I'd check the year-end issues of Weekly Variety on microfilm (actually run 
in the first week of January) --- usually full of top ten lists for the 
previous year. Alternatively, check out the International Motion Picture 
Almanac, or the Film Daily Almanac, published yearly by, I think, Quigly.

Regards,
Scott Higgins
Associate Professor of Film Studies
Wesleyan University

At 02:39 PM 12/21/2006 -0800, you wrote:
>Friends,
>
>A simple question somebody will easily answer:
>
>Where can I find the top ten films (in terms of box office income) for
>each year of the 1950s?
>
>Thanks!
>
>Yours,
>
>Adam Fish
>UCLA
>
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