junpo. Kinema Junposha. 978-4873767550. 96.
  9. Web site: Зарубежные фильмы в советском кинопрокате. Sergey Kudryavtsev. Sergey Kudryavtsev (film critic). 4 July 2006.
  10. Web site: The Greatest Show on Earth. 28 November 2004. British Film Institute. 24 November 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20120803005920/http://old.bfi.org.uk/features/ultimatefilm/chart/details.php?ranking=32. 3 August 2012. dead.
  11. Web site: De Mille Puts Greatest Show on Earth on Film for All to See. January 11, 1952. The New York Times. Bosley Crowther. December 14, 2021.
  12. Web site: 1952: Charlie Chaplin banned from the US. February 17, 2012. Lauren Niland. The Guardian. December 14, 2021.
  13. Book: Gomery, Douglas . Shared pleasures: a history of movie presentation in the United States . University of Wisconsin Press . Madison, Wis . 1992 . 9780299132149 . 238.
  14. Web site: Achache, Carole (1952-....) . 1 December 2023 . . fr.